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December 7th, 2008
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It’s that time a year again when students are frantically completing their various final projects, research papers, and so on. Taylor Mali offers us some good advice for the season regarding the the impotence of proofreading… Here he is performing his poem by that very name (on stage with former Poet Laureate Billy Collins).

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brothers karamazov, let us never forget each other…

December 5th, 2008
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Parricide, greed, lecherous desire, the existence of God, the existence of oneself, the interconnectedness of all humanity, the very meaning of life–thinking on such topics is bound to leave a mark. It has on me. Over this past Thanksgiving weekend, I had the real pleasure of taking in a production of The Brothers Karamazov at [...]

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aidan, the performing artist

November 16th, 2008
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Aidan has been venturing further into the performing arts as of late. He loves the act of creation in the moment, the act of performance–from music, to theater, to song, to dance. In the four video clips of this post, you can see a little of everything. My personal favorite is his tap dance rendition. [...]

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