Shaquille Blackstock Staff Writer Dr. Omar Ali, the new interim dean of the International Honors College, has had a very interesting year. In addition to his new position at the Honors College, he also gave a TED talk about the interplay of identity as someone with mixed religious and ethnic backgrounds. In an interview with The Carolinian, he answered questions about … Continue reading On the new Lloyd International Honors College dean
Molly Ashline Staff Writer As the fall semester gets underway, there will undoubtedly be the familiar signals of unfamiliarity among freshmen students who scatter haphazardly throughout campus trying to find their way. These students will covertly try to check campus maps, in search of specific buildings, or they will unashamedly ask someone in the know.At the complete opposite side of the spectrum, there is … Continue reading Super-seniors: The gurus of higher education
Emnit Dejene Staff Writer It’s finally August, that means school is starting and so is the stress. Before starting classes, having one last hurrah is appropriate— something fun to finalize the summer. What better way to forget reality completely than a concert! College students have had a long, three-month break, but the last few weeks of summer can be very stressful, as everyone is … Continue reading Losing yourself in the music
Catie Byrne Features Editor It was exactly five months and 25 days since the MRI scan, three months and 19 days since the EEG test and six months and three days since it happened. As an untravelled freshman, when someone hands you the opportunity to visit a place as spectacular as New York City, given you had the needed funds, who would say no? It … Continue reading Slice of life: 6 months
Spencer Schneier News Editor When introducing iTunes to consumers for the first time in 2003, Steve Jobs proclaimed that “we [Apple] think subscriptions are the wrong path.” Jobs also claimed that customers didn’t want to “rent their music,” making a point that someone will listen to their favorite song thousands of times in their life, as opposed to a movie where someone might watch … Continue reading Streaming services for your first week of classes
Jessica Matthis & Catie Byrne Staff Writer Features Editor Derek Plumb, entrepreneur and founder of Sweet Spot Hammock Hangers, aims to create a better atmosphere on campus for student health with unconventional means. Plumb has spent the past year enthusiastically developing a product that he describes as, “A multi-faceted solution to everyday things that most college students deal with.” Plumb wishes for … Continue reading Hammocks, health & student success
Daniel Wirtheim, Features Editor It was this time last year, Christmas of 2013, that I decided to embark upon a non-denominational pilgrimage to Israel. I never planned on going until I befriended a Palestinian backpacker in Turkey who encouraged me to visit in Israel. “It’s not like on the television,” he said. “Plus the weather is very nice.” I was also pushed by my mother, a devote … Continue reading SLICE OF LIFE: Jerusalem Syndrome
By Daniel Wirtheim, Features Editor Published in print Sept.10, 2014 I arrived in Tel-Aviv from Jerusalem in the company of my friend Ameer, an Israeli citizen I had met on my backpacking tour. There’s only one port of entry into the city by bus and that is the Central Tel-Aviv Station. Before entering the station, a guard checked our bags with … Continue reading Slice of Life: The Central Tel-Aviv Station
By Mary McLean, Staff Writer Published in print Aug. 20, 2014 The start of the new semester always brings familiar sights and sounds to campus. Professors walk around lugging suitcases full of syllabi, different groups take up the EUC lawn for team building exercises, and there are freshman trying to walk into Mary Foust because they haven’t figured out the difference between the dorm and … Continue reading Calculating the student budget
By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Aug.20, 2014 As mid-August rolls around and the weather outside grows hotter, muggier, and overall unbearable by the day, it is easy to want to stay inside and hide in the comfort of cool air-conditioning. When it’s so hot that the mercury mocks the head of the thermometer like an angry fist, a body of water is … Continue reading The Carolinian’s favorite summer swimming holes
