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The Travails of my Senior English Essay
Remember the Senior Essay requirement for English majors? Remember how I opted to write a long paper the fall of my junior year, so if I wound up finishing the English major, I would already have completed that requirement? Remember … Continue reading
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Senior English Essay
Thinking about becoming an English major at Butler? You’ll need a senior essay to graduate, whether you are a English Literature, English Creative Writing, or even an English-concentration education major. What is the senior essay? It’s a long paper on … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Checklist
Thanksgiving is next Thursday, and Butler students, much as we love to study and attend class, are counting down the days until sleep and family bonding commence. Inspired by Andre’s post, here is what I hope to do over Thanksgiving … Continue reading
BSI, Weekend 2
The second weekend of BSI passed me by rather quickly. After my surprisingly negative reaction to the First Friday trip, the Keep Indianapolis Beautiful project was wonderful. A group of the BSI students along with the woman who is in … Continue reading
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URC continued
Things I liked about the Undergraduate Research Conference this year: – I got yogurt and hot chocolate in the morning while listening to the Provost welcome everyone. – As much of a pain as it was to shorten my twenty-four … Continue reading
URC
Last year, this was opening night of Swan Lake. We had a fire alarm the previous night at 3 o’clock in the morning, so we were all happy morning classes were canceled. I sat outside and blogged and watched hordes … Continue reading
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Readings
Do you ever get stuck in a scholarly rut? Perhaps “rut” is not the best word. Maybe “track” or “idea” is better. Ever since I finished my long paper on national identity in Brian Friel’s play Translations, I have viewed … Continue reading
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Butler Summer Institute
Quite a while back, at the beginning of fall semester, I met with my Irish Lit professor to discuss topics for the long paper I was going to write. I initially suggested a comparison of Dylan Thomas’ Portrait of the … Continue reading
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Welcome back, ballet feet
Yesterday was the first day of classes, and all was a bit of a whirlwind. I had five classes/rehearsals, and apart from getting out quite early from my first class of the day, I was touting a full schedule. Welcome … Continue reading
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Tagged BSI, classes, english, English major, Intro to the Discipline, Irish lit, papers, Romanticism, schedule, TA, writing
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Success is sweet like a cupcake
Physics, physics, physics. The class I took for my general science requirement was a bit unusual: I chose to take PH 201, which is Intro to Analytical Physics. Due to massive scheduling difficulties, I did not take the 100-level physics … Continue reading
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