MY SUMMER was full of guilty pleasures. Sleeping till noon. Watching cartoons. Napping all day. Eating that extra scoop of ice cream.
IT SHOULD surprise no one that Axl Rose said it best. And though he was referring to critics of Guns 'N Roses rather than presidential debate politics, the message retains its meaning today: "Get in the ring." The controversy over each candidate's willingness -- or lack thereof -- to participate in debates is just another manifestation of the serious, but too often minimized differences between the two sides. It has become fashionable of late to throw around words like "Republicrat" and to otherwise imply that there are not fundamental issues at stake in this election.
WE THINK of this school as a modern university. Even with all of its traditions, we're still confident that history is a foundation that we can continually build upon.
TO THE uninformed eye, a comparison of the construction on both sides of Alderman road looks horrible for the University.
YOUR VOTE doesn't matter. College students have the lowest voter turnout, which is why politicians frequently talk of our generation's lost hope with remorse and sadness.
SOMETIMES random and unfair things happen in life. Millionaires win the lottery. Another boy band pops up on MTV.
THE BEGINNING of school is an extremely hectic time. Between untangling schedules and unpacking boxes, it's easy to get caught up in immediate details at the expense of larger goals.
IT LOOMS large in our lives here at the University. To some, it is the only proof of civilization in Charlottesville besides first-year dorms and Rugby Road.
YOU MAY never have met her, you may not even have voted for her, but chances are she has touched your life in more ways than one.
BE CAREFUL not to mistake them for Democrats. It'd be an easy mistake to make. The speeches and interviews from the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia have sounded more like the words of progressive politicians than the conservative core of the Grand Old Party.
STANFORD University has taken a stand without even knowing it by banning the use of virtual advertising in the broadcasts of their basketball games.
ALL THOSE people on Gov. George W. Bush's "short" list must feel pretty dumb, losing the job to the interviewer, Dick Cheney.
SOME PEOPLE dream of a world in which everyone goes to college. Just like world peace and universal happiness, universal college attendance is an unrealistic goal.
IT WAS my first real "college" moment. I still remember the feeling of anticipation and excitement from that hot, muggy night two summers ago.
IT DOESN'T get any better than first year. The enthusiasm. The new scenery. The new people. And best of all, no parents.
I'M NOT going to lie to you. You probably want to know about roommates. I'm going to tell you about my roommate experiences from last year.
THERE are definitely things I wish I'd known at the start of my first year at the University. I'm not talking about earth-shattering revelations or what the college experience has taught me on some deep level -- that's unique to each individual, and you'll have to make those discoveries for yourself.
FROM AGE two to age six, you learned to read, tie your shoes and not to run with scissors. From eight to 12, you learned pre-algebra, that kids can be cruel, and that boys are weird and girls are, well, girls.
THE 2000-2001 academic year promises to be an eventful one for the honor system. One of the great misconceptions is that it is static, mired in the rigid ways of our ancestors.
I HAVE met some of the most driven, dedicated, funny and creative students of the University. They meet in relative obscurity every week planning and implementing student-oriented functions and social events.
