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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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.

I’m very happy that several students in my “World Drama” class chose to write about The Merchant of Venice in their latest paper. Almost as many also write about Nine. And several chose to write about both. The assignment asked students to make an intertextual argument — that is, I asked them to write an…

A professor examines why her students seem to act so helpless (essay)

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Always Bet on Text

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

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PrimeStage’s 1984: “It was very true to the book,” says Peter.

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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

I expect that many of my students will be living the experiences documented in this study of how young people encounter news; nevertheless, it’s difficult to notice your own environment if you can’t compare it to *different* environments. Because I grew up with the three TV network news shows and the copy of The Washington…