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-36 posts tagged "writing"
Letter to the Editor | Friday, April 8, 2022
Last week, I went to an informal meeting in Coleman-Morse to learn about a new initiative called Write to Vote. After some Domino’s thin-crust pizza, a compelling pitch for the project and an exchange of ideas, I walked away inspired. Professor John Duffy from the Department of English — well known in Arts and Letters
Maggie Klaers | Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Even the smallest of actions can brighten someone’s day or even change their life. During this time of the semester, while we all get swept up in our overflowing Google calendars, pack our weekends full of future memories and just try to get through the day on three hours of sleep, it becomes so easy
Mary Ellen Woods | Thursday, March 17, 2022
There is a certain conceit in writing about writing, but the act of writing is a conceit of its own, so why not indulge myself? That is, if you, dear readers, will continue to humor me. As my loyal readers will know, I am on campus as a fellow in the Inspired Leadership Initiative (ILI).
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Dear reader, Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night! I hope that you are doing well and are having the time of your life, since that too is how I felt that one Thursday morning, a few weeks ago. After all, in this short story, I was he and she was her. I
Ellie Konfrst | Tuesday, February 15, 2022
I have to be honest for a second. I have no idea what to write this column about. Normally, my discernment process for column topics is pretty easy: I think about whatever I’ve seen or read or heard that made me feel something in the past two weeks (that something is usually anger) and decide
Madeline Law | Wednesday, January 26, 2022
I am not a writer. That’s what I told my friend when she tried to convince me to be a columnist. That’s what I told myself when I tried to convince myself I shouldn’t be a columnist. Obviously it didn’t stick. So welcome, dear reader, to my origin story. It happened last week, and involved
Lexi Kilcoin | Monday, October 4, 2021
“The only thing I have to offer is my voice.” I often say this in the context of worship groups I am a part of where everyone seems to be able to play three instruments, read music and sing all the while. Literally the only thing I can offer are my measly vocal chords. New
Tom Naatz | Friday, May 1, 2020
I’ve gotten a range of responses to my articles and columns for The Observer. Some of them qualified as unearned praise. A Facebook commenter — referring to a column on religiosity — angrily asked no one in particular why I was allowed to take communion at Mass. The cake goes to a man who told
Hanna Kennedy | Monday, October 14, 2019
When was the last time you sat down, put pen to paper, and wrote a letter? If it’s been a while — or maybe never — here are my top five reasons why you should. Improve your handwriting This is probably the most trivial benefit of writing letters, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth
Mike Donovan | Thursday, January 17, 2019
Four individuals, conservatively dressed, stand in a field. Smile-stained faces suggest a recent bout of gallivanting. The cliff to their right, rising out of the Atlantic, punctuates the idyllic scene, full stop. “Throbbing Gristle brings you,” the text above the image reads, “20 Jazz Funk Greats.” The commune-turned-school-of-sonic-anarchy known as “Throbbing Gristle” selected this unassuming