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...policy might also be in place because the administration predicts a dangerous form of the slippery--slope syndrome in the council's future. The council might be conservative in its use of corporate sponsors this year, but what about years to come? We certainly don't want the Yard overrun with corporate placards, nor do we want campus events to lose their student focus. While this fear is probably legitimate, it is only one minor area of concern that the council must deal with responsibly. But the council shouldn't be punished for a problem that has yet to arise...
...policy might also be in place because the administration predicts a dangerous form of the slippery-slope syndrome in the council's future. The council might be conservative in its use of corporate sponsors this year, but what about years to come? We certainly don't want the Yard overrun with corporate placards, nor do we want campus events to lose their student focus. While this fear is probably legitimate, it is only one minor area of concern that the council must deal with responsibly. But the council shouldn't be punished for a problem that has yet to arise...
Take Loker Commons, for example. Established as an undergraduate hangout, Loker is currently overrun with graduate students, loafing TFs are sucking our lifeblood of coffee and pizza, sitting in our plastic chairs, checking e-mail at our kiosks. We at Dartboard urge the undergraduate community: Gong those grads out the door...
...average student is most likely to visit Jamaica during spring break when the resort towns are overrun with thousands of college kids desperately seeking insanity. Wet T-shirt and "hot buns" contests, random hook-ups with guys and girls from Chico State University, and a general cloud of psychedelic haziness pervade the whole week. Yet Jamaica has a beauty and culture that offers more than just a sunny location for spring break craziness and beach lounging. Natural wonders speckle the island. Larger features like Dunn's River Falls and the Blue Ridge mountains are breathtaking tourist attractions. Those who take...
Finally, the Core office has an important duty to consider more carefully the relative popularity of classes and assign classroom locations accordingly. The Warren Court, for example, was overrun by students in 1996 and is again in 1998, both because of its enduring popularity and the Core's failing to put the class in Sanders Theatre, where it should...