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Filming Altruism: Charity Behind the Lens
By Kevin Chen “WHAT’S UP, YOUTUBE?! TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVING MONEY TO HOMELESS PEOPLE. BE SURE TO LIKE, SHARE, AND SUBSCRIBE!”...
Kevin Chen
3 min read
Descriptive Ethical Relativism and Other Lamentations of Philosophy
By Christina Coburn My journey with philosophy has been a rocky one, to say the least. It’s been one that’s been marked by my impatience...
Christina Coburn
3 min read
Don’t Diminish Your Dreams for the Sake of Making a Choice
By Rhyanne Duval As a student going into their fifth semester of community college, I’ve heard just about all the different opinions...
Rhyanne Duval
5 min read
Poem
By Professor Hendree B. Milward III Occasionally I'm asked what it is like to write poetry. mostly, a poem is like a fish that fights the...
Prof. Hendree B. Milward III
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New podcast series: Launched and Dropped.
Welcome to the ChatHUMAN podcast series. Although AI chatbots prove that that even while bombarded with information, we still want more,...
J.I. Abbot
1 min read
In Defense of College Publications and Minor League Baseball
Thoughts about college publications, social media counter data, visibility and the usefulness of perseverance.
coreyjansing
6 min read
50 Shades of Abuse
Thoughts and opinions about the 50 Shades of Grey model of relationships and its potential for normalizing sexual abuse
Stephanie Vasile
4 min read
POETRY: Poverty, Why Do You Have a Hold on Me?
Poetry. Poverty, Why Do You Have a Hold on Me?
Kassandra Colon
1 min read
POETRY: Critical Care: Day 23
Poetry written by a hospital worker and student.
norapasco
1 min read
Killing Jokes With Logic: Practicing Deductive Forms Through Comedy Clips
Using a comedy clip as the catalyst for practicing and recognizing one of the deductive forms and fallacies of logic.
Ian Watson
2 min read
Action Humanities Renaissance!
By J.I. Abbot Welcome to the relaunch of our Action Humanities (AH) community blog. The Action Humanities initiative is a community...
J.I. Abbot
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“From the Front Porch”: Paying It Forward @ The Library
By J.I. Abbot I grew up in libraries—that’s a long story for another day—and also worked in libraries from public ones to two major...
J.I. Abbot
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My 2 cents—and two starts—at Tunxis
By Eric Dougherty April 26, 2021 Listen to Tunxis Alum and former AH editor Eric Dougherty reflect on his journey at the college.
Eric Dougherty
1 min read
Thinking Along Interdisciplinary Lines = "Existential and Business Adaptability"
By J. Khan '09 May 3, 2021 Listen here or read below. Good Morning or Good Evening or whenever you exist. To briefly introduce myself, my...
J. Khan
5 min read
People Don’t Wear Their History
By Donna Brandeis LaGanga We don’t know who we are talking with. . .people don’t wear their history. I am a teacher because I know what...
Donna Brandeis LaGanga
3 min read
What is Your Porpoise? (After Lewis Carroll)
By Westen Soule The Parallels of Risk-Taking in Business and Philosophy The bounty one gains from interpreting Lewis Carroll’s novel...
Westen Soule
2 min read
Thank you for reminding me
June 02, 2018 By M. James Harding A student made my day, today—and probably for a long while after. The day began downhill. I woke up...
M. James Harding
3 min read
Is there any importance to youth involvement in politics?
April 18 2018 By Eric Dougherty “Youth suffers when government limits their options” There is a fear that we may very well be on the...
Eric Dougherty
2 min read
Remote Control
18 Apr 2018 By James Robinson As this is being read, the television is loading a magazine into someone’s AR-15. Somebodies’ favorite...
James Robinson
3 min read
Janitor
Thu, 07 Dec 2017 By Dylan Burgdorf The day started off so well… My back didn’t hurt when I woke up, I didn’t burn my mouth on my morning...
Dylan Burgdorf
10 min read
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