THIS WEEK, students have a much bigger opportunity to influence the University's future than many may realize.
AS BARACK Obama swore on the Bible and took the Oath of Office on Tuesday, history of a different kind continued to be made across the globe.
IF OLE Captain Jack Sparrow has taught us anything, it?s that everybody loves a good pirate story.Unfortunately, the recent events off the coast of Somalia don?t constitute a major blockbuster hit, but rather a serious breakdown in international maritime stability.
NATURALLY, just about every sane person in this country is sick of politics and elections. After all, we've endured presidential campaigning for nearly two years now, and although this was undoubtedly a historic election, most people are ready for the electioneering to be over and the real work of governing to begin. While this is a more than understandable sentiment, things are a little bit different here in Virginia.
WE?RE A few weeks into the Free Newspaper Project?s trial run, and a couple observations should be made.
LAST TUESDAY, Student Council?s Safety and Wellness Committee kicked off its ?Lighten? Up? campaign, which aims to increase exterior lighting in off-Grounds housing areas frequented by students.
FOR ALL the painstaking deliberation that goes into planning the federal budget, there?s only one side of fiscal policy that voters truly respond to en masse: those nasty little things called taxes.
WHEN IT comes to trend-setting in higher education, no one can touch Harvard. Even in those years that US News and World Report ranked it behind Princeton for having the top undergraduate program, everyone still thought Harvard to be synonymous with elite academia, with students and faculty who were the cream of the crop.
AH, WHAT autumn would be complete without an Al Groh debate? Love him ? which probably isn?t too popular a stance on the cocktail circuit these days ? or hate him, nearly every loyal Virginia football enthusiast has an opinion on the subject.
LAST WEEK, any student who so much as glanced at a news paper or turned on the TV was bombarded with information about the current financial crisis.
