I am in a class entitled “Tourism and Amusement.” In that class, we study amusement parks, and national parks and ways in which Americans “amuse” themselves.  The whole concept of how tourism started was that Americans would work extremely hard during the week in their jobs and then needed a way to escape and relax. […]

Over Fall Break a handful of UKirkers went to Columbia, South Carolina to help with the flood relief efforts. The first day we were there, we shoveled sand into a hole that the flood had caused. The next day, we raked sand that we then shoveled into a hole. I had gone on this mission […]