Twins make an early exit
After a pathetic showing in the first round of the playoffs, the Twins’ amazing season is over. And yes, it was amazing, no matter what happened in the postseason. I’ve…
Gender separations cause more problems
Geoffrey Scheurman put it nicely in last week's Student Voice: "Nobody wants to talk about how correcting one error has created the seeds of the next one." And that is…
School shootings leave unanswered questions
With the recent breakout of shootings and killings at schools across the country, I question what would prompt a person to commit such a horrific act, especially in an educational…
‘Boneclouds’ blends sounds
Honolulu-born 30-year-old Mason Jennings is coming here to River Falls this Friday for the AIDS benefit along with Consolation Champ. Right out of Minneapolis, his most recent album, “Boneclouds,” has…
Twins come back strong
I went to the most amazing, exciting and intense baseball game I could have ever imagined.
‘School’ teaches no new lessons
It’s strange how some actors continue to play the same types of characters over and over again, yet it seems as though they never get tired of it.
‘School’ teaches no new lessons
I guess you could say the movie was about a school. Kind of. And I guess the guys were scoundrels. Maybe. It definitely wasn’t bad either. But it sure as…
Greek life differs from Hollywood’s take
During my first campus tour around this time last year, I was asked, “Have you ever thought about going Greek?” Initially I said, “No.”
Brief history of student papers
Experts tend to generalize the history of communication into these categories: oral, written, print and electronic. Depending on how you look at it, newspapers either started around 59 B.C. with…
Cursing bad, could be worse
I remember very vividly the first time I heard the “F” word. I was seven and riding home on the bus after a strenuous day of first grade.