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Creative Submission: Clarissa Keen’s Mythic Musing

Creative Submission: Clarissa Keen’s Mythic Musing

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Artemis Bellezza è negli occhi del’osservatore. I dream in visions: The senses linger deep beneath the surface of the soul, through the calluses of my bones, through the crevasses in [...]

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Mar 16, 2010 | Leave a response

Prejudice in Literature: Can It Be Taught?

Prejudice in Literature: Can It Be Taught?

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In my British Literature class, we are currently reading one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays, The Merchant of Venice. Our professor prefaced the play with the fact that there was [...]

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Nov 13, 2009 | Leave a response

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Thanksgiving: The American Holiday Started by Starving Men in Funny Hats

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Today people associate the Pilgrims of Plymouth with the image of America (like baseball and apple-pie). Little children in grade school learn about the Pilgrims as the first people to [...]

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Nov 6, 2009 | Leave a response

Library or Computer Lab? Either way, it’s still not 24 hours.

Library or Computer Lab? Either way, it’s still not 24 hours.

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Nowadays it’s hard to tell if Mugar Library is in fact a library or a computer lab. I’m one of, I’m sure, many people who were bummed, if not infuriated, [...]

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Oct 22, 2009 | Leave a response

Speak For Yourself Spreads Truth Across BU

Speak For Yourself Spreads Truth Across BU

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Speak For Yourself, BU’s slam poetry group, commenced a BU tour on Tuesday, October 20th. Starting in the GSU Auditorium, they plan to preform at the South Campus Lounge on [...]

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Oct 21, 2009 | Leave a response

Get Published, Get Heard: The Charles River Literary Fair

Get Published, Get Heard: The Charles River Literary Fair

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Clarissa Keen reports on what literary magazines are doing to keep the talent (and the ink) flowing.

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Oct 19, 2009 | Leave a response

Watchmen: The Little Graphic Novel that Could

Watchmen: The Little Graphic Novel that Could

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When my brother was applying to college this past year, one of the essays he had to write asked: Name one novel that changed your life. Explain how. His answer: [...]

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Oct 13, 2009 | 1 Response

The Science Behind Pullman’s Golden Compass

The Science Behind Pullman’s Golden Compass

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When I was in fifth or sixth grade, I was addicted to the His Dark Materials trilogy. For those of you who haven’t heard of this, it is the collection, [...]

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Oct 2, 2009 | Leave a response