In a modern world filled with global uncertainty, inter-religious misunderstanding and subsequent animosity, music is a rare universal truth. Read more...

I stared into my open closet, arms folded across my chest, scanning my wares. Read more...

Choices "“ we all make them, but can we all live with their consequences? Read more...

Alumni Steve Llanusa and Glenn Miya have been together ever since they met on campus in 1984. They adopted three foster sons, now teenagers, and have a long history of shared responsibilities. But even after 25 years of being together, Llanusa and Miya were not able to legally marry until this summer. Read more...

Twenty years ago on Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, signaling the beginning of a remarkably transformative event in both German history and across the world. Read more...

Kanye Omari West has had some ridiculous quotes in the past year alone, but he may have outdone himself when he held forth on various topics while filming his "VH1 Storytellers" special. Read more...

When envisioning the "Beat Generation" of the early 1950s, what likely comes to mind are turtlenecks and sunglasses, poetry and bongos, and the origins of funk and jazz "“ a quirky era that preceded and naturally melded into the grander spectrum of movements that spanned the '60s. Read more...