As I thought about things I wanted to write about this week, I was struck by how most "opinions" people (including myself, not going to lie) tend to revolve around complaining about something.
I don't go to D-Hall too much these days. Blame it on the "trayless everydays" scare, the long lunch lines or maybe that the Mongolian Grill has lost much of its luster after three years.
In my senior year, I've noticed that some people in my class are starting new relationships during their final year of college.
In addition to making the prerequisite series of fart jokes in my opinion column each week, part of my job as your assistant opinion editor is to motivate you students to write in with your own thoughts, rants, points of view, secret teacher crushes, etc. There are two ways to do this.
So here I was on the corner of Broad and Madison Street Friday night listening to four people in a folk(ish) band scream my name aloud in front of about 15 people with crowds nearby. I thought to myself, "Now this is really something that would never happen on our campus: There are four college-aged people playing acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, violin and accordion and stomping on a hubcap for percussion." I hadn't really planned on getting called out, but then again, I don't usually plan on these sorts of things (not that I really could), and quite frankly, it made my night. My mom always said it was one of her biggest regrets of parenting -- that she didn't make us learn to play an instrument.
Courtesy Lisa Brancheau and Lindsey Ryan By Lisa Brancheau and Lindsey Ryan Westhampton College '06 Greetings from south of the border!
After taking the United States off the gold standard in 1971, Richard Nixon uttered his now infamous and oft-mocked saying, "We're all Keynesians now." Keynesianism would later run into a road-bump called stagflation, and be tossed to the backburner of the metaphorical economic theory stove.
By Benjamin Telsey and Stephen Hess Richmond '09 Let's be honest, there is really nothing going on at UR between the time classes end on Friday and forties at four.
Top 10 Themes the Lodges SHOULD have, because who doesn't enjoy a good themed party? 10. Beauty and the Geek.
The first hints of springtime after a long cold winter are always the most glorious of days. Like this past Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday nonetheless, with the sun poking out from the clouds and the temperature pushing seventy degrees. It was a great game, too.
By Larry Burnett UR SBA '76 Two years ago I wrote to The Collegian about how I could not believe the students' lack of interest in sports activities at The University of Richmond.
It was almost a year ago when I first met members of the "Extreme Croquet Club of Richmond" playing on the Westhampton Green.
As a junior at the university, school spirit is a recurring topic of discussion on campus, often leading to possible ways in which attendance at athletic events could be improved. This topic has resurfaced with added emphasis because of the recent Richmond Times-Dispatch article by Paul Woody titled "Spider fans have taken a TO." In the article, Mr. Woody slams students and fans about not supporting their team, especially when they faced St.
Richmond students don't care about Richmond sports. It's a statement I hear at least weekly, if not more frequently, and I'm sick of it.
By Jason Barnes Richmond '09 The name of Max's Positive Vibe Cafe is more than just clever nomenclature (sorry, I live in Gottwald). It's an accurate representation of the restaurant itself.
I'm afraid I haven't been completely honest with myself during the last year and a half of college.
In his Inaugural Address, President Barack Obama asserted that we are asking the wrong questions.
Editor's Note: The Collegian reserves the right to publish anonymous submissions only if an author's well-being is at stake and the article's message is deemed worthy of publication. As a closeted non-heterosexual male at the University of Richmond, my experiences on this campus are drastically different than those of heterosexuals. People stay in the closet for many reasons -- family, religious, financial, profession, social and safety.
It still seems weird to me that a semester has already gone by since coming to Richmond, but the beginning to my second semester is starting off even more quickly than the first.
It's spring semester, and that means we in the senior class are being harassed on an almost daily basis for donations to the class gift fund.
