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Dwelling on the Shoreline of Wonder

In one brief sentence, Ralph W. Sockman summarizes the goal of an MSU undergraduate education – Spartans Will. “The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.” –        Ralph W. Sockman I recently ran across this quote from Ralph Sockman, who served as the host of the NBC radio program the National …

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November 29, 2017 Sekhar Chivukula Leave a comment

Scavenger hunts do not equal love

Well, at least not for your first year students. Oh, we totally get WHY you want your class to have the scavenger hunt. You love the library with all your heart (you couldn’t have completed your dissertation without logging hours and hours of writing time here)… the depth of knowledge, the round-the-clock hours, that smell …

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January 24, 2014 Rachel Minkin Leave a comment

Cat urine, medieval texts, and dealing with setbacks

Admittedly, when I first read this Io9 post, I wasn’t looking for much in the way of insight. This medieval manuscript curses the cat who peed on it points out the fantastic curse against not just one feline, but all of its feline siblings. How do curses and cat pee relate to those of us …

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January 17, 2014 Rachel Minkin Leave a comment

Wal-Mart, income inequality, and Pope Francis

Wal-Mart is getting a lot of critical attention this holiday shopping season.  Some of it is as a result of labor activism, and some of it is just more of the insensitive missteps we’ve come to expect from Wal-Mart.  I’ll mention four things here: 1.  This graphic comes from AFSCME.  The more people shop at …

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December 1, 2013 Michelle Kaminski Leave a comment

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