Along the Clain river in France lies a small town by the name of Poitiers, where Elizabeth Garner ’18 has been residing and teaching English to elementary students since late September. Encouraged by French professors Marie-Claire Morellec, Sherri Rose, and Anne Theobald during her studies, Garner discovered a French embassy program called Teaching Assistant Program...
“They Shall Not Grow Old” opens with black and white reels of young, British soldiers heading off to war, overlain with upbeat whistling and audio interviews of World War I veterans. Slowly, unbelievably, the footage expands and transforms into an immersive world of colorized film. The audience is transported into the daily life of a...
New year, same political drama. Freshman Utah Senator and former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney rang in 2019 with a scathing column in the Washington Post attacking President Donald Trump’s character and temperament. In the piece, Romney claimed that while he hoped Trump would succeed, he did not believe the president’s conduct had “risen to...
New Year’s Day is my favorite holiday. Don’t ask me why, because I wouldn’t be able to reasonably explain it, especially when there are so many other “important” holidays: Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, to name a few. But, there’s always been something special about New Year’s to me. My family never does anything special for the...
The federal government may be shut down in Washington, D.C. because of a political stalemate, but the streets of the town will be shut down for a different reason this weekend. On Friday, the annual March for Life will take place in the Capitol, and the next day, the annual Women’s March will follow. The...