Although they only comprise less than 5 percent of the total population of the campus, Greek chapters make a resounding impact on the university and surrounding community.
The one school necessity used more than any of the aforementioned supplies is paper. As a current employee at Andersen Library, I can vouch for the fact that paper is a prime necessity for the college student. However, this need is bordering on dependency.
I'll apologize in advance for potentially wasting anybody's valuable time. Either it is a slow news week in the entertainment world or my blood has finally reached a rolling boil with disdain towards a certain Hollywood prankster. Or perhaps both. In any event, this will serve as my last ditch effort to rid myself of this perpetual frustration.
Every year March marks the melting of snow, smells of spring, and March Madness. It's the time of year when every NCAA basketball fan is filling out tournament brackets and telling their friends how they've got the upsets figured out.
1.) 1983 - North Carolina State Wolfpack upsets No. 1 ranked University of Houston This was George Mason before George Mason. Why? N.C. State Head Coach Jim Valvano's team beat a University of Houston team, a.k.a Phi Slamma Jamma, featuring Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon.
I agreed with him when he suggested that election days should be national holidays. I bit my tongue when he urged the Whitewater bars to go smoke-free. But this time, Jake Zinsli has gone too far. Upon reading his opinion in the March 12 edition of the Royal Purple entitled, "It's just a game… not life and death," I was saddened and a bit outraged.
The absence of articles regarding the significance of studying abroad is disappointing. When I graduated from college I moved to Japan to teach. My time there taught me that if we take educational risks our lives can be enriched beyond measure. I also found that we as Americans generally know little of what's going beyond our borders.
I am writing to commend the work of Regina Shirkey in her article "Fraternities, sororities provide social structure for shy students." Not only was her article insightful and well written, but she also investigated a subject that the Royal Purple has appeared to avoid in the past.
