Now we know what happens when the campus goes into lockdown. Although we’re still learning about the incident, it appears as though the administration received a credible threat and took strong but appropriate action to protect students, faculty, and staff. We’ve watched in horror as terror has struck other campuses. The cliché is true: Better...
“What do you do for fun?” More than any other, this question shows us just how little we do with our free time. A common fallback response to this question is “I like to read,” but rarely do we actually spend our free time reading. We do too much of that in our classes, so...
In last week’s “Embracing gender-deviant people’s societal roles,” Dunkerely assumes the language proposed by those who themselves identify as ‘non-conforming’ in his defense of a healthy discourse on the inclusion of gender-deviants. That language is best symbolized by the genderbread person, a tool that divides the person into four separate spectra of gender identity, gender...
If you want to save for retirement effectively and have cash on hand in an emergency, open a savings account. According to a September GOBankingRates survey, 72 percent of millennials have less than $1,000 in savings. Many publications — including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and CNBC — have published dozens of...
When I learned to Lindy Hop at the first Friday Night Swing of my freshman year, everyone, including me, assumed that I would be a follow. In a partnered social dance context, this is the role that women traditionally dance, and it involves responding to a lead’s initiative and suggestions creatively. I danced as a...