by Maddie Taylor | Nov 30, 2016
It is very rare that I feel uncomfortable during a workout. This is singlehandedly my biggest weakness as an athlete. It’s really hard for me to push myself during a workout of any kind: run, bike, swim, lift, or fitness class. I reach this threshold where I’m working...
by Luke Gockowski | Nov 28, 2016
Though I’m not much of a psychology buff, I have nonetheless found myself immersed in two books on the subject this semester: Flow by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi and Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Khaneman. In an effort to mentally prepare myself for the ardors of...
by Daniel E Lee | Nov 28, 2016
This week I had an election for an Executive Board position in my Fraternity. During the time leading up to the election I had a more difficult time than I had anticipated preparing for the speech I had to give and figuring out why I would be a good fit for the...
by Natalia Nigay | Nov 28, 2016
Hello, hell week. I don’t want tomorrow to come because that’s when the clock really starts ticking on all of the assignments that I have to do for this week. Exams, homework, Russian poetry recitations, lab work, and of course, the policy paper. *cue suspenseful...
by Dean Pandelaras | Nov 28, 2016 |
A couple weeks ago, our class discussed the possible boundaries of the freedom of speech and expression. Prior to this class, I never even considered that the Constitution does not protect all forms of speech, regardless of intent. An example of speech that is not...
by Hayley Shannon Lengenfelder | Nov 28, 2016
Recently I’ve seen a lot of articles tying a presidential candidate to a religion. This often comes in the form of, “If you’re a true [insert religion], you’ll be voting for [insert candidate] …” and it makes me absolutely cringe. Religion is intended to guide...
by Kandice Pettaway | Nov 28, 2016 |
This past month, being a part of PLA has been quite busy for me. Not only did I attend the fall trip to New York City, but policy papers were just submitted and now I am preparing for the presentations. The PLA fall trip was an amazing experience and I was glad I...
by Taylor C Campbell-phipps | Nov 28, 2016 |
This week in PLA we talked about the rights guaranteed under the 1st amendment. Moreover, the class talked about possible amendments to the first amendment. Should there be more restrictions or less? Is the system currently in place a fair and just one? Juan mentioned...
by Nathan Arnett | Nov 28, 2016
I thoroughly enjoyed Thinking Fast and Slow; it made me think very differently about the way that I think. It makes sense upon examination that the brain has multiple ways of examining our environment – one that is more cursory and is used constantly over short...
by Liam K Neigh | Nov 28, 2016
The Circle, a novel written by Dave Eggers, a Boston native with a skeptic view of technology and whose brother has worked for conservative think tanks in the realm of privatization, is a difficult beast to tackle, especially as an IST student with a bleeding interest...
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