Education, responsibility crucial for gun safety I am a country girl. I was raised out in the country of Orange County, Ind., by two very strong-willed, strict and traditional parents. But I would...

Most students think of two things for the first day of classes: syllabuses and self-introductions. For many, reading the syllabus is the easy part and coming up with something interesting to say is not. For lack of better alternatives, most end up just blurting out that they have a cat or like to watch TV. There are some people, though, whose unique answers seem destined for the task. If still a student, Audrey Deterding, assistant professor of communication studies, would be one of those people. “I’d probably say that I have four sisters because it’s something kind of unique, and it would be something that people remember,” Deterding said.

Joe Voss, music business junior, is a trumpet and keyboard player, actor, secretary for Pike fraternity and is from a family of 15. Voss said he has played the trumpet for 13 years and the keyboard for three years. “I got interested in music when I was 8 or 9,” Voss said. “My family is really musical. My parents encouraged us all to get an instrument just for stress relief or as a talent to have when we’re older.”

For one day a year, people who live all across the United States and some parts of the world are encouraged to indulge in Marti Gras with food and drink while collecting multitudes of beaded necklaces...

With new technology, it has become easier to keep in touch online. Alisa Hamilton, English junior, took advantage of new technology during the recent disaster in Japan. She was born in Okinawa, Japan,...