Tag: tim tevault columns

Last semester, a bright young scholar decided to write a column about the apathy that exists on this campus. This fine young man was able to articulate his feelings into a newspaper that ­ in all reality ­ probably did not even hit more than a few of his fellow students' eyes.

Major newspapers across the country were flooded with all sorts of breaking news this week. Readers flocked to newsstands over the past seven days to find themselves surrounded by headlines about the Beltway sniper, the war on Iraq, North Korea and... baseball?

Kudos to the Greek Review Board. The decision made last spring against Phi Delta Theta for having a stripper at a pledge event-a three semester-long suspension-was definitely fitting.

For nearly two years, I have been intrigued by the lives of 64 different individuals. These people are all linked by one particular factor. One factor that sent all of them to various locations around the planet and told them to do three things: outwit, outplay and outlast.

Eighty percent of college students have admitted to cheating at least once in their college careers, according to a survey from Duke University.

For years the Israelis and Palestinians have been fighting for ownership of the Holy Land. And for years I have sat by apathetically, not really affected by their problems. I was basically disconnected from it all.