Staff Editorial The HPU administration, in conjunction with a few High Point City Council decisions, has taken one more important step in making the university family safer. The university now owns West College to Farris, all of Sixth Street, all of OA Kirkman and parts of Woodrow, Fifth Street and North.
Dear Editor, The power and the promise of our democracy was shown this Tuesday. All across this state and country people from all walks of life went to the polls and casted their ballots for a better future. The people of United States voted not out of fear, but out of the faith and hope of things not yet seen.
Lately, many local universities have been featured in the news for their efforts in "going green." Unfortunately, High Point University is not truly one of these. This is not to say that we have not been trying to make this transition. Recycling receptacles can now be found beside most trash cans and in every dorm room.
Up close, the earth looks flat. From outer space, it's round. The difference is in perspective. On the ground, the Andes look impassable. From a jetliner flying at 40,000 feet, they shrink to a manageable size. From a space shuttle, they're hardly noticeable.
Our generation was inundated with calls to action urging us to vote this year. For some people, it was a no-brainer; of course they voted - it's their right. Others, with ACORN and the 2000 election shenanigans in mind, may have been more skeptical. It was especially easy to think your vote meant little to nothing when the candidate you voted for lost.
As I walk around campus, I have noticed something about the students that is different from most people in this area. They don't eat grits, have no idea what Bojangles is, and say "you guys" instead of "y'all." I realize that many of the students on campus previously lived north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Take a walk on High Point University's campus and look at students' cars. BMWs, Mercedes, Lexuses, Land Rovers, cars that cost as much as, or more than, a year's tuition and fees fill the lots. Look at the clothes on the students. Girls wear Lilly Pulitzer, a brand whose sundresses easily cost $250.
Fall break meant relief from classes, homework and tests for most students. For 13 High Point University students, however, it meant a different kind of relief - flood relief. Sacrificing their vacation time to board a bus at 5:30 a.m. and drive to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, along with volunteers from Oak Ridge United Methodist Church, students worked for five days to repair flood damage that occurred when the Cedar River overflowed in the spring of 2008.
"Breaking Dawn," the fourth book in the Twilight series, should come with a medical warning. This book raised my blood pressure countless times, and not always for the same reasons. The book is divided into three separate sections. The first and third parts of the book are spoken in Bella's voice, just as all of the other books have been.
The lights dimmed, and a single park bench sat covered in what appeared to be fresh fallen snow as mellow instrumentals played setting the tone for a romantic drama. "Almost, Maine," written by John Cariani and directed by Jay Putnam, took the stage of the Empty Space Theatre Oct.