Tag: new year
A gentleman’s guide to the holidays
Devote as much energy to developing Buddha-like restraint as you would to sourcing Four Lokos before they become illegal.
Things we want to see accomplished at WU in 2010
As the Washington University community begins 2010, we have decided to once again submit our list of expectations for the new year. These are a combination of coming events that we think it important to highlight, general trends we wish to commend or decry and a prospective list of some of the issues we think should command the Wash. U. community’s attention over the upcoming semester.
Oh my God, it’s almost 2010: Worst Boy Band Attempts
Halloween just came and went, soon 102.5 will start playing only Christmas music and before you know it, it will be 2010.
What do I do now?
I would like to start this article with a disclaimer: Since I am in Writing 1 this semester, my articles will become so tightly wound, so potent, so descriptive…that it may blow your mind. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! My New Year’s resolution: get straight As, but, you know, with variety, maybe an A- here [...]
How to make (and complete) a successful New Year’s resolution
I’ve found my hometown gym to be a perfect paradigm for how people treat New Year’s resolutions. The place is packed during the early days of January with determined men and women who have vowed to lose those spare tires and love handles, to “get in shape” as they say. This doesn’t last long, though, [...]
Back to the future
At the beginning of 2008, Student Life created a list of Washington University people and events that should have large roles to play in University life for the year. Now that the year is over, we’re taking a moment to step back and analyze our 2008 predictions. 1) Assistant Vice Chancellor Matthew Malten: As assistant [...]
Is it too early for Wash. U. to disappoint?
Hello everyone. My name is Randy Brachman. I am a freshman from Plainview, New York. Plainview is an upper middle class town on Long Island. It is predominantly white and predominantly Jewish. I am currently majoring in undecided in the College of Arts & Sciences here at Wash. U. I am socially liberal but fiscally [...]
