At six years old, Shelton Williams was already having trouble reading and writing. He did not understand what he was reading and often wrote certain letters and numbers backwards. Being a teacher in the Headstart Program near Washington, DC, Shelton’s mother recognized the problem right away: Shelton was dyslexic. As […]

Have you ever enjoyed the spectacle of tall skyscrapers in a large city and wondered how they came to be? Most of my questions regarding the history of this modern architectural form were answered when I recently visited “Mies in America,” at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Chicago.This retrospective […]

This spring the RWC Behavioral Sciences Department will be offering a new course focusing on race and ethnicity. The class will familiarize students with the key issues of race and ethnicity. Topics from a variety of areas, such as issues of slavery and those of racial profiling, will be covered. […]

From February 27 through September, students, faculty, and staff are prohibited from parking during business hours in the rear of Muntz Hall behind the Maintenance area. In addition, due to demolition and abatement, smoking is now prohibited in this area.

The first time I read Jack London’s “Call of the Wild,” I was transfixed by the world he portrayed. A person survived in this world of snow and frigid temperatures only by a stoic self-determination. This is the milieu we enter at “Shackleton’s Antartic Adventure,” at the Omnimax Theatre at […]

Are you pondering how to answer your child’s tough questions on sexuality, dating, or other child/teen-related challenges? Do you have challenging questions about your own health, wellness, or sexuality, as an adult or parent? Bring these questions to the Workshop on Sexuality on April 10, sponsored by the Single Parent […]

As a student Mr. Farmer believes he should be concerned with the activities of his Student Government. He is absolutely correct. His concerns about government activities, elections, and committees are founded.Let us be thankful that the Raymond Walters College is blessed with very capable students studying Ophthalmology. They will be […]

Is Brandon Farmer an elementary school student? His immaturity was displayed by the lack of research and disregard for accuracy in his “Opinion: Where Is Student Government?” column in the February 5, 2002 edition of The Activist.A mature journalist takes the time, and expends the energy, to collect facts before […]

Mr. Brandon Farmer,I am writing in response to your editorial, “Where is Student Government?” which appeared in the poorly prepared February 5th edition of The Activist. When I use the term poorly prepared, I am saying: ‘I have a hard time taking your edition seriously.’ The pages were misnumbered and […]

Mr. Farmer: I would like to respond to your editorial, “Where is Student Government?” that appeared in the February 5th edition of the Activist, in which you complained that you knew little about Student Government, its’ accomplishments, the candidates and the election process. Let me start off with saying that […]