Monthly Archives: February 2014

New Podcast Articles, Wolfenstein the New Order, Charlemagne, lost German Art, and more!

When attempting to critically analyze and review the creative work of another, objectivity is of paramount importance. Personal enjoyment must be put aside and the work must be examined with an open and unbiased mind. Sometimes, this creates a conflict of interest within the reviewers’ mind and makes it rather difficult to remain a credible source and refrain from transforming into just another gushing “fanboy/girl”.

Let’s take a poll right now, raise your hand if you’re interested in politics. Besides looking weird in front of your friends and random strangers, if you’re a part of the minority of Americans, you find politics engaging, interesting and above all else: awesome. But if you’re like the majority of Americans, you probably can’t even name the Speaker of the House without Wikipedia. Regardless of whether you like politics or not, you probably have a negative view of them, specifically Washington.

The similarities are enough to put knitting and crocheting in the same family of crafts. Both require large quantities of yarn. Both can create a host of cold weather accessories including hats, scarves, and mittens. Both are enjoyed by a growing number of GC students.

Comedy has long been an old boy’s club. Men have dominated improv teams, sitcom casts, and stand up comedy for years. The origins of the belief that women are not funny is difficult to trace, but can still be seen in parts of popular culture today. Out of the eighteen comedians currently on the cast of Saturday Night Live only seven are female. Late night television has no female hosts. Primetime network comedies are overwhelming centered on a male lead character.

An Ode to the Shamrock Shake

New Papyrus articles, John Mark McMillan, and more!

Growing up in Montana, we often had to find ways to have fun with the snow to stay sane through our winters, which seem to last for about half the year. When I was younger, that started out as sledding and snow forts, but once high school hit, it turned into building ski jumps wherever and whenever possible.

Surely, by now, many of us are exhausted of hearing and seeing the Creation vs. Evolution debates. But, we need to be in the know, especially for those of us who are Christians. This writer interviewed GC Biology instructor Dr. Eugene Dunkley about his take on this ongoing issue. Dr. Dunkley is one of a few science department instructors who teach COR 302, along with Dr. Darrell Iler and Dr. Daryl Cox.

Rachel Held Evans, famous author of the books “A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband "Master" and “Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions” made her way onto Greenville College’s campus earlier this month.