In the past four years, I have seen CNU transform in more ways than I can describe. We have grown, we have changed, and most of all, we have progressed. We, as a community, continually strive to create a campus that reflects the mantra “students first.” There are times when we have been successful and [...]
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 Operative: Unaffiliated Agent E Locations: CNU Campus— Parking Garage, Trible Library, DSU Times: Throughout the day. Agent E, here. You’re probably wondering what I’m going on about with this “mission” business. It’s a secret, but I trust you, so here goes. I received a calendar for Christmas that has quotes for [...]
While I understand that each campus organization wants to be able to communicate its “distinguishing characteristics,” when we try to do so, we inevitably say things about other comparable organizations. And when we do this, we run a very high risk of saying things about other groups (and technically, then, our own) which are not [...]
In lieu of Valentine’s Day (or Anna Howard Shaw Day, whichever one you celebrate), I wanted to use this space to advocate for the ladies on this campus to love their bodies. A few years ago, one of the women featured in Dove’s Real Beauty Campaign, Stacy Nadeau, came to speak at Christopher Newport University [...]
News is important, whether you read it with your coffee, listen to it on your commute, or watch it as you prepare dinner. The younger generation (myself included) obtains our news much differently thanks to new technologies. Typically we absorb a very small amount of the news, if any. I know this from simply talking [...]
This past Saturday night, I was home in bed with a cough, chills, muscle aches, a bowl of chicken noodle soup and a very large mug of some nighttime Theraflu. Though I was shivering, and miserable, it was so worth it. …But let’s rewind to earlier in the day and I’ll tell you what landed me [...]
I would consider myself quite critical of CNU. I have tweeted #CNUProblem numerous times, as well as written to the paper in the past. But I would like to acknowledge a #CNUSolution this semester that has not been put out there yet. Moving the mailroom to the ballroom for the start of the semester was [...]
