I am so proud of those who participated in the huge celebration after Obama’s victory last Tuesday aptly titled “Obamaramanomenon!” In those moments, I was glad I had chosen to attend a small college: I walked, screamed, and danced not with a crowd of strangers, but with classmates, friends, and loved ones.

Let me say that while the event was spontaneous, its genesis was more complex than hundreds of people simultaneously deciding to march ...

I strongly disagree with the 24-hour library initiative, and with a few of the claims in last week's "Thoughts from the Embers" which discussed why this would be a positive change.

The column claimed that the change "could...save energy by encouraging students to study together [in the library]." I presume the argument behind this is that since students will not be in their rooms with their lights on, they will be saving energy ...

What is mindful eating?

Mindful eating is eating as meditation. Often when people eat, especially in the caf, they fill up a plate with food, try to scarf it down in ten minutes, and fail to do so. This wastes lots of food. While they are eating, they are thinking about some problem or idea they need to work out, where they need to go, how stressed they are, etc.

But when you rush, you ...

I don't know. I do not have enough information to understand, and that is okay.

As I was writing my follow-up to last week's column on how to end discrimination, it was turning into oversimplification. Ironically, similar generalizations are the root of the stereotypes employed as justification for discrimination. Noting this, I have tried to focus on one step towards ending discrimination: admitting our ignorance.

In our society, there is intense pressure to ...

Professor Louis Harrison, Jr. will present a lecture twice today, Thursday Oct. 9, entitled “Redefine the Finish Line: Repositioning African Americans in Sport and Physical Activity.” You can hear it first at 4 p.m. in the Round Room in CFA, and at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Gym.

The impetus for the invitation to Harrison may have come from a sports column printed last February in TKS. The column made many claims based ...