Remembering the 'student' experience
"History doesn't repeat itself," Mark Twain reportedly said, "but it does rhyme." I find that quote particularly apt for the beginning of the new academic...
Keep energy for entire semester
There are some TV commercials I'll just never understand. Take any commercial for a dairy product: it's either small children giggling and cheering for ice...
Weighing the pros and cons of DePauw's new look
Hey DePauw, did you get a haircut or something? You look different. It seems President Brian Casey's DePauw 20/20 plan has indeed begun to change...
My summer vacation, and why I'm glad to be home
This summer, I spent three months under my parents' roof once again, nannying and finding ways to relax and amuse myself. After a...
DePauw is a party school: make sure everyone knows it
We know it may be beating a passed-out horse, but we just felt the need to express one more time how incredibly excited we...
Senior completes 'bucket list' in last days on campus
When people start assigning a number to my time left here at DePauw, I do my best to yell at them before they are...
Cheers, jeers and tears
In this latest entry in a long-standing annual tradition, the editorial board reflects on a semester gone by. We break it down into a...
'Best' internship process shows power of social media
"When do you hear about your internship? Did you get it?" They're the questions people have asked me almost daily since I learned I was...
President Brian Casey: Position demands public neutrality
Since arriving at DePauw University, I have received a steady stream of requests from students and others to speak out on various political and...
Reconsider bin Laden's assassination: take the streets for peace, not hate
As I watched the images of animated crowds gathering outside the White House and in lower Manhattan last Sunday night, I could not help...