I used to think that The College of William and Mary sought to pen students up because it has this notion that all students at the College are wild animals in need of domestication.

The assumption that alcohol advertisements must be shielded from the potentially vulnerable college community is both paternalistic and illogical.

The construction on campus is creating a nice, fine layer of dirt on almost everything. There seems to be no part of campus that is not in the vicinity of some fenced-in area in which construction workers are gathering — and working.

College rankings, like campaign promises and sports predictions, are something to take with a grain of salt.

Rarely is the transition to adulthood a smooth one. This notion brought me to think — as much of a non sequitur as it may seem — about the status quo of the United States.

This is mostly for the freshmen. Now that you have a couple of days of class under your belt and are, hopefully, beginning to settle down, you can begin to think about some of the other aspects of life at the College of William and Mary.

This is just our way of welcoming you (and yes, putting you through the same welcome we endured is an aspect of it).

History, more than anything else, sets the College of William and Mary apart from other institutions of higher learning.

The College of William and Mary is a place of tradition. Becoming a member of this community means that you will be bombarded with stories and events that all bear significance to the College.

The last thing we’d want now is for Foster’s election to create a backlash against students.

While it’s a time to blow out, it’s also a time to reflect.

Whether liberal or conservative, we are immersed every day in narrow-minded views.

It is simply our nature as young people on the cusp of the real world to find faults with the world.

Without things like audits, students can lose more than just Student Activities funds.

On election day, voters will have the ability to select two of the available candidates, but we think only one candidate deserves students’ singular attention.