WHETHER Charlottesville is a two-hour drive from your house or a two-hour flight from the nearest airport, going away to college seems like enough of a journey in itself.
The Rondout-West Branch tunnel has been leaking since the 1980s, losing some 20 million gallons a day.
A FEW WEEKS ago, the University of Virginia was awarded the top spot for public schools in the ?Best Value Colleges for 2009? rankings compiled by The Princeton Review and USA Today.
ALTHOUGH the price of gas has plummeted to its lowest level in years after spiking in the summer, the industrialized world?s dependence on fossil fuels is still a major obstacle in the face of combating climate change.
A NEW ADMINISTRATION in Washington always brings with it speculation about what policy changes will come to our society, and near the top of everyone?s list of priorities lies health care reform.
THERE ARE some discouraging statistics that indicate the United States may be falling behind in the quality of its K-12 schools, and with the emerging global economy, the state of our education system may be more important now than ever.
WHEN YOU are a bit behind schedule, half-walking, half-running to class on McCormick Road, there may be no finer sight than the blue and white paint of a University Transit Service bus emerging from around the corner to save you from tardiness.
THE NAMES ?Chernobyl? and ?Three Mile Island? undoubtedly surface when one mentions the idea of nuclear power, and coupled with the idea of radioactive waste they can raise immediate safety concerns about the process.
AS COLLEGE-aged citizens, we should all be familiar with these words from the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution: ?The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State ...? A recent initiative by Student Council, aimed at persuading the University to allow absences from class on Election Day to make it easier for students to vote, raises the question of how far we should go to protect that right.
AS A STUDENT, life at the University can sometimes feel like living in a bubble.
