Song: “Wayfaring Stranger” (1858) It’s a song I play on guitar and sing. It’s very beautiful, and it is one of the most highly recorded old Appalachian folk songs. Book: “Rats, Lice and History: A Chronicle of Disease, Plagues and Pestilence” (1935) by Hans Zinsser It’s a picaresque account of how epidemics have shaped and affected humanity. It’s specifically...
Culture
Author to continue creative writing course in 2026
Author Chigozie Obioma visited campus last week to teach students enrolled in his creative writing class and give a lecture on relationships in fiction. The Nigerian novelist and professor whose debut novel, “The Fisherman,” and his second novel, “An Orchestra of Minorities,” were both finalists for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, an international award given to authors of full-length, English...
‘Masters of the Air’ soars at the end of the season
“Masters of the Air” has attracted the die-hard fans of HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” after 10 years of anticipation. The show comes as the third World War II miniseries produced by Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg. It didn’t disappoint. The long-awaited Apple TV+ series portrays the missions and struggles of the 100th Bomb Group, otherwise known...
Dances, dates, and drama: dorms host various social events
Hero Taco Libre and side-kick Enchilada Tony fought villains Raging Bull and Udder-taker in a wrestling ring outside Simpson Dormitory to the thrill of fans. Simpson Smackdown, a new dorm social event, based its fights off of the World Wrestling Entertainment to bring heated competition to campus in Simpson’s courtyard. “We crafted a narrative throughout the night where Luke Waters,...
