Combat Zone

Last Tuesday, Grizz the Logger left the women’s basketball game midway through the third quarter despite the shock and dizzying confusion of the crowd. Calls rang out from the bleachers as the normally humble bear-man threw down his hatchet and walked, head down, through the exit, and with broken hearts and broken spirits, the faithful Loggers continued to tearfully watch the game—without their beloved mascot. No one has seen the furry Logger since his mysterious disappearance. Attempts to contact the hybrid creature have been met only with disappointment and mystery,...

Students are rejoicing across the nation now that they can finally give more money to the institutions that are so desperately in need of money: colleges. Yes, colleges that are just barely able to scrape by are getting the help they need. Do you realize how hard it is to count all the money they make already from students? It’s very hard. It’s clearly harder than playing a full-length basketball game. And yet all these college athletes do is whine and complain. It has been reported that these people are...

March madness: (n.) tournament of 65 college basketball teams, with the last team left being the National College Athletic Association Division I Champion; (n.) a period of depression and insanity caused by the unwavering cold and darkness between deep winter and spring; seasonal affective disorder. It’s that time of year where it’s cold and dark and we start to resent our friends who live in Los Angeles. We quit smoking cigarettes because it’s too cold to smoke outside. We stay in and watch movies on Netflix. Some people call this...

On Jan. 1, people across the world pledge to make a substantial change in their lives during the coming year. A recent survey has revealed that with the second month of 2015 ending, the final “New Year’s resolution” has been abandoned. During the early years of this tradition, scientists began to realize that these resolutions were rarely sustained for the entire year. They came upon this discovery by monitoring actual change in society: if people were to stick with their reforms, scientists had predicted that within 20 years all of...

One of every undergraduate college student’s dreams is to embark on an overseas journey to experience the unique and colorful facets of another country and their culture. From the fog-and-windswept bluffs of Ireland to the humid rainforests of Costa Rica, every student has their own ideal destination. For sophomore Katie Jackson, that destination is Zimbabwe, Africa. “Ever since I saw my best friend Zoe Perkins’ Facebook picture, I’ve always wanted to go ,” Jackson said. “Seeing her in that colorful flowing skirt and white blouse… and the way she held...

Campus admissions is slotted to join forces with the school’s social media department, and not just for marketing purposes. “Every year we strive to admit the best students to our school,” an admissions official said, “but the standards for what makes a good candidate for the University have changed. You can’t really gauge how well a person will fit into the community from an essay and some test scores. That’s why we’re teaming up with the social media department—so we can really dig into a candidate’s persona.” Recently, some corporations...