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… five football fields every minute… I’ve been trying to wrap my brain around that reality for days now, watching the fires continue to engulf Southern California. Such is how fast authorities said the fire was initially spreading with zero containment at the time. What an awful, awful thing. The
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One more thing… straight from the founder of Facebook himself… “Hey everyone. I want to talk about something important today because it's time to get back to our roots around free expression on Facebook and Instagram. I started building social media to give people a voice. I gave
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For the first time in the 16+ year existence of the Intramuralist, Facebook removed our post from their page. The explanation was that the content shared was “misleading.” Said Meta/FB: “The post may contain misleading links or content.” It was said to go against their “community standards on spam.
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No doubt those college days years ago were filled to the brim with prime learning. We didn’t know what we didn’t know, and while the classroom shaped our professional ambition, the moments outside the classroom grew us up. As beloved roommates Bridge and Nolan will still gleefully attest,
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As I was pondering our collective close to 2024, I contemplated the year’s most significant stories… …the November election… the House hearings on antisemitism that triggered 2 Ivy League president resignations… the campus protests… Bill Belichick parting ways with New England… the partial collapse of the Francis Scott Key
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Without a doubt, Christmas is a special time to me and many. It is the celebration of the birth of the Christ child. As we have long said, it’s an opportunity to stop, slow down, and give thanks… to give thanks for the hope, peace, joy and love found
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Three days before Christmas, and throughout the globe and entire nation, we’re prepping for the holidays, and all the celebration. Families will gather, missing loved ones with care, knowing deep down we wish, we could join together somewhere. We get to the place in which we poetically speak of
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The line was long. We got in place about 2 hours and 5 minutes before the show was set to begin, notably longer than our usual behavior. Can’t say I’m a particular fan of long lines. This one I really didn’t mind, however. We’ll get to
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Thankfully, it’s December 2024; the next presidential election is 1,426 days away. Because I’m not a fan of what recent elections have fueled in our country (i.e. denigration, polarization, binary thinking, massive spending, assumptions of moral high ground, political attack ads, total lack of respectful dialogue
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With the “Thanksmas” season seemingly condensed this year, week one was eye-opening in regard to current events, especially those that caught the Intramuralist’s attention. While we could always dissect multiple perspectives, we’ll stick to a paragraph or two rather than entire posts. Sometimes saying less says a
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Every now and then we pen a post that I’m well aware has the potential to be eminently unpopular. Let me respectfully prepare all now. Please note that the lack of popularity is never the result of intentional offense; rather, the perspective is one with which we either (1)
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In recent weeks, via group chats on social media and elsewhere, it’s become increasingly clear that we have a bit of an honor scarcity. My jaw drops often, in fact, noting the many who find it unnecessary or undeserved. It’s ok. Count me among them many days. It