For Victoria Addis, a schedule filled with softball doubleheaders isn’t enough; the freshman from Canton, Ohio, has decided to double up on Division II sports. Addis plays right field for the softball team and swims the breaststroke for the swim team, a feat that head softball coach Joe Abraham said is rare at the Division...
“Dictionary, n. A book which explains or translates, usually in alphabetical order, the words of a language or languages.” Thus speaks the Oxford English Dictionary. For the literarily inclined, the online OED is a treasure trove of etymology and usage, and today’s tech-savvy logophiles can thank John Simpson, the influential dictionary’s editor-in-chief for almost...
Diane Dunn knew her long-lost harp was somewhere behind Yorba Linda Street’s mile of locked doors. So she started ringing doorbells. She had recently found her first clues in 40 years: the street name, and an empty harp case with her name on it. Diane Dunn’s search for her lost harp didn’t end on Yorba...
An intellectual conversation on Christian Zionism does exist, Joel Willitts and Robert Nicholson said during the religion department’s annual Gershom Lectures on Christianity and Judaism. The lecturers presented their contributions to the book “The New Christian Zionism: Fresh Perspectives on Israel and the Land,” which argues for Jewish land rights in modern Israel, on Sept....
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