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Volume 95 Issue 18

It’s Just Too Many Vowels: The Sheer Impossibility Of The English Language

April 14, 2023August 7, 2024

I may be a math major, but that does not mean that I cannot appreciate language. I love learning about the underlying mechanics of different languages—the phonetic inventories, the phonotactics, the orthographies…

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Volume 95 Issue 6

Why the Oxford Comma is Objectively Correct

November 18, 2022August 7, 2024

The Oxford comma, sometimes called the serial comma, is one of the most important pieces of punctuation in the English language. For those who don’t know, the Oxford comma is a comma…

Student Life & Arts

Drew Duo Makes History at Annual English Convention

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022

For the first time in a long time, Drew University had two students attend the Sigma Tau Delta 2022 Convention. Emma-Li Downer (‘23) and Hannah Paczkowski (‘22) participated in the convention, making…

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Student Life & Arts

Three Mystical Women Demystify the Publishing Industry

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022

From daunting, miserable jobs selling soap at the mall to sneaking novels into math class, three women found their passion in the field of publishing. Each of ​​them agreed that they found…

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Student Life & Arts

New Jersey Poet Shares her Work with Drewids

April 30, 2021April 30, 2021

On Thursday, April 15, 2021, Jean LeBlanc read multiple poems at a poetry reading over Zoom for Drew University students who attended the event.  LeBlanc was invited to present to the university…

Student Life & Arts

New Course Promises to Show Students the Value of Innovation

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018

By: Willy Nichter Photo Cred: Center for Civic Engagement Drew University is offering a new course entitled “Innovation: Special Topics in Civic Engagement – Creating Organizations That Solve Problems,” which will begin…

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Writers@Drew: Junot Díaz Talks Identity, Decolonization, and Dominicanidad

February 2, 2018February 2, 2018

by Caitlin Shannon, Student Life & Arts Editor Monday night Dominican-American author Junot Díaz, a New York Times best seller and National Book Award finalist, came and spoke at Drew as part…

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