Open secret: The 2011 student government election was a complete joke and an institutional embarrassment. When Chris Loumeau was elected student body president, not much more than two percent of over 32,000 students seemed to care. Team Innovate ran unopposed, and composed completely of incumbents, with the mission “to fight for the students!” […]
The NBA basketball season is already in full swing, and along with it, the fantasy basketball teams. The Fantasy Sports Trade Association estimates that 32 million people ages 12 and above had fantasy teams in 2010. That number increases annually. The sports industry grosses about 3-4 billion dollars from this hobby and 22 percent of […]
Dear Bicycle Riders: My name is Nick Scholz, and I’m going to kill you. Now, I don’t want to get off on the wrong foot with you guys. Heaven knows there are few groups more organized or zealous than outdoor bicyclists. Believe me when I tell you that I don’t wish to kill […]
Outside of the Liberal Arts building, headed to Fresh Wraps for lunch, I walk directly into someone else’s cloud of smoke. There was always something comforting about basking in my own, but walking through another’s does not have the same effect. It is kind of like smelling your own fart. They say an ex-smoker […]
I have been in a relationship with the most wonderful man I’ve ever known for the past two and a half years. He’s a military man. He has served eight years in the United States Marine Corps with a tour to Iraq under his belt. He is intelligent, ambitious, kind, funny, not to mention tall […]
I was writing a guy overseas in the Marines, and I mean WRITING to him. I would send 25-page letters that would barely fit in a business-size, number 10 envelope. I was madly in love with him, or, really, AT him, and I made up for his lack of response by writing more. He […]
College is expensive and a lot of students pay dearly for it. This is why I’m always incredibly astounded by the lack of classroom etiquette that people seem to get away with. There are some rules that warrant discussion or review. Admittedly, college is it’s own wild atmosphere and everyone’s learning about learning. But […]
Being a full-time student and carrying a full or, even, part-time work schedule can be very demanding. Due to the steady increasing prices of tuition, books, housing and food, living comfortably is nearly impossible for most students. Few students are fortunate enough not to have to work – however, being completely dependent on parents […]
I wouldn’t have previously considered myself to be very political. But now the rumblings of the next presidential election have started to shake up my world, bombarding my consumption of the daily news. It seems like every day I hear something different about another GOP candidate. I hear about the Mormon with a […]
This week Old Man Winter sucker-punched us right in the back of the head. He sang us all off to a peaceful slumber with mendacious lullabies, promising us a lush, warm winter. And then, right as we were all floating off to the Land of Sweet Dreams, he flipped us over onto our stomachs and […]