November 2010
November 24th, 2010
Written by Rita Cook in All About Family with 2 Comments
As November began, Americans everywhere started planning for the annual Thanksgiving celebration November 25. As you begin preparing for the holiday, how much do you really knowabout both the history and the tradition of this celebration?In 1941, President Roosevelt declared the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. Some will point out that the pilgrims never actually observed an...
November 23rd, 2010
Written by Wendy Innes in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
“Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week. At which time, among other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest...
November 20th, 2010
Written by Laura Monroe in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
German director and photographer, Leni Riefenstahl, was born at the turn of the century, at a historical moment when women were just starting to gain a foothold in a male-dominated world, particularly in the arts. It was also a time when the voices of women like Frida Kahlo, and Mary Austin, women with definite political and philosophical vantage points, were beginning to be heard.Despite working...
November 18th, 2010
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility with 4 Comments
It seems with the Thanksgiving holiday, we begin to shift our focus from the hustle and bustle of work to the solace and comfort of family, friends, and home. This mixture of respite and revelry lasts until after the New Year. During this downtime, it is a great opportunity to try to help our families and friends gain perspective on what must seem like a perpetual sea of welcomed and unwelcomed...
November 18th, 2010
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in National Collegiate Dialogue with 55 Comments
The culturally inherited and self-imposed ceilings that govern our daily lives are numerous and powerful. They often go unnoticed, or maybe unacknowledged, as they influence our thoughts and actions when we interact with each other.When we think of ceilings that confine us, the one that most readily comes to mind is the glass ceiling that has been alleged, or proven to exist in many corporations...