Things to be thankful for: A Thanksgiving misadventure
In this modern day and age, most people see Thanksgiving as a time to step back and see what really matters. Not cars, nor the newest iPod, but family, friends and stellar turkey basting and pie-making abilities. Not me. Not this year. This Thanksgiving, I decided that I would move beyond the basic realms for thankfulness.
America’s state-run media
It is a common misconception that America has a free press. Our talking heads love to point out that Hugo Chavez recently closed Venezuela’s last independent television station or Vladimir Putin has slowly expropriated the last of Russia’s non-state media.
To eat or not to eat
Yes, I know, this subject has been well covered. Bon Appetit is one of the more frequent targets of Student Life editorials, and complaining this late in the semester is little more than hackneyed bandwagoning. And yet, I feel compelled to say something.
As more and more students encounter the desperate and embarrassing problem of running out of points while trying to buy breakfast, it strikes me that a very good question to ask is this: why? Why are they not managing their points better? Why are they eating so much? Why didn’t they buy bigger meal plans?
Why have the prices for food gone up so much?
I’m sure I’m not the first to have noticed, but every fall it seems that the price of many (if not most) food items on campus goes up by a quarter, fifty cents, sometimes even more.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
On Friday, November 16 Student Life published an article titled “Each One Teach One adds tutoring program for needy students” on the top centerfold of the front page. This article did a good job to highlight the new Each One Teach One: College Bound program, one of the many opportunities that Washington University students have to volunteer in the St. Louis community.
Thinking green
I want to be a billionaire. Not a millionaire (millions are pretty measly these days). A billionaire. My resume will soon reflect this new life goal. In my fantasy future, money will have no special day-to-day meaning. I’ll simply be rolling in it, wearing it, sautéing it and eating it for breakfast.
Let Alberto Gonzales speak
Recently, Student Union and the College Republicans announced plans to bring former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to campus to speak next semester. The speaking engagement, which will cost $35,000 from Student Union funds, includes $30,000 for Gonzales’ honorarium.
Multimedia: Basketball coach achieves 500th career victory
Last week Women’s Basketball Coach Nancy Fahey got her 500th career win in a game against Kenyon College. Fahey, with 500 wins and only 86 losses, has a winning percentage of .853, which is the fourth highest in NCAA women’s basketball history for all divisions.
College Football: Conference Championship Week
Missouri (#1) vs. Oklahoma (#9) In a bizarre twist this year, the number one team in the country is an underdog in their final contest. Most people think OU can this pull this one off since they had no trouble beating Mizzou by 10 earlier in the season. But we should not count the Tigers out just yet.
News so absurd, it must be true
Fisherman stabs sea lion. Prostitute sells sex to raise money for poor, disabled children. Man argues in court that he’s “too small” to be a flasher.
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