It is now December and holiday traditions are in full swing. Some traditions are small, some traditions are large, but traditions are traditions. From playing it simple, like making snow angels, to kicking it up a notch, like ice-skating in Rockafellar Center, traditions come into the holiday season stronger than ever before. Traditions can be found at the root of our families. They date back to as far as anyone can remember.
Opinion
College Brings About Change
New Priorities and Circumstances Accompany Senior Year
“These four years will fly by.” How many times have you heard that cliché? I know I was told that when I entered both high school and college, and it is more of a reality than I ever expected.
Alternative Press’ ‘Artist of the Year’ Stirs Controversy
How does someone who has been arrested twice in the past four months for domestic assault and injuring his fans deserve an award as prestigious as Alternative Press’ Artist of the Year?
Exercising Indoors Made Possible with Some Creativity
Use Imagination to Keep Cold Weather from Standing in the Way of Staying in Shape
As the temperature drastically takes a turn for the chilly-willies, people are finding it harder and harder to keep up with their workout routines. Everybody is succumbing to the “oh it’s too cold outside to work out anyway” mode.
University Community Adjusts to Schedule Changes
Superstorm Sandy Causes Professors, Students to Alter Original Plans as Semester is Shortened
It has been almost a month since Superstorm Sandy has hit, and both students and faculty are trying to get back to a sense of normalcy. However, there has been some dispute as to how the rest of the semester will go now that students have a shortened semester.
Holiday Season Begins Too Early
Stores Commercialize Holidays Earlier Each Year
Like any child growing up, I loved the holiday season. It meant getting presents, endless trays of cookies and sweets, and of course, no school for two weeks. The whole holiday season is supposed to be a special time of giving, seeing loved ones, and just an overall sense of cheer. The reason why it is special is that it comes once a year, or at least that is what is supposed to happen.
Classic Movies Remain Timeless Through Many Generations
Memorable Films Outlive Their Decades, Continue to be Beloved by People of All Ages
Classic movies just never seem to fade away. You all know exactly what I’m talking about. I’m talking The Goonies, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard, Grease, and for the sake of the holiday season, Home Alone, A Christmas Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Frosty the Snowman. These movies have a special place within all of us; they are too good not to love.
Community Members Unite in Wake of Severe Storm
Volunteerism, Compassion Strike Chord in People as Many Hurry to Help Others
Words cannot begin to describe the sorrow and grief I feel for those that lost a little or everything during Hurricane Sandy. The images and video footage that most, if not all, of us have seen displays the heartbreak that many along the east coast have had to endure. Losing a neighborhood, a city, and a home is enough devastation to crush any bit of hope of reconstruction.
Hurricane Sandy Causes People to Re-evaluate Priorities
After Storm Ravages Homes, Livelihoods, Many Take Time to Consider What is Important
Too many people have seen innumerable amounts of destruction over the past few weeks at the hands of Hurricane Sandy. She blew through our towns and took with her lives, property, hopes, and spirits. However, despite the hurt and pain she caused, I can only hope that there was an important lesson to be learned by everyone, whether they felt major effects of the storm or not.
Restrictive Dining Hall
Students See Less Food Options
Where’s the food?