April 2011
April 25th, 2011
Written by Jodie Blankenship in National Collegiate Dialogue with 28 Comments
College and university rhetoric is devised to supply students with a language to discuss difficult topics at a higher education level. One concept introduced early in many college educations is authority. Students learn to intensely evaluate articles, books, fiction, and other publications to assess the reliability of that source and whether that source is an authority on a subject.The idea of...
April 21st, 2011
Written by Rita Cook in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
Spring is in the air. We all know it when the birds begin to sing, the snow begins to melt, and folks just seem to have a smile on their face.Marking spring for cultures in the Northern Hemisphere is the vernal equinox (meaning “equal night”) on March 21, a time when the sun crosses the equator from south to north making the day and night both an equal 12 hours, also called Ostara in pagan...
April 21st, 2011
Written by Cindy Ferraino in Travels' Tapestry with 0 Comments
From former presidents to regular vacationers, Maine is a great escape from the doldrums of everyday life.One of the hottest cities in a New England getaway is Portland, Maine. The website Destination360 says, “Portland is a small New England city whose sophistication has earned its designation as one of Money Magazine’s Best Places to Live.”Portland is a vibrant city nestled on the banks of...
April 20th, 2011
Written by Nedda Pourahmady in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Ever since she obtained her lawyer’s license in 1992, Shirin Ebadi has been taking on controversial cases in the fight for human rights and equality for women, children, and political prisoners in Iran. In 2003, she was the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In addition to being an internationally renowned advocate for human rights, Ebadi established the Million Signatures...
April 19th, 2011
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
“It takes a village to raise a child.” This folkloric nugget of wisdom can be turned around into a different nugget of wisdom: Sometimes it takes a child to raise the village. In the case of Salva Dut, one of the original Lost Boys of the Sudan, he is raising his village out of the mire of disease, poverty, and limited education.A quarter-century ago, at age 11, Salva Dut, a member of the Dinka...