To Moussa Sow, Professor Gloria Dickinson wasn’t just a colleague in the department of African-American Studies, but a mother and mentor as well.

“When I first came to the College for a job interview, she greeted me in ‘Wolof,’ the lingua franca in Senegal, where I am from,” Sow said.

Park in Lot 3 without a parking decal or visitor’s pass, and you can be assured to find a parking ticket on your car within an hour or so.

Stumble back from a party off-campus, smelling of Miller High Life and debauchery, and you can almost guarantee a summons for underage drinking if you have the misfortune to run into a cop.

The sun sparkled on the water as spectators lounged on towels and cheered their favorite teams on.

The scene was straight out of a New England yacht club, but instead of designer polos and deck shoes, captains wore hulas and bathing suits, as they bravely commandeered boats made not out of thousands of dollars of glistening Plexiglas, but ordinary brown cardboard.

Alan Dawley did not fit the stereotypical role of a professor, one shut up in his ivory tower with his books and research. The professor of history was instead a passionate activist and pacifist, a man who dedicated his life to peace and social justice, inspiring and mentoring both students and faculty.

Danny Glover is not too old for this shit.

The actor, best-known for his work in the “Lethal Weapon” series, which spawned his famous catchphrase, joined Felix Justice onstage in Kendall Hall on Thursday night, captivating the crowd with their long-running show, “An Evening with Martin and Langston.

Hundreds of people enter hospitals every day as the result of car crashes or for operations. The hospitals rely on a steady and renewable supply of blood for these patients, something harder and harder to get due to severe shortages.

However, for almost four decades College students have made it their goals to help hospitals and blood banks by running a two-day blood drive that provides much-needed donations to sick and injured individuals.

Looking at the list of possible artists for the College Union Board’s (CUB) Spring Concert, I couldn’t help feeling as if I had traveled back in time in Doc Brown’s De Lorean. Lifehouse? Third Eye Blind? Were these really possibilities or merely a look back at one of my seventh grade mix tapes, minus, of course, Lou Bega and LFO?

Everyone on campus needs a friend, and the newly organized Best Buddies club is there to make sure of it. The organization works to create one-on-one relationships between College students and mentally challenged children and adults in order to provide companionship and create long-lasting friendships.

Most children’s drawings share many idyllic similarities – the box-shaped house, the puppy in the front yard, mom and dad smiling broadly. Yet the pictures Jerry Ehrlich unveiled on Nov. 6 contained no white picket fences or smiling faces. There were houses on fire, airplanes ominously flying overhead and men on camels with swords, a harrowing reminder of the experiences of the children of Darfur.

KatManDu may be known for its drinks and dancing, but tonight many will flock to the popular nightclub for an even better cause.

Allies Inc., a New Jersey non-profit organization for people with disabilities, is hosting a fundraiser Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. at the club, located on the waterfront in Trenton.

In the past, Homecoming participation has been dominated by Greek life, but this year one team decided to go back to its roots and get classic, giving birth to “The Originals.” The team, comprised of the College Union Board (CUB), Delta Sigma Pi, Leadership Development Program (LDP) and Student Government Association (SGA), paid homage to the organizations of the past that helped start Spirit Week at the College 20 years ago.

What’s so extraordinary about Matthew Wasser is that he never wanted to go to college and was admitted without having even applied. According to him, true artists didn’t go to college. Yet once here, he made his presence known on the campus, leaving behind a legacy that will be remembered fondly by many.

It’s rare for Spongebob Squarepants, political candidates and middle school cheerleaders to be found in the same place, but that’s exactly what happened on Saturday at the 12th annual Community Fest.

Co-sponsored by the College and the Township of Ewing, this year’s Community Fest, called “A Taste of the World,” took place on and around the Loser Hall lawn from 10 a.

The first thing you notice about David Sedaris is his voice. High-pitched and squeaky, it seems more befitting of a nervous prepubescent boy and incites giggles as soon as he opens his mouth.

Luckily for Sedaris though, his voice wasn’t the only thing drawing laughs at his reading at the Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts in Morristown, N.