THE UNIVERSITY community embarrassed itself two weeks ago. At the Wake Forest basketball game, in a horrid show of supposed patriotism, a fan screamed obscenities at an opposing player who had emigrated from Eastern Europe, and chanted "U-S-A" while he was taking his free-throws.
WHAT IS Vice President Dick Cheney hiding? He has refused to give the General Accounting Office - the investigative arm of Congress - records from the meetings that the Bush administration had with energy executives in forming the administration's energy policy.
A STUDY released earlier this week by the University of California-Los Angeles indicates that the attitudes and political affiliations of incoming freshmen increasingly are liberal.
TODAY thousands of business and government leaders are meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan.
RECENT events have left Americans in a dazed and lethargic slump. However, it isn't from the war on terrorism, it's the paucity of juicy scandals of disgraced celebrities.
THE DEPARTMENT of astronomy at the University has become involved in a highly promising telescope project.
IN RECENT days, members of the press and several human rights organizations have called for improving the condition of Afghan and Arab detainees at the prison camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
IF THE Enron mess has failed to elicit excitement in the hearts and minds of most voters, another issue has appeared on the editorial pages of major newspapers.
I'D LIKE to respond to Harris Freier's Jan. 18 column, "Unnatural selection of creationism in non-religion college courses," regarding the theory of evolution and creation and their place within the education system.
EVER SINCE the marching suffragettes secured the vote for women, Aretha Franklin demanded some R-E-S-P-E-C-T, and Betty Friedan spurred the radical feminism of the 1970s, the movement for women's rights has seen a steady climb in all sectors - especially in that of the workplace.
VIRGINIA is unique as a state in a host of ways. It is one of only four "commonwealths" in the Union (sharing the title with Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Kentucky). It is home to the world's only oyster museum.
T HIS IS the time of year that the "student" in student newspaper becomes especially relevant.
LIVING off Grounds can pose many problems for students. It also can offer a real world living situation similar to that we will all face once we graduate.
A S THE number of al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners at the United States Naval base in Guatanamo Bay, Cuba increases daily, U.S.
THE UNIVERSITY of Virginia prides itself on tradition. We cling to every word that Thomas Jefferson ever uttered like our lives depend on it, and few would deny that our school has a deep respect - far more so than that of most colleges of our day - for the history of both our University, our nation and for those who helped to shape them for the better.
I ONCE saw a bumper sticker that read, "Against abortion? Don't have one." This week, marking the 29th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v Wade decision, President Bush would do well to take heed of this bumper sticker wisdom. From the beginning of his presidency, George W.
THERE is a prevailing attitude among many in the University and throughout the world that life without religion is meaningless, filled with anxiety and suffering, and devoid of all hope.
STUDENTS from low-income families are much less likely to attend college compared to students from higher-income backgrounds.
THOUGH large energy corporation Enron is financially bankrupt, Washington politicians who accepted contributions from Enron are morally bankrupt.
CLASS councils have been around for five years now, yet they have little to show for it. Ask any 10 students at the University what the class councils do, as I did, and one of them might have an idea, two if you're lucky and they're upperclassmen that have gone to a fourth-year bar night.
