Professor Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor, died saving his students this past Monday, on Holocaust Remembrance Day. “A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.” – Elie Wiesel.
Category Archives: America
Adrift in Wonderland
Hmm. These lines in particular jumped out at me: Our university is unwilling to take on the role of the guiding parent and, in the absence of an administration or student groups who aggressively push morality, some of us have gone adrift. I’m not saying that I want an administrative moral crackdown, but I amContinue reading “Adrift in Wonderland”
Tonight We Dine On Spilt Milk
Just because it’s fun to rip apart the other end of the spectrum… Here is my (cheeky) take on Slate’s review of “300” (I’m not linking to it – they rot enough people’s brains as it is): “A Movie Only a Spartan Could Love” But tell us how you really feel about the unwashed masses,Continue reading “Tonight We Dine On Spilt Milk”
Speaking of “elite institutions of higher learning”
Another day, another gem published in The Chronicle: Now, for the sake of context, please check out the column that the fine gentleman is referencing. Got all that? Now on to the gem: Jacqui Detwiler asks “why on earth” parents would not want their daughters spared from STDs (“‘H’ is for ‘Hussy,’” Feb. 28). TheContinue reading “Speaking of “elite institutions of higher learning””
Intellectual Cyclists on a Rampage: A Horror Story
In the past month, I’ve experienced three near-collisions. Not because I was wasted (shut up, everyone), not because I was freshening up my mascara in the rearview mirror, and certainly not because I was receiving road-head, but because… and I’m going to take a few deep breaths here… Bicyclists. On. Campus. Think. They. Are. Bloody.Continue reading “Intellectual Cyclists on a Rampage: A Horror Story”
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