On October 11, RWC played host to a workshop sponsored by our own Foreign Language department. Robert Di Donato, professor of German and chair of the German, Russian, and East Asian language departments at Miami University, Oxford, led the workshop. Dr. Di Donato gave a general session speech titled “Myths, […]
Author: Connie Ledford
My World: Am I Addicted?
Over the summer I took a composition class, and we were asked to write an essay about addictions. That was the first time I had ever stopped to think about what addictions I might be afflicted with. I thought that by sharing mine with the students of RWC, perhaps I […]
An Equal Opportunity Offender
Statisticians call them outliers. The textbook definition would call it an extreme case of one variable set far from most others in a set of data. Translated, an outlier is that brain in class who gets the high grade, ruining the curve. Often sufferers of clinical depression report feeling like […]
Music: R.E.M. Defines ‘Best Of’
I was anxious to listen to R.E.M.’s In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988 – 2003 since I first heard about it. I always wanted to get an album of theirs but never got around to pulling the trigger on the purchase, a choice I am now regretting. From their […]
How do I get stuff published
Dear Author, When I was in high school I was the movie critic for the school paper. I was wondering how I can get stories printed in The Activist if it is possible. Thank You, Naomi Liebso
Lower in Fat, but Good for One’s Heart?
When studying two different menus for fast food restaurants, I notice that there is both a regular menu where all of the high-fat, high-calorie items sit and a menu for items noticeably lower in fat content then their greasier counterparts. But is there necessarily a large difference between them?For instance, […]
Confessions of a Poema’Holic
Perhaps it is the creativity behind expressing one’s self in verse. It could be in the showmanship of entertaining a crowd. Or maybe he just likes dressing up as a chimpanzee. Whatever the allure, John Kraimer doesn’t know exactly what spurred his love affair with poetry. “I just started writing,” […]
Partners in Justice
A new student interest group is forming to benefit students of Pre-Criminal Justice. The purpose of the group will be to provide guidance, assistance, and leadership to new students of the major. The group is set up so that sophomores will be paired with freshmen to offer the new students […]
New Spanish Offering this Winter
Habla espanol already or do you want to learn how? If so, the foreign language department has a course offering for you. Beginning Spanish I will be offered Winter Quarter on M, W and F from 12 – 12:50. This course is designed for beginning students to teach them an […]
Time to Panic?
Finals will be here before you know it. Does the thought of that cause you mild headaches, back pain, cold hands, hot and sweaty palms? These and other symptoms are sometimes linked to test anxiety. Many students have various forms of anxiety ranging from the symptoms listed above to less […]