Matthew Korb ’14, Editor-in-Chief
September 19, 2013
“I’d heard you were dead.”
“I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.”
- Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear
Rumors are an u...
Brendan Birth '16, Columnist
September 19, 2013
When I was a little seven-year-old, I used to talk to a couple of firefighters at the local fire department station. I didn’t remember their names or the conversations my family had with them, for that matter, but I remember...
Colin Tripp ‘14, Columnist
September 19, 2013
I started studying for the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) this summer, armed with a Venti iced coffee and a sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich from the Carlisle Starbucks. I was supposed to be learning how to “read...
Peter Soeller ‘14, Columnist
September 19, 2013
Physician and Dickinson College founder Dr. Benjamin Rush is wildly considered by prominent Dickinsonians to be the father of modern psychiatry for authoring the first comprehensive work on mental illness. He formed Dickinson...
Brendan Birth, Columnist
September 16, 2013
John Oliver, after ending his temporary job as the intern host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, reveled in the fact that so many comedic stories popped up throughout the summer (the Anthony Weiner comes to my mind). With some...
Edward Webb, Assistant Professor of Political Science/ International Studies
September 16, 2013
Syria has been in crisis since 2011, the death toll rapidly accelerating in a conflict that changed from peaceful protests to armed uprising to a full-blown civil war—exacerbated by sectarian rhetoric and tensions—and one...
Matthew Korb ’14, Editor-in-Chief
September 16, 2013
One of the few idle pleasures I, as a senior, have is sitting out on my house’s porch after a long day of classes.
I live on Louther Street, down by the Goodyear apartments. And, because my porch opens out onto the main...
Shayna Solomon ‘16, Columnist
September 16, 2013
I believe in being gullible.
I believe in other people’s stories of their experiences. When I was younger, I did everything I could to avoid being fooled. I only realized this was wrong after people chose not to believe...
Brendan Birth ‘16, Columnist
September 16, 2013
It’s very easy to have a mentality that the enemy of your enemy is your friend. I often find myself guilty of this mindset when voting, especially when one candidate on the ballot is involved in something that I find to be corrupt...
Peter Soeller ‘14, Columnist
September 16, 2013
Having experienced three years of Dickinson, I observed Dickinson’s drug problem first hand. The problem on campus is a reflection of the nation’s larger drug problem. Yet, America’s drug problem is not actually a problem...
