Editorial: Recent fires ignite issues
We didn't start the fire, we swear. Nevertheless, lately it feels like the campus has been hearing those fire alarms far too often. Even worse, in spite of all these relatively minor warnings, it is still easy to point out fire code violations, and many of us are guilty. College students often plug extension cords into surge protectors, leave burnt food in the bottom of a dirty oven, have halogen lamps or even smoke inside.
All-nighters: tool to benefit every student
As you get on in your years here at the College, you will find that sooner or later, no matter how much you plan, you will have to pull an all-nighter. As the freshmen in particular must have noticed by now, the work quantity and expectations of quality have risen quite a bit from high school. With the additional time requirements, along with all of the activities, sometimes it's necessary to work all night long.
Flyers place unwarranted guilt on campus drivers
Like any other driver on campus, I live in constant fear that parking regulations will spontaneously break into a game of musical chairs, and I'll get slapped with a fine roughly equal to my weekly paycheck. Imagine my combined shock, irritation and bewilderment, then, when I left work a few weeks ago and saw the telltale white flag clipped under my windshield wiper. |
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| Anh Tran |
Advantages of living on third floor outweigh costs
I like change. In fact, that's one of the many things I have in common with my roommate. One of the results of this is that in the past two years our rooms have undergone no less than seven massive furniture renovations. It's not because we get bored easily. Well, maybe it is, but can you blame us for wanting to change things up a bit?
Media inflating SARS threat
If you care about what else is going on in the world besides the war in Iraq, then you've probably heard about Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Lately it has appeared with increasing frequency on the front page of the newspaper, and this writer is left asking, why. |
