Students, bookstore to benefit from Act
The recent bills passed by the Virginia General Assembly concerning textbook policies are a good first step in lowering prices, but it is just the beginning. It is refreshing to see groups like Virginia21 setting aggressive goals and attaining them; in the past decade, students have had to deal with radically increasing prices, few alternatives and little recourse. Though it is convenient to blame the Barnes & Noble campus bookstore for high pric ... |
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'Spirit of the law' calls for local student voting
Fact is, the burden of proof in the debate about student voting rights in Williamsburg rests not on this side, but on the other. It's federal law (see the 26th Amendment) that, like any other U.S. citizen, students 18 and over be afforded the right t ... more |
PATRIOT Act proves troubling, deplorable
Although supported by a few conservative voices on campus, most recently The William and Mary Standard in its current issue (Jan./Feb. 2005), the USA PATRIOT Act strips away some of the most basic freedoms that we as Americans enjoy under the Bill of ... more
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