With the 2017 NFL Draft set to happen next week, teams are visiting with prospects everyday as they prepare for the seven-round, three-day affair. This year’s...
It was on the desert range of Arizona, while driving a van full of visitors for the Chiricahua National Park, when he saw the group of migrant men crouch...
The spookiest time of year is just around the corner, and with it comes a host of fun activities for every age.
Halloween, also known as All Hallows Eve, originated as a pre-Christian Celtic festival for the dead.
“The festival observed at this time was called Samhain,” according to the Library of Congress website. “It was the biggest and most significant holiday ...
Homecoming a century ago was not much different than it is today: pep rallies, dances, parades, kings and queens, tailgating and more all leading up to...
In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, known as the “father of black history,” established Negro History Week, which fell between the birthdays of Frederick...
Witches, pumpkins, costumes, candy and ghosts, these are some of the many traditions that come with the holiday of Halloween. But October 31 hasn’t always been characterized by these elements. Halloween is actually a celebration of the dead.
According to Jack Santino in “The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows,” Halloween originated as an ancient holiday in Europe...
As returning students, faculty and staff filled the pathway in front of Showalter Hall, new transfer and freshman students stood on College Ave. on the...
March 6, 2013 Editor's note: The mascot for Stanford University was described incorrectly in print. They are actually known as the Stanford Cardinal.
It...
Welcome to A Brief History of Western Music, Part II. As I explained last week, in Part I, the colloquial term "classical music" actually covers a wide variety of style periods, each with its ...
