Kristen Layne

In his March 27 CLP “What a Waste: Why We Waste So Much Food and What You Can Do About It,” Durham-based writer Jonathan Bloom questioned why the U.S. is able to produce enough food waste to fill the Rose Bowl every day and yet have one quarter of U.S. children face food insecurity each day.

A petting zoo, live bands and representatives from 11 student groups and 12 community groups will be among the offerings of the Furman Earth Day Festival to be held on Saturday, April 20 by the lake.

We ought to take Convocation seriously as a way to build community and tradition at Furman.

Furman University has taken over day to day operations of the Upcountry History Museum after finalizing an agreement with the museum on Feb. 1. The museum board will maintain ownership of the building and current exhibits. The university is now responsible for employing museum personnel and has begun the search for a new director of the museum.

The newspaper industry is dying. The print newspaper industry, to be precise. The New York Times is circulating fewer than a million copies for the first time since the 1980s; overall sales have toppled by 10% within just the past few years. They were already sliding before that.

As we move into the Homecoming season, I feel that it fits the spirit of this time of year to pay tribute to the tradition and heritage of the university.