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Musings from a Curly-Haired College Kid Perspective . Despite all that we think, do, and experience, look up at the night sky. Every light represents its own star, each one at least the size of our planet, continuously burning and roaring about its business, emitting light, sound, and energy millions of light years away as if we didn't exist. The same goes for quiet mountain streams on the other side of the world, blind cave fish gliding in the unknown deeps of the earth, and wind tousling grass and everything else it touches as it ceaselessly sweeps over the world. It all continues about its business, unaware that we are conscious beings thinking about it. Observe the intricate details in the lines of a single fingerprint. How carefully carved out every curve is. Beautiful people . Why do people find it easier to like and have sympathy for people that they find attractive? If someone we consider beautiful approaches us and asks for help, we have a natural inclination to help th...

Greetings everyone. On this past Tuesday, November 12, I attended the Alabama ACDA Collegiate Choral Festival. Several college chorus groups from all around the state performed a wide variety of pieces, and it was a very enjoyable experience. There were pieces ranging in language from Latin to English to African, and the styles of these pieces varied as much as the dialects. I remember one group in particular from, I believe, Jacksonville State that sang a piece that sounded like it was African, but it had a neat interlude of sorts in which they all started swaying, humming almost inaudibly, and performing a range of vocal percussion noises. It was very cool, and stood in contrast to the African piece Faulkner’s chorus performed, Indodana, which is a slower spiritual meant to express wailing and pensive sorrow. Overall, there was a wide spectrum of tone qualities, song choices, and performance styles that added together to make the festival a unique and enjoyable experience. Thanks fo...