Mother Nature continues to unload snow, ice on students and facilities
By Margarita Delgado, News Editor Though the holiday season gets farther and farther behind us, the weather outside has decided to remain frightful. Students can be seen walking gingerly to class on salted pathways or trudging heartily through once grassy areas that are now covered in snow. Brutal winds barge between buildings like College Union Building and Plank Gym and form wind tunnels that make getting that 8 a.m. Bullet Hole...
Aunt Izzie: Balancing it all
Dear Aunt Izzie, I feel like every week gets harder. Trying to balance school, sleep and a social life all at once feels impossible, how do people do it? Sincerely, Totally Overwhelmed Dear Totally Overwhelmed, Honestly? People don’t. At least I don’t. Most of us in the college set prefer to go, go, go until our bodies force us to slow down with sickness. Then we take a break until we are healthy enough to resume go, go, going. But...
Keeping Israel honest: an attainable peace plan
By Julian Weiss, Staff Columnist Never in the history of the State of Israel has peace with Palestine been so attainable. The conservative government under Benjamin Netanyahu may seek to disrupt negotiations by bullying from across the aisle, but the United States can point Israel in the right direction. Peace between Israel and the Arab states would alleviate a significant security threat in the Middle East. America has significant...
GECO: Reminding students about the importance of recycling
By Quinn Heist and Jolina kenney, GECO Correspondents Here’s a question for you: when you are holding trash in your hands, do you recycle it or do you throw it into the garbage can? Sometimes it seems easier to just toss everything into one bin, but have you ever thought about where all that trash ends up? We all know that once a week, we put the trash outside on the curb at night and see it disappear, or hear the noisy trucks coming...
“Wolf of Wall Street” film conveys powerful moral commentary
By Pam Giangreco, Staff Writer In order to portray excess and to do it well, one must attack the subject matter with the same recklessness as the persons being portrayed. And when the storyteller is none other than Martin Scorsese there is a certain expectation of truth, no holds barred. In this particular case the subject matter revolves around the fat cats of Wall Street; these men do not merely live in excess, but rather an...
