The lesson to be learned this week is that unless the United States steps up and works out a deal between environmentalists, who have legitimate concerns about the construction of new petroleum refineries, and oil companies, who don’t really want to increase their refining capacity any more than they have to, something bad will happen.
I can remember with vivid clarity getting this edition of StudLife in the mail right before I was about to head off to college. All kinds of people that I had never met and didn’t have much of a connection with wanted to offer me all types of advice, most of which I didn’t take.
This has been a pretty fun week, being the last week of classes and all. Despite the fact that I went out every night of the week, I’ve still made it to all my classes and managed to learn a few things in the process. I’ve decided to impart my wisdom upon you.
Dear Editor:
Re: “SWA sit-in approaches day 3,” [Apr. 6, 2005].
As an undergraduate who is totally financially independent from my parents, and a student who is also a “worker,” I pay my own tuition and all living expenses.
Granted, it is not always easy.
With less than 50 days left until the Class of 2005 graduates from Washington University, my thoughts are turning toward the future. Fortunately for me, my future holds another semester here, due to lack of foresight and proper planning.
I spent last year abroad and took some “unnecessary” courses and, therefore, don’t have enough business credit to graduate, so I get to postpone my jump into the real world for one more semester.
Dear Editor: I was dismayed to learn about the theft and destruction of numerous copies of the March 23 issue of Student Life. While I don’t always agree with what is written in Student Life, I believe it is important to have campus and student news available to students from an independent source.
I’d like to start off with a disclaimer before I launch into a tirade of supernatural proportions. I have several friends (believe it or not) who are members of Alpha Phi and they are wonderful people. I have no reason to doubt the integrity and values of their sisters.
One of the side effects of writing for Student Life is having people know you when you have no idea who they are. I’ve met countless people at parties who have very strong opinions of me without actually knowing me. At a party last semester a group of girls who didn’t really know each other suddenly bonded over the common hatred for the guy standing in the corner.
Even though it’s only been a few days since his passing, I am certain that Hunter S. Thompson has already been kicked out of both Heaven and Hell. Anything less would disappoint his legions of “fans” around the world, no?
Considering that everything they know about him they picked up from the movie “Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas” (“F & L”), Thompson would surely give Beelzebub a run for his money.
Given the recent dialogue concerning drinking (spawned in part by the Greek-wide ban on alcohol at parties), I’ve done some thinking, which is something that I try to not do too much of. Instead of trying to address all of society’s problems with drinking at one time, I started at the beginning.
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