Author Archives: wellread

I have for five months lived in the city of West Lafayette, an alternative municipality to the city of Lafayette across the river. Back in 1871 the people living here tried to convince the city of Lafayette to let them join so they could get access to the city services. The people in Lafayette decided […]

When I called up my grandparents to tell them I was going to start a Ph’D program they were of course thrilled. It’s not something super common in my family tree (although there was a Dr. Rackliffe a few generations ago but he was an MD). The more common family employment is teacher or engineer. […]