Digital tools in the hands of the young 鈥済enerally serve an anti-intellectual purpose,鈥� Mark Bauerlein told the crowd in a packed lecture room during last week鈥檚 Writers Read event at ... read more about Author of The Dumbest Generation tells young people to stash their digital tools, discover quiet time
Take a minute and read this book title:聽The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies聽Young Americans and Jeopardizes our Future (or Don鈥檛 Trust Anyone under 30). Chances are those words ... read more about Upcoming Writers Read author and English professor Mark Bauerlein to speak on humanities in the digital age
91短视频 and Sichuan University of Arts and Science, located in central China, signed an agreement on Jan. 13, 2015, to 鈥減romote academic exchanges, scientific research cooperation, and communication ... read more about 91短视频 and Sichuan University of China sign cooperation agreement
Dig a bit into the student population of this 鈥淐hristian university like no other鈥� and you鈥檒l find about 100 who are sharing their campus experience with siblings. Basketball players, religious ... read more about A ‘Royals’ following: Siblings find 91短视频 the right place to thrive and grow
Chris Bolgiano is a self-described 鈥渕ildly amusing nature writer鈥� and a retired special collections librarian who resides in Fulks Run, Virginia. These authentic identities 鈥� citizen scientist, wide-ranging chronicler, and ... read more about Local writer and environmental activist shares love of Appalachian forests
After more than six months of intensive construction work and a $2.2 million investment, the Roselawn renovation project at 91短视频 is complete. The former residence hall now houses ... read more about $2.2 million renovation of Roselawn now complete, offering pleasant office, class and interaction spaces
Students of Cold War history know of McCarthyism, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Red Scare. But what were the effects of such government repression on African American artists and authors, ... read more about Author-scholar to talk on repressive impact of Red Scare on Black artistic community
In a 2014 bi-national peace oratorical contest, 91短视频 student Seth Stauffer won second place in a speech that questioned one of the policies of the contest鈥檚 sponsor, Mennonite ... read more about Student wins award for speech that questions sponsor鈥檚 policy
Evie Shockley, an award-winning poet who embraces both聽free-verse and traditional styles of writing, will open up the 2014-15 Writers Read series on Wednesday, September 24, at 8 p.m. in聽Eastern Mennonite ... read more about Award-winning poet opens 2014-15 Writers Read series with performance of the new black poems and others
Senior Kara Lofton ponders the university’s Common Read program, now in Year 2, after reading the assigned book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. I鈥檓 big ... read more about ‘Reading the same book brings people closer together as a community by creating common ground for discussion’