Beyond the brochure: freshmen expectations
By Daweed Abdiel Special to The Denisonian After our third week at Denison, I believe freshmen now have enough experience to fairly assess which of our initial expectations Denison has...
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Sep
15
2015
So you can’t take the heat?
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By Joshua McCartney Special to the Denisonian Since 1902 when Willis Haviland Carrier developed a small machine to regulate the humidity at the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company, the air...
Lessons learned from a first-year student
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By Rhayna Kramer Special to the Denisonian “Believe me, once you get to college, you’re not even going to have time to think about pleasure reading.” As a voracious reader,...
Sep
15
2015
Building relationships that last
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By Laura Carr Editor-in-Chief When I think of ways to market Denison, I almost always jump to the word “community.” This isn’t because I actually think there is a tangible...
Sep
08
2015
Professor emeritus reflects on values of a liberal arts education
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By Barry Keenan Professor Emeritus Knowing that liberal arts colleges are not a tradition in China, I was delighted to discuss a secret or two of liberal arts colleges when...
Denison’s Open House is a healing practice
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By Mark R. Orten University Chaplain Last Tuesday after the news broke that we lost one of our own, Wendell Jackson ’17, the wider community gathered twice in that same...
Sep
08
2015
A community comes together
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By Elaine Cashy Managing Editor Every year upon returning to the Hill, I am shocked with how quickly I ease back into my Denison life. How quickly the phrase “I’m...
When ‘crazy’ becomes reality: why we need gun control
by Laura Carr
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About a week ago, a body was found decomposing in a car in Pacific Palisades, a Los Angeles neighborhood. The police investigating the man’s death uncovered over 1,200 firearms (estimated...
Racial issues and why they’re exhausting
by Jewell Porter
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I am exhausted. I am so tired of seeing the disrespect for black life in this country. This is not to say that the disrespect is a surprise. After all,...
Hillary Clinton: Is she actually the only Democratic candidate?
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By Alex Bookout ’15 Special to The Denisonian It is spring of an odd number year that is almost divisible by four; do you know what that means? You are...