yesterday i was challenged to think of a plot for a dramatic movie that i could write. at first the prospect seemed rather simple — perhaps intended for a novice — but…
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PARAGON
if this were 1997, and you had asked me what kind of movie i wanted to write, i would have said, “the saint.” for some reason, i had a strange fascination with…
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The Top Ten Brit-Pop Albums
today we’re getting a little more obscure with the top ten. for those of you who didn’t know me, in 8th grade and 9th grade, boy was i into british music. i…
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HARLEQUIN
on monday evening, the college brought in a professor from the university of pittsburgh named peter simonson to give a presentation titled “Robert K. Merton’s ‘Self-Fulfilling Prophecy’: An Episode in (Jewish) American…
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Ten Great Albums Recorded Before 1983
A few weeks ago I decided it would be interesting to write about the ten albums I find to be the greatest since my birth. This week we are going back in…
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HARBINGER
if anybody considers themselves a writer, i’d like to pose a question: do you ever feel like you’re constantly writing the same lines? i mean this in the context of a narrative,…
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DAEDAL
as i write this, i am stuck behind an accident on a rain-slicked Interstate-78. it’s been close to an hour since i first realized i wasn’t going to be moving for awhile.…
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CATECHISM
someone pointed me to this article and told me that i would find it interesting because i have studied writing in college and commonly express my interest in writing either a fiction…
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GUILE
the title of this blog is “communications major, english minor.” for short, i like to think of it as Cmaj/Em. This is only fitting because it correlates to a favorite guitar chord…
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DROLL
today i am weighing the question of whether i have missed my chance to pursue greatness. my feelings vary from day to day. i’m not going to sit here and say, “college…