I admit I am not someone who runs around this earth worrying about every little thing that would maim, kill or demolish the world around me. I am, however, someone who respects nature, who revels in its beauty, and admires the simplicity of it. For this reason it is hard for me to understand how anyone could take the beauty of our planet and completely disregard it.
As the semester winds down, speeds up and generally spins out of control, the simple act of crossing off items on a list has the cathartic effect of returning order to my life. In 2009, at the height of Facebook’s “25 Random Things About Me” craze, NPR addressed the reasons we so naturally turn to these simple devices.
Since starting my education at Nebraska Wesleyan University in the fall of 2007, I have lost over sixty pounds. Did your jaw drop? Please, close your mouth and continue reading. I figured it was inevitable that I would write some sort of article about the importance of working out and getting fit – or staying fit.
I wanted to preface my words explaining I am not a political science major —until I realized that caveat perpetuates the very attitude I am calling to question. We hold a remarkably low standard for our own political accountability. In light of the most salient subject of late: If you were asked to state, explain and defend your position on health care, could you? I have watched enough interview video footage with “average” citizens to know how often people embarrass themselves when they try.
I work in two retail settings and have been in and out of various customer service venues since my sixteenth birthday. In those years that I have worked there has been one consistent theme when customers come through my line to check out: if something is wrong, it is automatically my fault.
It is currently 11:15 p.m. on a Saturday evening. I have just spent the entire day (well, since about 12:30 after I got up) working on two papers simultaneously – both from scratch. Tomorrow will be spent in like fashion – finish those two rather large papers, then add on a long reading assignment, a response paper or two, more reading, and various other assignments that have taken the backseat to the mass of paper writing that was my weekend – not to mention making it to the music building to practice voice.
To NWU Administration and Students From Brad Gilligan
All year I have issued challenges that call for action – from students and faculty, both. I was first spurred by a desire to continue discussion about Visions & Ventures. It strikes me as hypocritical that Nebraska Wesleyan University advertises the symposium and heralds the subjects discussed with students.
Have you ever been sitting in a class – pretty well absorbed by the lecture or discussion – and you see movement in your peripheral or hear a faint clicking sound, only to turn your head and realize the idiot next to you thinks their texting has gone unnoticed? Have you been sitting in the same state of interest when someone, with a laptop for taking “notes,” suddenly goes on a typing frenzy and suddenly the keyboard is the loudest thing in the room? Have you been sitting there, close to raising your hand to ask what you think is a great question when somebody else (without raising their hand) blurts out “Question!” They then proceed to mention that it’s not related, but they of course have to ask it anyway.
Your alarm clock sounds, but outside the howling winds pound, reminding you that as soon as you forfeit your warm covers a sub-zero day awaits. “Do I really need to go to class? It’s not as though we’re actually doing anything…” The last statement sometimes rings too true.
I was sitting in class one day last semester when my professor handed each of the students a slip of paper with a term or concept pertaining to the class subject. Our assignment was to define our given term and present it during the next class period.
Nebraska Wesleyan University housing. A loaded subject, from my experience. Luckily, I obtained one of the few spots in the Townhouses this semester – and let me tell you, especially after more than a year in Centennial, it has been (by far) the best housing arrangement I’ve had at NWU.
I understand that the world has bureaucracy –that there is often a chain of command and that people must play games to curry favor. That doesn’t mean I always like it. Nebraska Wesleyan University even offers a class, Communication 225, which according to the course description explores the “theories and practices of persuasion within a variety of communication contexts.
Before reading this article, I suggest you hop online and check out the April Fool’s article about Miley Cyrus on www.thereveillenwu.com -trust me, you’ll better understand what I’m talking about. If you have read that ridiculous article, you best jump to the news section in this issue and read the article explaining the absurd predicament I have found myself in.
Don’t take it personally when someone you know shows a side of themself that goes against your perce
How often does it happen that someone who you thought genuinely liked you shows you a side of themselves that isn’t so great? Too often. And what do we do when we’re confronted with this sort of behavior from someone we trust, someone we’ve had something to do with for a significant period of time? We recoil.
Despite the numerous forums in which students can voice their thoughts and opinions, the NWU student
Nebraska Wesleyan University students are sometimes as quiet as a mischief of mice. When Eric Etheridge and Dr. Singleton spoke to an audience from NWU and the neighboring community on Nov. 12, they shared stories from a significant period in U.S. civil rights history.
How many times have you woken up feeling groggy, maybe you have a headache, maybe your nose is stuffy or maybe you have a sore throat? In the midst of this ridiculous Pig Flu (fine, H1N1) pandemic it’s not uncommon for people to automatically assume they are either going to die or sprout a pig tail, much like Dudley Dursley did in “Harry Potter” (minus Hagrid’s magic, o’ course).
Combating Rising Textbook Costs
We are being robbed. The New York Times reports that textbook costs have nearly tripled from 1986 to 2004, rising about six percent each year. The average college student ultimately spends between $700 and $1000 per year on course texts. Coupled with the article “College Tuition Rose During Fall Semester” from The Reveille’s Oct.
world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for because it’s the only thing that lasts…” Very wise words from one Gerald O’Hara (in the film version of Margaret Mitchell’s classic “Gone with the Wind”) as he scolds his daughter, Scarlet for having no pride in her home.
On Thursdays, after four classes back-to-back starting at 8:30 a.m., the only thing I want to do in the time before I have to work at the Cooper Center from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. is crawl into bed and take a nap. I never get the chance, though. I don’t get to nap away late Thursday afternoons because instead, that is the time I have scheduled service learning hours at the Asian Community and Cultural Center tutoring two Burmese men in English.
It was a boring Saturday afternoon. I had decided that procrastination was my best friend that day. Instead of doing homework, or anything constructive, I decided to do what any college student would do: watch cartoons! I had the overwhelming urge to watch Pixar’s latest hit “UP.
President Ohles shared a surprising piece of information at Wesleyan House on Sunday, Oct. 4: a mere 13 percent of Nebraska Wesleyan University alums contribute to the University. His remarks were directed to the members of the Student Affairs Senate and he urged each person to turn that trend once they have graduated.
Scenario: It’s Thursday morning, you’re running to your mailbox to grab the latest issue of The Reveille. You fumble with the lock until you hear that fateful click. You open the door and folded neatly on top of your newspaper is an official looking letter.
Going paperless. It’s the first issue that Student Affairs Senate is adopting this year and it’s telling of what’s to come. Apart from typical activities like allocating the budget, this year’s Senate will focus on a couple of things in particular: re-evaluation and sustainability.
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