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The Major League Baseball playoffs begin Oct. 1 with the National League wild card game, and the American League wild card game is Oct. 3. Here are my predictions.

Brett Eldridge is a popular country singer whose hit song “Don’t Ya” made it to number one on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, and thanks to FUSAB, he’ll soon be performing at Furman. Amidst busy touring, the country music star took the time last week to talk with The Paladin about his musical journey and life on the road.

Director Ron Howard is known for making some of the most critically acclaimed yet accessible films of the past two decades, including “Cinderella Man,” “Frost/Nixon,” and “A Beautiful Mind.” This fact makes the subject of his latest film, “Rush,” the chronicle of a long-standing rivalry between two Formula One drivers, somewhat curious, as Formula One has not garnered the kind of fanfare in the United States that it has in Europe, where it is one of the most popular professional sports.

Sometimes you need a quick trip off campus to recharge and relax. Other days you might decide to try a change of scenery when you can’t afford to leave your studies behind. In Flat Rock, N.C., you can have the best of both worlds in one day.

Just down the road at Converse, another small liberal arts college in South Carolina, students are getting a break from the pricey cost of higher education. The school administration recently made the decision to decrease Converse College’s 2014-2015 tuition by 43 percent, from $29,124 to $16,500. This may spark jealousy from the students attending Furman, the most expensive private university in South Carolina, but there are drawbacks to such a reduction.

For those of us who study modern languages, as well as ancient ones such as Greek and Latin, the skepticism in American education that surrounds our learning a foreign tongue is all too tired.

Due to budget concerns, Furman will not even be hiring someone to replace Shaner, which has forced the philosophy department to make adjustments to keep business running as usual, shuffling professors and eliminating three classes that Shaner taught.

Right now, Furman is in the process of re-evaluating its First Year Seminar Program. The upcoming work of the First Year Seminar oversight committee are part of a larger evaluation of the program required by Furman’s accreditation agency, the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools. In the upcoming year, the oversight committee will be collecting information from students and faculty, researching student evaluations from seminars in years past, and proposing a potential set of changes to the faculty for a vote.

Furman Football rose after halftime to win its first game of the season, beating Presbyterian College 21-20. It was the first home game for the Paladins, and the result leaves both teams with 1-2 records.