Buried beneath the media frenzy and shock over the Virginia Tech shootings is the scandal over World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz's lapse in judgment. Appointed by President Bush, Wolfowitz is facing harsh criticism and has been asked to step down by the bank's top officials for giving his girlfriend, Shaha Ali Riza, a pay and promotion package.

Since 2003, the African country of Sudan has served as the backdrop to the violent conflict that has consumed the western region of Darfur. For more than four years, the impoverished region has been under attack by the Sudanese government after two rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement, accused the government of neglecting Darfur.

The girls' sparkling dresses gleamed as they stood next to their prom dates in pressed tuxedos. Each couple posed for a picture with their friends, and all of the anxious students, black and white alike, lined up at the Turner County Civic Center in Ashburn, Ga.

For some the adage "home is where the heart is" doesn't carry as much truth as it does for others. Often we take our homes for granted, not really being thoughtful as to why or how we got there. However, for many of the 250,000 Jews who survived the Holocaust 62 years ago and who are spending the last years of their lives in Israel, this idiom is more of a cruel joke.

How many of you have ever envisioned Jesus riding gloriously into Jerusalem like Billy the Kid, on a horse that was poached from its hapless owner? According to the Bible, that's exactly how it went down (Luke 19:30-34). I'd still believe in ghosts today if I had never investigated.

As a senior watching the semester draw to a close, a sense of dread and relief constantly battle in my head. Yes, I am really close to graduating, but no, I'm not sure if I can keep my sanity as I try to get there. I've been reflecting on the following life lessons I learned and I hope undergrads benefit from them.

The Supreme Court decided to uphold the federal ban partial-birth abortions. A little history: the law was vetoed by President Clinton twice, then signed into law by President Bush. The law was arguably unconstitutional - granted, like almost every law - which is what two separate lower courts found before the case was repealed to the Supreme Court.