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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Laudry hanging to dry Photo Courtesy of Tsivia Chonoles Two weeks ago, I spent my Sunday sitting outside with the aamaa of the home, I’m staying in attempting to learn to speak and write some Nepali. Last weekend, I walked with my homestay family to the Changunarayan Temple (colloquially known […]
The beginning: The cornerstone for the first Concord Normal School building was laid during the month of February in 1874. The finished product was a small wooden building approximately 39 X 48 feet, two stories high, and had four rooms. The first class was held on May 10, […]
Just stop. When you read that, imagine Shia LaBeouf telling you to just NOT do it. Simply do the web search “benefits of procrastination,” and you will find countless articles using science to back up their claims that procrastination has hidden benefits. It does not. Read The Art of […]
Traditional daal bhaat. Photo Courtesy of Tsivia Chonoles Two weeks in, and here is a short list of things that have become almost second nature: eating with my right hand and no utensils (unless I am at school and eating in the canteen); showering at night after a very sunny […]
Photo Courtesy of Tsivia Chonoles Many on campus who may know me know me as Carolyn Chonoles. Recently I’ve started going by and writing under my Hebrew name, Tsivia. I am a senior majoring in Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations and minoring in History and Communications. […]
Tsivia's view from her homestay. Photo Courtesy of Tsivia Chonoles I will not lie to you readers: I woke up last Monday morning so homesick I literally felt sick. 6:30 in the morning here in Nepal is around 7 in the evening EST, so I used some data to video […]
Tsivia at the Monkey Temple. Photo Courtesy of Tsivia Chonoles Greetings readers! As I type this article, it is a little after 8PM EST, which means that I have been sitting on an airplane for almost twelve hours now. By the time this article will have been published, however, I […]
Brittany Strother has been a member of the Concordian staff since Fall 2014. We thank her for her dedication and wish her all the best. Photo Courtesy of Brittany Strother. It’s about that time of the semester. The weeks are winding down, Thanksgiving break is but a memory, and most […]
One week left. It’s almost over. Soon the semester will end and most of us will be free to go home or travel and enjoy the winter break. But first, we must survive: Finals Week. In the interest of the mental and physical health of all students involved, here […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around campus, as well as quite a few other different celebrations that each contain their own fascinating historical backgrounds. There are over 30 different holidays spanning denominations from Buddhism to Christian to Atheist that are celebrated all throughout the month of December, […]