The Myth of the Wendigo
We’re heading back West this week, all the way to the Algonquin tribes of North America. Out of these tribes comes some of the oldest folklore around: the myth of the Wendigo. As with most mythology,...
View ArticleMental Health Deliberation Reflection
I attended a deliberation on Mental Health at PSU this week. I guess I’ll just start from the beginning. The group was set up so that everyone was in a circle, which was actually pretty conducive to...
View ArticleGwyn ap Nudd and the Wild Hunt
This week I thought I’d take a stab at some old Welsh mythology. For those of you who don’t know, before the land of Great Britain was ever Great Britain, it’s primary religions were forms of paganism,...
View ArticleThor and Loki: Un-Marveled
By now you’ve probably heard about Marvel’s Thor and Loki: The burly, blonde, hammer wielding thunder god who joins the Avengers, and his estranged adopted brother with a penchant for sorcery and world...
View Article1001 Nights
Few regions are as renowned for their fantastic stories and epic poetry as Arabia, the area of Northern Africa and the Middle East. Probably the most famous collection of stories are the volumes of...
View ArticleYemen Descends Into Chaos
This Monday, Great Britain withdrew its remaining special forces from Yemen, just days after the U.S. made a similar move. Both did so because of the country’s worsening security conditions, which...
View ArticleBaba Yaga
Today we’re travelling to Slavic regions to learn about Baba Yaga, the old crone-like witch who lives deeps in the forests of Russia and Eastern Europe. Baba Yaga is not your boring, run of the mill...
View ArticleAnansi and the Dispersal of Wisdom
Anansi, the spider, is a West African God of stories and wisdom. While his origins can be traced back to the Ashanti people of present-day Ghana, the lore about him can also be found in the Southern...
View ArticleJapan and the U.S. are Preparing to Majorly Revamp Trans-Pacific Trade
This Monday in a statement made during an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan and the U.S. were very close to coming to one their biggest...
View ArticleWelcome!
My name is Isabella Teti. I am an eighteen year-old undergraduate freshman studying Political Science and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies within the Pennsylvania State University’s College of the...
View ArticleLose Yourself in Service
When people ask me what I do in my free time, the first thing out of my mouth is almost invariably, “community service.” I’ve been volunteering through various organizations since I was six years old....
View ArticleLose Yourself in Service
When people ask me what I do in my free time, the first thing out of my mouth is almost invariably, “community service.” I’ve been volunteering through various organizations since I was six years old....
View ArticleThe Ethics of Environmental Justice
This week in class we had some lengthy discussion about the many aspects of ethics, morals, and fairness. Today I’d like to apply what we deliberated on to an often overlooked subject pertaining to all...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Environmental Justice
This week in class we had some lengthy discussion about the many aspects of ethics, morals, and fairness. Today I’d like to apply what we deliberated on to an often overlooked subject pertaining to all...
View ArticleCourage is the Key to Great Leadership
What does it mean to be a great leader? As a new member of the Presidential Leadership Academy, this question has been rattling around in my brain for a few months now. Is it honesty? Intelligence? The...
View ArticleCourage is the Key to Great Leadership
What does it mean to be a great leader? As a new member of the Presidential Leadership Academy, this question has been rattling around in my brain for a few months now. Is it honesty? Intelligence? The...
View ArticleNationalist Fear vs. the Refugee Crisis
The refugee crisis is old news by now, although the story develops more every day. Already more than nineteen million people have been been forced to leave their country because of war, persecution, or...
View ArticleNationalist Fear vs. the Refugee Crisis
The refugee crisis is old news by now, although the story develops more every day. Already more than nineteen million people have been been forced to leave their country because of war, persecution, or...
View ArticleIslam in America
As some of you know, I’ve been studying Arabic for the past year or so. Right now my teacher is a woman from Egypt, and this past week she invited my class to attend a service for Eid al-Adha in …...
View ArticleIslam in America
As some of you know, I’ve been studying Arabic for the past year or so. Right now my teacher is a woman from Egypt, and this past week she invited my class to attend a service for Eid al-Adha in …...
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