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Archive - May 7, 2008

Poetry from the Gargoyle's mouth: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

After Black Ice, it's time to switch back to something more classical with Maya Angelou. In this beautiful poem, a heart-wrenching Angelou compares a free bird to the plight of a caged bird. She says that a free bird takes its freedom for granted while a caged bird struggles to discover life and freedom.

Free-stuff frenzy

Free are the T-shirts and pens that everyone runs over to the Siebel Center to get during career fairs. Free are the cheap products that people look forward to every year during the Engineering Open House. Free are the scrumptious samples from the yummy restaurants on Green Street.

What is super underrated daytime TV?

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Game shows are almost always inane, often corny, and rarely do they require skill. Just look at "Family Feud." Actually, please don’t look at "Family Feud," unless you like migraines.

Column: Putting prom in perspective

Prom is less than two weeks away, and Deborah Ladd knows what that means for first-timers — the rush, the pressure, the expectations. Take a deep breath and read on as Deborah shares her advice and puts it all in perspective.

We know all about your little mind games

When you enter high school your perception of the entire world changes. Well, maybe not the entire world, but what you come to value and appreciate change significantly from your middle school days.

A new toy for control-freak parents? Uh-oh

The demon of all school-related anxiety has struck again, and this blow may very well be the worst one so far.

Column: The evolution of the junior class

With the school year winding down, Elaine Gu finds it hard to believe that she and her classmates are about to become seniors. "Honestly, I really don’t feel that different from how I felt when I first came to Uni," she writes. "However, once I took a step back and reflected upon who I was and who we were as a class subfreshman and freshman year, I realized that my class and I have both undergone some significant transformations."