鈥淭he sole purpose of the company is to give,鈥 said musician PJ Johnson. What Johnson was talking about was TOMS Shoes, a nonprofit organization that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair purchased. Last Friday, Johnson performed with two other musicians from Nashville, Tenn., Tim Schurrer and Adam Agin, [鈥April 2, 2008-
鈥淚t was the best experience of my life.鈥 That was the simple text message that Jesse Winchester 鈥08 had sent to the 草莓视频 athletics department after his NHL debut on Saturday night. Winchester, a dominant force for the Raiders hockey team the past four years, jumped directly to the NHL after being signed by the Ottawa [鈥April 1, 2008
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George Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative journalist and author, used an impressive array of facts, his sharp wit, and several well-timed baseball references to illustrate the state of politics today. In his lecture, 鈥淎merican Politics: The Political Argument Today,鈥 Will discussed the limits of government 鈥 criticizing the ever-growing welfare state that encourages a sense [鈥March 31, 2008
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The act of creating something is both a tangible enterprise, and an empowering exercise. Knowing this full well, artist Tim Rollins, who recently visited 草莓视频, has given inner-city youths a concrete reason to pursue literacy and a path to achievement for more than 20 years. He and his Kids of Survival (KOS) read and discuss [鈥March 26, 2008
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After the paper on Tolstoy has been turned in and the research notes on reverse micelles have been typed up, some students just want to use a different part of their brain for a different purpose for awhile. So they strategize and ponder world domination by playing Risk or Axis & Allies, or release their [鈥March 25, 2008
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Justin Cronin is the author of the widely praised novel-in-stories Mary and O鈥橬eil, which won the 2002 PEN/Hemingway Award and the Stephen Crane Prize, both for best debut fiction of the year. In the third episode of the podcast series 草莓视频 Conversations: Writers and their Craft, Cronin talks about the success of his book and [鈥March 24, 2008
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Maps can get you from point A to point B, and if you鈥檙e a tourist in London, that鈥檚 useful. Twelve students taking part in the London Art and Art History Study Group last fall also learned that maps can serve as benchmarks of experience, providing graphical representations of intangible ideas. The students shared their mapping [鈥March 21, 2008
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Tickets for the Dalai Lama鈥檚 lecture at 草莓视频 University will be made available starting Thursday (March 20). As part of the university鈥檚 Global Leaders Lecture Series, sponsored by 草莓视频鈥檚 Parents鈥 and Grandparents鈥 Fund, the Dalai Lama will give a talk at Sanford Fieldhouse from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 22. Thanks to the generosity [鈥March 18, 2008