To compete in a collegiate sport is an accomplishment very few college students achieve. Going professional after NCAA competition ends is a feat even fewer athletes accomplish. For most college athletes, the NCAA is the end of the road, leaving them with a major shift in identity, from both student and athlete to neither in a matter of months.For most high school athletes the … [Read more...] about College Athletes Find New Opportunities in Next Chapter
Identity
Sensitivity Shrouds Virtue
Art by Sybil ZhangThe United States is in the throes of a decades-long identity crisis. No place is this more apparent than the American university. Ironically, in an effort to placate calls for tolerance, administrators continue to stifle the free exchange of ideas. They are, in effect, teaching their students to be “nice,” at the expense of virtue.Major changes in … [Read more...] about Sensitivity Shrouds Virtue
Making a Case Study on Memory
When I was younger, I looked at the globe — still unfamiliar with its geography and personality — and thought: “This is the world. This is it. With all the war and selfishness of history, we have arrived at this permanent place in time. The time where everything became what it was forever meant to become.” In the past year alone, that idealism has … [Read more...] about Making a Case Study on Memory
Italian Ways Surpass the America Dream
Art by Peau PorotesanoA year ago, I was studying abroad in Florence, Italy, which is most certainly the origin of liberal arts and arguably the origin of Western culture. From the David to the Duomo, Florence is built on history and so are her people. Traditions are a huge part of their livelihoods. That’s why Florentines still have a siesta in the middle of the day to … [Read more...] about Italian Ways Surpass the America Dream