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Vol XXXV No. 6

Tuesday, September 4, 2001

  Commentaries

Administration squelches opportunity for leadership
Charles Rice
Right or Wrong?

"Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus." The mountains will be in labor, and will bring forth a ridiculous little mouse. That line from the Roman poet Horace was brought to mind by the 4.9 percent tuition, room and board increase for 2001-02, ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Theodore Roosevelt
president

"In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard." Theodore Roosevelt president ... [more]
Anna Barbour
Get a Life
Don't just swallow luck, work with it

I believe it was Ricky Martin who said it best when he sang, "If lady luck is on my side, we will rock this town alive." Fortune is a crazy mistress but people still keep going back to her. I try ... [more]
Bush's success hidden behind image
Andrew Whitacre
Old Gold and Black

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. I've been out of the political loop for a while now. No elections, few major pieces of legislation, no bona fide scandals. But even while being away from the university last semester and this past summer, I managed to ... [more]


Inside Column
Smurfing and the green horn
Laura Rompf
Associate News Editor

This past weekend, I went to Meijer with two friends. As we were walking in, two of us fell a few steps behind the other. That's when I noticed it – our friend in front was wearing loose-fitting gym shorts and ... [more]


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