Imagining a Future in Fiction
By JULIA MCKENZIE | Apr. 12, 2002For junior English major Janessa Van Order, writing well is a life goal. As an aspiring writer, however, she considers the English department's focus on literature disappointing.
For junior English major Janessa Van Order, writing well is a life goal. As an aspiring writer, however, she considers the English department's focus on literature disappointing.
In a small corner of the Capen library is an unassuming room that, despite its obscurity, is a treasure chest of literature.The fourth floor of the Capen library houses The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, a shining jewel among the university's historical acquisitions.
Imagining a world without "The Simpsons" is like envisioning BritneySpears without her breasts - sacrilegious and impossible.I feel blessed to live in a society where ketchup comes in three different colors, your bologna has a first name, and a bald, overweight, beer-guzzling cartoon father reaches the status of a well-known religious savior.Since their debut on "The Tracey Ullman Show" in 1987, the family of five has seen us through three presidential administrations, uncountable terrorist attacks, and the makings of two wars.
Martyrs, pagan rituals and Catholic popes - not the images typically associated with the traditional hearts and cupids of Valentine's Day.