Opinion
Libya over Lindsay
By Abby Kloppenburg | April 14, 2011In one of my classes the teacher asked us to come up with a slogan that represented our generation.
In one of my classes the teacher asked us to come up with a slogan that represented our generation.
Ahhh, hello there Richmonders. This weekend was nothing if not a true display of Richmond's prudent and pragmatic character.
It could not have been a more beautiful night on Monday, April 4, 2011. Around 300 students and faculty gathered in the Forum for Take Back the Night, a place free from sexual assault and abuse where men and women "shatter the silence." I sat in the crowd as I have every year, but this year was different.
Q:How do you feel the Lenten season influences student social behavior on campus? A:In reality, I will never know its full effects, but I am optimistic that it helps better our student body.
There's something about a job interview that is a lot like a first date. Correct name pronunciations are still being disentangled by the tongue.
Texting is a tricky, tricky thing. I'd go as far as to say that it is one of the most important skills to acquire as a socially functioning college student.
Once upon a time, there was an underground fraternity known as Pike. There were lots of rumors about the Pikes.
The time has come and gone for returning study abroad students to phase out the super awesome my-study-abroad-was-better-than-your-study-abroad stories that governed every bit of conversation for the first few months of the year and replace them with boring, normal Richmond talk.
Last October Dr. Pauline Chen published an article, "Medical Student Distress and the Risk of Doctor Suicide," in The New York Times about suicide rates among physicians and medical students. She defined the difference between burnout and depression, two conditions that medical students are proven to become afflicted with at higher rates than their peers.
So this has been a pretty rough week for the ladies of 905. There's been quite a bit of comfort eating (bags and bags of chocolate Easter eggs), a lot of late night pillow talking, significant amounts of girl-on-girl cuddling and a few tears (per second). Naturally, since it was such a crappy week for all of us, Thursday through Sunday was a super massive explosion of pent-up stress, depression, anger and the general antsy-ness that accompanies being sick of school and tired of going to a zillion terribly managed meetings.
Alright, so let's clear things up here: I'm no longer an employee of The Collegian. I loved my time on staff, but during my last four weeks of college, I'm excited to be able to spill my opinions and reflections without having any of the constraints of a Collegian staffer or editor.
Question: Based on recent news coverage, how well did Geraldine Ferraro pave the way for future women leaders? Answer: "Geraldine Ferraro's run for vice president in 1984 contested the status quo and gave Americans the first opportunity to consider a woman taking a top position in the executive branch.
In the last edition of The Collegian, opinion editor Liz Monahan asked: "What do we really learn in college?" I'd like to respond to her question with the question: "Hey Liz, who peed in your corn flakes?" What a dumb question.
It always seems that my best writing occurs after two in the morning. I'm not sure why. Maybe a science major could explain it to me.
Believe it or not, The Collegian editor-in-chief isn't always the most popular person on campus. During the past year, my staff and I have covered the tragic, the jubilant and the controversial.
My friends and I love to complain to one another. It's something we do almost daily. Although this is more so for something to talk about - usually our problems are minuscule, and we know this, we just feel like complaining - the whole thing got me thinking: What makes happiness? Webster's dictionary online defined happiness as "good fortune, prosperity; a state of well-being and contentment." I see hordes of people every weekend with drunken grins plastered to their faces as they cling to each other and sway back and forth to the song of the week.
Deciding what to write about has not been an easy task because there are so many topics that I feel I have neglected.
Your car would not run very well on unclean fuel nor would it be able to get you where you need to go if the tank is on "E." I liken this scenario to the human body.
So if I were to ask you whether you wanted to try the inverse-reverse with me, what would you think?
Hello Dean Newcomb, I hope your semester is going well. Congratulations on the completion of your deanship, and I wish you well as you reenter the academic world. I am a proud University of Richmond graduate, class of 2010.