Archive for April, 2008
Column - Reliving the great moments
For my very first column for The Saint, I wrote about my love for the game of hockey. As this is my final column for The Saint, I feel it only appropriate that I leave in a similar manner.
With that said, let me take you down the road of greatness.
Inspired by Chris Berman’s “Greatest Moment [...]
Tomfoolery - Bill Clinton plays saxophone on street corner for Hillary
Bubba is back…sort of.
Harlem residents were surprised to find former President Bill Clinton playing the saxophone on a nondescript street corner on Monday afternoon, apparently a rare public performance designed to raise desperately-needed funds for his wife’s struggling presidential campaign.
Passersby described the former president as looking particularly “haggard” and surrounded by a small, fluctuating crowd [...]
Panic removes exclamation and makes mark
This year, Panic at the Disco made a bold move…They pulled a Diddy and did away with the exclamation point in their name.
Running barefoot made fun with FiveFingers
As people age, the demands of society cause the loss of some of the finer parts of childhood; case and point: going barefoot. In order to reclaim this lost joy, Vibram, the company that makes all of the soles for shoe company Merrell, has invented the next big thing in outdoor sports — The FiveFingers.
To [...]
Column - Apparently tolerance is hard
When I was a little girl, I used to get stuck on particular phrases. “Apparently so” and “that’s unfortunate” were two of the major ones.
My parents would always laugh at me and strangers would find it hilarious that a 3-year-old would attempt such big dialogue.
My love of big words has only grown since then and [...]
The picture is becoming clearer: Lacrosse begins inaugural season with excitement for the future
Starting something where there has been nothing before is a particularly difficult task, but the lacrosse men are making a valiant effort. The wind hasn’t weakened in their sails. Even after three big losses in the past week, the team continues optimistically driving on.
The season opener against Michigan State proved to be a strange one [...]
Column - A football tradition at AQ?
The sun has been much more obliging lately, and migrating birds aren’t the only indication that spring is just around the corner.
Every year at this time there is one thought that ’springs’ up just like a daisy in a garden…
It’s spring practice time for college football.
Colleges all around Aquinas are starting to throw the pigskin [...]
Tomfoolery - White House neighbors keep children indoors
When Valerie Worthing and her husband moved their family from their quiet home in Alexandria, Virginia across the river to a new apartment on none other than Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., she had hoped her children would find suitable playmates from around the neighborhood.
Instead, she’s keeping them indoors and keeping a close watch at [...]
Building blocks of sustainable literature
Every movement has a beginning, a cornerstone – works that will always be relevant. Here are five books, in chronological order, that have shaped the environmental and sustainability movements as we know them today:
Column - Having the relationship talk
April seems a strange time to think about love — but any Disney fan knows that “twitterpated” isn’t just a made up word.
Some strange phenomenon happens in the spring.
Skies open, rain falls, flowers bloom—and so does love.
However, we all know that love isn’t always guaranteed, requited or long-lasting.
Our society is at some sort of impasse. [...]
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