Finals Week in Musselman Library
By Musselman Library The end of the semester is here, and Musselman Library is happy to offer some sweet extra services to help get you through your finals week. Stress Relief. The popular Stress Relief table will be returning to the ground floor of the Library. Give yourself a break from studying with the coloring pages, crayons, markers and fun craft ideas available. The table is there for use whenever the library is open, so...
Dedicated teacher Helen Winkelmann makes lasting impression on all
By Lauren Bly, Women’s Center Correspondent Every day, students are listening to and learning from instructors from all academic disciplines. Every day, there are students who spend hour after hour exchanging information with teachers both inside and outside of the classroom, but that by no means makes those discussions ordinary or insignificant. It is not every day that one seemingly simple gesture—an encouraging word or a...
Sleep deprivation triggers health concerns in students
By Christina Marder, Staff Writer Recent studies show sleep deprivation can wreak havoc on adolescents’ physical, emotional and mental health. Studying for exams, writing papers and completing other assignments clutters the schedules of hardworking college students. In addition, students are encouraged to participate in school organizations, such as team sports, writing for the school newspaper, participating in Greek Life or joining...
Musselman Library hosts former U.S. ambassador Lawrence Taylor
On Monday, Oct. 15, former U.S. ambassador, Lawrence “Larry” Taylor, will talk about his lifelong passion for collecting. His collection includes a set of Abraham Lincoln bookends, a selection of which are now on exhibit in Musselman Library. The event will be held at 4 p.m. in Room 018 of the Library. Light refreshments will be served. This “Friends of Musselman Library” event is free and open to the...
Writer Jeffrey Eugenides returns to college in latest novel
Courtesy of Picador Press Critically-acclaimed novelist Jeffrey Eugenides, author of “The Virgin Suicides” and the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Middlesex,” revisits the prestigious halls of Brown University, the writer’s own alma mater, in his most recent work of fiction, “The Marriage Plot.” Eugenides, currently a professor of creative writing at Princeton Univeristy, speaks below of the value of a liberal arts education – both...
