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78The importance of art
Although I majored in Italian in school, I was an Art History minor and have always been fascinated by the way people choose to express themselves in art, and the statements that can be taken from different...
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77Book Review: If On A Winter's Night A Traveler, by Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino is a spinner of stories like you wouldn't believe. Both a writer of literature and on literature, he has been credited as a folklorist for compiling a treasury of Italian fables, a fabulist for...
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74A delicious tilapia soup
Although normally one wouldn't think of tilapia as a soup fish, it is perfect for this soup because of its delicate flavor. I apologize for not having a photo -- after writing this recipe, though, I will...
4 comments67An easy, delicious pie crust
I never used to be a fan of baking. It made the kitchen hot and took too much time, in my opinion. I was happy frying stuff up, or tossing salads, and fully ignoring my oven. All that changed the year I had...
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57Earth: Stretching to the Limit
This morning on the way to work I was listening to Science Friday, my favorite NPR broadcast, and the topic was a huge one: environmental and social problems brought on by consumption and the world's current...
0 comments56Why go to college?
My college friends and I had a running joke during the first year of school. As liberal arts majors, Jeff (History major), Mike (then Music major), Beth (Studio Art major) and myself (then Tibetan Studies...
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56Brain extentions
The average human brain weighs about 3 pounds and is about 77% water. It doesn't sound that impressive, does it? Yet there are as many neurons in your brain as there are stars in the galaxy, and more possible...
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53What can we do to make peace between ourselves?
Problems between people aren't too different from problems between countries. A lot of them stem from misunderstanding, ignorance, stubbornness, and the desire for a 'quick-fix.' Action before comprehension...
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