How many columns start with, “So, it’s the end of the semester and…”

Life is a like a dryer that has finished its cycle. People are the clean laundry on the inside, slowly wrinkling with time.

The horror stories about plagiarism abound every year – students flunking classes and failing papers because of slight slips in citations. Chances are, you’ve heard similar stories.

In my opinion, and all of yours, I’m sure, dead week and finals week are boring. They’re all study, no play. It’s enough to drive every one of us mad. I propose the following activities instead of trying to memorize the periodic table (does anyone still do that?) or attempting to distinguish between the Gawain of the Green Knight and Gawain of Chrétien de Troyes. So here you go. Have some fun during finals week.

I was going to write about how Michelle Obama will soon be an iconic first lady – the first I can think of to perfectly combine education, motherhood, femininity and independence. I was going to write about the shadow that has often been cast on first ladies, the need to be prim and proper, the desire to be loving and quiet and the lifting of that shadow that it appears Mrs. Obama will soon do.

After reading the OU Daily Monday, I found myself quite appalled at a column written by Zac Smith, not because of the issue or the content, but because of his blatant disrespect for the beliefs of other people and poor knowledge of the subject at hand.

Ever heard the phrase, “What’s done is done?” Probably. Ever heard the phrase, “What’s done is done, kind of?” Probably not. It’s ridiculous.

Cartoon for Dec. 10, 2008.

I have a teacher who seems to be the one teacher in the engineering department who has a since of humor.