Thank you, Herald Standard journalist Kelly Tunney, for visiting my class today.

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What’s in this old box from the student newspaper office? Why, it’s a vintage Polaroid camera.

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Get Hands-on Writing Experience.

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Start writing your novel.

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Out & About: Stage Right holds its annual Heart of the Arts Gala

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At the Stage Right Gala.

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Writing skill matters in the workforce.

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Puns really matter to us over here in English.

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Let’s talk about books, old sport.

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When You’ve Already Got a Major, But You Love Books (Seton Hill English)

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My colleague Dr. Cusick bakes Irish soda bread every year to honor Saint Patrick’s Day.

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There is a thing in literature, theme X.

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Always Bet on Text

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Out & About: Cabaret Theatre presents its ‘Cabbie Awards’

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What a great time everyone had at the “Cabbies.”

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I know stuff must be important to people who don’t spend their evenings generating 1400-word memos.

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That’s it my boy, throw the clickbait into the water, cast it wide.

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A new study says young Americans have a broad definition of news

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