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Remember when it was so cold the rivers and lakes iced over? Our college wild swimmers certainly do – they took the plunge (without wetsuit insulation) and lived to report back! 🥶 pic.twitter.com/CKyLK0ySMu

— Trinity College (@TrinityOxford) January 17, 2025

A B1G @HuskerWBB WIN ‼️#B1GWBBall on @BigTenNetwork 📺 pic.twitter.com/1sjIY2H4Ri

— Big Ten Women’s Basketball (@B1Gwbball) January 17, 2025

St. Olaf College | Dakota County Minnesota

Inglenook

I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen
Of meadow flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair
I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see
For still there are so many things
That I have never seen
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green
I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people that will see a world
That I shall never know
But all the while I sit and think
Of times there were before
I listen for returning feet
And voices at the door

-J.R.R. Tolkien

Standards January: Language

Civic Education in the United States

At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Franklin was queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation. A lady asked Dr. Franklin “Well Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy.” Franklin replied, “A republic… if you can keep it.” pic.twitter.com/7bVyHJbM86

— Alfons López Tena 🦇 (@alfonslopeztena) April 14, 2020

Leviathan And Its Enemies: Samuel T. Francis (2016)

Summer Solstice Around the World