Final reflections: Who peed in your corn flakes?
(03/24/11 4:59am)
In the last edition of The Collegian, opinion editor Liz Monahan asked: "What do we really learn in college?"
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In the last edition of The Collegian, opinion editor Liz Monahan asked: "What do we really learn in college?"
Many University of Richmond students eagerly anticipate an exotic, beach spring break vacation. Or perhaps many are traveling down to New Orleans for the creme de la creme of college spring breaks: Mardi Gras.
Chuck Morris, Ph. D. and renowned scholar, came to speak at our school this week. He calls himself an "accidental activist" at Boston College, where he teaches. He incorporates material on the history of homosexuals into his course because as someone of homosexual orientation, he simply feels that this is material that should be exposed to anyone desiring a full education.
According to last week's police report in The Collegian, an unknown offender stole two textbooks, valued at $432, from the bookstore. After reading the report, two thoughts instantly came to mind.
I know what I want to do with my life because of Earth Lodge.
The University of Richmond unveiled its new transportation initiative for students, faculty and staff just in time for the spring semester.
The people behind the UR Energy Wars want students to know that reducing energy consumption is as easy as turning off the lights.
Thanksgiving is almost upon us and with that, so is the pressure to perform. Not in the sense of when Aunt Carol, who likes to hit the sauce a little hard on holidays (and I'm not talking gravy), asks you to play the piano even though you only took lessons for a year when you were 10, but rather the other tradition that comes along with the territory of Thanksgiving: the act of giving thanks.
"Be aggressive. B-E aggressive. B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E."
Christine --
They start with a warm-up that includes jogging, high knees and stretching, and then they move on to foot drills and scrimmages, all in the blistering Virginia heat that has just begun to subside despite the official change of seasons.
CARDIO - GET PHYSICAL!
I didn't sleep well last Thursday. I had one of those "half-asleep" nights in which you wake up and make the mistake of looking at your cell phone for the 10th time. By then, your mind is already racing, and you are fully awake. What made this Thursday night different were the two "Tickler" articles in The Collegian last week keeping me awake.
Megan Zanella-Litke was in for a surprise when she arrived as a freshman at Tulane University in New Orleans after growing up on a blueberry farm in Connecticut.
Senior Megan Venable sat at her kitchen table framed by rope lights hung around the walls, excited to talk about a set of wooden bins located next to the 1900 block of the University Forest Apartments.
As the game clock ticks down to 1 p.m. Sept. 18 — the inaugural game at Robins Stadium for the University of Richmond Spiders football game against Elon University — athletic department officials are ticking off their checklists when it comes to game day information and preparation.
So the weather gets better. The birds chirp, the bees buzz, the pants start coming down and the the shorts keep rising. Spring is in the air. There is not only the change in weather, but the change in demeanor of everyone and everything.
Green Bikes are back on campus after the winter, along with 14 new yellow bikes that were purchased to replace damaged and lost bikes.
The University of Richmond men's basketball team lost to Saint Mary's College during the first round of the NCAA Tournament last week, but Richmond's coach offered only praise for his team.
All students need to do now to aid campus sustainability initiatives is save their food waste.