...with Liberty and Justice for All

While eating dinner and watching mind numbing television, I came across Larry King Live on CNN. King was discussing the case of the "West Memphis 3". In 1993, three teenage males were tried and convicted of slaughtering three little boys and leaving them "naked and bound" in the woods, floating in shallow water. The teens, especially Damien Echols, were believed to be faithful and avid practitioners... [More]

5 Years Later

With the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, I’ve been thinking a lot about my recent trip to New Orleans with Vanderbilt’s Alternative Spring Break program.

During the week of Spring Break, I, along with eleven other Vanderbilt students, lived and worked in the areas of New Orleans hit hardest by Katrina. We stayed in a house in the St. Bernard parish that had been flooded by twelve feet of water, and as we walked up and down the street we could see huge slabs of concrete foundations where houses had been.

Campus Safety Anybody?

So I have question for everybody. Does anybody ever really think about how safe other people feel on their university's campus? I know that we think about our own safety on campus, but I feel as though we seldom think about the safety of others. And I am not just talking about physical safety here; I am also thinking of emotional and mental safety as well. So, the reason I am asking about... [More]

Dream Team for Darfur Bags Tourney!

Firehaus, a great local bar and grill on campus, is hosting a bags tournament May 1st in hopes to make a large donation to the Dream Team for Darfur.  You can sign up now at http://illinicornhole.com/100501.html and can pay for your team via Paypal with a credit or debit card.  To pay by cash stop by by Firehaus to grab a registration... [More]

Earth day

It's been forty years since the first Earth Day, and as we all know and have heard (either from Al Gore or Wall-e) we could use a bit of a clean-up. Well, our government agrees and next fall $452 million will go to (seemingly) randomly selected communities to update homes to be more energy-efficient.

Vice President Biden announced the "Retrofit Ramp-Up" plan earlier today, without dropping his notorious "f-bomb" a single time. The money will go to 25 communities for workers to go door-to-door offering the upgrades so entire neighborhoods can be improved.

So, did your community make the cut?