Ah, November. Dark, gray and cold. Reading Days are but a distant dream and Halloween candy has somehow already transformed into a pile of wrappers. Leaves are long gone, pumpkins lay rotting on the pavement and groundskeeping has removed the campus foliage, which means that all signs of life other than the alarmingly brazen St. Peter squirrels have disappeared. Seriously, those guys are so bold … Continue reading Gamble your troubles away
On your marks. Get set. BANG! That’s not the roar of a cheering crowd of fanatics you hear, unless you happen to be reading the paper at a hockey game, in which case, you really need to sort out your priorities. No, that’s the sound of the collective student body’s mental gears pushing into overtime. It’s that time of year: everyone’s running the Post-Midterm Six-Week … Continue reading ‘Tis (not quite) the season
We have a misconstrued conception about Student Senate. Its power comes from providing avenues for students to take up their issues with other students. But that’s the thing: they are taking these issues up with other students. Now, before I get too far into this discussion, I will say that I think Nick Prince and Jen Fox have done a terrific job as Co-Presidents of … Continue reading Beyond student senate
I have heard rumors of a place, my friends. A place after graduation. Where there is always bread on the table and a bun in the oven. I mean a baby in the oven. I mean on the table. I mean a mother in the oven. Wait. I am still a bit confused about the details, but I read it all in this book, you … Continue reading Is there life after graduation?
The LaGuardia Airport was deceptively peaceful last Friday night in New York City. Only moments ago I had skimmed over and plunged into a sea of endless glittering light, the cabin doors opened to a dim, soundless terminal, and I had no idea what I was in for, yet. I was greeted by pair of very loud, very Italian family friends who ushered me to … Continue reading It’s Happening
There is a building adjacent to Confer/Vickner. It is a good sized building: several stories high, two-thousand square feet, by my estimations. It is stone, probably made during the Stone Age. It has an odd attribute of going unnoticed. Yet many of us, like me, have had a class or two there in the past. The building, though, is locked and has sheets of paper … Continue reading Bigfoot is squatting in SSC
Here’s a typical conversation for any type of science major: “So what are you majoring in?” They answer something along the lines of biology, chemistry pre-med, etc. “Awesome! You must be so smart. You are going to make so much money someday!” Here’s a typical conversation for me: “So what are you majoring in?” they ask. “English,” I say. Long pause. “Huh. What are you … Continue reading The bonfire of the humanities
There was a time when rap music really meant rhythm and poetry. In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the group Public Enemy was dominating hip-hop in the United States and was one of the first groups of its genre to enjoy success internationally. This was not because of digital, synthesized remixes, but because of their revolutionary sound and their honest and insightful social commentary. … Continue reading Souljaboy tellin’ ‘em all the wrong things
I just checked my midterm grades. Five or six little letters: Ss and Ps, As and Cs. All sorts of weird little symbols on WebAdvisor to take your academic pulse. Let’s be real, do these letters tell us anything? How many times has a prof said, “Oh, you’re all getting As for your midterm grades because there hasn’t been enough material to truly reflect your work…” … Continue reading Learning to love mediocrity
Hi. I’m Jenna, and … I’m an out-of-state Gustie. This is the part where you make me feel better by greeting me en-masse with a sympathetic “Hi, Jenna.” Come on, I know there’s only like 400 of you, but really. Courtesy, people. Thank you. Now. I’m an out-of-state Gustie. I’m not here to vent about how impossible it is to pronounce town names up here … Continue reading Family matters
