Ever have a bad water park experience? You know one of those situations where something nasty went floating by you in the lazy river or where after shooting down the bullet slide your swimsuit went from board shorts to Speedo? Well I know the feeling. One day at The Beach Water Park in Albuquerque N.M. I went swimming in the "wave pool"— the giant body of … [Read more...] about God recovers those swept away
Perspectives
Sense the sweetness of your senses
As children we were all taught the classic elementary lesson on the "five senses." They almost became like our ABC's drilled into our kindergarten minds to the point of redundancy. Yet when we wake up in the morning the fact that all of our senses are functioning properly is not always the first thing on our mind. In fact since we have become so accustomed to the ability to see … [Read more...] about Sense the sweetness of your senses
Alternative foods sustain environment
I long ago got used to the funny looks and cheesy jokes that almost inevitably come when I tell someone that I am a vegetarian. Explaining why I eat no meat very little eggs and dairy and nearly all raw foods to someone with a slight smirk has come to seem routine. And it has almost become easy to laugh off the good-natured jeers of friends and their taunting with supposedly … [Read more...] about Alternative foods sustain environment
Sustainability Corner 10/8
By now everyone has heard the rumors involving plastic and cancer so why not give in to something you know is eco-friendly safe and stylish? Instead of a boring plastic see-through nalgene bottle instead be seen toting around the svelte and sexy Sigg. This season you will hear everyone talking about who is carrying what Sigg and in what color all over campus. Beyond the … [Read more...] about Sustainability Corner 10/8
No man is an island
"No man is an island entire of itself." True as these words may be you cannot help but feel like an island off the vast cohesive continent that is humanity. The word "us" does not exist to you anymore. There's "me you" and "them" – two "thems actually. The them" of the present and the "them" of the past. The overwhelming mass of students currently surrounding you judging … [Read more...] about No man is an island