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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day outside Cotuit Library is taking the party outside for a “Go Green! St. Patricks Family Fun Day.”  Activities include a patio performance by the local Kanaley School of Irish Dance; walking a Leprechaun Trail to find treasure at the end of the rainbow; a Lucky Gold Coin Hunt; planting Pot O Lucky Shamrocks; and learning to tie a Celtic heart knot. When: 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday Where: Cotuit Library, 871 Main St. Admission: Free SATURDAY, MARCH 13, AND SU...

Caitlyn Woitena Thursday, March 4th, 2021 On Monday, February 22nd, the WKU English Department presented Global Learning through Global Literature in collaboration with the Global Learning Forum hosted by WKU’s Office of Study Abroad and International Learning. Led by Dr. Ted Hovet, two current undergraduate English students and a graduate assistant shared presentations focused on comparing and contrasting western culture with the cultures found in global literature.  Dr. Hovet explained, �...

Tunji Olaopa We live in a VUCA world—vulnerable, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. And it takes little reflection for anyone to see how this is immediately so. While the idea of a VUCA world was introduced into the lexicon by reflection on strategy and leadership, the COVID-19 pandemic has added an aggravated dimension to how vulnerable, uncertain, complex and ambiguous the world is. Everything that constitutes axioms that define our normality has been upturned and shattered. Each region of t...

February 23, 2021 On this day in Hip Hop history, The Roots released their fourth studio album Things Fall Apart. This project is considered by many publications at the Roots “breakthrough” album, gaining them coverage in major publications and expanding their fan base. It also came at a time when the whole Soulquarian collective (D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Common, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Most Def, and J Dilla) began to come out the gate with hit album after hit album (some titles including ...

23 February 2021Politics In August 2020, seven West Papuan political prisoners, held in Jakarta for protesting outside the Indonesian Presidential Palace, were released early following an international campaign. They received a rapturous reception on their return. Thousands gathered to greet them – a demonstration of the widespread opposition to Indonesian rule in this province on the island of New Guinea. A year earlier, hundreds of thousands marched, rioted and burned down state buildings a...

Toni Morrison died on 5 August at the age of 88 as a result of pneumonia-related complications. In 1993, she became the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature and she won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her classic work Beloved. Morrison was a towering literary figure. New Frame asked writers who were influenced by Morrison to share what her work meant for them.  Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison recieved an honorary doctor of letters from the UofT Tuesday...

Punch Newspapers Sections Ademola Olonilua It is often the pride of a father to see his offspring toe his path, especially if he is a pathfinder in the industry. Their joy stems from the fact that when most of these veterans begun their careers, they were seen as people who had no future ambition. Often, these patriarchs were disowned by their parents simply because they wanted to pursue their passion. The PUNCH highlights some living entertainment patriarchs whose children have toed their path...

The boxing champ has some thoughts on Fif's idea for a showdown.

By Hayden Brooks Feb 4, 2021 Floyd Mayweather and the boxing champ has accepted the challenge. On Wednesday (February 3), Mayweather took to Instagram to reveal that hed happily take on Fif. "I also heard that 50 cent would fight me but claims I’m too small. If he wants to lace up at the end of the year, we can do an exhibition then," the boxing pro said after discussing his upcoming yearly fighting schedule. "I don’t care about weight class with any of these guys. The Paul brothers will m...

By Hayden Brooks Feb 4, 2021 Floyd Mayweather and the boxing champ has accepted the challenge. On Wednesday (February 3), Mayweather took to Instagram to reveal that hed happily take on Fif. "I also heard that 50 cent would fight me but claims I’m too small. If he wants to lace up at the end of the year, we can do an exhibition then," the boxing pro said after discussing his upcoming yearly fighting schedule. "I don’t care about weight class with any of these guys. The Paul brothers will m...