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Month: April 2018

Canuck Talk—An Interview with Dr. Michael Tapper

Quinton Bent Dr. Michael Tapper is the Chair of the religion division and associate professor of Religion. He is one of Two faculty and staff members who are Canadian. He […]

April 16, 2018March 18, 2021 Quinton Bent News and Events

Word of the Day: Mete

Paul Schleifer Mete means to dispense or distribute or give someone according to a specific measurement. It is often used with the particle out. It comes from the Old English […]

April 15, 2018April 16, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Pithy

Paul Schleifer According to www.dictionary.com, pithy means “brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression.” According to the OED, it means “full of concentrated meaning; conveying meaning forcibly through brevity of expression,” […]

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

We Have Never Been Rational: A Genealogy of the Affective Turn

David Stubblefield, Senior Editor While the humanities have traditionally privileged the realm of language and symbolic behavior, the contemporary affective turn has questioned this bias and raised important questions about […]

April 12, 2018March 16, 2021 David Stubblefield Language Studies

Word of the Day: Recondite

Paul Schleifer According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, recondite means “1: difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend; 2 : of, relating to, or dealing with […]

April 11, 2018March 24, 2021 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

News in the Digital Age—A Media Event at Southern Wesleyan University

 Kierra Gilbert “News in the Digital Age” was a media news panel discussion that was first held here at Southern Wesleyan University on January 26 at the Central campus. The […]

April 11, 2018March 17, 2021 Kierra Gilbert Media Studies, News and Events

Word of the Day: Mordant

Paul Schleifer According to www.etymonline.com, mordant enters the English language in the “late 15c., ‘caustic’ (of words, speech), from Middle French mordant, literally ‘biting,’ present participle of mordre ‘to bite,’ from Latin mordere ‘to bite, bite […]

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Eelist

Paul Schleifer Yea, right! That’s a word? Does it mean a person whose expertise is catching eels? Or perhaps a person who makes eels out of something else? Or perhaps […]

April 9, 2018April 10, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Pivotal

Paul Schleifer According to the OED, pivotal means, “Of, relating to, or acting as a pivot; being that on which anything turns or depends; central, crucial, vital.” So, what’s a […]

April 8, 2018April 9, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Neoteric

Paul Schleifer Neoteric means “modern; new; recent.” It sounds like a new word, a neologism, because it is one you’ve probably never heard before, but according to www.etymonline.com, it entered […]

April 8, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Cabal

Paul Schleifer According to www.dictionary.com, cabal means “1. a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority; 2. the plots and schemes of such a […]

April 7, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Mark Wilson’s First Year

Cheyenne Davis Mark Wilson is a professor in the Religion division here at Southern Wesleyan University. He has just recently moved to South Carolina for this position and openly expresses […]

April 5, 2018March 18, 2021 CIFC Staff News and Events

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