Poe-try
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/edgar_allan_poe/index.html Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was a Boston-born poet, short-story writer and a critic. Poe’s parents died before...
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Term: Friends with benefits Audience/Forum: My friend, who will publicly remain unnamed. He needs to understand this term because due to his prior actions he clearly does not understand it’s meaning. I...
View ArticleI was a child and she was a child.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/annabel-lee/ In Edgar Allen Poe’s Annabel Lee, the place serves to create a gothic, romanticized setting. The speaker’s fixation with Annabel Lee causes him to gloss...
View ArticleDon’t Call Me A Frat Star.
Fraternities play an important part in the social lives of many students here at Penn State. Approximately 13 percent of all undergraduate men are in fraternities, from freshmen to super-seniors. This...
View ArticleThey’re more like tsunami tides.
Story: Over this past winter break, I took a road trip up from Virginia to visit my friend in Pennsylvania. This friend, whose name is unimportant, I met over Halloweekend here at Penn State. He had...
View ArticleUniversity Archives Blog
Honestly, my initial impression about working in the University Archives is that they seemed rather daunting. While I have worked in libraries before, it has always been in a more informal setting. I...
View ArticlePimp My Gym.
Every week I attend several fitness classes at the most popular gym on campus, the White Building. And every week, I pass by the large gymnastics room. Located right next to my Zumba class, the...
View ArticleProposal
Topic: For my archival research project, I have decided to do the cornerstone Penn State establishment, the Corner Room. I will be focusing on the history of the Corner Room business, and not the...
View ArticleWe still are, and will always be Penn State.
Both bloggers appear to be motivated by the sense of conformity created by the classic Penn State chant, “We Are.” A heated topic after the Sandusky scandals, they discuss the NCAA sanctions and their...
View ArticleLast blog post!
The archival research experience, in my opinion (no offense meant), was a huge hassle. In today’s society of technology and supercomputers, it seems pointless and superfluous to use such outdated...
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