Joel Sircus
JOEL SIRCUS
Sircus: Get the trains back on track

This past weekend, I fell victim to what can only be called “Murphy’s Law of Train Transportation.” With a 5:50 Friday evening departure time, my […]

February 2, 2011

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Sircus: The power and the glory

“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.” Forty-two years ago, on a stormy night in Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Martin Luther […]

January 19, 2011

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Sircus: Give thanks, give back

I came across a story in the New York Times two weekends ago about a growing group of women in Herat, Afghanistan, a mid-sized province […]

November 19, 2010

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Sircus: So much to screw

On Friday, Berkeley, Pierson and Trumbull will all host their annual “Screws.” The campus will overflow with students wearing ridiculous get-ups at the behest of […]

November 5, 2010

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Sircus: I have(n’t) made fire

It’s the great tantalizer of my room. Night after night, it blankly stares back at me with a dark and cool glance. As the temperature […]

October 28, 2010

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Sircus: Midterms? Miners!

Across campus the past few days, there has seemed to be an air of lethargy growing among the student body. It makes sense. The temperature […]

October 20, 2010