by Kipaya Kapiga, Web Editor The Center for Diversity and Global Engagement has recently launched I-Seminar, a new venture to promote interdisciplinary exploration at the College. Each seminar event is structured around presentations of ongoing Independent Study work by current seniors. The presentations are followed …
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Jon Breitenbucher
Unexpected Roommate: Roaches!
Last Friday I discovered something in my room that no one wants to find: a cockroach.† Now, for those of you that don’t know me or have never seen my room, let me tell you that I am obsessed with cleanliness and neatness.† I will …
Radiohead get psychedelic with “King of Limbs”
There’s no denying Radiohead’s “The King of Limbs” is something of a puzzling listen at first. Of course, the band’s career at the forefront of contemporary music these past two decades has been marked by consistent evolution (and a couple outright paradigm shifts), so what’s …
LETTER TO THE EDITORS
Dear Editors, The world is governed by the aggressive use of force. Obviously, Dan Hanson’s editorial about deifying soliders shows that he has been terribly impacted by the 9/11 attack on America. To say that Americans have had problems with the wars in Afghanistan and …
A Robotic Future?
Last week on Jeopardy, Watson, the modern-day Deep Blue IBM computer designed to answer Alex Trebek’s questions, dominated his human contestants Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. At the end of the three-day run, Jennings said that he “welcomes our new computer overlords.”† While he was …
Dancing opens alleys of expression
By Katelynn Heugel, Staff Writer There are many health benefits of dancing. It keeps you in shape, and helps with flexibility and endurance. But what other benefits could come out of dancing? As an incoming first-year, I believed I had found my niche as a …