Colin Tripp '14, Columnist
September 16, 2013
When Seamus Heaney died, I was sleeping. I found out about his passing when my friend texted me during the computer science course I’m currently taking to fulfill my lab requirement as a senior. I kept my expression neutral...
Professor Ed Webb & Professor Liz Lewis, Guest Columnists
May 2, 2013
There has been a lot of hype about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), raising breathless predictions of radical transformation of higher education. Such predictions produce excitement and alarm in about equal measure. It is...
Christopher Brokus ‘15, Guest Columnist
May 2, 2013
Any job that lists “please refill the condom bowl” as part of my daily duties will inevitably be dear to my heart. Yet beyond promoting safe sex (or at least playing with safe sex aids), my employment at Landis House had taught...
Colin Tripp ‘14, Columnist
May 2, 2013
The pack of wild dogs followed us through the predawn streets of Athens, establishing a perimeter whenever we stopped and scouting ahead as we walked. They followed us our entire walk to the train station, becoming our guardians...
Margaret Wiggins '15, Columnist
May 2, 2013
Two weeks ago, I had the fortune of seeing Muse in concert. The show was truly epic by all standards, as could be evidenced by the sore feet and neck I suffered for several days afterwards from all the jumping and head banging....
Suri Smith '13, Columnist
May 2, 2013
When I tell people that I’m president of UPS, they look at me blankly. No, I don’t mean the shipping company. I mean the Union Philosophical Society, the second oldest organization on our campus (seventh oldest collegiate...
Linda Speicher, Guest Columnist
May 2, 2013
For those of you who know me, I was a checker in the Caf until April 21 of this year. I knew I would be leaving soon, but I never expected to be leaving as abruptly as I did. I don’t want you to think I abandoned you by leaving,...
Matthew Korb ‘14, Editor-in-chief
May 2, 2013
As with any college or university, national events tend to inspire debates. Go to any party or study group during an election or legislation debate and wait; you’ll eventually find an armchair politician who is just itching...
By Matthew Korb '14, Editor-in-Chief
April 25, 2013
This Letter from the Editor was originally scheduled to run in the April 18 issue of The Dickinsonian.
Let’s talk about sustainability for a moment.
If you browsed our newspaper at all in the past month, you would have see...
