THE FALL semester started out with the first anniversary of Sept. 11, accompanied by frighteningly low water reservoir levels.
WE SAT in the back of the class room, shades drawn and blank index cards resting on our otherwise bare desks.
For the past six Monday nights, millions of Americans have been unified -- not in a war against Iraq or terrorism -- but in a shouting match with the television.
Identity theft, once reserved for gangster movies, is an increasingly common phenomenon. In this information age, the sheer abundance and accessibility of personal data, particularly in computerized formats, makes identity theft a real threat for many individuals.
THE ACHIEVEMENT gap -- the difference between school performance of low-income and minority students versus middle-class white students -- may soon take the back seat to a traditionally less-publicized education issue currently gaining momentum: the teacher gap.
BLINDING headlights reflect in your rearview mirror. You can't see over the vehicle in front of you, and can't predict when you'll need to brake.
LAST TUESDAY Student Council passed "A Resolution Recommending the Creation of a Range Community." The resolution's endorsers hope to see the Range, single-student rooms running parallel to the Lawn behind the gardens, transformed into a housing area similar to the Lawn in its philosophy and purpose. Fostering a sense of community among neighbors is an admirable goal, but the proposed method for achieving this goal is flawed.
I WALKED into the Educational Testing Service center last Friday to take my Graduate Record Examination feeling a little disoriented.
SUPPOSE your professor announced that your entire grade for their course would be based on the final exam.
WHENEVER race issues at the University reenter the spotlight, many of the same issues get thrown around.
