Articles from March, 2008

personal 03.05.08 Seven Days of Tears or The Week Without My Computer

For many, computers make our lives more efficient, but at the same time, less productive by offering us distractions. With her laptop out of commission, Caitlin Boersma goes cold turkey and survives a week without compulsive email-checking.

humor 03.03.08 Channeling the Canon: An Interview with Ernest Hemingway

Jeff Merrion is physically abused while conversing with literary minimalist Ernest Hemingway about his body of work, the Spanish Civil War, and American Gladiators.

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