On the last day of Bowdoin’s fall break, each student was requested to pick up an at-home test from Coles tower to administer themselves before classes picked back up. When I removed my testing kit from its cardboard “do not tamper” sleeve, I noticed, in a moment of solemn revelation, that the test had been […]
Archives for November 2021
Stoicism in the Modern Day
The ancient philosophy of Stoicism still has a place in the modern day. Stoicism is making a comeback. In recent years, there has been a rise in self-help books and blogs based on stoicism such as “Stoicism Today”, “How to Be a Stoic”, “Daily Stoic” and “Traditional Stoicism”. These books and blogs market stoicism as […]
Cyborgs Walk Among Us
The lines separating humans and technology are blurring. Should we embrace it? Since 2017, I have been a walking cyborg. No, not the Hollywood type (looking at you Terminator and RoboCop), but instead, a “vanilla” cyborg, if such a concept exists. Put simply, I have a microchip the size of a grain of rice in […]
A Critical Gap in Texas Education
Texas House Bill 3979 steps backward from racial progress, ignoring the US’s current racial climate and politicizing education. On October 14, in a training session to the Caroll independent school district, Gina Peddy, the district’s executive director of curriculum and instruction, suggested that if teachers kept a book about the Holocaust in their classroom, they […]
The Most Devoted Fanbases in Professional Sports
When it comes to success in professional sports, the support of an ardent fanbase is even more crucial than it may seem. Home-field advantage is a big deal in professional sports. When a team plays in its home stadium, the players don’t have to travel; they feel more comfortable with their practice and rest routines […]