Originally published in the Setonian on January 29, 2013 Since before Seton Hill University (SHU) had male students, the Griffin or iPads, the university was lead by President JoAnne Boyle. Boyle, SHU’s longest serving president, announced that she plans to retire by June 30, 2013. Students received letters and a campus wide email on January 17, 2013 … More SHU President of 25 years announces retirement
Artistic people are always fond of the idea of breaking molds and fighting the status quo and whatnot. I’ve been telling people that I was weird because normal was boring for years. Occasionally I’d meet resistance, but not often. People want to be outstanding. People also want to get jobs. Crashing and burning isn’t really … More Is flying towards the sun realistic? Am I asking the wrong questions?
Move over Colin Firth, Lifetime is reportedly looking at adapting a modern-day version of “Pride and Prejudice” for the small screen, to be produced by Jennifer Love Hewitt. Jennifer Love Hewitt Developing Modern-Day ‘Pride And Prejudice’ For Lifetime First of all, you DO NOT tell Colin Firth to move over. Secondly, I hope that Lifetime … More Lifetime takes on P&P
By the time she began studying laser physics at Stanford, women had already broken through into the physics department, once a boys’ club. And when she applied to the space program, NASA had already made a commitment to admit women. But there were still rough spots. Speaking to reporters before the first shuttle flight, Dr. … More RIP: Dr. Sally Ride, Astronaut, Strong Woman, English Major
I’m coming up on deadline time for my biggest project at my Internship this summer. I love crunch time. I love being busy. So while I’m exhausted, I’m in the mood to work. I’m trying to figure out some details for the Setonian (student paper of Seton Hill University) this fall, I’m the EiC. If … More Editorial Ponderings
Somehow I missed that Anna Karenina was being remade into a movie this year. And let me tell you, the trailer looks truly gorgeous! It look sensuous and whirling and everything a film adaptation of Anna Karenina should be. It’s directed by Joe Wright (Atonement and Pride and Prejudice) and the adaptation was written by Tom Stoppard who also … More Anna Karenina: A classic goes to film again
If you are a writer and you haven’t seen Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED talk, WATCH IT NOW. Stop what you are doing. These 20 minutes are, 20 minutes that you didn’t know you needed, but you do. I’ve never read any of Elizabeth Gilbert’s works, but I find her to be wildly inspiring. Her opinions on … More Because writers are just real people struggling
Researcher from the Ohio State University conducted a series of six different experiments on about 500 participants, reporting in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found that in the right situations, ‘experience-taking,’ may lead to temporary real world changes in the lives of readers. — Psychologists Discover How People Subconsciously Become Their Favorite Fictional Characters … More We are who we read about…
“I started writing poems as a response to that great loss, much the way that people responded, for example, after 9/11,” she told the AP. “People who never had written poems or turned much to poetry turned to it at that moment because it seems like the only thing that can speak the unspeakable.” —Natasha … More New Poet Laureate has one great story
In recent years, Bradbury was still prolific despite the aftereffects of a stroke, according to the AP, “turning out new novels, plays, screenplays and a volume of poetry.” He reportedly wrote daily in the basement office of his home in L.A.’s Cheviot Hills neighborhood, and was a frequent presence at literary events around the city. … More RIP Ray Bradbury
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