Once, when I was eight years old and feeling deathly ill, my mother asked me if I felt okay. I said I felt fine, with the naà¯ve young mindset that things couldn't go wrong and that I couldn't possibly...
With the political circus still going strong, it is now more important than ever to vote. We know you hear this every year "” get out and vote, your vote counts, be an active and engaged citizen, etc....
What I Learned during My Study Abroad Trip
This subject might not be expected from a guest faculty column, but this winter break was indeed outside the realm of normal "” at least for me. While there...
A few months ago, I was introduced to the term "hedonic treadmill" by a professor teaching the First Year Experience on happiness. Essentially, the hedonic treadmill refers to the idea that a person...
I don't know how, but for some ludicrous reason, it has become popular or cosmopolitan among certain American intellectuals, the elite and many young millennials to sneer at America and our great nation's...
The Bad
Dalton Flood
There are a lot of negative views about Valentine's Day that have gained traction with my generation. The two most popular complaints are that Valentine's Day is nothing...
I appreciate Dominic Pierce's response to my previous column, raising the question of personhood and abortion. He argues that personhood is the most important question in the abortion debate. According...
Valentine's Day. Singles Awareness Day. That day your hard earned pay check vanishes. Whatever you call it, the day of love will soon be upon us. And with it come heaps of societal pressure, whether you...
"Does he like mustard?" the magazine poses, as Kanye West looks off into the distance, a bright smile on his face. West, everyone's favorite braggadocious hip hop aficionado has been the internet's darling...
I agree with Dr. Crockett that confining the question of abortion to theology is unproductive. It is rhetoric that divides people into factions and implicitly discounts the possibility of worthwhile discussion...
If you know me, you know that there's a lot about American society that I don't understand. On a daily basis I'm confronted with concepts, laws and ideas that just don't compute in my head. Things...
For those of you who haven't heard, I have the most wonderful news "” the events that transpired are a testament to how political correctness is making America a better and safer place. It occurred mid-January,...
