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A trip down memory lane
Many people may not remember the first time they set foot on their college campus. Was it for a campus visit as a high school student? Perhaps it was a summer orientation session. Maybe it was the day they moved into their dorm as a freshman. But for Natwar “Nate” Patel, the story of his…
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Kiss me, I’m… not sure
St. Patrick’s Day was last week. And even though I definitely have some Irish ancestry, I don’t particularly identify as Irish. Or as anything, really, other than American. I’m always fascinated by people who can self-identify as a certain nationality… people who can say “I’m Irish on my mom’s side and Italian on my dad’s”…
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Why so serious?
I re-watched Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice over the weekend. I think it’s the first time I’ve seen it since it was in theaters last year. It’s an entertaining enough movie and there’s plenty to like about it. But it doesn’t stand out to me as a particularly good movie. And I think it’s a very…
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Proving that hard work – and a little luck – often pays off
It’s not very often that college professors encourage their students to skip out on studying. But on the evening of Oct. 1, 1992, Elliott Johnson and his classmates knew better than to even try to get into the chemical engineering labs at Mississippi State. “The football team played Florida on a Thursday night and our…
