As a crew of students rushed around the set during the first day of filming their own soap opera, a former Hollywood script writer and now a professor, Richard Allen, sat in the back row of the production room and observed in silence.He says he doesn't like to interrupt, even if he sees a glaring error. He thinks making mistakes is what it's all about.

"He is allowing us to learn," said Anna Leigh Simmons, a senior radio-TV-film major and the executive producer of the soap opera. "He lets an hour go by and then can say, 'Oh, tweak it this way.'"

The challenges for today's leaders will change, but the essence of leadership is the same as it was 7,000 years ago, a general told the Air Force ROTC Thursday.William Cohen, a retired major general for the Air Force, said that although his eight universal laws of leadership are important, they do not make a leader.

"Techniques of leadership, yes, they are important," Cohen said. "But who you are inside, that's the main thing."

With everyone coming down off a Valentine's Day high, why don't we stop talking about sappy love songs and romantic dinners and start talking about a holiday that actually matters: President's Day. Some of you are probably thinking, "Who cares? Our president is a moron." Others might be thinking, "Good idea, we need to recognize our wonderful president."I will not side with either of these opinions, because I'm not here to back or bash Bush. I have my own opinion about the man, but we're talking about President's Day, not W Day.

At 39, Laura Crawley's strong and slender limbs are masked behind her black leggings and rubber flip-flops. Normally a marathon runner, she had to change her workout because of a stress fracture. Fresh out of her yoga class, Crawley sat at the table, tearing her sour dough bread apart with her shivering hands. "I'm cold," she said with a quiver. A blue bandana pulled her cinnamon hair back from her cornflower blue eyes and fresh face lacking makeup. She brought her chilled fingers above her ears that contained only one gold stud to point to the gray hairs that weren't there.

All right, I have a confession to make. I like frat-daddy clothing. Honestly, the boat shoes, the khaki shorts, the Polos - minus the popped-collar (read: misguided fad) - I love it all. Now, look down. If you are currently sporting clothing similar to this, you can kindly stop reading; this won't apply to you ... today. For the rest of you, take a seat, continue reading and please, try not to let me hurt your feelings.

Women's fashion has never made sense to me. I'm continually amazed when I see naturally beautiful women who mangle and contort their bodies in order to fit into something "cute," all so they can impress their girlfriends.See, from what I can tell, women don't dress to make guys notice them. If they did, they'd listen to our complaints. Instead, many women participate in a daily battle to see who can be the best-looking. It's an internal war, and the victims are the men who are forced to view the disgusting ensembles worn by the combatants.