2008 Woodie Awards
As friends chatter about their plans to study abroad, those who choose to stay behind wonder if anyone else will be left. As friends swoon over the vibrant colors of faraway lands, the mysterious music in foreign voices, the thick texture of new traditions and the rich fabric of other cultures, those who choose to stay behind find their lives lack luster. (0) comments
Full disclosure: I have developed a morbid fascination with Sarah Palin, and I hate it. I constantly read about her, constantly talk about her. Channel surfing the other day, I found myself inextricably drawn to her televised speech to the folks in Media, Pennsylvania. (1) comment
The airwaves and internet superhighways are awash in a tidal surge of political and industrial "green" rhetoric, advertisements targeting the planet-conscious consumer. Marketers in almost every sector have a new-found obsession with "greenspeak"--the concept of selling goods and services to people (based on the assumption that they care about "the environment") via images and ideas associated with a "clean," "green" world. (0) comments
Coming back to Messiah for a presidential election year, I knew things would be crazy - but I did not anticipate how crazy. Within the past month, I have been frustrated and discouraged by the polarization I have encountered on this campus. With the election still a month away, it seems that we have already retreated into our respective camps - conservatives v. (0) comments
A few years ago, Messiah College Dining Services served Starbucks coffee on campus-in Lottie, the Falcon, the Union-everywhere. But students, convinced of the benefits of fair trade and discouraged by Starbucks' less-than-exemplary business and human rights record, protested and fought hard to bring Green Mountain Coffee Company to campus instead. (0) comments