Guest article by Kimberly Hayes With fewer hours of sunshine and colder days, life just generally slows down during the winter. Instead of your usual outdoor activities, you spend more time on the sofa, trying to stay warm. For some people, this can be a relaxing way to pass the time, hibernating like the trees...
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Written on January 8, 2021 in
HistoryBy reading the title, you may think, ‘What does military history have to do with champagne?’. Well, more than you may think. No, this isn’t about celebrating military victories over bottles of champagne. While I’m sure this has happened endless times throughout history (see our last article about Easy Company on VE Day at Hitler’s...
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What is Wellie? Wellie is a revolutionary new app bringing wellness professionals to you, live – through your smartphone. Focused in areas of fitness and exercise, nutrition, yoga and stretching (with more to come); Wellie offers professionals to coach you, help you create a plan for your goals and incorporate wellness into your routine with....
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By: Michael Welsch Our alarms rang and we rolled out of bed in the predawn hours of a chilly early September morning. Fall had already arrived in Zakopane, Poland; located in the extreme south of the country, close to the border with Slovakia. My friend Tommy and I didn’t say more than 5 words to...
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Written on November 9, 2020 in
HistoryEasy Company 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division In honor of Veterans, I’d like to pay tribute to the legendary Easy Company of World War II fame, a company of ordinary men who became some of WWII’s most extraordinary soldiers. Easy Company was originally made famous by Stephen E. Ambrose’s iconic book....
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If you were born in the 80’s through the early 90’s, there is a good chance that at some point during your adolescence, you watched MTV’s Total Request Live. It was a cultural phenomenon and the gold standard in pop culture. For younger readers out there, Total Request Live, or “TRL”, was a show that...
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Written on October 11, 2020 in
SportsWritten by Brooks To choose the greatest lacrosse games ever played is a challenging task given the volume of hair-raising moments over the years. Lacrosse is undoubtedly the fastest game on two feet and breathtaking moments are a dime a dozen. With that, please enjoy this selection of the greatest lacrosse games ever played. Cornell...
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Written on October 9, 2020 in
SportsWritten by MPW The debate on whether college athletes should be paid has been ongoing and intensifying for the better part of 30 years. The mounting pressure finally broke the dam with the NCAA recently making a momentous ruling to allow its college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness starting in 2021....
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