College. A mecca of higher learning and intellectualism or the bastion of beer kegs and pong? Often the division between the intellectual discussions of the classroom and the gossip on the Green can feel quite wide indeed. In class, we discuss those ancient Greeks in togas. At night, we go Greek in togas of our own. More »
In my desire to discover the true definition of “intellectualism,” I discovered absolutely nothing at all except that it can’t be defined. I was thrust into a sea of confusion and gasped to the surface wondering, why should I care? Aren’t we all intellectuals? Aren’t we all students, thinkers, the prized possessions of academia? More »
With temperatures mounting, it seems that spring has finally arrived. While some are starting to break out the seersucker, in this week’s column, we are longing for a change in taste — for spring (and, dare we say it, early summer) delectables! More »
What is it about disaster relief? Before Mississippi, I’d never done real physical labor, never seen a place like hurricane camp. Yet like everyone else around me — dropouts and activists, drifting English majors and middle-aged churchgoers — I was swept up by the work like nothing before. More »
I hate game playing. I think it’s retarded. It’s a waste of time. Being direct is the easiest and most efficient way to get what you want in every other aspect of life, so why should the matter of courtship be any different? More »
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