Bell curves set students up for failure
When most students think of the word “curve” in regards to a test, they often think of the fudging of the number of questions in their benefit. However, if we look at what a curve truly is, it is a grade distribution based on a bell curve where some people must receive A’s and others...
Traffic threatens pedestrians
While I never have and never plan to view the Miami roads from the driver’s seat, I would consider myself quite the expert at navigating the treacherous Miami highways as I partake in my daily trek across South Dixie Highway walking back and forth from my apartment to campus. Every student is certainly aware of...
Richter’s riches await discovery
I can literally feel the temperature rise from the sweat, desperation, hard work and the focus required to study when I walk into the library. Most college students see the library as a study haven when they are ousted from the noisy dorms, an alternative workspace where a roommate bugs them while they are drafting...
Marching band hazing often overlooked
Last year, when I read an article in The New York Times about the gruesome death that resulted from “blunt force trauma that caused hemorrhaging and left deep bruises on a man’s chest, arms, shoulder and back,” I expected the story to recount murder by an armed and dangerous criminal. But I was heartbroken to...
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