Leah Becker, a senior English major and vice president of Sigma Tau Delta, the department’s new honor society, has won Honorable Mention for her blog post, “It’s All about the Fog,” in the Sigma Tau Delta blog contest. This all started when Leah read her email—an STD newsletter telling of a competition hosted by the…
Spain is Not Spain, or How I Stopped Being a Tourist and Starting Becoming a Traveler:
English major Athena Lathos is studying abroad this semester in Granada, Spain, and shares with us here some of her thoughts about being in a new place. “Pero yo ya no soy yo Ni mi casa es ya mi casa. But now I am no longer I, nor is my house any longer my…
What Are You Taking? English Department Fall Preview
By Ana Fonseca As registration for the Fall 2014 semester approaches, rather than trying to interpret the brief catalog entry offered on Self Serve or asking your English major friends for feedback, check out this scoop on upper division English courses, straight from the source. I asked professors a few questions about the courses they…
Spring 2014 Readings and Lectures Series: Julie Joosten
by Hannah Wilkes On Monday, March 3rd, the English Department will welcome writer Julie Joosten to campus as a part of the Reading and Lectures series. Julie Joosten lives in Toronto, Canada and released her first collection of poetry, Light Light, last September. Here is a review of Light Light from the website of literary…
If Shakespeare took your midterm…
by Kate Stringer Have you ever wondered at the poetic wisdom of Shakespeare or the brilliance of Zadie Smith? Do you think the authors lining your bookshelf are in better mental shape to take your upcoming midterms? Or maybe you’re looking for deeper answers to the questions of your interdisciplinary studies than the ones from…
Literary Meals
by Dorian Pacheco Everyone peruses the Internet. Whether you’re procrastinating on your Theology homework or catching up on your English Department’s (synonym for “cool”) blog, it seems as if the Internet eventually sucks you in like some inescapable black hole. So naturally, my story begins with the Internet: Earlier this week, I stumbled across “literary…
How will YOU inspire Arizona’s next generation?
For any graduating seniors interested in teaching, the Arizona Teaching Fellows is a highly-selective program that trains talented graduates to become outstanding teachers for Arizona students who need them most. Most fellows teach in Phoenix, NE Arizona, Tucson, or Yuma and subject areas include: Biology, Chemistry, Elementary, English, Math, Physics, Science, Spanish as a Foreign Language, and Special…
20 Quotes for the Lovers and Haters of Valentine’s Day
compliled by contributing editor Kate Stringer Whether your heart becomes two sizes too big or too small on February 14, authors of the world have thoughts on love that will resonate with you. Here are 20 quotes about love for both the believers and detractors of Valentine’s Day. Love quotes for the believers “Whatever our…
“Watching Consciousness”: Poet Louise Glück on campus this week
by contributing editor Ana Fonseca This week, UP students and others in the community have an exciting opportunity to hear a former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer-Prize winner read and speak. Poet Louise Glück will read this Thursday, February 13 at 7:00 PM in BC Auditorium, as part of the Schoenfeldt Writers series. Glück will…
Legacy Health Summer Internships
Legacy Health is the largest nonprofit, locally owned health system in the Portland-Vancouver area. This summer, they are offering ten paid, full-time summer internships that are mostly administrative in nature. They last 10 weeks beginning between mid-May and mid-June. Throughout the program, interns work directly with managers on a variety of operational projects. Interns are expected to be available approximately…