Alexis Armour has a gift for comedic timing. With her bubbly personality and spirited hand gestures, the sophomore’s deadpan delivery catches her audience by surprise. And, as host of CisternYard Radio’s The Salon with Gossip Goddess, Armour has a pretty diverse audience. Fortunately, her storytelling speaks to all kinds of students across campus. For instance,
At first, the stories sounded like typical fish tales. Sailors spoke of being out to sea and surviving waves as tall as buildings. For ages these claims were dismissed, thought to be nothing but exaggerated descriptions of rough seas. In 1995, however, observations from an oil platform in the North Sea verified a wave that
You are surrounded. There’s no hiding. No escaping. No fighting or defending. You can try to ignore them, but they’re always lurking – and not just underneath the bed. From the zombies of The Walking Dead to the vampires of Twilight: Monsters are everywhere you look. And – as Kathleen Béres Rogers will tell you
Photo by Adam Bruce It shouldn’t come as any surprise that Luke Rein ’15 won the men’s single sculls at this year’s American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship. His coaches knew he could do it. “He is one of the best athletes in the country and has Olympic potential,” says Travis Landrith ’98,
Most first-year students arrive on campus knowing little about the Holocaust. Six million Jewish men, women and children were killed; that’s about it, explains Ted Rosengarten, who has had the task – he might say the honor – of teaching the Holocaust at the College for 18 years. The Second World War ended 70 years
Dear Professor Uwah, I was visiting campus with my son, Cory, for Accepted Student Weekend in March, and heard that you are retiring at the end of this semester. I wanted you to know that you were, and have always remained, my favorite professor. I was a bit of a late bloomer, spending three years
