by Taylor Slusser | Apr 24, 2021 |
Well. We’re finally just about at the end. Four academic years are nearly concluded. Looking back on everything, what have I learned? I have learned that friendships are hard work but a joy. I have learned that school isn’t everything. And I’ve learned (and relearned)...
by Taylor Slusser | Apr 8, 2021
This past Monday, I submitted 107 pages of monochrome beauty—that is, if you think senior theses in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies are beautiful. It was on a topic I thoroughly enjoyed learning about, which is the theological assumptions underlying how...
by Taylor Slusser | Apr 1, 2021 |
It’s amazing how some people you may know for years and yet it seems like you understand them no better than if you’d been together for a few minutes. Then there’s people that you only know for a few minutes but there’s such commonality that you seem to understand...
by Taylor Slusser | Mar 25, 2021
How does one engender trust? What are the points at which we trust someone or something? Outside of mathematics, it always seems that belief is in some ways relational. Let me explain. We can’t prove everything. There are always assumptions, some unspoken things,...
by Taylor Slusser | Mar 4, 2021
Rest. It’s something I keep coming back to. It’s a limitation we’ve been given—we must rest, we must sleep. We must surrender to the fact that we are not gods, and recognize that our existence is given bounds. I have found that the longer I ignore this physical...
by Taylor Slusser | Feb 27, 2021
Just this past week, the University detailed a number of steps it was going to take in the future to positively address racial issues. This is mostly well-and-good I believe, and I particularly like the idea of addressing the issues PSU has in retaining Black faculty...
by Taylor Slusser | Feb 18, 2021 |
A snowfall from the woods in my backyard. Image by the author. There’s snow outside, and as it’s that time of the week to write a blog post, I think snow is a worthy topic. Snow is a fascinating creature. All it is is an intricate crystalline structure of the solid...
by Taylor Slusser | Feb 4, 2021
Pardon my eclectic interests, but I’ve been reflecting on the issue of non-point source (NPS) pollution. I completed an internship with the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) working on this very issue in relation to the Chesapeake Bay, and in an...
by Taylor Slusser | Jan 28, 2021
These will be some half-baked thoughts—it is possible that I may change my views in the light of wiser counsel. But there are a few things that I thought were interesting, particularly in light of current events and my own readings. This is a reflection on the nature...
by Taylor Slusser | Jan 22, 2021
When I was in Scouting, one of the topics I taught at a leadership camp was “Finding Your Vision.” Essentially it was meant to get participants thinking both about what they wanted to do and achieve, as well as who they wanted to be in the long run. I found it to be...
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