SINCE Sept. 11, the majority of Americans have been faced with tough decisions in their lives. Having never experienced such a large-scale national loss as occurred as a result of the terrorist attacks, we had no standard of how long to mourn, how much to mourn, and, most importantly, how long to wait before moving on with our lives.
SPORTS occupy a large role in our society. Compare the number of people at the Virginia-Richmond football game - many - with the number of people who turned out to hear the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court - not so many.
THE UNITED States should be wary of critics who urge the government to end its relationship with the governments of Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
ALRIGHT girls, I'm sorry, but this has got to stop. The usual weekend attire seen around the University is rarely anything to be praised, but last weekend crossed the line.
IT HAS become a sickening trend. Every few years, the keyboard gremlins at Microsoft manage to pull themselves out of their caves just long enough to bribe advertisers and celebrity sponsors into endorsing their latest Windows Operating System.
THE OLD adage says that ignorance is bliss, but a whole generation of Americans is abandoning that mindset.
HALLOWEEN is a time for scary costumes. Many kids walked across the Lawn this year dressed to induce fear, but all with a comic aspect to it.
AFTER years of an ineffective war on drugs, it is time to reconsider the nation's handling of the critical issue.
IF PEOPLE want to give their money to the government, we should let them. The proposed tax referendum for Northern Virginia has become the dominant theme in Virginia's gubernatorial campaign recently, with Mark Earley (R) coming out strongly opposed to the idea and Mark Warner (D) defending his support of the proposal. In the interest of fairness, even those opposed to the idea of raising taxes for Northern Virginia should allow the referendum to go ahead, to let the voters decide for themselves.
TUESDAY'S Cavalier Daily lead editorial ("Poor concert plan- ning") misses the mark when it criticizes PK German's planning of the Outkast concert at the University.
I HATE trashing fun ideas, but someone has to do it. Several people have suggested that politicians should physically wear the corporate logos of major campaign contributors.
THE ANTHRAX scare has brought a new word into the American consciousness: Cipro. Even though most Americans are learning about its capabilities, they don't consider who will pay for those expensive prescriptions. Yet the question of how to provide adequate care at a reasonable cost arises every day and in mundane places like the University.
WITH THE Virginia gubernatorial elections a mere six days away, both candidates are using every possible means of attracting people to their campaign.
BASKETBALL season starts this week. Those words are music to the ears of many University basketball fans.
EVERYTHING has changed, politics included. It's hard to know what "politics as usual" might mean these days.
IMAGINE being able to get home without taking a cab to Charlottesville Regional Airport, while getting home in as little as two-thirds of the time it would normally take, without spending the money required to fly.
IT TRULY is a strange time to be alive. Our generation - the generation coming of age at the beginning of a new millennium - has witnessed all manner of stunning events take place in the last few years.
OFTEN, people make changes in the educational system because of what is referred to as modernization or changing with the times.
IN WHAT is now one of the most tumultuous and unsettling times in American history, no single citizen can escape the stinging reality of the war on terrorism.
NOV. 17 marks the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. This is a time of self-sacrifice, restraint and renewed devotion, similar to Lent in Christianity.
