troi·ka
[troi-kuh] –noun
any group of three persons, nations, etc., acting equally in unison to exert influence, control, or the like.Justin Reads
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Archive for June, 2010
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Careerism
by Matt Pitchford . . .I was talking with my good friend Josh Rice not that long ago about the concept of careerism. His basic claim was one that I can fundamentally agree with: Getting a “real job” and advancing in a career is not the be all and end all of human existence. Put another way, should the purpose [...] -
Growing Up, Moving Apart
by Matt Pitchford . . .As people grow up, sometimes the different paths of life mean that friendships grow apart. This seems to be a natural sort of progression. Oftentimes, our friendships are primarily held together by the mere locality that we shared. It is so easy, then, to mistake the concept of proximity for the presence of depth. In [...] -
Creative Expression
by Justin Louis . . .I’m a photographer. I started taking pictures as a kid and I’m not sure exactly why I started, but I did. I think I saw things in the world around me that I wanted to capture, to hold, to have. As I grew, I felt things I wanted to capture, to take and share. I [...] -
Apolitical Majors
by Matt Pitchford . . .I was thinking about my collegiate major the other day. I’m a “Rhetoric and Media Studies” major at Willamette University. Anywhere else, they’d call it a communications degree. The academicians can certainly tell the difference, but I was thinking about my plan before I got to college. You see, I was done with my high [...] -
More thoughts on truth
by Marcie Little . . .Last week I wrote about the importance of knowing truth; as I worked on that post, an idea for a follow-up post was simmering in the back of my mind, and this is the result. Obviously there are more applications of this concept than what I’ve chosen to write about here, but these have been [...] -
Beatles and Stones
by Matt Pitchford . . .While I would not classify myself as a musician, I do very much enjoy the consumption of melody and verse. I love music that makes you think. There are some songs that are just plain compelling that way. One album just filled with such provocative goodness is Fantasies by Metric. They ask a great question: [...] -
Truth: Close enough?
by Marcie Little . . .A few weeks ago my dad and I were discussing the two ideas of moral relativity and moral absolutes. As we continued our discussion, my mom chuckled to herself from the sofa as she read through the newspaper. After our discussion had wound down a bit, she passed me the paper, and pointed out a [...]