Me too! Hopefully it will be soon.

In this poem, Yuan Mei evokes the heroic spirit of past dynasties and their tenuous tie to the present, especially with the ending lines about Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty almost 2,000 years before: “Only now there is still a clear moon,/ It once illuminated the passing of King Gao/ and his thousands of horses.”

I must note that this catchy parody of Taylor Swift owes about 70% of its appeal to the musicial talents of the target of the parody. In this way, parody is a form of tribute, even as it pokes fun.

Thanks! It sounds like he felt he had to put his emotions somewhere, and I can cope; even with negative feelings about TS…

It might not seem like it, but to a linguist or etymologist, right, recht, derecho, and droit are all the same word, or at least all related to the same root, Latin “dīrēctum” which according to one of my favorite books, the Oxford English Dictionary, meant: “straightened, straight, right, direct n.; as noun, a straight or right line; in late Latin right, legal right, law”, from the root rego/regere, to guide, govern, from the Proto-Indo-European word hrege, to stretch or direct. A cognate in old Persian, rastaa, meant straight, right, or true. IOW, the associations are very old! And because etymology is an inexact science, it will likely remain a little mysterious.

Another word for “overthinker” is curious, a demeanor we try to encourage in education.

Maybe try something non-modern (Roman History) or non-Western (African Diaspora & The World). I’ve also heard good things about the new core fusion classes like Geographies of Empire and Making The Modern World.

Making us wait is kind of his thing, though, isn’t it?

Friends make it all seem easier and brighter. Thank you as well, friend!

Depends on the situation, but if you can really derail your opponent or set yourself up better it can totally be worth it.

Yes! For today, my favorite song is Long Live. I’m feeling sentimental <3

So glad you were able to enjoy it!

Soon there will be flowers all over campus!

Talk to your academic advisor and your professor right away. See what your options are to bring your grade up, and whether your graduation in May is really in jeopardy. I also recommend getting peer tutoring at the Connors Family Learning Center bit.ly/BC-connors. And if your fears are realized, this is not the end of the world. I know many folks who have failed a class or not graduated on time who have gone on to do great things… and be great people.

Libraries like ours don’t do book bans except at gunpoint. Like most academic libraries what we buy is shaped primarily by what’s in the curriculum and what faculty are doing research on, and where there are gaps in the collection that’s usually the reason. 1) You always have the option of requesting an interlibrary loan for things we don’t have. Usually takes about a week, and if another library can loan it, we’ll get it for you. 2) We’re happy to take suggestions on books to add.