California was once a great place and can be again, but not without serious work by its residents, Victor Davis Hanson said in a speech on campus. “If we don’t have some type of unity,” Hanson said, “If that progressive movement is not defeated and we don’t have a normal Democratic Party and people self-select...
“Gun to your head: what is the greatest great book?” “Too many good options…I’ll vote for ‘Anna Karenina.’ I take it as read, of course, that the unspoken stipulation is ‘except of course the Bible.’” — David Gaebler, Mathematics “Aside from the Bible, the ‘Summa Theologiae.’ Though if I were holding a cane, then ‘Cane...
When 12:51 p.m. rolls around in the Knorr Dining Hall, the same chaotic group of students rush to the stationary conveyor belt, crowd the coffee bar, and race to the ice cream machines. The exit door of the dinning hall perpetually swings open as students sling their backpacks over one shoulder, carrying a brimming cup...
“I believe in self-made men,” Joseph Pulitzer once said. The legacy he built to encourage American authors and journalists to seek excellence now threatens to destroy itself. The Pulitzer Prize Board will meet in October to discuss expanding eligibility for the prize to non-U.S. citizens. This change would disrespect Pulitzer’s legacy of American grit and...
Olivia Rodrigo beat the curse of the sophomore slump with her new album “Guts,” released on Sept. 8. “Guts” follows Rodrigo’s transition from her teenage years to her early 20s. The album, which Rodrigo describes as “the confusion that comes with becoming a young adult,” is a homage to the feeling of being scared of...