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

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Unscheduled Disasters in Journalism: Learn to Deal

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Thoughtful PopCult Analysis of ‘Peanuts’ Deserves Better than a Clickbaity Headline Hating on Snoopy

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One wild place. (Sunday.)

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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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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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TARDIS from today’s 3D printing class.

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A serious summer activity.

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Introduction to Twine (Tutorials by Vegetarian Zombie)

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