If you haven't recently heard someone start a sentence with the words, "Well, in this economy ..." then you've been living in a cave.
It seems that every time you turn on the television or listen to the radio, you're inundated by advertisements about buying gold.
First-year students have it easy. They check a website that tells them where they live and who their roommates are.
There is a secret that 6students at the University have worked hard to preserve throughout the years.
Kayla Second-year Nursing
Hello, old friends! I hope you all had great vacations with plenty of hot summer romances - preferably with tall Europeans and Amazonian babes with foreign accents and rippling muscles.
University students make many decisions during their four years at college, the most common of which usually include whether to live on Grounds or off, which internships to apply for and how to balance a social life and their studies.
I think pretty much every guy at one point has felt the sting of embarrassment from a seemingly harmless action that appears to others as just a little girly.
As the new academic year commences, the search for previously unexplored and exciting food options does as well, particularly for those students who are relying less and less on University dining halls.
Based on an alarmingly accurate poll that I made up for this column, nearly 85 percent of adults between the ages of 18 and 25 are inadequately hydrated.
Fall 1970: 450 women arrive on Grounds, ready to claim their spots as the first female students ever admitted to the College.
When I'm sad or uncomfortable or jealous, I generally use one of two defensive maneuvers: sleep or insults. When I was 16, my heart was broken into about nine pieces.
I owe it all to James Van Der Beek. I admit that I am one of those pathetic girls who used to sit at home for hours just to watch a marathon of "Dawson's Creek." So it should be no surprise that one fateful summer afternoon I would watch MTV's "When I Was Seventeen" just to get a glimpse into the former heartthrob's life as a teenager.
First-year students have it easy. They check a website that tells them where they live and who their roommates are.
Three years of waiting have come to a loud and proud halt. Three Sundays ago, a crowd in Newcomb Plaza watched as 50 new members were initiated into the University's Kappa Rho chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, which the national body suspended Oct.
Perhaps contrary to popular belief, video gaming can be more beneficial than just having the opportunity to learn the secrets to World of Warcraft.
Class of 2010 - Congrats on graduation and welcome to the real world. As you prepare to leave Mr. Jefferson's University, I offer you a few practical financial tips for your future that you can take advantage of during your last weeks on Grounds, this summer and beyond.
A basic knowledge of how to invest in the stock market is an important financial skill. Yet many find penetrating the mysteries of Wall Street to be a rather daunting task.
Four years ago - acceptance letter in hand - I anticipated all I would learn in college, all the changes I would undergo.
Sweet aromas waft through Newcomb Hall every other Friday afternoon, carrying the delicious scent of the Baking Club's freshly made cakes and cookies from the dining hall's kitchens. This club mainly specializes in desserts, concocting an assortment of scrumptious breads, pies and other treats.
