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11 posts tagged "Reading"

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The books still on my shelf

Sara Schlecht | Monday, March 30, 2020

Having been forcibly returned to my childhood bedroom for the rest of the semester, I am now surrounded by the possessions not deemed worthy of getting rid of quite yet but also not so essential to my life to be in my beloved room in Le Mans Hall. Most of these are books — some

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Mary Pope Osborne, I hope you’re reading this

Evan McKenna | Thursday, January 23, 2020

If you were to ask my parents to recount any memories they have of my second grade experience, they might have a tough time digging up any stories. Why, you ask? Holding back tears, my mother might explain to you why I went off the grid that year: “When Evan was seven, he locked himself

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Cushwa-Leighton Library to celebrate National Library Week

Gina Twardosz | Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Read all about it — National Library Week is April 7-13, and the Cushwa-Leighton Library is ready to celebrate. The week seeks to spotlight the contributions librarians make to students and lifelong learners everywhere. Ula Gaha, a reference and instruction librarian, said this year’s National Library Week theme is “Libraries = Strong Communities.” “National Library Week

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The optimistic reader

Ellen Geyer | Wednesday, January 30, 2019

I have always loved reading. Growing up, I always had a book in my hand, tearing through them as if reading was the last thing I would ever do. As a relatively quiet kid, I loved the way books made me feel, and to me, there were no friends better than the ones I found

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For the fun of it

Ann Curtis | Wednesday, January 23, 2019

If being a full-time student, working two jobs and having a sliver of a social life has taught me anything, it is how to manage my time efficiently and effectively. I treasure those rare moments when I look at empty spots on my calendar and think “Wow! What in the world am I going to

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Our final chapter

Joe Everett | Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Imagine you’re reading a really great book. It’s full of excitement, drama and wit with loads of development throughout. It’s engaging and fun and lovely — a real page-turner. You fly through the book, drinking in every word and falling deep into the contents of its pages, unaware of how quickly you are progressing through

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The death and resurrection of poetry

Sara Schlecht | Tuesday, September 11, 2018

When I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher killed poetry for me. Just as Romeo poisoned himself and Juliet stabbed herself with a dagger, my teacher slaughtered the art form as she stressed the importance of stressed syllables in iambic pentameter. The following few years were filled with agony as teachers asked

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A magical tradition

Courtney Becker | Monday, August 28, 2017

For the past 10 years I’ve had the same summer tradition. Every year, as soon as July rolls around, I pick up “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” and make my way steadily through the seven books that still amaze me even after reading them so many times. It all started in 2007, when I

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Award-winning alumna reads short story

Clare Kossler | Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Wednesday, the Creative Writing Program hosted a reading in the Hammes Bookstore by alumna Emily Grecki, recipient of the 2014 Nicholas Sparks Prize and nominee for the 2014 Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Intro Journals Project. In the introduction for her former student, English professor Valerie Sayers said Grecki has a talent for surprising her

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How to leisure-read in college

Allie Tollaksen | Wednesday, November 19, 2014

  If I had a nickel for every time a friend said, “I wish I had time for leisure reading,” I’d be able to purchase every book on my Barnes and Noble wish list. One of the biggest complaints I hear amongst students on campus is that they don’t have the opportunity to read for

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