A new edition of Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" will be released this year by NewSouth Books, but with one notable change: Every occurrence of the "N-word," which appears 219 times in the novel, will be replaced by the word "slave." Alan Gribben, who writes the introduction for this new edition, insists this is not an attempt to negate the racial character of the novel, but instead to make the text more accessible to high school students.
During my spring semester at Florida State University last year, I took an art history course that met at 10 a.m.
Out of all the sensational and frightening campaign ads released during the 2010 election cycle, one distinguished itself from the rest by being especially crazy.
I think that feel-good sensation you get on a Friday afternoon is pretty universal; everybody is more prepared to laugh, there is an itch to get out of work or school and almost all of us put aside our busy lives for a while and focus on filling up our social calendars.
Sarah Palin was a revelation for me when she exploded onto the scene in 2008. I remember I was a senior in high school in the midst of a historic election, and along came this woman running for vice president who sounded unlike any politician I'd ever heard.
I do not know whether anyone else was surprised to see that six of the top ten wage earners on the state's payroll are University administrators, but I was.
Virginia Attorney General and University alumnus Ken Cuccinelli announced Oct. 4 that he was re-issuing a new civil investigative demand against the University after his first subpoena was denied in August.
This is an interesting time for race relations in America. To many Americans, the election of President Obama symbolized seminal moment in racial progress, a refreshing departure from our past and a renewal of our commitment to tolerance.
The Internet has always carried a stigma of lawlessness and amorality, but for good reason. In the case of our generation, the Internet represents a space in which normalized ethical expectations do not apply.
