Three Spanish professors are retiring after each teaching at the college for more than 30 years. Kevin Teegarden, Carmen Wyatt-Hayes, and Sandra Puvogel are finishing their last semester of teaching, and will retire at the end of the school year. Kevin Teegarden A Fort Wayne, Indiana native Teegarden didn’t get involved with Spanish until he...
Some clothes we’ll wear for the rest of our lives. Graduation gowns and caps aren’t among them. As I walked home from campus last Thursday, clutching the clear plastic bag with the clothes I’ll wear for just a few hours at commencement on May 8, I felt the weight of this season. My time at...
Taylor Swift’s name invokes strong reactions. Some say she’s too liberal for their taste. Others say she’s a floozy and a bad influence. Still others say she doesn’t make real music. But, for a generation of young women, Taylor Swift is our voice. Swift has grown up with us. From junior high to college, Swift...
On Nov. 2, 1930, a young man snapped the last color photo of an Ethiopian prince being crowned emperor. Excitement rushed up his spine as he watched the ceremonies, he described in his memoir. He didn’t know Emperor Haile Selassie I would be killed years later by a communist coup, ending the 3,000-year monarchy. The...
The Tower Dancers’ 18th annual concert is taking place on Fri.April 16, Sat. April 17 at 8 p.m., and Sun. April 18 at 2 p.m. in the Sage Center for the Arts. Their fall concert was cancelled, so the dancers are excited to perform. They have been practicing some of the dances since September, while...