As soon as May 2014, the college plans to begin its next major construction project. The renovation and expansion of Curtis Dining Hall will be the first of a series of modifications made to the central block of campus. “Right now you can only seat about 300 in [Curtis],” Rich Péwé, chief administrative officer, said....
Year: 2013
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Video game violence stifles creativity, innovation
It’s good no one is keeping count of the people I have killed in video games because I’d likely be institutionalized in some dark cell. You can shoot characters, stab them, strangle them, vaporize them, chuck grenades at them, kamikaze them with a jet, toss them off a 20-story building, poison them, burn them to...
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Vintage Chic promotes local artists
It’s like Etsy, except it’s in the flesh. Inside Vintage Chic, there are handmade scarves, cards, and charms. Hand-sculpted pottery attracts the eye below shelves of candles flaunting scents like “buttercream frosting,” “chocolate and berries” and “ginger peach.” Across the aisle, shoppers discover handmade “blueberry sage” lotion, “caramel apple” soap, and “honey almond” shampoo. A...
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When shootings become personal: A student reflects on the Navy Yard
“Shooter on the Navy Yard.” I got that text at 8:35 a.m. on Monday. It was a group message to all of us interns who had spent the better part of our summers together working at the Washington Navy Yard––the place where 12 people were murdered by alleged gunman Aaron Alexis. I worked Naval History...
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Cursive writing improves mind and soul
Forty-five states have adopted the Common Core State Standards in education, cutting cursive from school curricula. Because of the 21st century notion that students don’t need to learn cursive, they spend about 10 minutes per day practicing handwriting, a dramatic decrease from an average of 45 minutes per day in the 1960s and 1970s. To...