AS I SAT on the floor of my room earlier this week, my back supported by an old dusty couch and my mind comfortably on cruise control, I thought about the columns I'd written this year and what they had attempted to accomplish.
ON JAN. 1, 1994, the governments of the United States, Canada and Mexico implemented a new policy known as the North American Trade Agreement in order to regulate trade between the three nations.
MANY STUDENTS consider Commercial Law to be one of the best courses at the University. Yet some students in the College of Arts and Sciences had to wait for more than a week from when registration began to try to get into the few slots left over after students in the Commerce School enrolled.
SEN. HILLARY Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has shown herself to be a hypocritical, dishonest and unethical individual.
I AM NOT denying it. For the last couple of years, I've derided President George W. Bush's intelligence and presidential capabilities - or rather, lack thereof - as often as anyone.
I T'S ALWAYS amusing that people refer to the college experience as the start of "the real world." Because - and thank goodness for this - it is about as far from the real world as one could get without controlled substances.
N OTHING is more embarrass ing than speaking about the things most important to you in an auditorium that's half-empty. That was the case in University President John T.
MODERN day dating patterns have changed from generations past, accord- ing to the Center for Christian Studies' "Wandering Towards the Alter" forum on dating and courtship.
THE CONCEPT of "survival of the fittest" applies to more than just evolution. The phenomenon can be seen in the academic arena: First year pre-med wannabes who are at the bottom of the curve in the introductory chemistry classes realize that majoring in art history might be a better option.
AS MANY of you know, President John T. Casteen III directed the Strategic Planning Task Force to develop goals for the Department of Athletics that address a number of different areas, but the one which is making the news has to do with the financial model, which is supposed to reflect the next 20 years.
WITH THE end of the semester appearing on the horizon, it felt appropriate to break out my renowned powers of observation and foresight to predict what might happen with a few upcoming issues over this summer of 2001.
DURING his 2000 State of the University speech, President John T. Casteen III relayed a quote by John Ciardi: "A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students." Casteen claims that's not what the University is now, and it's not where it's heading, yet many actions of this University have indicated precisely the opposite. Rather than a treatise on the responsibility of the University to teach students, the speech was mere window dressing for big business 101.
THE UNIVERSITY was flooded with thousands of guests from near and far for the Dave Mathews Band concert last weekend.
M ANY PEOPLE may have been won- dering where the police force was after the Dave Matthews Band concert.
SCHOOLS generally don't try to fail. Perhaps there are a few ill-intentioned educators out there, but common sense and experience suggest that most teachers and administrators want their schools to succeed.
I HAVE watched with sadness over the years as competing perceptions of Thomas Jef- ferson have served to divide our community along racial lines.
LIKE CHRISTMAS in April, Republican lawmakers in Richmond are enjoying visions of spoils resulting from newly redrawn district lines in the Commonwealth.
ONE OF the best feelings in the world is the relief of finishing final exams. Unfortunately, this feeling is soon ended by a trip to the bookstore, where you find out just how little your books are worth.
THE MORE I hear about Government Prof. James Sofka's peremptory dismissal from the government department, the more confused I become.
TURNS OUT that the execution will be televised after all. On May 16, almost 300 survivors and relatives of victims of the Oklahoma City bombing will watch on closed-circuit television as Timothy McVeigh is strapped to a table and given a series of lethal injections.
