RECENT events have shown that nearly everything is a potential target for terrorists. But now, Congress has damaged one of the few things that terrorists can't touch - our commitment to the rule of law and the guidance of the Constitution.
WHAT HAPPENS when patriotism runs amuck? While the last month has shown that patriotism can bring out the best in Americans, it has also been seen to bring out the worst.
IT'S AN explosive issue that makes it into nearly every presidential, senatorial and local election: big government.
IT IS COMMENDABLE that many students from elite universities are willing to work with poor, underserved children in rural and urban settings through Teach for America.
OCTOBER. The leaves are turning, jackets begin to outnumber shorts, and voters are bombarded with campaign messages in anticipation of next month's election.
AMERICA has something new to worry about, and it comes in the form of a scentless bacteria that is being sent through the mail.
IN A FEAT of irony, the Honor Committee has been either actively dishonest or incompetent. Neither interpretation is flattering to the Committee. Last year, before students considered the four honor referenda, three of which the student body soundly rejected, the Committee in conjunction with the Office of Institutional Assessment conducted a survey to gauge student opinion on the honor system.
MANY PEOPLE are involved with putting a story into its final form, the form the reader sees upon picking up an issue of The Cavalier Daily.
EXTRAORDINARY times call for extraordinary measures. In the weeks following the terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans have been living in a heightened state of security and anxiety.
BEGINNING last Sunday, the Department of Defense started dropping leaflets alongside bombs over Afghanistan.
LAST WEEK marked the end of our first official break of the school year. No classes were held Monday and Tuesday in order to grant University students some reading days.
OFTEN this page is used to point out what is wrong in the world, what our school, country or fellow citizens are doing to harm one another.
SOME PEOPLE blame the recent terrorist attacks on American foreign policy in the Middle East. These people claim that America must change its ways if it wants peace.
IT SURE is an interesting time to be an American. Not yet recovered from the shock of the unprecedented terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that shook our nation but a month ago, our country is now faced with the reality of a new threat: biological terrorism.
AMERICA watched solemnly and quietly Oct. 7, as America began its first overt military strikes on Afghanistan.
POP QUIZ: Which did more for world peace, the Treaty of Versailles or the Marshall Plan? The winners of World War I, "the war to end all wars," dictated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles to punish the losers.
MANY POLITICIANS are accused of running on only one ideal. In 1996, Steve Forbes ran for the Republican presidential nomination primarily on his flat tax proposal.
THE BEGINNING of October means that the housing hunt has begun for any student who wishes to live off Grounds next year.
FOLLOWING any major newsworthy event, the media is scru-tinized for its response. It is charged with responding without bias and with covering a story fully without becoming sensational.
THE UNIVERSITY welcomes racial minorities with open arms. There's a student organization on Grounds for nearly every underrepresented race: The Black Student Alliance, La Sociedad Latina, the Asian Student Union and a wealth of other student organizations are dependant on race as a uniting factor.
