Service on the rocks
A personal account of a few students who spent their fall break doing service Creak. Crack. Snap. Groan. Chomp. Thwap. Ow. READ MORE
Something wicked: the history of Halloween
“Tis now the very witching time of night/When churchyards yawn and Hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.” Hamlet was READ MORE
Middle-earth 101
One class to rule them and in the darkness bind them. In the pantheon of English courses one might take at a READ MORE
How to vacate your life in style
With the end of the semester fast approaching, brains have all but melted to sloshy, greasy, useless messes and the thought of READ MORE
Swimming with finals
As we head into the last month of the semester, many emoticons are used to describe feelings on campus. There’s the smiley READ MORE
Tricks of the cheap trade
When it comes to being a college student, life gets pretty freaking expensive. I should know – I’ve been a college student READ MORE
Kate McPherson: Paradise found
Kate McPherson, an Associate Professor of English and Literature, was recently awarded the Alumni Outstanding Educator Award, an honor she says she READ MORE
Avoiding parking woes
People have done some crazy things in the name of parking on campus. Once a truck was 4-wheel driven to a 45 READ MORE
New kid on the block
“I wanted somewhere I could submit my paper on James Joyce,” says Jenna Atkynson, co-founder of the university’s new English journal, Essais. READ MORE
How to have an anti-Valentine’s Day
For those of us who are single, February 14th can be the bane of existence. While couples may represent a minority of READ MORE