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-Lauren Fox | Wednesday, April 25, 2018
When your communication skills are limited, you become a much better communicator. In my context, limited communication skills means living in a foreign-speaking country. Side effects of this condition include diminished ability to comprehend someone unless watching his or her mouth move and frequent demanding of a slower speaking rate. I’ve been abroad in Angers,
Lauren Fox | Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Between a set of double doors, 16 men from Keenan Hall raised a fellow Knight on their shoulders and sang “Happy Birthday” to him at the top of their lungs. It was more screaming than singing. It was crowded. It only lasted a few minutes. And it was junior Kevin Schneier’s favorite moment of the
Lauren Fox | Monday, December 4, 2017
Reading Day, the beginning of the end: “Through me the way into the suffering city … Abandon all hope, who enter here.” – Dante, “Inferno” Yeah, you see the giant sign warning you not to enter, but you descend into Hell anyway. How could you not? You’ve already made it so far this semester. And
Lauren Fox | Friday, November 17, 2017
It’s not every day that I get called “Sir.” It’s about once a week. And in case you missed the byline, I’m a female. Once a week, I pull a baggy black and white striped uniform over my head, strap up my laces and set a whistle between my front teeth. I’ve been refereeing intramural
Lauren Fox | Friday, November 3, 2017
When the plays conclude and the casts depart, a single bright bulb on a tall black pole is placed on center stage at Washington Hall. Why? Either to ward off ghosts … or to keep them company, student activities assistant director Kathleen Van Vleet said. It’s called a ghost light; many theaters have one. Van
Lauren Fox | Monday, October 9, 2017
In a particularly memorable episode of Disney’s “Phineas and Ferb,” the title characters sing a pop-rock tune to commemorate aglets. Don’t know what an aglet is? I didn’t either, until Phineas and Ferb informed my 12-year-old self that it is the small plastic tube fitted around the end of a shoelace that keeps the shoelace
Lauren Fox | Monday, September 25, 2017
In the 1970s, my grandfather would go to John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport to film the planes, and my father would go with him to make a small fortune. The planes mesmerized my grandfather. He would pull off to the side of the highway near JFK, take out a lawn chair and spend two hours
Lauren Fox | Tuesday, September 12, 2017
“What’s the question?” Maybe if you hadn’t interrupted … “Well, get to the question.” All right, fine. Coach Kelly, when will you be publicly apologizing to the journalist you patronized Saturday after the game? “Next question.” No, not next question. I am disgusted by the way you addressed Laken Litman after her valid question concerning
Lauren Fox | Friday, September 1, 2017
I watched the man enter the coffee shop, approach the woman sitting alone at the table next to me and introduce himself. A first date? This was sure to be more interesting than my book. I didn’t want to be intrusive, however, so I tried to focus on “Franny and Zooey.” But there are certain
Lauren Fox | Monday, August 28, 2017
If you do something embarrassing in the dining hall, expect a round of applause from onlookers to soundtrack your reddening face. Probably no one has escaped a dining hall fumble; so first-years, don’t worry too much when your time comes. Someone may bump into you and a cause a full glass of chocolate milk to