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Verizon expands network
Verizon Wireless has expanded its network to cover the entire River Campus with the installation of a new telephone tower on Plymouth Avenue. The move is part of a $5 billion investment by the telecommunications giant that aims to enhance and manage the company's growing market nationwide."The service is evidently better," sophomore Mike Kovalsky said, […]
Yo' mama surfs Facebook
For the select few of you out there who are familiar with a little thing called Facebook - and may even be a member - I have some rather unpleasant news. In addition to spreading to almost every single college in the country, the growing phenomenon of Facebook has recently opened its pages to high […]
Philly steak smackdown
Pennsylvania is better than your state.This may seem to be a ridiculously broad generalization, but I am more than prepared to rebut any attempt to disprove my claim. Let me begin, however, by telling you that there is no need to try to prove me wrong. I am right.The most liberating thing in the United […]
Sunny Side up
In the effort to invent a new identity since graduate students left the Graduate Living Center, the Office of Residential Life changed the name of GLC to Southside Apartments. ResLife encourages students to explore living in Southside next year to continue this change from a graduate to an undergraduate identity for the dorm. Southside indeed […]
Flex in flux
The River Campus has a large number of dining options for its size, but when you spend months on end frequenting the same spots a few times every day, they get old quickly. This is why the newly proposed plan to make it possible for Flex to be accepted at locations off-campus has a lot […]
Pressbox: Sports chicks rock
Everyone knows what's going on in "The Big Dance" for men's basketball -Duke and UConn have both been knocked out of the tournament and No. 11 George Mason has become the true definition of Cinderella team- but does anyone really know what's happening with the women?Besides the University of Connecticut Huskies' 70-game winning streak ending […]
Lacrosse posts impressive wins on the road
After a rough start to the season, the women's lacrosse team pulled off two impressive road wins over the past two weeks.This year, a strong and talented freshman class, along with reliable veterans and intense off-season training, has created a deep and dependable team."We have a lot of depth this year, which is what we […]
Tunnel Tour
To most students who have never lived there, David Jayne Hill Court, better known as Phase, is that faraway set of suites "over the bridge behind Sue. B." Even more mysterious, however, are the brightly colored tunnels, which connect the six buildings. I still remember the first time I descended into the tunnels. As I […]
Spring break relief trip to Biloxi, Mississippi enlightens
Sunday, March 12, 9:30 p.m."Good evening! How y'all doin'?" This was our Southern welcome to Alternative Spring Break. Exhausted, we sat in an army-style tent pushing pecan pie down our throats with sweet tea listening to Jesus talk. Normally, my Northern liberalism would have already prepared an attack on this profiteering evangelism. Yet, somehow in […]
Horoscopes
Aries (March 21-April 19) - When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.Taurus (April 20-May 20) - Wise men say: Forgiveness is divine but never pay full price for late pizza.Gemini (May 21-June 21) - You […]
