Here are some survival tips from your friendly neighborhood Signal staff:
Don’t be that guy. In three years of college, I have learned that there is nothing worse than being pigeonholed, and only being known for that one thing by everyone. I know of “always wears camouflage” guy, “shorts in the dead of winter” guy, “Phillies” [...]

There was once a prophecy made by an aging old oracle about a young, dashingly handsome, incredibly intelligent and all around-amazing journalist who would join the ranks of The Signal and lead it to never-before-seen heights. In my junior year, the prophecy came true when former Arts and Entertainment Editor Joseph Hannan hoodwinked me into [...]

Former governor Mike Huckabee’s visit to the College has garnered much attention, particularly his comments regarding LGBT marriage and adoptive rights. If you read The Perspective’s coverage of the event and media interview, you know that he said some pretty incriminating things. While placing statements such as “Children aren’t puppies” and “You don’t go ahead [...]

Cop Shop is one of The Signal’s most popular columns.
As much as The Signal staff is unwilling to admit it, many people only read The Signal for Cop Shop. Besides the occasional funny moment (“We’re smoking pot” and the clown loose in Eickhoff Hall come to mind), the incidents reported in Cop Shop are serious [...]

College is a place for finding your niche, and I think many students would agree that they find their extra curricular activities more enriching than their actual classes. For the past two years, The Signal has dominated my personal college experience. I have spent an ungodly amount of hours in the Brower Student Center basement. [...]

“You guys are the best argument for (the College). You are extraordinary students, fabulous citizens, you can make our case much better than we can.”
— President R. Barbara Gitenstein about the College budget crisis
“We had become educated on the city’s stuggles and by going into the area and meeting the residents, the abject poverty we [...]

Every person wants to pull that perfect April Fools’ Day prank, but many have neither the wits nor the means to do so. So we here at The Signal decided to give you, loyal reader, a leg-up over all your friends. So read on about the best pranks we pulled, had pulled on us or [...]

As the health care bill was being passed through the Senate, millions of Republicans simultaneously pounded their heads against the wall, my parents included. Call me a crazy, tree-hugging Democrat, but the new health care bill seems pretty good. Let’s review the main points, shall we?
1. By 2014, insurance companies will not be [...]

This is not an editorial bashing the quality of cuisine presented at Eickhoff Hall’s cafeteria. This is a short piece identifying the people who many encounter each day in the cafeteria, and who make day-to-day College life a little more frustrating.
The fruit salad girls.
For many of us, getting fruit from the fruit salad bowls near [...]

Students are being cheated.
As a journalism student, I understand and appreciate the value of internships. They are a great opportunity to make connections, and there is no better way to learn a trade than by actually doing it. I get it.
However, here at the College, journalism students are essentially paying to work for free. Let’s [...]

I hate snow. Snow is cold. Snow makes my toes go
numb. Snow makes my joints lock up like The Tin Man.
Snow is God’s dandruff. At least it’s pretty.
— Laura
Snow days in my neighborhood have always meant
sledding, and lots of it. We have this retention basin near
my house called “The Pit” and its steep hills are [...]

I was feeling pretty good on Sunday night. My Super Bowl party was a success, my mom’s famous mini-hotdogs were on tap and the Colts were on a drive sure to put them in the lead.
But then the unthinkable happened — Peyton Manning, the unsackable quarterback who could be voted into the Hall of Fame [...]

The 7.0 earthquake in Haiti has been one of the worst natural disasters to occur in modern times. People from all walks of life have donated money, volunteered and collected food, clothing, medical supplies, etc. George Clooney’s “Hope for Haiti” telethon raised about one million dollars, and many celebrities participated in the event to [...]

As College students, we hold a few truths to be self-evident — class will always be at 8:30 a.m., no matter what status our age may superficially afford us, campus food will never taste quite the way it smells, but it will always taste the way it looks, sleep really is the best medicine and [...]