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O'Brien, Leno and fans suffer from NBC's late night debacle
Last Friday, Conan O'Brien gave an emotional goodbye to his position as the host of 'The Tonight Show.' This came just seven months after he took the reigns from former host Jay Leno. Two weeks ago, NBC, which airs 'The Tonight Show,' announced it would be moving 'The Jay Leno Show' to Conan's time slot,' […]
The Streets of Ghana
Whether or not we would like to admit it, in the United States one's socioeconomic status can be detected physically. You can be 99.995 percent sure Bill Gates is not going to be living in the inner-city, and that the local homeless man is not an undercover millionaire. We understand that certain types of people […]
RAs revisited
The primary motive behind residential hall programs is the same whether it is a freshman or upperclassman hall: to build a rapport between hall mates. Freshman and upperclassman halls are certainly different in composition and atmosphere, yet residential adviser programming requirements are virtually the same for both. Currently RAs face blanket rules that lead to […]
Lessons of a longboarder
A couple years ago, my friend and I were going through my garage looking for stuff to do. I could say something epic like that was the day that my life changed forever, but I won't. It was the day I first came across my brother's longboard skateboard - a Sector 9 in case you […]
Giving back
In the wake of the earthquake that destroyed much of Haiti's infrastructure and took the lives of thousands of its citizens, the international outpouring of support for the disaster's victims has offered a glimpse into the power of collective action. However, the response also reveals the inconsistency of charitable giving. Rather than waiting for the […]
Court protects free speech
In recent days, the Supreme Court's ruling on political advertising, Citizens United v. FEC, has generated a great deal of publicity. The fundamental issue at stake in the decision is whether political advertising by corporations counts as free speech protected by the First Amendment. A slim majority of justices answered in the affirmative, overturning sections […]
Paychex offers leadership skills for 19th year
In 1992, University Vice President and General Secretary Paul Burgett and local philanthropist and founder of PayChex Incorporated Tom Golisano came up with a unique program that would allow campus leaders to participate in a series of leadership workshops. Golisano agreed to have his staff at PayChex, a Rochester-based national organization that offers payroll and […]
Why we're lucky to have a roof over our heads
If you think Residential Life's housing system can get stressful these days, you would not have been pleased 18 years ago. Sure, the lottery system can get under your skin, but imagine if you had to qualify for it. There was, indeed, a time when students were threatened with twice the stress: two lotteries. Before […]
With great power comes Facebook
As we currently find ourselves directly in the middle of the Age of Technology, a compelling case could be made that the Internet is, to this point, technology's crowning achievement. Just like progress itself, technology begets more technology, and with the advent of the Internet, a whole web of possibilities has been created (pun acknowledged). […]
Why not to go nuts after college; advice from a therapist
Senior year is halfway done, and the impending feeling of doom emerges as a reminder that the college bubble that has been keeping my life secure is set to burst. What are we seniors going to do if what we feel must happen after college does not happen? In no time I will be pulled […]