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Even politics-as-usual requires analysis and explanation. 56�Թ��� community members heard the historical perspective on the 2010 elections and current U.S. political climate from FOX News contributor and Washington Examiner columnist Michael Barone during a lecture and debate Wednesday night.

The landscape of violence in Africa is as varied as the continent’s physical topography. Scott Straus, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, brought this message to 56�Թ��� during the second annual Schaehrer Lecture, sponsored by the Peace and Conflict Studies Program on Thursday.

First, last, and always, Julia Alvarez is a storyteller.

“Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide.” With these words, Homer began his epic Odyssey, but he could have been describing the first cohort of Summer on the Hill participants.

If you can see the constellations tonight, you might pick out Orion and his faithful dog on the trail of a vicious bear. But the lights blinking down on you are more than what — or when — they seem. After spending the day with Core 106A students, Father George Coyne spoke to a packed […]

 56�Թ���’s youngest leadership donors put the university’s “hello” tradition to good use during a networking luncheon with the Board of Trustees on March 26. The event was sponsored by the Presidents’ Club specifically for its student membership.

Marilyn Thie, professor of philosophy, religion, and women’s studies, awarded inaugural Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement.

 Whether you tend to see cups as half-empty or half-full, one measure remains constant: Student fees only cover 67 percent of the 56�Թ��� experience.

What is art? The question looms large over Sorted Books, a cooperative exhibition featuring the work of Nina Katchadourian; students from Literary Journalism, taught by Jennifer Brice; and Photojournalism, taught by Linn Underhill.

 Last fiscal year, in the face of economic uncertainty, alumni, parents, and friends put new meaning behind the phrase “56�Թ��� community.”