SUMMING up my experiences and feelings about the University has proved difficult as I have reflected these past few weeks.
EXTRAORDINARY times call for extraordinary measures. In the weeks following the terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans have been living in a heightened state of security and anxiety.
EVERYONE can agree that good times make for good friends. With this premise in mind, several leaders of fraternities and sororities around Grounds are organizing a philanthropy event followed by a four-way non-alcoholic mixer in hopes that all will have a good time. Clearly, this isn't a traditional Greek fete.
A WEEK ago today, the United States was a different place. In the aftermath of the tragedies that occurred Sept.
Although classes have been in session for less than two weeks, it has occurred in almost every class at the University: the blaring, distracting ring of someone's cell phone in the middle of a lecture or class discussion.
FOR UNANNOINTED first years, the first few weeks of college are full of adventure and discovery.
WHETHER it's your first time moving in or your fourth, some things never change. Oppressive heat, carpet sales, U-Hauls and traffic jams quickly come to mind.
I CANNOT know whether any advice that I might humbly offer now is worth more than if I were fresh out of my first year.
INSTITUTIONAL memory can be a tricky thing. For the average student, it probably runs about five or six years at the most.
IN JUST over a month, stu-dents will walk down the Lawn for the last time, as graduates. And if your commencement is anything like mine in high school, I'm sure you heard the line about being "the future leaders of our country" as many times as you skipped class senior year.
