Another hot August day in Jackson. The Lambuth campus is coming to life with the sounds of the returning football players. Everyone is keeping former Lambuth linebacker, Johnathan Frazier, in their thoughts. A memorial service is planned for sometime after the students return to campus.

Word of the Day: misogyny (noun)—the hatred of women

What’s That Word? The root word, “poly,” means “many.” “Poly” is a Greek derivative; some of its current uses are polygon, polysyllable, polyester, and polytechnic.

Answer to yesterday’s trivia question: The Diamond Back Rattler is ‘venomous’ but not ‘poisonous.’

Trivia Question: In the boardgame, “Battleship,” how many hits does it take to sink a battleship?
A. 3 B.4 C.5 D.6

From The Christian Science Monitor-Interesting Way of Relieving Stress: As you are entering college, you are almost sure to endure the stresses and rigors that go along with being a college student. Although there are many ways to reduce and relieve stress, the Indian army has implemented an usual method of stress management for its troops.

Six hundred thousand Indian troops are currently deployed in Jammu and Kashmir. Every morning at 6:30 a.m., the soldiers gather under the shade of a giant Chinar tree and practice the ancient art of yoga. Many of the soldiers claim that practicing yoga has not only relieved stress (in often times unbearable situations) but also focused their minds and helped to reduce family tensions. Yoga combines stretching muscles, holding prescribed poses, deep breathing, and ridding the body of negative energy. Yoga makes the mind as well as the body more alert and sharper.

To find out more about yoga, check out these books available at the campus library:

Yoga: the Eight Steps to Health and Peace

Science of Yoga