http://blogs.messiah.edu/kiaora my musings and more... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:40:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The end of the semester is such a strange time. I look at my calendar and logically I know it's coming...in fact, students talk about college breaks so often that it's one thing that would literally be impossible to forget. And yet, for me at least, the end of the ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/kiaora/2008/12/04/the-beginning-of-the-end/ So here it is. I've found that with most college students, it's one or the other: they really care about politics or they really don't. With this election, though...there's something strange going on. Almost everyone cares...it's not necessarily an educated attempt to really consider and thoughtfully care but they care ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/kiaora/2008/11/04/election-day/ Kia Ora! Welcome to my blog. You may be wondering what sort of jibberish I've selected as the name of my blog so let me confuse you further by saying that it isn't jibberish but rather a New Zealand Maori greeting. "What's Maori and where's New Zealand...isn't that the same ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/kiaora/2008/10/27/kia-what/