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The North Wind

The North Wind

The North Wind

A pile of finished books, and a 'to read' pile. A few were inspired from social media, mystery book dates and a desire to take advice from writing experts.

Opinion — The Status of literature in the digital age: are we missing the point?

Hannah Jenkins November 21, 2024

Reading has been widely accessible to the general public since the invention of the printing press, and it has become even more so in the 21st century with the rise of social media as tools to promote...

5 of my all-time favorite books

5 of my all-time favorite books

Rachel Pott February 9, 2024

Reading is one of my favorite hobbies and throughout the dozens of books I have read, several have stuck with me over the years. These are some of my favorites – the books that I have not stopped thinking...

Opinion — iPad kids and the illiteracy crisis

Opinion — iPad kids and the illiteracy crisis

Megan Poe February 2, 2024

Every generation critiques its successor generation. There are accusations that the children are getting softer, less teachable, disciplined and motivated, even though the accusers were also called soft,...

Unplugged

Book review—’Unplugged’ by Donna Freitas

Madoline Plattenberg April 23, 2021
Life as humanity knows it will never be the same. Split between the app world and the real world, Unplugged by Donna Freitas encompasses the idea of living freely from the body through the mind, but at what cost?
Scythe

Opinion—Book Review of Scythe By Neal Shusterman

Madoline Plattenberg April 5, 2021
Ever wondered what society would look like if it were controlled by artificial intelligence? Scythe by Neal Shusterman is a science fiction novel that is the first installment of a three part trilogy, Arc of a Scythe.
Read, discuss, reflect

Read, discuss, reflect

Akasha Khalsa February 20, 2020

The Diversity Common Reader selected for this year, “Southside Buddhist Essays,” is still available for students to acquire for free at the Multicultural Education and Resource Center. Students can...

CAPTIVATED AUDIENCE—Jericho Brown takes the podium in Jamrich to read from his new book of poems, “The Tradition.”

Poet mesmerizes crowd

Jake Bekemeyer October 24, 2019

A half hour before he was slated to read poetry and answer audience questions in Jamrich 1100 on Thursday, Oct. 17, Jericho Brown took slow, meandering steps through the rows of chairs before sitting...

Art museum hosts interactive poetry reading

Nolan Krebs November 1, 2012

The DeVos Art Museum will be holding a poetry reading and open mic hosted by poet and author Andrea Scarpino on Thursday, Nov. 8. Scarpino is the creative dissertation coordinator at Union Institute...

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