ACROSS these mountains, across several rivers, over used battlefields and county lines and every sort of geography but deserts, there is a place that I called home for as long as I was there. It seems worth mention, as this is Parents' Weekend, and we are welcoming the visitors from the many places we call home.
UNTIL recently, I thought of my father as your basic pen-and-pencil type of guy. Give him a sheet of paper and some kind of gilded, expensive writing utensil, and he happily will compose pages of fine prose.
WHEN I turned on the radio yesterday, the first song I heard was Backstreet Boys' "I Want it That Way." Well, I don't particularly like Backstreet Boys, so I changed the station and N'Sync was playing.
KIDS AND politicians say the darndest things. Virginia state Sen. Emily Couric, (D-Charlottesville) and businesswoman and Senate hopeful Jane Maddux (R), faced off Tuesday night in the second debate of the Youth Leadership Initiative, sponsored by the Center for Governmental Studies.
YOU LEARN a lot if you weigh 130 pounds and play center. You learn that getting out of the way hurts as much as getting in the way.
AS OF THIS weekend we're all batting for the same team. No, students divided over the Major League Baseball playoffs haven't agreed on which ball club is best.
THE UNIVERSITY can and must promote a diverse learning environment. Diversity of geography, diversity of gender, diversity of interests, and of course, diversity of race, are all keys to a robust intellectual community.
TOMORROW is Fall Convocation, and it was at Convocation two years ago that, summoning the views of many colleagues and students, I outlined the Faculty Senate's initiative to build intellectual community.
"THE UNIVERSITY of Virginia maintains a strong tradition of student self-government ..." These words, the first words scrolled across the University's Web site, are read by thousands of prospective students who are misled to believe that students at the University are allowed to govern themselves fully.
I'VE FINALLY figured out how to make a million dollars. Wait, scratch that - make it a billion. I've decided to patent online banking, or maybe online newspapers.
THIS COLUMN isn't about politics at all. Well, that's not exactly true, but I didn't want you to stop reading after the first sentence.
UNIVERSITY students often seem to rush through their days, living in constant anticipation of the next hurdle, the next major event.
WAH, WAH, wah. College food stinks. Wah, wah, wah. My mommy's food is better. Complaints about campus food at the University are as stale and redundant as the pasta and tomato sauce that always are served in the dining halls.
WAH, WAH, wah. College food stinks. Wah, wah, wah. My mommy's food is better. Complaints about campus food at the University are as stale and redundant as the pasta and tomato sauce that always are served in the dining halls.
UNIVERSITY students often seem to rush through their days, living in constant anticipation of the next hurdle, the next major event.
I'M NOT black, I'm not poor, I'm not disabled -- but I face discrimination. It isn't because I'm female, either.
SO FAR this year, I have turned a blind eye to the "Big White Tent" both on the patio and in the pages of The Cavalier Daily. I assumed that the supposed issue was really being treated as a joke by the newspaper staff and, while something I saw as a waste of space and totally pointless, had little effect on the general community's opinion of the paper.
I'VE FINALLY figured out how to make a million dollars. Wait, scratch that - make it a billion. I've decided to patent online banking, or maybe online newspapers.
AS ONE might well expect, the Senate's rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty last week prompted an explosion of anger both here and abroad.
THIS COLUMN isn't about politics at all. Well, that's not exactly true, but I didn't want you to stop reading after the first sentence.
