It's a Regina Spektor kinda night. Somehow three days of classes can feel longer than a week, but I have a feeling that somehow a three-day week will feel shorter than a day. Isn't time amazing? We're Atlanta-bound for MLK day weekend, fittingly enough, so stay tuned for that. I still haven't gotten around to making that list of must-see films for the...

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In the warm afterglow of Christmas tree lights and luminescent gift wrapping, I wondered to myself if there was a word to describe those blissful days between Christmas and New Year's, where the spirit of the holidays hangs high and one begins looking towards the new year. I was more than a little pleased to find that there is such a word, newly coined to...

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According to a study by the University of Scranton, 45% of Americans make New Year's resolutions for the following year. Of those 45%, only 8% actually keep their resolutions. To put that in perspective, less than one in twenty people both make and keep a New Year's resolution. I wonder, then, if that's enough to justify not making New Year's resolution. After all,...

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