It was two in the morning in the Argentinian winter in 2018, and rain poured down upon the tens of thousands of protesters. Large projectors showed the senators as they debated long into the night, a debate that had meant to end in the mid-afternoon. The argument: the depenalization of abortion, which in turn meant...
Author: Colton Duncan (Colton Duncan)
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Stop and smell the Olds roses: Why dorm traditions matter
Dorm traditions forge the temperament of residents—dorm traditions like Niedfeldt’s long-standing tradition of Olds roses. Dorm rites shape character: clandestine court trials to resolve misconduct, eating meat bare-chested at dusk, tiki torch parties by the fireside, Smash Brothers tournaments. Some within the classical tradition have referred to this as forma mentis: “the form of the...