“New year, new me,”we always say. We promise to stick to our resolutions, even though they’re often vague and make success hard to define. “I’m going to eat better,” or “I’m going to spend less,” usually pop up as common resolutions, but what about “I’m going to be a better student”? But what does “being …
You’re not in high school anymore. Well, juniors, you may have another year to go, but you’ll realize that you’re in college the first day you walk into a lecture hall that holds 50, 100 or 300 students. Your professors won’t necessarily greet you by name. They won’t ask how your last soccer game or …
Be it now or in the not-too-distant future, the question of what life will be like after graduation will cross every student’s mind at some point; “Where will I be? What will I be doing? What will I be earning?” And, naturally, your choice of career is something that will have a great part to …
Some philosophers and psychologists think we are “hardwired for beauty”: it “inspires and motivates us.” Rosina Neginsky has spent her lifetime learning about, experiencing and understanding beauty, and the role of beauty in reflecting the values of cultures across time and across political and geographic landscapes. The granddaughter of Russian intellectuals, Neginsky was introduced to …
WHILE the people of Massachusetts were still living in log huts, the school had its separate home, and as early as 1642 the selectmen of every town were “required to have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in their families as not to …