It happens almost everyday during baseball season. This drums roll. The fans pound their feet. And then someone leads the cheer: ¡°Pa-i-ting!¡± But what is ¡®pa-i-ting?
A few months ago, one of my students in the English department told me that her friends in the Business Administration department kept asking her ¡°Why do you study literature?¡± or ¡°What is the use of literature?¡±