RECEIVING advice is an indispensable part of a college education. It has little to do with the learning we get from textbooks, but it has everything to do with the education we receive outside the classroom -- an education that is at least as important as book learning.
RUGBY Road, 3 a.m. The scene, of inebriated people stumbling home, is typical of a Friday or Saturday night at the University.
RECENTLY, the Pentagon published the disturbing, if not unexpected, results of a survey on the climate towards homosexuals in the military.
THOUGH Larry Sabato's American Politics 101 class lies seven semesters in the past, I still have the sticker I received from him that proclaims, "Politics is a good thing." Webster defines politics in several ways, among them: "the science and art of political government; political science" and "factional scheming for power and status within a group." The first of these definitions can, with little argument, be considered a good (or at least innocuous) thing.
IMAGINE if your expenses for books went up 63 percent in two years -- what would you do? Relax, this isn't happening.
THE BOY was not allowed to talk, so he handed me a slip of paper. "Please understand my reasons for not speaking today.
THE VIRGINIA State Senate currently is considering instituting a technology requirement for all students.
THIS IS a response to Diya Gullapalli's March 28th column "American math methods don't add up." As students of mathematics education in the Education School, we feel it is necessary to address some of the issues brought up by Ms. Gullapalli. When deciding what educational policy to apply in the classroom, one must first decide on the purpose of teaching and learning mathematics.
LAST SEMESTER, we decided to read about and reflect upon our University community -- a community that ideally fosters and appreciates contributions from all its members.
THE FREAKS came out three different nights this past weekend and they put on three student-written one-act plays.
BY SUNDAY afternoon, the pile of folded papers on my dining room table has usually grown pretty high.
EIGHTEEN hour bras and "No Nonsense" Pantyhose. Who knew that a quick glance at the lingerie department could sum up the identity of female leaders so well?
FOR OREGONIANS, much of what all of us cherish is at stake. Privacy. Fundamental rights. Sanctity of contracts.
HISTORY, I had always believed, was a study of facts. Questioning these facts was questioning what's already happened.
THE UNITED States has an odd reputation overseas. We are seen as progressive, yet puritan; advocates of freedom, yet strangely constrictive in our own laws.
THEY ARE patriotic Americans. I can appreciate that. They are fervent anti-Communists. I can appreciate that.
A JOB SEARCH is underway at the moment and its outcome will greatly affect the nature of performing arts at the University.
IMAGINE if the presidential election process lasted only one week. On Oct. 27, the candidates would announce their intention to run.
THE UNIVERSITY stands for public access to higher education. Its very founding was intended to give life to the notion that education should not be limited to one faith, one political persuasion or one walk of life.
SHE'S A media dream. Last fall, Cherie Blair, the wife of British prime minister Tony Blair, shocked the nation by announcing that, at age 45, she is pregnant.
