This scene happens in Chapter 76: An Animal of Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Six hours later, Dalinar stood with hands clasped behind his back–partially to hide how badly they were shaking–and stared at a body on the table covered in a white sheet. Behind him in the tent, some of the scribes whispered. A sound like swishing swords on the practice field. Teleb’s wife, Kalami, led the discussion; she thought that Evi must have defected. What else could explain why the burned corpse of a highprince’s wife had been found in an enemy safehouse? It fit the narrative. Showing uncharacteristic determination, Evi had drugged the guard protecting her. She’d snuck…

Recently, I read an article about the expenses of college on Vox, specifically, the high cost of textbooks students face. In the article a quote from the Bureau of Labor Statistics said, “Textbook costs increased 88 percent between 2006 and 2016,” which as you can imagine, with the already high costs of colleges and universities, makes it so that students can’t even afford these resources, or most of the time, necessary study aids for class. While libraries can sometimes help and bookstores on some college campuses still offer “rental” programs or even allow students to take the books at little to no cost providing they return them, paying for textbooks…