By Laura Tropp. I’ve read a chapter of The Cricket in Times Square to my daughter, used a list of my son’s vocabulary words in our morning conversation (he was quite boisterous this morning, which might make us acutely aware of the need to be resolute about our rule for not partaking in food outside our kitchen in order to protect our abode), arranged for my youngest to wear a completely brown outfit in honor of Groundhog Day, made three lunches and two snacks within the guidelines of each school’s wellness policy, communicated with the teacher regarding my misspelled email address in the class list,  explained the purpose of caucuses from a neutral political viewpoint, cleaned up Legos, built a pretend trough for Wilbur (it’s the end of Charlotte’s Web month at one of the schools), helped four students with registration problems, answered questions from administration, problem solved Blackboard issues so students could see the online portion of my class, and put the final touches on my syllabus. Read more...

By Rosemarie Emanuele. I am finding my sabbatical leave to be both exhilarating and isolating, as reflected in my label “hello from the other side” on e-mails I send to my colleagues. Read more...

By Rosemarie Emanuele. It is said that two statisticians went deer hunting and came across a large buck facing them in a meadow. The both stopped short and looked straight at the creature. One statistician shot at the deer, with the bullet landing one foot to the right of the animal. Read more...

By Rosemarie Emanuele. I first learned of the game the “prisoner’s dilemma” while in college during what turned out to be the final decade of the Soviet Union. Read more...