LUKE PONCE LIBERAL ARTS COLUMNIST Some years ago, while taking a 100-level philosophy class, I was told by my professor that one of the few opinions she intended to hold strongly to during class was that nature could not possibly…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST The Ohio River Valley, that now-familiar locale in which our college careers are staged, now sits squarely in the midst of spring. Or, at the very least, this is my hope and prayer. One of…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST If stewardship of a fine arts column has made anything clear to me so far, it’s that my artistic focus toward music is incredibly pronounced even in my writing. Not that I haven’t written about…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST A humorous adaptation of a well-known proverb that springs to my mind this Passiontide is “homework springs eternal.” For those of us bogged down in study this Holy Week, here are five pieces of music…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST The people of the present decade are a feisty bunch. I do not say this as an accusation—nor do I excuse myself from the charge—and yet, I think it to be a blessing that there…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST I cannot remember distinctly the first time I heard the song “This Night” by Billy Joel, but I very well remember the first time I truly noticed it. Although I have for some time admired…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Of all mankind’s shared experiences, one of the simplest joys I have had the pleasure of knowing is that of receiving mail. The extraordinary return one can achieve, in the form of a friend’s happiness,…
