It was a sunny September morning in 1945. Along with the thousands of spectators that lined the streets the whole world was watching. A lone plane soared overhead. As it passed by, the spectators looked on at it, as they had been accustomed to do for months now. But, for the first time, it...
Nestled deep in the basement of Delp, around a great many corners, far from the prying eyes of overly inquisitive freshman, lies what might be mistaken for a museum of recent American history and culture. “When you walk in to Dr. Stewart’s office, it’s downstairs in the building, so it’s kind of like entering into...
A quarantine pipe dream has turned into a full-fledged project for three seniors. Ryan Lanier, Connor Kaeb, and Carl Miller started the website American Discourse, a collection of opinion pieces about American politics. Lanier, editor-in-chief of the website, said the goal is two-fold: to give student writers a place to publish and to promote political...
Thanks to a college founded in 1844 by Free Will Baptists, a very Anglican-looking chapel hosted the college’s first ever Catholic Latin Mass on Sept. 24—a tribute to the college’s historic dedication to religious liberty. “It’s not only appropriate that the chapel host the old Mass, but it is a matter to be celebrated and...
What is one memory from your childhood that stands out to you? I was a boy scout and used to spend a lot of time with our Scout Troop in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. One memory that really jumps out at me was that we saw a mother bear and her cubs and...