Citadel Knobs: A Slideshow
There’s an official Citadel slideshow of the new class of cadets joining us this year: Matriculation Day Slideshow A great watch, for sure. Really gives a flavor for the place.
The Knobs Arrive
They’re heeeeeeere… Yep, that’s a new set of victims, er… freshmen, um, I mean knobs, standing in their first lineup as semi-proper cadets. Today was their first day on campus, and I took this picture beside a mother crying to see her baby join the Corps. Not to worry, O …
America’s Best Colleges
The Citadel is a pretty small school when you get down to the nuts and bolts of it. The student population isn’t very big, our faculty isn’t large, our campus isn’t of the sprawling variety, and I can assure you that our budgets aren’t blowing anyone away … yet I’m …
Writing Syllabi, Fighting Technology
This semester I have to produce two new syllabi. One for a class I’ve never taught before — mythology — and the other for a class I’ve taught several times but am completely overhauling — composition 1. I spent much of today working on the latter one, which is generally …
Editorial Enigma
Not long ago I sent out one of my latest essays to a Prestigious Journal. The article is on Tolkien, which is fun, but it also happens to be one of my favorites. (Though I confess that my favorite article is usually the last one I wrote.) Anyway, today I …