We all know the envy of the top-shelf life. We know people drink cocktails with frothed egg whites and fancy liqueurs, with the requisite splash of bitters (whatever that is) that punctuates the shake-and-pour of every mixologist. But as college students who lean down to the lowest shelf to find a bottle of booze we...
When Jack Butler ’15 splices together the audio that makes up the ‘Remnant’ podcast by Jonah Goldberg, he brings together some of the most varied content in podcasting. The first 17 episodes have featured Senator Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, talking about what it’s like to watch a bullfight; Ramesh Ponnuru, a senior editor of National Review,...
A Michigan pianist with international acclaim will visit campus to perform songs by the great American composer George Gershwin, whose pieces he has been celebrated for performing with warmth and flair. Ralph Votapek, a professor at Michigan State University and winner of the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will perform at 3:00 p.m. Sunday...
High-school junior Aza Holmes, fan of bad poetry, Dr. Pepper, and her beat-up car Harold, has, like every normal adolescent, some irrational fears. But hers are worse. She has intense germophobia, which keeps her from other normal teenage activities: friendships, adventures, and especially kissing her first boyfriend. Aza’s struggle to escape the “tightening spiral” of...
JERUSALEM — When 7-year-old Ariella Gillman sees her mom preparing for their family’s weekly Shabbat dinner, the little girl insists that company join in and help her eat a few loaves of challah bread. On the rare occasion no one joins the six-person family of Modern Orthodox Jews, Ariella’s disappointment rocks her to the point...