The holidays are here and college students will soon return home for a winter break. What’s on the wish list this year?

Both adults and kids are going nuts for Nintendo Wii. Guys want cool gadgets from Best Buy and young women want the usual- Louis Vuitton, clothing gift certificates, and hot holiday winter boots.

The women’s basketball team took advantage of their home court in the first double header of the season at Rogers Recreation Center. The lady Seahawks topped Johnson and Wales University 81-60 in the first game of the night while the men dropped a 66-60 decision to the visitors in the second game.

Birthdays are a big deal. Ask anyone you know. It used to be all about getting the best or most presents, but presently the competition has turned into who can have the best, most expensive, unforgettable party. There is even a whole MTV reality series about the very subject.

On Wednesday September 26, I took time out of my hectic college schedule and forced myself to vote online for the S.G.A contenders.

Conscientious of my own apathy, I scaled campus that day asking various students if they had voted, or even considered the matter; “No” seemed to be the prominent response that day.

For many girls and young women, costumes have gone from being creative to promiscuous.

Remember when your parents were in control of your Halloween costume? My mom decked me out head to toe in a custom clown suit fitted with a rainbow afro and a red sponge ball on my nose.