Ask Garrett for Nov. 6, 2013
Dear Garrett, I live in a suite with three other girls. Three of us get along really well, but the…
Perspectives
Gentleman and scholar: How to be a good person in a terrible world inhabited by terrible people
Let me be the first to say that I am not writing this just for the sake to validate my…
Visiting the Dalai Lama: Lessons from a man of laughter
“If you cannot smile you won’t have any friends,” the Dalai Lama said during his address on Oct. 8 in…
American ‘pride’ at all time low
“I just walked into the library at school to finish up my paper and low and behold see the most…
Late night sex talk: Slut shaming on Halloween
Halloween is upon us. It is coming up in just a few days, and that means parties, haunted houses, possibly…
Welcome to the thunderdome: Bears have no business at Maryville
If you have ever seen the movie “Grizzly Man,” you know firsthand of the madness that accompanies humans when they…
Ask Garrett for Oct. 23, 2013
Dear Garrett, I was really excited about starting college and leaving home. I am from outside of the state, and…
Welcome to the Thunderdome: You might as well play the lottery
If there’s one thing that I want you, fellow comrades, to take from my article this week, it’s that I…
Gentleman and scholar: The wonderful world of linguistics and the people who say “ain’t”
By rule of thumb, the American South has been typecast as a region of stifled cultural and backwater traditionalism. So…