Imagine it is your first day on campus again. Remember your parents circling the dorm while you run in and grab your housing assignment from the smiling resident assistant. After you get your room number, you cruise out to grab all your boxes (wow, you packed a lot of stuff!).

You lug your stuff, and parents, up your new hall. Following a confusing conversation with a person wearing a white polo, you realize you just met your new roommate - your RA. [Read article]

We are the new generation of scholar, an undergraduate class struggling to fit computer-sculpted minds into an old-fashioned educational structure many find to be outdated. Indeed, it is an interesting culture clash: those professors who cling to old-school concepts of instruction and learning, and the students of a generation used to consuming knowledge with efficiency, speed and brevity.

The connection between professor and student is a balancing act that never seems to be perfectly equalized. The burden of creating an enthusiastic dedication for classes frequently falls upon shoulders already bent with carrying heavy textbooks and financial struggle. It is a reciprocal relationship, however, and many professors are not holding up their end of the balance with the zeal and educational enthusiasm that students should be able to expect at a university. [Read article]

See if these ideas make the grade

The changing face of Procastination

College students have rarely needed an excuse to be unproductive, but through the ingenious escape of www.thefacebook.com, they have been given the opportunity to be unproductive and voyeuristic while rifling through the inconsequential likes and dislikes of their fellow students. Small wonder, then, that Facebook's slick facelift has been met with rave reviews - procrastination's more fun when it's high-tech. For its latest innovation, Facebook gets a Pass. [Read article]

Students should take advantage of UApresents

The author of the editorial in the Tuesday's Wildcat ("UApresents should focus on the black") offered much-appreciated words of support and advice for UApresents. But he missed an important point.

Far too few UA students take advantage of the exceptional opportunities offered by UApresents. For the cost of a student ticket - only slightly more than the price of a movie ticket - a student can experience live performances by world-class artists, from symphony and ballet to world music and Broadway shows. [Read article]