NewsfeedIf you were by the Rotunda last Thursday afternoon, you may have seen something out of the ordinary: students and faculty out of their usual classroom environment, sharing snacks and conversation. The FYRE Side Chats put on by Residential Life offered students the chance to connect with professors, this time with members of the Arts and Behavior Sciences faculty. »
For four summers I worked at an ice cream shop and I enjoyed the job. Between free ice cream and decent pay, I couldn’t complain. When I asked customers how I could help them, they usually replied with a quick glance from the menu to me and a sigh saying, “Hmm, how are you?” This became so standard that I developed a robotic response, “Pretty good, how are you?” »
It has been just over a month since the midterm elections rocked my world. Not in the sense that I am (or was) a card-carrying member of the Democratic Party, or that I consider myself a liberal, however. Rather, in this election, I witnessed the fall of reason and sanity in the voting process. »
Why are you at this university? Why do you choose to spend your time and money on getting a higher education instead of some other part of your life? If you’re like me, then you continued your education because it was the next logical step. A continuously increasing number of jobs require degrees now on account of the American ideal that everyone should have access to higher education. Everyone wants a job, so people go to universities, for their own reasons or for others’ reasons. »
To me, Wal-Mart has always been the place to get cheap and decent goods. While growing up, I never shopped there, but since coming to college, it has become one of my favorite havens. It’s a one-stop shop for almost anything. When reading the Oct. 15 issue of The New York Times, I came across an article by Stephanie Clifford about Wal-Mart’s plan for more local food. By 2015, American Wal-Mart stores hope to have 9 percent of its grocery be local, local meaning from the state the stores are located in. »