THEY ARE as much a part of University culture as Greek organizations, libraries and popped collars: coffee, caffeinated beverages and energy drinks.
AS YOU search through the Course Offering Directory for an interesting elective, you will probably encounter the following message, "No Course description is available for this course in the record." The COD arrived this past Friday and, like every year, left much to be desired.
I LOVE baseball, but I cringe during every Cleveland Indians playoff game. Their mascot and logo, Chief Wahoo, depicts Native Americans as grinning, bent-nosed morons.
AS YOU are probably well aware, we have next Monday and Tuesday off for Fall Break. Unfortunately, this two-day break came at a price.
FORTY-SEVEN million people in the United States do not have health insurance. That number has only risen (by 2.2 million in the last year, to be exact). The Democratic candidates, Barack Obama, John Edwards and, most recently, Hillary Clinton, have carefully outlined their plans for health care, all promising significant changes.
THE IMPACT of the Virginia Tech shooting has provoked a variety of concerns about campus safety across the nation.
IT BEGAN as a sports story. It has evolved into a story that has consumed the front page in every major newspaper in the country: Michael Vick's dogfighting.
MORE THAN any other image from last week's Virginia Tech tragedy, I, like countless others, will remember the picture that appeared on the front of nearly every major newspaper in the country: Cho Seung-Hui, murderer of 32 innocent people, before a blue background.Unfortunately, many people do not see Cho Seung-Hui before a blue blackground; they see a Korean, or even worse, just an Asian, before a blue background.
BOTH PRE-PROFESSIONAL students and those hoping to enter graduate school must face one common obstacle: one exam whose score can carry as much weight as one's entire GPA.
"SAFERIDE'S purpose is to provide a safe passage for students who would otherwise have to walk alone at night," claims SafeRide's Web site.
