A Quick and Comprehensive Guide to Type

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Bad Doggy — practicing “Tomorrow” with a human Sandy

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Amherst College launches open-access scholarly press

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Benedict XVI (Pontifex) on Twitter

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For New Acquisitions, UMD Libraries Choose Ebooks by Default

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A Message from Hester Prynne (Student Video)

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Scrooge Is My Brother

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“What irrational person would argue against your claim that hoe is a Gothic punk?”

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What kinds of local stories drive engagement? The results of an NPR Facebook experiment

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