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. “And then I got beat out and it was like, well, crap, you’re not the man. You’re not proving anybody wrong. I was really immature and really lost, kinda, and angry.” Then, a terrible family tragedy struck: Zac’s younger brother, Zayne, took his own life. Zac spiraled into deep depression, wandering while he grieved and slowly began to put himself back together — he ended up in L.A., working at a carwash and as a mechanic. But even as his life got messier, a light emerged at the end of the tunnel

up early and heading home.  It has been quite an adventure, but we are ready to return home and cannot wait to share more music and good times with everyone down the road.  Thank you to everyone who made this trip possible, to family, and friends.  Auf wiedersehen und bis bald!   Read Previous Choir of the West wins on a global stage LATEST POSTS Choir of the West wins on a global stage July 9, 2015

grounds. Anne Elliot, Austen’s highest born heroine, turns away from land, from title, from family, from heritage and continuity towards the sea, towards being a sailor’s wife—this is quite a turn for the author of Pride and Prejudice (1813), a novel totally committed to making its heroine into the mistress of a country house. The social, cultural, and even political import of Anne choosing the sailor and the sea over the land and the title is obscured in the movie. By existing in a space between a

, more intimate tables and booths. Having grown up in a family where food was not very plentiful, he was considerably more impressed by the food than his peers. “I can remember getting excited about the beef stroganoff and lasagna,” Swenson recalled. “I still have fond memories of grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.” Outside the dining hall though, Swenson, like other college students, ate on a budget. “From what I remember [of] being a student living off campus, you’re living an awful lot off

Friday, the 10th of July, which happened to be the day that my mother died.  So, it seemed somehow personal to me, and to my family, that the flag came down on the day of my mother’s death. The personal connection to these issues in Charleston touched me again closer to home.  Some of you may be aware of the “Hate Won’t Win” campaign launched by two granddaughters of the murdered pastor of Charleston’s Mother Emmanuel AME Church, the Rev. Daniel Simmons.  I think the whole country was astounded when

, Allen suggested that Huertas journal about his coming out story. He laughs while explaining that when he came out to his friends and family as a teenager they all had already assumed and loved him no less or no more. “I’m very lucky that that was my experience, but it’s boring,” Huertas says. When he began writing about it in his journal, he wanted to spice it up. He thought about the comic book superheroes he loved: X-Men, Spiderman and the Ninja Turtles. He wrote a story about a queer protagonist

own family. Andre’s non-violence and Christianity were strongly intertwined and his life experiences had led him to understand that all human life, friend or foe, is precious.3 These attitudes were not necessarily supported by the Protestant clergy in France, or even in the village itself when the Trocmes arrived in 1934; Trocme and Theiss were a minority of two who objected to fighting the Germans and later to collaborating with them. While Andre’s wife shared some of his views, she had different

visual and literary culture of Austen’s era in the choice to associate Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) with animals. When Anne first introduces her family, she is carrying a pet rabbit who will be by her bed, on her lap, and in her arms, when she breaks the fourth wall. In her first conversation with Lady Russell (Nikki Amuka-Bird), the camera frames Anne next to a stylized bird (possibly a white heron) from the wallpaper background. In the poignant swim scene at Lyme, one of many beautiful

said. “I tried to not share my opinions and just listen to what they had to say. For the most part, they were really nice.”For two students in particular, Lottie Duren ’19 and Josephine Rodriguez ’17, the experience resonated on a personal level. “I went in thinking I’d be super neutral and that I’d just watch things, but that all changed when I felt terrified for my identity,” said Duren, who recently came out as queer to her friends and family. “When Schumer mentioned the existence of gay people

friendship.A seemingly bland statement Sally made during our last dinner together clarified for me this shared vision. Our conversation with her economist husband had been tracing the jagged edges of the stock market when Sally suddenly bailed out. Changing the subject, she declared that whatever she’s worth in stock, her greatest wealth and that of her family was in their education. At the time, I thought that was demurring to the lowly undergraduate teacher and humanist sitting across the table. But upon