The University News

Advent of the Internet killed the academic star

Patrick McShane • September 14, 2007

I watched The Colbert Report a few nights ago, and author Andrew Keen was a guest on the show. Keen is the author of The Cult of the Amateur, which is a book about how the Internet is destroying our culture. He postulates that websites like Wikipedia.org are dumbing down our civilization.

Adolescence lost response

Ashley Moses • September 14, 2007

As a student who entered college at age 15, I would like to comment on some of the statements made in the article "Adolescence lost" that appeared in the editorials section of The University News (Sept. 7, 2007). To start off with, the article claims that students entering college at such a young age are "blatantly out-of-place.

Is APEC only an excuse for awkward photos?

Patrick McShane • September 14, 2007

This past week, the world of international politics, was highlighted by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in Australia. This conference, which brought together several leaders from 21 nations that surround the Pacific Ocean, was called to conduct business that might concern one or more of these leaders.

Breathe easy

Michelle Hasan • September 14, 2007

The circumstances under which I write are unfortunate, however, this must be said. As I am walking to my classes, I cannot help but be hit with huge clouds of cigarette smoke. I do not understand why students feel the urge to smoke in such close proximity to their peers and pollute their air.

Getting through 330 pages of pressure

Samiksha Tarun • September 14, 2007

I sat staring at the book in front of me, and its 330 pages sat there, staring right back; Heroic Leadership sat staring at me. Over two months of summer, I managed to convince myself that the summer reading assignment wasn't really homework-it wasn't going to be graded, and there was no penalty for not doing it.

Smoke.Free.SLU

Ryan Cantwell • September 14, 2007

I support Smoke.Free.SLU and wholeheartedly think that SLU has the ability to have a better, smoke-free campus. Ryan Cantwell Freshman

Spotlight on Insight: Hope is the hot new thing

Andrew C. Emmerich • September 14, 2007

There comes a point in every person's life where, suddenly and without warning, you can't breathe. Everything in life begins to come together in a whirlwind that can minimally be described as hectic, and then it hits you with the force of a hurricane. Experiences, deadlines and the schedules that encompass your life often seem to overwhelm you, and there seems to be no way out of this tunnel of stress.

Regarding the ancient and lost art of eating

Roberta Singer • September 14, 2007

The Tower Grove Farmer's Market ripened in mid-June. Local farmers displayed the fruits of their labors under white canvas tents: zucchini and summer squash and tomatoes pregnant with juice, crates of strawberries and the asparagus from one last harvest before the heat of summer.

Smoke!

Travis Brimhall • September 14, 2007

In the morning, I am a freight train. From the door of the BSC to my usual table in the corner where I sit outside alone and read The New York Times, I shuffle my feet and pour black, caffeinated fuel into my gut; the burning cigarette stiffly projecting from my mouth sends puffs of smoke into the air; a clear sign of progress and production.

Why am I here? A postcard from sunny Hawaii

Allison Reilly • September 7, 2007

"You're really from Hawaii?" "Really!" "And you came here?" "Yes." "Why would you come all the way over here?" After the initial surprise and awe at the truth of my hometown, the reaction quickly evaporates into confusion. Why I would travel 4,000 miles away from the beaches, beauty and bountiful sunshine of Hawaii to spend nine months out of the year studying in a place that-some would say-has none of the three? If my decision concerned the weather, I would have transferred home a long time ago, to no longer fretting that my nose will fall off in the bitter cold.

24-hour food

Editorial Board • September 7, 2007

College student live in a world of constant activity-be it exercise, classes, Greek meetings, or organizations on and around campus. College students are not yet a part of the nine-to-five world of heart attacks and lunches eaten in cars. Students on campuses everywhere are 24-hour creatures, and it is high time that Saint Louis University recognizes this and submit to popular demand for 24-hour food.

Fear and loathing in St. Louis

Roberta Singer • September 7, 2007

There is something about history that tugs at me. I wish I knew it better. Then maybe I could see a light at the end of this tunnel of industrial-global-capital-whatever-ism. I know there are people who want to forget the past, but that's because in a world where everything is quickly moving unstoppably forward, they can't feel its presence.