Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell recently issued a proclamation recognizing April as Confederate History Month. Upon hearing this, I was utterly taken aback. Why would any state dedicate an entire month to...

The primary goal of any SGA President should be cultivating an inclusive, transparent and truly representative student government. For months, I have laid out my vision for broadening representation in...

I was sure that attending college at the University was going to be a great experience, and that I was going to have plenty of fun while getting my education. However, during my first two semesters here...

We liberals delivered on health care. Over the course of next few months to the next few years, 30 million more people will get health insurance, and everyone will be protected from the evil tactics of...

The forum of political debate is filled with the same “crises” that have dominated the last fifty years: the threat of nuclear weapons and terrorism, yet another war, global poverty, the environmental...

This November, Americans will face another election. Republicans and the Democrats will once again be pitted against each other in a fight to answer the question of who is wrong and who is right. The question...

When I first visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, I remember three things in particular about the museum. First, it was extremely cramped. I was not able to see some of the...

In response to Tray Smith’s column on Wednesday concerning President Obama’s “unserious Iran policy,” I ask: Have we learned nothing from Iraq? As the recent Nuclear Posture Review makes apparent,...

We liberals delivered on health care. Over the course of next few months to the next few years, 30 million more people will get health insurance, and everyone will be protected from the evil tactics of...

As a Catholic, I feel compelled to respond to the recent editorial concerning the church’s response to sexual abuse scandals in Ireland and across the globe and show that the church is not complicit...

By no means am I denouncing critics of the consumption of milk. Well, maybe I am. Rebecca Howard’s letter to the editor on Friday was definitely biased, almost misleading, regarding the facts about milk....

On Monday, the Obama administration revamped the policies governing the nation’s nuclear arsenal, narrowing the circumstances under which the United States would be willing to use nuclear weapons and...