by Kate | Aug 2, 2017 | Arts, Back to School, Humanities
Now that August has begun, the start of another school year is fast approaching. Students all over the country are starting to get ready for the return of classes, teachers, and tests. Although it’s easy to collect new binders and textbooks for the oncoming term, it...
by Kate | Jul 26, 2017 | Arts, General, Humanities
In 2016, the Tony nominees for Best Revival of a Musical included an exceptional candidate: Spring Awakening, a re-staging of the 2006 musical about German teenagers grappling with their sexuality in the late nineteenth century. This show stood out from the rest...
by Kate | Jul 19, 2017 | Arts, Humanities
As book genres go, memoir might be considered one of the most mainstream–every few weeks, another celebrity seems to publish a book about their life, often selling tens of thousands of copies. However, as John Harris laments in this Guardian opinion piece,...
by Kate | Jul 12, 2017 | Arts, General
One common way in which hearing people are first exposed to sign language is through the popular phenomenon of ‘song signing’ videos. If you do an online search for the name of virtually any popular song followed by “sign language,” you’ll find dozens of videos in...
by Kate | Jul 6, 2017 | Arts, General, Humanities, Summer
High school students across the country are enjoying their first few weeks of summer vacation after a long school year, and university students are already several weeks deep into their well-deserved break from classes. If you’re in either of these groups, anything...
by Kate | Jun 28, 2017 | Arts, Health and Wellness, Humanities, Mental Health
Mental health problems will directly impact at least one in five students in high school and college, and virtually everyone has a personal connection to someone who struggles with mental illness. Unfortunately, the subject of mental health awareness is often...
