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“If There Be Any Virtue . . .”

Some time ago, I noticed a freshman student had a copy of Water for Elephants on her desk. “Is it a good book?” I asked her pleasantly. She nodded her head.  Then her face screwed up a bit.  “But there was this one part . . .” Her voice trailed off, and she fidgeted slightly […]

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Christmas Cheer

In the midst of the depression which comes on when one looks at the number of people who will most likely fail one’s class due to lack of their own effort and responsibility, it is nice to have an uplifting song to put on repeat and blast into one’s headphones while writing final exams. (And, […]

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