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Adam Akan | Thursday, November 17, 2022
The first thing you need to understand, if you are an American inexperienced with world soccer, is that Greg Berhalter is not a “bad guy.” He’s not the Bobby Petrino or Urban Meyer of American soccer. I personally have had the opportunity to engage in a number of brief conversations with the man and can
Letter to the Editor | Friday, February 28, 2020
My hometown is breaking down. The coronavirus has caused over 1,600 deaths within a month, which has resulted in severe economic stagnation and social disorder in many Chinese cities, including my hometown Nanchang. A three-hour drive from Wuhan, where the virus originated, it has over 700 infections already. My whole family lives there. My parents
Jake Winningham | Monday, March 25, 2019
Jordan Peele couldn’t have asked for a better debut as a writer-director than “Get Out,” a critical and commercial success that boosted the former sketch comedian’s Hollywood profile into the stratosphere. How does one follow up a movie that made over $250 million, won an Oscar and seized the zeitgeist seemingly upon release? Peele answers
Louis Bertolotti | Monday, November 9, 2015
Does the name Vasili Arkhipov ring a bell to you? The odds say that you have no idea who this man is, although he most likely saved your life on a fateful day 53 years ago last week. Arkhipov was a Soviet naval officer aboard the B-59 nuclear-weaponized submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. At
Maria Oviedo | Monday, November 2, 2015
As a student at a Catholic university, would you go on a study abroad program in a country that limits religious practice and freedom of expression? Several colleges around the country have arranged new exchange programs with schools in Cuba since the White House eased travel restrictions to the island early this year. But they are