“With everyone constantly comparing themselves to each other, it’s easy to see how the workout habits could be influenced by this.”
Determined to Read for Pleasure
“Reading requires effort and deliberation, and after your assigned reading of Kant or Faulkner, turning on Friends seems like the better choice.”
Losing the Thrill of Going Out
“I was hoping I would be able to feel that excitement again, but I ended up just feeling old and jaded.”
Mattress Firm’s Name Is Officially Not a Pun
“I don’t know whether it bothered me more that she had used a dictionary against me, her “fine friend;” that she had turned part of the response into a marketing opportunity; or that she used the pun bed-ginning—mediocre at best—after spending an entire paragraph telling me that Mattress Firm wasn’t a pun.”
If You Were a BC Building, Which Would You Be?
In this Monday’s edition of ‘Voices from the Dustbowl,’ we asked students which BC building they would be. Featured Image by Margaux Eckert
Survey Indicates Need for Sexual Health Referendum
“These numbers, although not completely representative of the student population, reveal that an alarming number of students do not practice safe sexual activity.”
LTE: A Response to “The Beatles are Overrated”
“When people tell me they simply aren’t fans of the Beatles’ music, I (usually) manage to hold back explaining why everyone should be a Beatles fan. But overrated? It’s impossible to remain silent on that.”
Sweet, Sweet Solitude: TU/TD
“I’m not the kind of person that enjoys physical contact of any sort, so when I’m surrounded by seven strangers who are all involuntarily touching me, I feel strongly inclined to flee immediately.”
The Importance of Individual Conservation
“The seemingly endless process of extracting and wasting must eventually switch to a circular production system, as the earth can only give so much of itself to humans, and a large portion of the destruction caused has already proven irreversible.”
Tom Brady and the Persian King
“It doesn’t matter what you did last year, last week, or last game, if you do not prepare for the next challenge, you are in trouble because someone else probably is.”