Let’s admit it, borders are obsolete. We should not affirm it because scholars and theorists say so. Let’s say it because we want to envision a world where violence and oppression is no longer ignited by this horrid passion to preserve essentialist ideas of national identity. As much as we like to argue about identity…
National Novel Writing Month Challenge
As November arrived, so did the beginning of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). A month-long challenge, participants push themselves to reach the goal of writing 50,000 words in a month, which is essentially 1,667 words, or six to seven pages, per day. The deadline to validate the word count on your novel is 11:59 p.m.…
National think tank starts up new chapter at LU
Junior Eva Tourangeau presents Roosevelt Institute to interested students. Photo by Billy Liu This year, Lawrence welcomed a new student organization, Roosevelt at Lawrence University, a newly formed chapter of the national network of policy think tanks with the same name, Roosevelt Institute. With the mission to help students create, change, research and write about…