IT HAS taken me the past month to settle into my own dorm room. Only recently did I get around to doing anything that could be loosely defined as decorating, and I've just started being able to find what I need when I need it.
HERE AT the University things tend to go smoothly. With a healthy budget, a concerned administration, and dedicated students, problems are often quickly identified and addressed.
There is controversy presently over a failed bill that would have mandated the Pledge of Allegiance at Student Council meetings.
MANY OF us might remember those bumper stickers that bitter Republicans slapped on their cars following the 1992 election.
OVER THE past couple of years, the University has made an effort to provide students with social alternatives that do not involve alcohol.
COMEDIAN W.C. Fields once said, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it." The University would do well to heed this advice when it comes to its direct approach to promoting alcohol-free social programs. Efforts to directly combat drinking by providing alternative activities have not been successful.
YOU KNOW who you are. You're that guy who interrupted me during my nap in psychology. Or you're that girl who rudely bumped into me while strolling down the Lawn.
AMERICANS are the best. At everything. We are the superior nation; we are the richest and the most powerful.
IT'S AS if many of us live in a hole. As easy as it is to become completely absorbed in the University community, it is no surprise that many of us are unfamiliar with the topics introduced by following headlines.
TO STATE the obvious, the construction of a large building is not an overnight phenomenon. Rather than conjoining a series of 15-story Legos and Lincoln Logs, contractors build skyscrapers through a tenuous arrangement of cinder blocks, girders, concrete, plumbing and electricity.
MOST college students will watch TV at some point tonight. Some of you will watch the presidential debates.
A WOMAN'S right to choose to have an abortion is a godsend. With abortion's legalization through Roe v.
PERHAPS the most frequent complaint heard by the Ombudsman is that a story's coverage wasn't "fair." Upon explanation of such complaints, typically the complaints are over two aspects of journalistic objectivity: balance of coverage and subjectivity in reporting.
UNIVERSITY life truly dulls our senses. Natty Light, the routine of classes, and dining hall cuisine acutely diminish our awareness of the surroundings.
WHEN LITTLE boys play video games, they sit cross-legged about six inches from the TV screen with a glazed look in their eyes, a control pad in their hands, and their mother's voice in the background telling them not to strain their eyes. When big boys play video games, they sit six inches from a computer screen in a college dorm room.
COLLEGE REP. Justin Pfeiffer proves that a little bit of knowledge can do a lot of harm. A petition, requiring 2000 signatures from College students for Pfeiffer's removal from office, is in circulation.
THIS PAST weekend, Ronald Edward Gay quietly walked into a gay bar in Roanoke, pulled out his gun, and with the pull of a trigger changed the lives of everyone present in that bar.
IT'S OFFICIAL: If Texas Gov. George W. Bush wins the upcoming presidential election, I'm moving to Canada.
DESPITE all my mom's quirks, I love that woman. She bakes me pies. She still calls me her "baby." And last week, she sent me a stack of newspaper clippings in hopes of swaying my presidential vote. This surprised me, as she and my dad have always encouraged me to make my own decisions.
WE WANT to address it, but all we really do is dance around the issue at hand. When it comes to race relations, the University has yet to face the most fundamental, underlying truths about the question of race.
