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Imagining a Future in Fiction

For junior English major Janessa Van Order, writing well is a life goal. As an aspiring writer, however, she considers the English department's focus on literature disappointing.


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UB's Best Kept Literary Secret

In a small corner of the Capen library is an unassuming room that, despite its obscurity, is a treasure chest of literature.The fourth floor of the Capen library houses The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, a shining jewel among the university's historical acquisitions.


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Why Does It Taste Like Burning?

Imagining a world without "The Simpsons" is like envisioning BritneySpears without her breasts - sacrilegious and impossible.I feel blessed to live in a society where ketchup comes in three different colors, your bologna has a first name, and a bald, overweight, beer-guzzling cartoon father reaches the status of a well-known religious savior.Since their debut on "The Tracey Ullman Show" in 1987, the family of five has seen us through three presidential administrations, uncountable terrorist attacks, and the makings of two wars.


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