LIFE FOR A college student or a professor is stressful enough. For the 25,000 students and faculty at Virginia Tech this Monday, life became a nightmare. For 32 of them, life was over. The names...

AS ALL OF YOU might know, there was an energy awareness carnival of sorts that took place on campus last week. The games, food, prizes and a lovable Wally Watt turned what some would probably consider...

The April 16 issue of The Collegian included the editorial “AS fails to promote elections,� which incorrectly stated: “AS pulled the remaining four ads that had not yet run.� Due...

I HATE TO BEAT a dead horse, but this Don Imus business has been on my mind for a few days. Foremost, I think he̢۪s a dumb-dumb for saying what he did. In fact, I feel it was outright offensive,...

While we realize that many students on campus do not care about the student government, Associated Students Inc. (the organization formerly known as Associated Students), we were surprised to find AS does...

Thank you CNN, for pointing out prejudice I didn’t know was affecting me. Honestly, I did not know about “heightism� — discrimination based on height for unusually tall...

Thumbs up to the 60th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in major team sports in the United States. Thumbs up to the erratic weather we̢۪ve had over the past week. Yes,...

KURT VONNEGUT IS DEAD. Most of my favorite authors over the years have been dead guys, except Kurt Vonnegut. He was a living, breathing writer that I could count on. As of Wednesday, April 11, 2007,...

Should John and Elizabeth Edwards continue working to be the First Family or put family first? EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENT. Well, Edwards for President, the sequel. John Edwards is running for President...

Responsibility for impact of video games should be shared The media today is protected by the First Amendment, and people have the right to publish. Despite freedom of speech, popular mass media need...

I’M PICKING UP where I left off in my last column. Yup — feminism is my topic today, as it is near and dear to my heart. Last time I wrote about how women are still not treated equally...

Thumbs up to spring football practice. The sooner they start, the sooner we can begin to forget about last season. Thumbs up to intramural sports. The Collegianators — despite missing their...