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Our educational system makes very little sense. We spend four years in high school to prepare us for college. Problem is, high school is nothing like college. You are in one place from eight a.m. till three p.m., sitting in a desk. Everyone cares about your well-being and your grades....

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  • September 14, 2008

Throughout the month of March and into half of April (due to a formal request by my girlfriend), I had a mohawk. Yes, I was that kid. And yes, I was often whistling. Sometimes it was the smurf theme song. Let’s not judge. On a side note, people don’t whistle...

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  • May 12, 2008

I am a stoic. I guess I never really realized it until my freshmen year of college. In my English class, we actually discussed the stoic philosophy. Almost everyone else in my class was put off by some of the beliefs. I was sitting there, calmly agreeing. Stoicism was founded...

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  • April 17, 2008

A friend of mine and I recently got into a 3 a.m. drunken debate on gay marriage that quickly turned into an argument about gay adoption. His argument was that if nature didn’t promote a gay family, then why should humanity? For example, if you left two people on an...

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  • April 17, 2008

We, my peers, are the lucky ones. We experienced the crest of cartoon bliss. The 1990s provided some of the most unique, well-crafted and well-drawn animation. Even now, I can go back and watch my favorite series without feeling childish. The plots don’t try to talk down to the viewer....

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  • March 31, 2008

You are a trained poodle. Some of us are trained better than others. I don’t know about you, but I am a really really great poodle. I can jump through hoops, sit, lay down, and roll over. In the course of my education, I have been asked to think for...

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  • March 26, 2008

I love Easter. Really. It is my favorite pagan fertility celebration. Where did you think all those bunnies, eggs and even the English word “Easter” came from? Besides, Easter is the time that Reese’s comes out with their egg-shaped cups. Those things are amazing! So much peanut-butter goodness. Now because...

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  • March 26, 2008
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Alpha Kappa Psi. Beta Alpha Psi. Epsilon Alpha Pi. Kappa Psi. Phi Alpha Delta. Theta Tau. You’re unlikely to find these Greek letters in McComas Village. Members probably won’t be embarrassing themselves in Songfest. Outside of their spheres of influence, you’ll probably never see these organizations. They are the professional...

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  • March 26, 2008

What if China thought our government was a direct threat to its national security and decided to attack us based on that reason? What if the Chinese won? They would probably set up a base in Washington, D.C. and attempt to impose their system of government upon us. Would we...

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  • March 26, 2008

Imagine your brother comes to you one day and asks for $10,000. He is down on his luck, recently divorced and jobless. He’s never had a history of this before. You have the money, but it’ll set you back a bit. You may have to skip this year’s vacation, but...

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  • March 26, 2008