Before I could could count to 10 or sing my ABCs, I was helping my parents prepare meals in my childhood home. Even today, my family and I spends most of our time together cooking in the kitchen. Next to all of the serving dishes and cooking utensils rest two editions of our most-beloved cookbook,...
‘Parliament’ records off-campus jams with professional equipment
It’s 3:30 in the morning and sophomore Tyler Sechrist is running on full adrenaline. Layering the different elements of the song, the drums, the bass and rhythm guitar, and the vocals, all recorded last night, Sechrist finally comes out with the final product: a cover of “Little Black Submarines” by the Black Keys. Blasting it...
The moral imagination in the modern age: Birzer publishes ‘timepiece’ lecture notes 10 years later
“Perhaps the best tool man possesses is his moral imagination. With it, man can rekindle old truths in new forms,” Birzer wrote in 2003. Professor of History Bradley J. Birzer, in a recently self-published ebook, “Seeking Christendom: An Augustinian Defense of Western Civilization,” discusses how Augustinians of the 20th century — most prominently Russell Kirk...
Does it spark joy? Marie Kondo tidies up
Does it spark joy? It’s a misleadingly simple question. When you hold something you own, do you feel a little bubble of happiness? A flutter in your heart? If yes, keep it. If not, get rid of it. That’s Marie Kondo’s philosophy, which she explores in her new Netflix series “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo”....
International club to host Mediterranean feast
The International Club is hosting a Mediterranean Feast on Thursday, Feb. 7 in Dow A and B at 6 p.m. The feast will cost $7 at the door. President of the club, Nicolas De Enrique Schmidt, a sophomore from Spain said, “Students should expect to have a really good time, it will be worth it.”...




