Spring Break
LiveStrong bracelets losing meaning due to impostersEditorial
Most people get them from people they know. If you don't have one, chances are one of your friends does.
We're not discussing STDs here, though - we're talking about the yellow LiveStrong charitable wristbands that can be seen on students all over campus.…
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Time for reflection
As the corporate media spends this week trying to convince the American people that President George W. Bush should be the next pope, my hope is that Catholics everywhere will turn off the television and contemplate John Paul's statement that sums up his entire life: "The church cannot be an association of freethinkers.…
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Hell freezing over and Easter grass
It's finally here. The day that all sane people on this campus have been waiting for since Boston swept the Dead Birds ... I mean Red Birds from St. Louis in the 2004 World Series. The Cubs' 2005 season starts today.
And this is the year that Cubs fans have been waiting for since basically before they were born - unless they're "bandwagon fans" who think they're the biggest and most loyal fans; and in that case, they've been waiting for this moment since October 2003.…
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No language requirement, por favor
When I came to Western Illinois University last fall, I came with an extra spring in my step. This added spring wasn't because of the inevitable freedoms that come with the college life, nor was it from the idea of no longer having to deal with the high school experience that I came to despise.…
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Letter to the Editor
I sat at McDonald's on lunch break during my internship in the city of Chicago. I noticed a gentleman folding what looked like flyers for a board of trustee's position. I inquired to that fact and he informed me that he was helping out his friend who was running for the Board of Trustees for the University of Chicago.…
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Letter to the EditorEditor's note: The following letter is in response to "Interpreting Women" by Andrew Sickinger, which appeared in the March 25 issue of the WC.
I will open by saying the one obvious truth contained in your editorial is that if many women have told you "it's me, not you," they were certainly lying. I'm well aware that writers like you primarily write to provoke feedback, and in this case I am more that willing to bestir my journalistic tendencies to berate you from across the country.…
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