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It’s such a privilege to introduce these young people to Shakespeare’s body of work.

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Students tend to zone out during my lectures on proofreading. I time it so I can say “class dismissed“ as soon as I show that last headline.

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Henry Bemis waited his whole life to finally read a book. Listen to Lynn Venable’s story, “Time Enough at Last” to learn what happens. Read by Dennis Jerz.

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Look what mysteriously appeared outside my office door!

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Dennis G. Jerz | Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism, Seton Hill University | jerz.setonhill.edu Logo

In September, 2003, I was blogging about the emerging fad of internet plagiarism, ethnically diverse anthropomorphic recyclables, EverQuest, and VeggieTales

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“The author talks about [topic]” is filler. Your professors want your college-level ideas.

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T-Shirts for student journalists who recently leveled up to “staff writer”(with bear signed by 20 years of editors)

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