Change the Definition with Rebekah Star Livingston

Ms. Rebekah Star Livingston is a hero. With her optimism and appreciation for the African American community, she decided to change the community making one shirt at a time. Rebekah, a volunteer teacher, noticed how much African American and Latino students were falling behind in school and wanted to uplift...

Yuletide Traditions

Yule, the Pagan celebration equivalent to Christianity’s Christmas is celebrated December 21st (though the dates vary from the 21st to the 23rd) and marks the death of the old year and welcomes the rebirth of the new. Yule, in Old Norse, means “The Wheel” or “feast” and is the shortest day and...

Conservatives are Wrong: Finding Solutions

There is a lot of talk out there, especially as we inch closer to the primary elections, about a variety of social issues. However, the loudest opinions currently blasted are generally not only wrong, but willfully wrong and extremely detrimental to society. This negative rhetoric distracts from the real...

An Interview with the Tolkien Professor

Corey Olsen, otherwise known as the Tolkien Professor, is a tenured professor of English at Washington College committed to using new media to bring together scholarship and the magic of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other fantasy writers for a greater audience.  The Tolkien Professor’s podcast lectures...

Yoga: Beyond the Stretching

Yoga has been defined literally as “joining together” by the American Yoga Association. Whether it be the joining with classmates and teacher in a classroom setting  to practice, or, the joining of the body, mind and soul, this form of exercise has been noted as one of the best activities to...