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Otherworld was a very captivating book for the second half. In the beginning, it was just complaining. Texas was freezing, and a farmer, Pops Dickey’s cow gets killed. He calls the police when he notices it is a clean cut capable of only being done by a human. The police officer calls a veterinarian to inspect it because it would the most reliable source. Out of nowhere, the veterinarian says that it is the doing of aliens; the officer lets captain Graham Lattimer know. Suddenly, the whole town goes into a frenzy, thinking that even lights from an airplane are flying saucers. Mike Walsh, a journalist who is going through mental chaos after the leaving of his wife, gets caught into the mess. He is recommended to take a college course with a professor named Samuel Bering. Because of all the recent so-called UFO sightings, Mike is forced to write an article on it. While he looks for books to read on UFOs, he runs into Dr. Bering, and Bering tells Mike all about his belief in another dimension. Apparently, Dr. Bering ends up seeing these aliens, so he invites Walsh to come and meet the alien. This alien ends up trying to get Mike to kill himself. Mike then gets worried for Samuel. He calls the college, and ends up talking to Dr. Leo. Leo tells Mike that it is not an alien, but a demon deceiving and possessing Bering and they needed to act quickly. Mike 's wife, Molly, calls Walsh telling him her sister died. This is when we meet Steve Woodbridge; he is the pastor for Vicky’s…

What do people think about when they hear the word politics? To further that, what do they think of when they hear the term polarization? Congress is in a constant battle between parties, and this, in turn, keeps us in an almost constant state of gridlock. Susan Page, Jim Douglas, Brian Resnick, and Norman Ornstein have all written articles explaining political polarization, civil discourse, or the solutions to these problems. In Susan Page’s article “Divided We Now Stand,” she mainly focuses on…

home life with parents that showed her how to be successful. Martha was the only girl of all boys. There were three Gellhorn children, Walter, Martha, and Alfred. Walter was Martha’s first older brother. Walter was a law professor at Columbia University (“Biography--Martha Gellhorn, 2016”). Alfred was Martha’s younger brother and the youngest of the Gellhorn children. Alfred was an oncologist and former dean at a university (“Biography-- Martha Gellhorn, 2016”). Marthas brothers both became…

They state that there is such wickedness in humans such as serial killers and murders. For example, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and Peter Sutcliffe are all people who killed others without mercy. However, many people do not realize that they act this way due to their environment. People don’t kill just to kill, there is a reason behind it, and that reason is either due to previous wrong-doings or for revenge. Therefore, these people are not naturally rancorous; it’s our environments that depict…

Marianne Moore was a small town girl, born around St. Louis Missouri. She moved around alot in her life. When Marianne Moore was reaching adolescence, her father left her and her mother, leaving them with no money to keep their house. So they had to move to her grandfather's house and stay there until his death. Which was on 1894. They just moved from one relative to another until the big move to carlisle, PA. Moore graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a BA degree in biology in 1909. Following…

"A drive to do big things" landed Sheila Dilley in Berklee, where she ended up juggling the full load of a Music Business degree, newly married life, and assisting the President of Berklee himself - with the same radiant joy and enthusiasm for people she exudes as I sit in front of her today. Photo Credit: Alexandria Marie Clark Photo Credit: Alexandria Marie Clark For Sheila and her husband Jef, both currently based in Seattle, music continues to be their "number one dream". And if there is…

Athena Lemnia, a modern copy of Athena Lemnia’s reconstruction, currently resides in a niche in Carpenter Library of Bryn Mawr College. It used to exhibit in Thomas Great Hall and it was moved to carpenter Library in 1997. and before The statue is made of plaster and slightly over life-size. Its dimension is 228.6 cm x 106.68 cm x 68.58 cm (Height x Width x Depth). The statue was made by August Gerber and was painted black to resemble bronze texture of the original. The original sculpture it…

knowledge to the mathematic world, specifically in abstract algebra, with emphasis on fields, groups, and rings. Emmy wrote over 40 papers such as “Hypercomplex Number Systems and Their Representation”, “concerning Moduli in Noncommutative Fields, Particularly in Differential and Difference Terms” and “Noncommutative Algebra”. Noether discovered the Noether’s Theorem, which is a key in theoretical physics, to this day. In 1933, the Nazi’s took over and Emmy was forced to leave her home…

It is comforting to know that the word Dayseye means “Day’s eye” or “eye of the day” because I feel like the discussions we have during Dayseye about our days, life at home and life at school creates a community that is reflective. I believe that during our daily Dayseye questions we stumble upon topics about our daily lives in and out of school that create conversations which I value a lot because they are very insightful. Our daily Dayseye questions allow us to open up to each other about…

Features and Amenities to Look for in 55+ Communities With the average life expectancy being nearly 80 years of age, baby boomers have a lot of living to do. More often than not, baby boomers want to remain active until they can’t any longer. As a result of this, many baby boomers are interested in purchasing homes in 55 communities in Bryn Mawr. For people interested in living in a vibrant community, there are a few things they should make a priority. Seniors Should Look for Communities that…