Gamers Guild thrives on strategy, competition, and fun
You know how it goes: your well of party conversation runs dry-how many variations on inane weather banter can there be?-so out comes the deck of cards or a board game. Soon you find that you and your friends are up until obscene hours of the night playing poker or Monopoly as the stakes get higher and the competitive spirit kicks in.
Chatting up Smith: Who knew lecturers could be funny?
Donna-Lee Smith is a faculty lecturer with the department of integrated education. Smith's professional areas of interest are aboriginal literacy and multiculturalism in the classroom. Her literature for children and young adults is hugely popular among education students in part because of her fantastic storytelling skills.
Never mind conventional planning, it's all about being a complicated, skeptical daydreamer
It's funny how university students are the most likely to fear the future. Despite four years of rigorous mental boot camp, a strong esprit de corps from awkward-turned-rockhard friendships, and an unprecedented sense of self-assurance stemming from the experience of overcoming failures, instead of standing the strains, most would rather hide under their bed sheets, whispering a rosary of "Let's not and say we did" in a maddened frenzy.
Forget about finding a job after graduation and start worrying about paying for your sins in the next life
You have to admire the people who explore the possibility of life after death, or whatever it is that lies ahead. It is a mystery for everyone, and it's those who enjoy debating the potential outcomes who are considered brave, right? To spend waking moments pondering this concept is ironic in that logic dictates that you'll be out cold when the time comes-why not live in the moment while your soul is still contained within your body? Nevertheless, it is an intriguing idea to consider what's in store for people once they're six feet under.