The heir to the throne of Gondor and and a scruffy looking nerf herder are handing out candy.

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Another chess tournament with the boy.

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About the Sinkhole in the Adjunct Faculty Lounge, and Other Mid-Semester Announcements

I recently spoke with the Sarah Sutton, General Manager of the Walmart on Victory Boulevard, and she’d like me to express to you all that while she’s still willing to permit any adjunct faculty members in need of shelter to sleep in the loading bay behind the store, trapping and consuming the seagulls that flock…

If you want to work with words, then journalism courses are very practical options.

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A student just booked an appointment to discuss picking up journalism as a second major. Excellent choice!

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Rediscovering History’s Lost First Female Video Game Designer

RCA’s console never rivaled the impact of Atari’s VCS, Magnavox’s Odyssey, or Mattel’s Intellivision, and few people remember it today. But the true story behind it is fascinating. Its underlying technology began in 1969 as a personal computer developed at home by one man with a vision, Joseph Weisbecker. His daughter, Joyce, ended up being…

Equus. Powerful theatre.

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My undergraduate connects the Leontes/Polixenes conflict in The Winter’s Tale to a pro wrestling “heel turn”

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Pict Classic Theatre Romeo and Juliet.

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The girl got picked for an audience participation bit as the muse of comedy in Xanadu. Great fun.

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A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens

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Writing a news story calls on different skills than writing a traditional essay.

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The Digital-Humanities Bust

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Talk with us about books! English as a minor or second major @setonhilluniversity

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Feeling Like an Impostor at 49

I reminded my Shakespeare students that I’m a full-time generalist and a part-time Shakespeare professor, and that I’m constantly comparing my own classroom performance with the brilliant well-planned lectures my professors delivered to classes of 100 or 400 students.

Journalists Prefer “Said”

Journalists prefer the neutral “said” to attribute a source’s statements, opinions, and emotions. Using “claimed” generates doubt. Using “explained” confers trust. Flowery alternatives compete with the unbiased reporting of facts.

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Journalists write to inform, not to impress.

Sometimes when I find myself putting more than a usual amount of creativity into a comment on a student paper, I take a break from churning through papers to make another meme.