Saturday, November 16

Profiles

Dr. Jessica Campbell: Fairy Tales, Tap Dancing, and a Cat Named Becky.
Opinion, Profiles

Dr. Jessica Campbell: Fairy Tales, Tap Dancing, and a Cat Named Becky.

By Sophie Jeffery, Contributing Writer If you’ve walked down the second floor of Carnegie this year, you may have noticed the change in Carnegie room 205's appearance; the walls, no longer hidden behind haphazardly stacked books, have been repainted to a blindingly bright white. The desk has been moved from the middle of the room and now sits up against the wall, no longer covered with piles of folders and loose papers.  On the wall above the desk, there’s a Periodic Table of Literary Villains, and on one bookshelf, a picture frame with old postcards of Middlebury College.  The nameplate on the door has changed too, and now reads: Dr. Jessica Campbell. Dr. Campbell is McKendree’s new Victorian English Literature expert, taking over for Dr. John Greenfield who retired last year.  Along wit...
Life and Kevin Zanelotti Through the Lens of Friedrich Nietzsche
Entertainment, Personality, Profiles

Life and Kevin Zanelotti Through the Lens of Friedrich Nietzsche

In honor of National teacher’s day (which is when this article was written), I thought it fitting to post a piece covering not just some of the philosophy of McKendree’s favorite philosophy professor, but a bit of humanization for my favorite professor. Kevin Zanelotti grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Archbishop Curly High School, a catholic high school in the center of Baltimore. This school however was a far shot from where Zanelotti would travel and eventually land. However, it was a necessary and one might even say an essential stepping stone. The priests at this high school were Franciscan and thus more accepting/aware of belief systems outside of their own. And it was one of these priests that gave a young Zanelotti his first look into the lens we are viewing this article...
An Evening with Sherman Alexie: Vulnerability, Resistance, and Laughter
Entertainment, Opinion, Profiles

An Evening with Sherman Alexie: Vulnerability, Resistance, and Laughter

By Sophie Jeffery, Contributing Writer On the evening of September 22nd, author Sherman Alexie opened his keynote address for the inaugural BookFest St Louis by admiring the acoustics at The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Gallery.  Alexie ensured the crowd he was still going to use his microphone, however, because he could not stand macho poets who think their voices don’t need the extra boost.  “My voice is so filled with poetic testosterone,” he mocked, “I’m going to speak directly to you through my penis.” It was clear from that moment this was not going to be a typical book-reading. Sherman Alexie is an acclaimed writer, having published 26 books and received countless awards.  He is a poet, short story writer, novelist and performer.  He is also the 3rd tallest Spokane Indian, but says...
Andrew Frank – The Comedian for People with Brains
Entertainment, Opinion, Profiles

Andrew Frank – The Comedian for People with Brains

By Magdalena Knapp, Staff Writer It takes one and a half years of work to have enough material for a 45-minute show – this is what Andrew Frank’s métier, or occupation, has looked like for the past nine years: he is a comedian. Frank performs about 40 shows per month, but he is not a comedian as we typically expect them to be. Andrew Frank provides insightful entertainment for smart people. His brand is intuitive comedy for people who have the required knowledge to be able to understand his jokes. They need to know something about religion, history, politics, and the world in general. In his eyes, humor is an intellectual form of connection. Frank places a high value on humor as we can see in his performances. He defines humor as “A Philosophy, a way to look at life. It is a way to express...