2008 Woodie Awards
It is that time of year. In just a few days we will all be studying until ridiculously early morning hours, living on caffeine and junk food, pouring over dry textbooks, reviewing old homework, quizzes and tests and re-reading a semester's worth of notes. As finals week comes crashing in around our ears, we frantically try to calculate exactly how many points we need on the final exam to maintain or improve our current grade. (0) comments
Due to decreasing enrollment at America's private colleges, schools are stepping up student recruitment efforts in creative and unique methods that target prospective students in a personal and direct way. The United States Department of Education predicts colleges will see a four percent decrease overall in incoming first-years in 2009. (0) comments
Open your minds. Too often on this campus students meet new ideas with a stubborn unwillingness to change. It is impossible to learn - which is the reason higher education exists - without being receptive to new and potentially life-altering truths. Open-mindedness does not mean you should just believe anything and everything (that is being credulous). (0) comments
No, my column doesn't have anything to do with Pearl Harbor, and it only slightly deals with the Japanese, but it seemed like a great title to capture your attention. As my last column for The Tack, I feel I need to cover some very important things; the reason for the name is because my column is much like my thoughts: random. (0) comments
