My name is Emily and I have something to get off my chest. I’m a cheesy novel addict. I began reading cheesy novels around age… actually, the age I began reading cheesy novels is irrelevant because I haven’t stopped reading cheesy novels. I’m a twenty-four year old undergraduate majoring in…
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Why Science Majors Should Take Creative Writing by Rebecca Nelson
I’m a biology major—the quintessential science major, literally the study of life. In many of my required classes, the professors give out more exams than As and I use so many flashcards that when I shut my eyes and listen close, I can hear the whir and thwack of thumbing…
Stay Creative This Spring Break by Emily Cantor
“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.” — Jack London It’s been a long winter of below-freezing temperatures, snow, and that signature Storrs wind that we all love to hate. But Spring Break is approaching quickly and it’s bringing exactly the kind of…
Remembering a Sci-Fi Great by Asiya Haouchine
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” — Douglas Adams Like many great things, Douglas Adams’ life was gone too soon—today marks his 65th birthday. The humorist and novelist wrote one of the funniest, most recognizable science fiction series that has garnered a…
REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF MICHAEL S. HART AND HOW HE CHANGED READING FOREVER BY LAURA RUTTAN
“20 or 30 years from now, there’s going to be some gizmo that kids carry around in their back pockets that has everything in it-including our books, if they want.” — Michael Hart, 1998 Michael Stern Hart was the legendary founder of Project Gutenberg, the oldest and largest digital library,…
Am I being too pedantic? By Emily Zimmer
“Vocabulary enables us to interpret and to express. If you have a limited vocabulary, you will also have a limited vision and a limited future.” — Jim Rohn New words have always been drilled into our minds. Initially small and minimal in complexity, vocabulary was learned through spelling tests and…
America’s Great Black Hope by Sten Spinella
I’ve been doing some thinking on Kendrick Lamar lately. His new album, untitled unmastered is great, but that is to be expected. I don’t have any more to say on it than your average music reviewer does. I want to get into something different. I want to address the fact…
Some Faerie Good Reads for a Courtly Spring Break By Theresa Kurzawa
With Spring Break approaching fast, it’s time to stock up on some books to last you the week. Whether you’re spending your time at home or on a beach, a good read is essential for any successful break from school. The books that become popular in the Young Adult genre…
Remembering Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol By Emily Catenzaro
“It is well-known that there are many faces in the world over the finishing of which nature did not take much trouble, did not employ any fine tools such as files, gimlets, and so on, but simply hacked them out with round strokes: one chop-a nose appears; another chop-lips appear;…
The Threat of an Empty Page By Emily Zimmer
“I have a horror of the blank page. I simply cannot write on a blank page or screen. Because once I do, I start to fix it, and I never get past the first sentence.” — Charles Krauthammer The vast emptiness of the page is overwhelming. The stark white seems…
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