I assume that by now you’ve seen either the original video, or the subsequent apology of the principal of TNT Academy in Stone Mountain, Georgia — it concerns an incident at this past Friday’s graduation in which the principal mistakenly ended the ceremony before the valedictorian’s address. In her efforts to call the audience back, to hear his speech, she chastised the people who were standing and leaving, tried to get the venue’s doors closed, called a person a “little […]
Month: May 2015
“Opie, it seems I made a mistake…”
When I first came to the US to work, back in 1993, I wasn’t aware of some of the subtle differences between the US and Canada (or at least where I grew up), but I soon discovered a bunch of them. I could talk about the blank stares I’d get if I said “zed” instead of “zee” for the last letter of the alphabet or, instead, I could tell you the story of, early on, asking a student, at the […]
Out in the Open: Perception is Everything
Sarah Griswold is a junior double majoring in Mathematics and Religious Studies. She spends her “free time” analyzing her favorite shows on Netflix, which of course winds up ruining them. She is currently enrolled in an independent study with Dr. Simmons where she is analyzing the popular HBO series “True Detective.” “I have seen the finale of thousands of lives, man. Young, old, each one so sure of their realness. You know that their sensory experience constituted a unique individual […]
Game of Traditions
By Andie Alexander Andie Alexander earned her B.A. in Religious Studies and History in 2012. She is now working on her M.A. in Religious Studies at CU Boulder. Andie also works as the online Curator for the Culture on the Edge blog. […]
That’s All Folks!
Our thanks to Ali Hval, who was REL’s resident artist for the year, for creating the Praxis Squad. A framed copy of this last comic will soon be going up in the main office […]
ar·ti·facts with Prof. Ramey
The fifth episode in our second season of ar·ti·facts is now on Vimeo! It features Dr. Ramey and his set of Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags that he acquired in Singapore. Give it a watch! ar·ti·facts: Blowing in the Breeze with Prof. Steven Ramey from UA Religious Studies. […]