Comments on matters related to our worldview, because our worldview matters. Dr. Roger Parrott, President of Belhaven University, discusses higher education and culture from a Christian Worldview.
Posted in Culture on Aug 31st, 2008
The start of a new school year brings with it the Annual Beloit College “Mindset List. The list was created 11 years ago to help faculty and others avoid what the creators call “hardening of the references.”
It is always fun to read, so to take your mind off hurricane Gustav while we wait for it [...]
Posted in Belhaven on Aug 31st, 2008
Gustav is all over the news now, but it is still too early to know what the hurricane will mean to Jackson. The hurricane forecast tomorrow morning at 9 am central time should give us a good understanding of the impact here. At that point, we’ll try to make the best call we [...]
Posted in Belhaven, Uncategorized on Aug 30th, 2008
Last night the National Hurricane Center did a sophisticated test dropping measuring divices from 40,000 feet all across the hurricane. Those results can track the storm direction to within 100 miles, so the computer models this morning are much more accurate than what we’ve had thus far.
The storm appears to be headed more to Louisiana [...]
Posted in Higher Education, Uncategorized on Aug 29th, 2008
Just when I thought I couldn’t be shocked any more by secular higher education, the news today shocked me anew.
A community college president in Iowa, Robert Paxton, was photographed on a party boat this summer pouring beer into one of his female student’s mouth.
The picture says it all (the president is in the top left [...]
Posted in Belhaven on Aug 29th, 2008
Hurricane Gustav is starting to get the attention of the country, and as reported this morning on CNN
Since track forecasts are always subject to large errors at three to five days, it is simply impossible at this time to determine exactly where and when Gustav will make final landfall,” the hurricane center’s forecasters said.
it would [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 28th, 2008
Today we have everything into place should the hurricane hit Jackson.
4,200 bottles of water
lots of food that doesn’t need refrigeration
Resident Directors are stocked with flashlights, batteries, first aid supplies, and emergency radios
each residence hall also has a walkie-talkie so they can communicate if they can’t go out, and a bull-horn if needed.
all the trees on [...]
Posted in Belhaven on Aug 27th, 2008
The path of Hurricane Gustav looks remarkably like the path of Hurricane Katrina, that hit three years ago this weekend. It is now projected as a category 3 storm, just as Katrina was at this point in its path. This is the best tracking site for hurricanes.
As you know, hurricanes can change direction and [...]
Posted in Christian Faith on Aug 26th, 2008
Dave Freeman, co-author of “100 Things to Do Before You Die,” a travel guide of odd adventures, has died. He was 47. Freeman died last week after falling at his Venice, California home and hitting his head,
“This life is a short journey,” the book says. “How can you make sure you fill it with [...]
Posted in Belhaven, Christian Faith, Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2008
To me the school year “feels started” when we have the first chapel of the fall semester. It’s always a packed house, and I’m not sure anything encourages me more than when our students come together to worship.
I really miss our weekly chapels during the summer, so glad tomorrow is almost here.
I’m speaking for the [...]
Posted in Culture on Aug 25th, 2008
I’m sorry to see the Olympics come to an end. 204 countries competed – the most ever. And when you watch the athletes, you remember how much people all over the world are alike – it’s a shame we focus so much energy on our differences.
This Olympics was probably the best ever. Not only was [...]