Faculty lining up for #SetonHill’s “Go Orientation” — new ceremony hands students from their parents to robed Hogwarts pretenders.

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Dani Girl (Oct 1-3, 2015) at the Geyer Performing Arts Center

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Advising incoming majors.

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To Learn More, This High-Schooler Left The Classroom

Nick Bain, 17, was in class one day when he calculated that only “2 1/2 to three hours” was actually useful instruction. So he decided to go out on his own to learn. —NPR Similar:The College Fear FactorWhat happens in a literature discussion …AcademiaNo, these "Perspective matters" photographers aren't misrepresenting the size of a fire…

Unscheduled Disasters in Journalism: Learn to Deal

In school, we expect our professors to answer our questions, to return our emails, to invite us in for a consultation, to pay attention what we say and read carefully what we write. One of the important lessons of being a student journalist is learning how to deal with the unexpected. Unfair things happen in…

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One wild place. (Sunday.)

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My laptop hard drive is full & my comfort-food shelf is empty

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Amazon may well be the most evil company in tech

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After a successful piano recital.

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Facebook Should Pay All of Us

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Just wrote the first ending to my in-progress journalism game (created in Twine)

3,486 words, 120 links, 57 lexias, and currently this is the only ending.

How Technology Has Changed The Way We Write

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Sesame Street Is Moving to HBO, and the Symbolism Is Crushing

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TARDIS from today’s 3D printing class.

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A serious summer activity.

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Updating Journalism Handouts

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Introduction to Twine (Tutorials by Vegetarian Zombie)

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