My mom’s trying to set me up with the waitress pouring my dad’s beer while I’m wondering whether I should admit I lost the social security card she gave me two hours ago. Every parent’s weekend feels like controlled chaos. The Grewcock Student Union becomes an open bar, bringing parents and students together for a...
A friend and I threw a frisbee across Manning Street between College Baptist and the front lawn of Delta Tau Delta this past weekend. And even though the sun had set and clouds obscured the light of the moon, we could see the disc fine because new streetlights force residents of Manning Street to live...
When Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Lieutenant General of the British Army, wrote the manual Scouting for Boys in 1908, he wanted to combat the growing pervasiveness of “brooding and selfishness” in England. His goal was to show the path he took to fulfillment and virtue to Britain’s younger generation so they could follow it, if they...
For Americans, Spain is synonymous with Madrid, Barcelona, soccer, orange blossoms, paella, and Antoni Gaudí’s architecture. We are slow to think of Catalonia, a little autonomous region with a long history that overflows with national pride and cultural power that has spilled into many of our associations, including Barcelona, paella, and Gaudí. After the Oct....
Conservatives and progressives are using the Las Vegas shooting to politicize the gun control debate. And that’s a good thing. While people on both ends of the political spectrum debate how to prevent mass shootings in the future, some have claimed the conversations are unnecessary politicizations of the tragedy. Most who decry politicization view it...