Tag: Jonathan Warkentine

On Death and the Meaning of Life

Without death, life would be meaningless. Ironically, it is also death that eats away at whatever meaning we can find in life. Death – that looming, black specter that swallows time, effort and purpose. Death, that...

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A Talk at the DUC With Dr. Shulman

I was reading in the DUC when I looked up to see Dr. Neil Shulman heading in my direction. He was putting his tray down at a vacant table when our eyes met. I smiled. I’d read the article in the Wheel about him: the...

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DUC Food Reform Needed

For freshmen, it’s routine. Walk in, swipe, eat, leave. We don’t debate over whether we’re hungry enough to eat buffet-style, if our swipe will be well spent; such are the dilemmas of sophomores. Many freshmen,...

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The Animals Inside Us

What is it with the world we live in that we can turn on the news every morning and without fail see the latest strings of violence perpetrated against fellow human beings? What is it with the species to which we belong that...

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