Are you a boozehag?

By Dave Granger

All right, budding alcoholics. It’s time for another interactive test, courtesy of Academic Probation. Simply track your answers to the following questions, tally ’em up and our standardized chart will determine your predisposition to hitting the bottle over and over again. So take those pens outta yer ears, dust ’em off and get circling! 1.… Continue reading Are you a boozehag?

Take action, shape the world

By Rhia Perkins

In a recent geography lab, my classmates and I did an exercise to determine our geographical awareness of countries in Africa and Europe. To my amazement and dismay, the majority of us, myself included, demonstrated ignorance of the locations of many countries–including and especially those featured prominently in the news in recent months.The same feeling… Continue reading Take action, shape the world

Ranting letters reveal emotion not argument

By Todd Jackson

Unlike many written works, a newspaper aspires to be an active component in the infrastructure of the community. Rather than generating paragraphs to be privately considered, a newspaper should be a public work that serves as a conduit for thoughts.Often it’s as simple as a basis for discussion. The paper supplies a thought that can… Continue reading Ranting letters reveal emotion not argument