In this Scott Bates poem, the poetry of basketball is surpassed by the poetry of frisbee throwing.
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Mold Causing Problems? Bring in a Ship
Our students, displaced by mold, are being housed in a cruise ship. A campus production of “As You Like It” may have given administrators the idea.
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Tollbooth to a Liberal Arts Education
Adam Gopnik argues that Norton Juster’s “The Phantom Tollbooth” is a manifesto for the liberal arts.
For a Mold Attack, Read Dickinson
Our College has closed down two dorms after a mold attack. Among the many remedies has been an Emily Dickinson poem.
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An Austen Dinner for the Ages
On Sunday my Jane Austen First Year Seminar students came to my housefor a meal that we took out of the “Jane Austen Cookbook.” The meal took two days to prepare and four people to serve.
Classic Lit and Transformative Epiphanies
A student wrote, “By forcing myself to examine my ideas and Dr. Faustus more carefully and within the lens of my experience, I had several epiphanies that I feel were transformative both to my essay as well as to my understanding of my experience with depression.”
Class of 2011: Brains Deeper than the Sea
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Joseph Urgo turned to an Emily Dickinson poem as he talked to graduates about the value of a liberal arts education.
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