I love the Olympics. Especially the Winter Olympics. I always come embarrassingly close to tears when Bob Costas shows the montage of the whole Games at the end of the two weeks. I know that part of why I love them so much is the quality of the hockey, but there are other reasons too. One of the best parts about sports in general are the celebrations of the athletes. They're so satisfying, even when the athletes are just competing for ...

BY LANI SEELINGER On Friday afternoon, only hours before the Opening Ceremonies began, someone told me that one of the Georgian lugers had died on a practice run. Of course, the news was terribly sad. I can't even imagine what it would be like to come so close to participating in the Olympics only to have everything end only hours before you were supposed to walk in behind someone carrying your country's flag. Awful. But I'm a little embarrassed to say that ...

BY LANI SEELINGER GES has played a big part in NU Stands with Haiti, the Northwestern community's response to the earthquake in Haiti. So far, the community as a whole (undergrads and grad students combined) have raised well over $12,000. And where has the money come from? Canning, bracelet sales, yoga classes, and, well, keggers. We've spent a good amount of time at GES meetings discussing the way things are going here. It's been a huge success in terms of fundraising, and ...