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Month: November 2018

  • Roy Weaver: A Life of Leadership
    November 27, 2018 by

    Interim Dean Roy Weaver has spent nearly 28 years in the Office of the Dean of Teachers College. He was associate dean for 10 years, dean for 16 years, and is currently in his second year as interim dean. He earned a B.S. in English from Ball State in 1968 before earning a M.A.E. in 1971 from […]

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  • Pilgrim Souls: Taylor Baugh
    November 25, 2018 by

    Taylor Baugh: Former Editor of the Digital Literature Review What’s a pilgrim souls? Yeats might say that it’s who we really are, not who we pretend to be. We say it’s someone who isn’t afraid to admit they’re searching, a current student who is on a path, but doesn’t know exactly where it will lead. By: Marisa […]

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  • 5 Reads for Thanksgiving Break
    November 18, 2018 by

    By: CW Cain Let’s be frank: Thanksgiving is an awkward subject. The images we associate with Thanksgiving are, at best, sugar-coated. That “first Thanksgiving” in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621? It’s a nice story–until you think about all that happened next in colonial/Native American relations.  What do you do when the first chapter of the story […]

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  • Pilgrim Souls: Rachel Haywood
    November 15, 2018 by

    Rachel Haywood: Former Prose Editor of The Broken Plate What’s a pilgrim soul? Yeats might say that it’s who we really are, not who we pretend to be. We say it’s someone who isn’t afraid to admit they’re searching, a current student who is on a path, but doesn’t know exactly where it will lead.  […]

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  • Cardinal Directions: Jerome Megna
    November 13, 2018 by

    Jerome Megna received his B.A. in English and Philosophy from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, and his M.A. in Linguistics and English and American Literature from New York University. In 1969, he was offered a doctoral fellowship in English here at Ball State University. While here, he taught and worked on his dissertation: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath. […]

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  • Yes, You Should Major in Rhetoric and Writing
    November 11, 2018 by

    Learn about one of Ball State English’s least understood, but most practical concentrations: rhetoric and writing. by Ben Sapet  You might have seen some of the writing and rhetoric buzz words like discourse, theory, and even rhetoric itself, and been left scratching your head—and you wouldn’t be alone. I spent my entire first semester and a half […]

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  • To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
    November 9, 2018 by

    By: Sophia Lyons  Last week, Netflix revealed that their original film To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before has become one of their “most viewed original films ever with strong repeat viewing” (Roettgers, 2018). So the movie has taken off, but what about the book it’s based on? That’s right, there’s a book. Caution: Spoilers […]

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  • Why Employer Site Visits Are Essential
    November 9, 2018 by

    By: Macy Jo Byerly, Vanessa Haro-Miracle, and Maggie Sutton Three #bsuenglish students’ take on employer site visits Macy: Our career center offers a few employer site visits every semester. I’ve gone on two so far—both were jobs that would not necessarily be something that I thought I could do with my English degree: Indianapolis Zoo and […]

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  • Jacket Copy: The People Behind #bsuenglish
    November 9, 2018 by

    An Interview with Amanda Kavars So, what is Jacket Copy? Well, it’s an immersive learning class, and it’s a marketing internship. It’s about learning the workflow of an organization and working in teams. You don’t just study principles and strategies of communication–you actually apply them in real time.

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