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Starting next Thursday, Furman will hold its annual Church Music Conference, an event that brings in established composers, called clinicians, to lead sessions on music composition and vocal performance. Serving as clinician this year is Mack Wilberg, Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, a 360-member Grammy and Emmy award-winning choir that is among the most famous singing groups in the country.

Rainboots were required for some Judson 400 residents whose rooms were flooded after winter break pipe issues in Lakeside and North Village housing.

This past week Major League Baseball suspended Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez for his connections to the Biogenesis clinic and evidence of his interfering with the MLB’s investigation of charges that he took performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). The suspension was reduced from 211 to 162 games (one full season) plus the 2014 playoffs.

After a fall season highlighted by SoCon tournament championships in football, women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s cross country, Furman’s sports teams will look to maintain their success going into the spring.

South Carolina may be relatively small, but there are plenty of activities to keep one occupied. The Low Country, Sandhills, Piedmont, and Upcountry each provide a variety of pastimes. Columbia, located an hour and a half from Furman, is a great place to begin your adventure. The capital city is home to many attractions, including Riverbanks Zoo and the Columbia Museum of Art.

On Feb. 2, 1965, Joseph Vaughn became the first African-American undergraduate student to enroll at Furman, along with three African-American graduate students admitted to the university’s graduate education program. This realized the policy approved by Furman’s Board of Trustees the year before and reaffirmed immediately prior to Vaughn’s enrollment — racial integration.

Earlier this semester, Furman’s Department of Economics began advertising for a faculty position that will become open when Professor Mary Jean Horney retires at the end of the academic year. But about three weeks ago, after the department had received more than 75 applications for the position, the university decided to call off the search for budgetary reasons.

Every day, thousands of people get out of bed, do a full day’s work, all without making any money. This internship culture — in which people are compelled and even required to work in the hope of intangible rewards or advances in an uncertain economy — is detrimental to both individuals and to our society at large.

Thanksgiving is like communism — it’s a pretty good idea in theory, but when put into practice, things never go as planned. In reality, Thanksgiving can be about preparatory meltdowns, stuffing your face with food, feeling sick and guilty about stuffing your face with food, and then fighting over discounted electronics. But it is possible to enjoy yourself this Thanksgiving and do it in a healthy way.