Breathe: semester’s routine to begin again
Now things are heavy and rushed. Everything is weighted with purpose and finality. Snow piles onto rooftops and car hoods. Tasks pile onto calendars and to do lists. Another semester…
Student input necessary for University success
It is common knowledge that many students have qualms with the way in which the University operates. Many disagree with certain regulations, expenditures, and decisions passed, and believe that the…
River Falls comes up short on ‘refreshing’ city-like incidents
Growing up in Minneapolis has definitely exposed me to some very interesting characters and equally interesting behavior. Of this, I am eternally grateful and believe that such characters and interactions…
Parents fail to discipline children
This weekend proved that I am still overwhelmingly bemused and slightly sickened by children. In a quick trip to the grocery store to pick up my mother’s birthday pies, a…
Winter’s approach brings quiet warmth
Today I had to scrape the frost off of my windows to go to the bank. An insignificant gesture to some, perhaps, but to me it is always symbolic. It…
Monotonously routined days spiral downwardly into a rut
I am ready for a fresh start. Lately I have been lonely and tempestuous and disgruntled and furious and disenchanted with my life. I feel myself wearing thin and turning…
Steps toward a healthier environment are simple, thoughtful
Global warming, carbon footprint, whatever. Call it what you like, one could rightly say that we’ve been treating the environment like crap for ages and should maybe suck it up…
Campus community offers fun events
We are nearly a month into the semester and undoubtedly many of you have had a chance to nestle comfortably into some semblance of a routine. For some, that may…
Opportunities abroad tease the financially handicapped
It has begun. The pencils have been sharpened, the notebooks cracked open, the backpacks unzipped. The Term has started. With the opening of the classroom doors comes the imminent change…