It's really annoying when students give horrible excuses as to why they aren't going to be in class or didn't do their assignments. Most of the time professors are pretty reasonable about their absentee and late work policies, so it's really a pain when a student seems to expect different treatment from everyone else. One of the worst excuses I've ever heard about why a student didn't do an assignment was ...

I'm sorry, but why does it take a good portion of teachers a good ten or more weeks to get around to assigning things? By this point in the semester I like to know exactly what I have left to do, and it's not just so I can schedule my relaxation time. It peeves me when teachers don't have a legitimate syllabus in the first place, but when they decide to ...

Finals make up the greatest week of the whole semester. Not only are we excited to go home and rest or earn some money, but we’re forced to take a bunch of exams during all of that excitement. I really do appreciate exam week. There aren’t any classes, and all I have to worry about are tests. Sometimes the tests are harder than usual, but sometimes they’re exactly the same as ...

This is my plea to Radford students and guests: please don't let Quadfest get out of hand to one-up Springfest. Most people have heard about the catastrophe that took place at James Madison University earlier this month, and I'd rather not have to worry about it taking place here. For those who don't know, Springfest is JMU's big, off-campus party that is similar to Quadfest. This year things got out of ...

I don't believe that people need to live the life of a hermit to be independent, but I'm really tired of people who ask for too much. By asking for too much, I mean in a multitude things. This isn't limited to mooching off  parents. For one, you shouldn't ask too much of your friends. I've noticed that some people think their friends are willing to put their own reputation on ...

While reading some comments left under one of my past Vent stories, I happened to notice that a reader gave me a list of suggestions on what to write about. One suggestion that caught my eye was polygamy. I thought to myself, "What on Earth would I have to say about polygamy that would last more than a couple of sentences?" Well, I got to thinking about it, and here ...