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Jeff Novack: With Rich Gannon out for six weeks with a broken vertebrae, Kerry Collins will take over as quarterback in Oakland. Oddly enough, Collins actually used to live in my hometown while playing for the Giants. Rumor had it that several recent graduates of my high school visited Collins’s house one day several years ago.
Bears Fall to High-Powered North Central Offense
Despite the best efforts of senior quarterback Adam Meranda and junior wide receiver Brad Duesing, the Washington University football team came up short in their game Saturday night against North Central College. The Bears dropped the game, played in Naperville, Illinois, 38-28.
Bears win two, LaBoskey nabs UAA honor
If you’ve been following the Washington University men’s soccer team this season, you’re probably aware of junior forward Rob Weeks’ torrid scoring pace (six goals, two assists). And you’ve probably noticed senior goalkeeper Colin Robinson’s impressive number of shutouts.
Missouri’s colleges given ‘F’ for affordability
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (NCPPHE) gave Missouri colleges the worst grade possible in its “affordability” category of a state report card released earlier this month, entitled “Measuring Up 2004.” In hanging this proverbial dunce cap over Missouri’s head, the non-profit agency compared the average amount that American families earn each year to the average costs of community, two-year and four-year institutions of higher learning.
Students educate peers on terror in Sudan
Washington University’s Mallinckrodt Center became the scene of mass education this past Wednesday as students presided over collection tables and posters presenting facts about the Darfur conflict. Strategically placed collection sites on both floors of Mallinckrodt, along with the obligatory mountain of candy, ensured that the information would be noticed by passersby who might or might not decide to toss money into water-cooler bottles to help displaced Sudanese.
Campaigns still have option to pull out of debate
The saga continues. With just nine days until Washington University hosts the town-hall debate between President Bush and Senator Kerry, the meeting remains in a limbo of sorts. Both candidates have agreed to participate in the debate, but because the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) has refused to sign the campaigns’ agreement, either candidate could pull out at any time.
Students get their ‘Political Bearings’
Students can now get a firmer grip on politics with WUTV’s newest show, “Political Bearings.” The student-run production aims to present issues fairly and with a campus focus. “We’re hoping that this semester, with the election, the show will appeal to students who are politically interested-not only people who are involved with political organizations, but also people who are casually interested or less active,” said sophomore Evan Susser, the show’s producer.
WU burned by fire ranking
Failed a test recently? You’re not alone. In a recently released ranking, Washington University scored a 50 percent in the “Fire Safety” category of The Princeton Review’s 2004-2005 survey of campus life.
The University scored an 80 on a scale of 60 to 99 points. The questions dealt with statistics such as the percentage of rooms equipped with a supervised fire alarm system, the percentage of rooms equipped with an automatic sprinkler system, the number of hours of student fire-safety training provided by the school and the procedures that campus security and the fire department employ when responding to activated fire alarms.
The Princeton Review developed the survey in conjunction with the Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS), a watchdog group that collects and publishes data on campus fire statistics.
Don’t make me shush you
Ok, imagine this. You’re in a discussion-based class talking about a work of … I don’t know, say literature. Everyone around you is making the same basic clich‚ observations that barely warrant the effort of speaking, but for once in your (ok let’s be honest, this story is about me) my pathetic existence as a student, I came up with a slightly innovative, not yet voiced reflection on the reading.
Mugged at gunpoint? Not if I’m packing
Many of the responses to my last article “The trouble with University gun policy” cited the apparent rarity of campus crime (particularly violent rape, though that is not the topic at hand in this article) as witness against the various points I made about the necessity of allowing students to carry firearms in self-defense.