I took a class in early 20th century American literature while I was a student at the University of Florida. Every essay, book, or article we read struck someone somehow. I got so disgusted by students saying, “What struck me about…” or, “I was struck by…” that I wrote a response paper asking the professor to imagine me striking a student on the head with my Norton Anthology the next time someone said something about being struck. I found a list of world wide web dangerous words today and it reminded me of that class.
Posts tagged “college”
Florida Crew Alumni Search
Hey, Florida Crew Alumni! One of the current rowers, Kerri Riva, is attempting to find everyone. If you used to row for UF, drop her a line and let her know how to find you. Hell, drop me a line and let me know how to find you. (I highly doubt she’s trying to get
Lesley University
Congratulations to my little sister, Michelle! She just got accepted to Lesley University! Right in the middle of Harvard Square! How cool is that?
chased by spectres of abstraction
This was written for Dr. Ault on January 24, 1994…
Fight Songs
Are you looking for your favorite college fight song? Then this is the site for you. With the help of 30,000+ fightsong fans per month, this site remains the largest and most up to date fight song page on the web. link via Jason
Bad Drugs
The dangers of college life
University of Otago Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology program
New Zealand My good friend Chris O’Brien was tentatively accepted into the University of Otago‘s Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology’s program to work on his PhD in Bio-Archaeology and Human Evolution.
Searching for Michael Sapp
So here’s an interesting idea. I used to have a pal named Mike Sapp. We rowed together for Florida Crew in ’95 and ’96. I can’t find him. I’ve looked. I’ve tried all his old eMail addresses. None work. I’ve tried all the internet people-finders and looker-uppers. No dice. Then I thought, “Maybe he reads
This Living Hand
Notes on an essay I wrote
assuming
Facts about David Vincent Gagne