Opinions

On Nov. 29 a student left his coat in the hallway of Jenson-Noble at about 2:20 p.m. but when he returned to the place he left the coat at 4:00 p.m. it was gone. Perhaps someone took the coat mistaking it for their own. The missing coat is a mostly royal blue Columbia Bugaboo coat, size medium.

Editor’s note: The title for this column comes from the nickname for French composer Francis Poulenc. Translated idiomatically, the phrase means “Half Monk, Half Delinquent.”

The first night of Christmas at Luther, I expected the narrator to say: “Welcome to Christmas at Luther 2008” instead of 2011. I was shocked that she didn’t. I was actually about to exchange looks with my viola friends to confirm that she’d made a mistake, before I realized what was going on.
2008. That was freshman year. This is senior year.

One of the biggest conflicts that plague college students is deciding what to do next. Our teachers, parents and family friends are always asking where we are going to go after we get our degree. After many painstaking hours of pondering, I think I have decided the list of things I want to accomplish after I graduate.

Green Room Certification is getting off to a roaring start this year. The number of certified dorm rooms on campus has already surpassed that of last year, with 21 so far this semester. There were only 20 all of last year.

“Look at those ugly skanks that make up the female leadership of the Democratic Party.”

Believe it or not, the above quote broadcast on the Lee Rodgers Show on September 17, 2008.

A lot of people emphasize the Christmas at Luther aftermath: the final up-bow release of the violin section when the final note rings in the air. It’s glorious, but for me, not the only glorious moment.

The real essence of the show comes from the devotion from all the students trying not to let their schedules fall askance, to make their lives coincide with the “joy” Dr. Sandra Peter shouts when tired musicians want nothing more than to leave Baby Jesus away in the manger. It’s the struggle that makes the show.