Perspectives

It was the 13th century. While the period of the High Middle Ages was well underway in Europe in the distant cultural universe of medieval Japan there lived a Buddhist monk known as Nichiren Daishonin.  Challenging government sponsorship of the religious establishment of his day he sought to reclaim the teachings found in the Lotus Sutra (an earlier Buddhist sacred text) … [Read more...] about Resisting the 'eight winds'

We have all been there: the seemingly endless line at the mailroom. Maybe you were waiting to acquire the much-anticipated package from back home or collect the clothes you recently ordered off the Internet.  Maybe you experienced the freshman frustration of having to stand in line to see if you have any mail at all only because you can't get the mailbox open and sometimes … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Mail services frustrates students needs support

In 1961, during his final address to the nation as president, Dwight D. Eisenhower coined the term military industrial complex warning the citizens of the United States of the possible consequences of the rapidly expanding military defense program. He cautioned against the development of a system in which the military, government and defense-contracting companies each have … [Read more...] about Miltary industrial complex influences university world

You've been there. You make your way over to the kitchen with your mind and taste buds set on one thing and one thing only.  And as you open the refrigerator — or crack open the pantry — you not only find that piece of fresh fruit that exotic chunk of cheese or the loaf of homemade French bread you also find what looks like dark green shag carpet growing all … [Read more...] about Time to cut the cheese?

It's the beginning of school and the first class of the day is everything but comfortable. It is much too early in the morning; nobody knows anybody and awkward looks are being exchanged around the room. Just as the anxiety is about to intensify suddenly the professor walks into the room only to stumble on her own foot damaging the projector causing all of her books to fall out … [Read more...] about Humor has the power to heal to revitalize