Fusion cuisine, like the sushi burrito, is possibly the gateway to exploring different cultures. With plastic carry-out bags in hand, Jacob Wantoch became very hungry. Sitting in his car, in the middle of downtown Grand Rapids, it was pouring rain. He dove into the first tin container. “The sushi was good; the seaweed wrap, the…
These days I feel that men have taken a downturn. I think that oftentimes’s modern men have become less manly. Let me say this: when I say being “manly” I do not mean being emotionless, axe wielding and beard growing “men”. At the same time, in some few ways I am. At the risk of…
By Keith Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love my DynaTAC 8000X from Motorola. Even though it only takes me about 10 hours to recharge, which work outs nicely with my sleep schedule, I get an astounding 30 minutes of talk time every time I recharge my cell phone all the way. While you may…
By Nancy Wheeler Barb Holland. Many of you know her as a friend, a classmate or a friendly face in the hall at Hawkins High School. While by no means the most popular among us, Barb is well known by me and her other close friends as one of the kindest, smartest and most loyal…
As I am writing this, it’s 11:38 P.M. on Saturday night, almost two hours after the girls of Odd Year were announced as the winners of this year’s Nykerk Cup Competition. I am bursting with energy and the buzz of victory. I am humming Mamma Mia, which has been stuck in my head since practice…
What is a poem? For those that don’t know em you can do about anything as long as with cadence your poem does sing honestly, it really doesn’t have to cus if it doesn’t you can call it call it prose even the lines dont have to make much sense, but if they dont some…
A few weeks ago, I was passing through the hallway in my residence hall when I overheard someone speaking to one of their friends. They were exiting another room just as I was entering mine, so it was pure chance of timing that their comment reached my ears. The comment, which I will not quote…
There are two types of reactions that I have received from people whenI tell them I am a history major: “ew, I hated that in high school” (along with your minor, Economics),or, “that is awesome, I love history too.” To the first response, I often ask whether or not their high school history course was…
For many, history conjures up visions of dusty old men, teaching in dusty old classrooms about dusty old top-ics while their students battle with boredom and sleep as they head-nod their way through the class. I couldn’t disagree more. History is often failed in the way that it is taught at lower levels. It often…
Deserving. Worthy. Birthright. Privilege. How do we become who we are and how is it decided where we will go? Do we have the right to determine the course of another’s life and the value that is placed on it? Do we, as Americans, have a responsibility to protect those who desire what our ancestors…