Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Winston Churchill, C.S. Lewis, and Ronald Reagan—these four namesakes represent masculinity, chivalry, honor and courage. They are historical male figures embodying a culture each House at The King’s College strives to cultivate, but understanding what a male should be at this school is not so straight-forward. Each student has their own perception on what traits a man should hold.
Read MoreAnd it’s about time too. But who is time up for? Well, time’s up for Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and the like. Maybe they’ll end up behind bars someday soon, maybe they’ll be stopped from hurting anyone else. But what’s stopping someone else from filling their shoes
Read MoreThe King’s College once predominantly churned out students who wore full suits to school and aspired to become lawyers. As the school has grown, so has the diversity of the student body’s preference for career fields and extracurricular activities. Now nearly 20 percent of students participate in athletics—still not everyone wants to wake up at five o’clock in the morning to go to practice in Brooklyn or spend hours in busses traveling to games outside the city.
Read MoreThe search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.” -Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
Read More“I believe it is our school’s responsibility to examine whether or not the responsibilities of Chamberlains are healthy for them or the student body.” Student Body President Brandon Smith said.
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Charles Darwin, the father of natural selection, thinks that compassion is humanity’s strongest evolutionary instinct. In the Descent of Man, he declared that “those communities, which included the greatest number of the most compassionate members, would flourish best.”
Read MoreProtestantism needs a dose of Catholicism. I say this not in an effort to reprimand Protestants, but rather to draw attention to some of the beautiful practices of the Catholic church. It is difficult to put a finger on the Protestant church and what each denomination needs, but, as a Protestant myself, I realize that it can be easy to put Catholicism into a box and stereotype its followers for “worshipping Mary” or “praying to saints”.
Read MoreThe Catholic Church has always treasured and defended the unique teachings and traditions that comprise her faith; indeed, she is firm in saying that nothing new doctrinally, theologically, or spiritually can be learned from an outside denomination.
Read MoreYou can now ditch the weekend trip to the Pocono’s and connect with nature at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibit "Public, Parks, Private Gardens: Paris to Provence."
Read MoreBoth opinion pieces emphasized students’ behavior during the opening-night lecture, and both referenced tweets from that night in their critique of the community.
Read MoreFor a school that prides itself on intellectual seriousness, King’s sure has a lot of students who can’t sit through one lecture without trashing the speaker on social media. Indeed, it’s become a tradition for King’s students to take to Twitter at opening lecture to mock, “roast,” and generally complain about Interregnum.
Read MoreWe, The King’s College, didn’t deserve Interregnum this year. In my time at this school, Interregnum has focused on themes that were lofty ideas of which the pros and cons were worth examining: ambition had as much negativity surrounding it as positivity while equality was something we ought to strive for but required very little in practice. This year was different
Read MoreFor success in the teaching industry, you need to be passionate. Professor Joshua Mackin, instructor of writing, shares his fresh, passion-filled experience as a new college faculty member.
Read MoreI walk through the wide-framed, grey walls of Gallery 800, the Rodin Gallery, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Detailed forms of human statues, made of various bronze and clay materials, are riddled throughout. But in the hallway right outside the gallery my eyes stop, mesmerized. A teenage woman with a face of piercing dedication and purity stands in a lonely looking garden. The plaque reads: Bastien-Lepage of Lorraine’s “Joan of Arc.”
Read MoreAfter Hurricane Sandy flooded and severely damaged the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, the MTA began a long series of repairs and upgrades to rework the motor-vehicle passage that connects the Financial District to Brooklyn.
Read MorePicture this: my chubby, backpack-toting junior-high self bursts through the front door, out of breath from running up the driveway. I toss down my heavy bookbag and fly to the living room to turn on the TV. I land just in time to hear a dulcet voice rhapsodizing on the benefits of “good vanilla.” This, friends, is the magic of Ina Garten.
Read MoreThe King’s College’s offer for the Riff Hotel at 102 Greenwich Street has been accepted, according to Acting President General Gibson, who made the announcement in the City Room at 12:50 p.m. after the Public Reading of Scripture. The King’s College plans to close the deal on purchasing the building by May 31.
Read MoreMany movie critics say the faith-based film genre is undergoing a crisis in contemporary cinema, with films favoring sentimental and predictable stories along with overly dramatic—often unconvincing—acting. Movies are lacking, overall, in substance and prevailing in artifice.
Read MoreCan a campus of 500 overworked, sleep-deprived and career-driven young adults live out compassion in the day-to-day?Sure, I know we’re not all in that boat, but regardless, the question is important to consider as Interregnum kicks off.
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