After an extensive search, the school has chosen faculty member special education teacher George Masten to be the new head coach of the Varsity Football team.  He will replace previous coach Gregory Sullivan. Masten has a history of coaching at Marshall: he was on the varsity coaching staff for three yearsContinue Reading

The annoying thing about writing about Robin Thicke is that it gives him exactly what he wants: more publicity. When Diane Martel, director of the “Blurred Lines” video (as well as the video for Miley Cyrus’s “We Can’t Stop”) was asked where she came up with the concept for “BlurredContinue Reading

On Saturday, September 21st, nearly 50,000 people attended the fifth annual Freefest concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md. Tickets for the concert were in theory completely free, with the idea being that instead of paying for tickets, concert goers would make voluntary donations.  For those who did not scoreContinue Reading

When I was little, I was the kind of kid that could be fascinated for hours on end by something as simple as a cardboard box; it could be a spaceship, train car or even a house—the possibilities were endless.

As I grew up, I slowly lost my sense of creativity. What was once a spaceship or a train caboose became simply just a box.

Of course, part of my loss of creativity (and in this metaphorical box example, loss of wonder) was simply due to me becoming more mature. But I think that another part of this loss is due to the influence of my education.
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