On Chapel

     I've noticed an interesting trend in the three years I have been a student here.  Perhaps it has something to do with the new Communications department.  Or perhaps it signifies a "wising up" on the part of CMU staff.  What is this change, you ask?
     Chapel is getting better.
     It's true.  The gatherings we have most days between half past eleven and lunch are getting more interesting.  I would venture to say that more effort is being put in.  Consider last Tuesday's chapel, "Sins I committed on my Summer Holidays" by Sue Sorensen, Ph. D.  Sue talked about Dante's Divine Comedy and how it relates to us today, making for a very interesting talk which had very little to do with her chosen title.
     Or, to take another example, consider the Chapel entitled "Friends 101" with David Balzer and Vonda Plett, concerning how to build friendships.  What more useful a topic could they possibly choose?  Between David's half-stifled guffaws and Vonda's sound psychological advice on how to connect with people better, we had time time to talk about the use (and misuse) of mediums like Facebook and texting.  It was a good time.
     Today's chapel is entitled Hot Topics in Psychology: My Brain Made Me Do It.  If you're on campus, you should go.  I'll be there.  Everybody's doing it.