But how did pumpkins become the symbol of Halloween? Good Question. We use pumpkins for a lot of things: Backdrops for cute kid photos, delicious pumpkin pie, and, of course, the "PSL." ...

The symbol, a double dot resembling the modern colon, is known as the "zagwa elaya," or "upper pair." Its function as a question mark was pinned down by Chip Coakley, a manuscript specialist at ...

Rabbits have long been a symbol of fecundity - creativity in the raw sense of proliferation - so what could be a more fitting installation for the second-floor atrium of an art college than a ...