Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor There’s nothing I love more than getting to meet or encounter an author in person, though it can sometimes be awkward (being starstruck usually makes me say weird things). For months, I’ve been wanting to read Ross Gay’s “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude,” the poet’s newest collection. If you’re not Read More
Column by John Muenzberg, lecturer of philosophy Some of the most satisfying moments in teaching is when a student is inspired by your course and the material encourages a new way of thinking about the world. Sometimes students will express amazement that they have a new way to interpret their lives. Recent work in education Read More
Column by Rachel Wood, contributing writer I’ve been sewing since I was 13, and one of the first questions people ask me about my skill is, “Who taught you how to do that?” Not my mother or grandmother, as most people normally expect. Not even an instructor during a class at my local craft store. Read More
Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor Most old souls would probably agree there’s a charm to the technologies of the past, even with all their glitches, frustrations and inconveniences. Recently, I read a short story in which a man struggled to make an important phone call on a hotel pay phone, something millennials might now Read More
Column by Dylan Doyle, contributing writer If you are anything like me, your Facebook feed is overflowing with articles contributed by your friends to The Odyssey Online, often peppered with comma splices, subject-verb disagreement and any number of other grammatical mistakes. There is a time and a place for this Buzzfeed-esque guilty-pleasure-indulgent writing (I personally Read More
Column by Robert Valentine, senior lecturer of advertising During the week before Spring Break, the results of the Student Government Association elections were announced. Tori Wood is the new SGA president and her victory came in a virtual landslide. I say “virtual” landslide to distinguish it from a “literal” landslide – the term having come Read More
Column by John Muenzberg, lecturer of philosophy In making arguments for banning Muslim immigration into the U.S. or using school choice money to support Christian schools or passing laws that allow Christians to discriminate against certain people, support is often drawn from the idea that the U.S. is a “Christian nation.” Supporters assume that we, Read More
Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor This week, The New Yorker released a previously unpublished story called “The I.O.U.” by the great late F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of “The Great Gatsby” – you know, that book you read the SparkNotes for in high school (shame on you all). Fitzgerald was a fine writer, and I’ve Read More