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Hooray for Adams

The University can rest easy knowing its beloved leader is sticking around Uncross your fingers, guys. After months of speculation that University President Michael Adams would be chosen as the president of the NCAA, the good news finally came. University of Washington President Mark Emmert got the job. That means Michael Adams is here to [...]

TV shows provide ‘serious’ relationships

As a single college student, how ever do I make it through the day? In his April 23 column (“Serious relationships provide comfort”), Michael Prochaska claimed that “college kids need something sturdy amidst the chaos of our struggle to transition in the real world,” and said that something is a relationship with someone of the [...]

Hollywood cashing in on 3D’s success

You may have heard of a little film called Avatar. It didn’t win Best Picture or Best Director (take that James Cameron!), but it did take the title of highest grossing movie of all time -— just as long as we don’t adjust Gone With the Wind sales for inflation. Though Avatar’s story was basically [...]

Publicize ombuds

The Univ. ombudsmens’ office should be more widely known of by students The University is creating a group consisting of students, faculty, staff and outside professionals to evaluate how discrimination and harassment complaints have been handled by the University’s ombudspersons  and Equal Opportunity Office since 2008.  Three ombudspersons were appointed by the University to serve [...]

Exiting the parking decks is not a race

Eighty-four. The number holds great significance for me. Is it the age I’ll retire? Not likely. The number of cats I’ll have one day? Maybe. The number of times I will hold my breath while anxiously snaking up and down the Hull Street Deck, hoping desperately to make it in or out alive? Yeah, that’s [...]

Driving while dancing not an obvious danger

Lawmakers across the country are pushing strongly for legislation against DWT, or driving while texting, calling it a dangerous distraction for drivers. Little do they know another danger lurks.  DWD, or driving while dancing, is common, especially among college-aged students listening to pedestrian hip-hop and Lady Gaga. Sometimes, when my hands should be on the [...]

Midterm madness

Students love Facebook, but maybe our loyalties should lie elsewhere The Red & Black acknowledges the epic amount of time students spend on Facebook, but consider these sites to spice up your midterm procrastination:  – Textsfromlastnight.com — A collection of text messages submitted by senders and receivers, TFLN is guaranteed to make whatever you did [...]

Positives in being single on Valentine’s Day

Growing up, I never loved Valentine’s Day. In elementary school, when handing out Valentines was mandatory, I got dinosaur-themed cards that told me I was “Pterrific.”  The cards featured large pterodactyls. In junior high, I coped with a sense of being left out by organizing my friends to wear black. As obnoxious bouquets of roses [...]