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Classy Costumes

Windows down, I slammed on the brakes at a stoplight on Renfro. The car squealed and rolled to a leisurely stop. I don’t recommend driving with cut brake wires! “Some

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An Argument for Inefficiency

International education is inefficient education.  It is much less costly to have a classroom of 200 students watching a video than it is to take 25 students to Italy with

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The Trouble With Worship Points

  I love singing. Anybody who knows me can testify to that fact. I began singing before I could talk, and I have been told that I have not stopped

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The “Me” Disease

I suffer from the disorder narcissism, or being self-absorbed. It has haunted me all my life. It has ruined my relationships with others, made me narrow-minded, and transformed me into

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A Freshman’s Perspective On Core Camp

Here it is. What I’ve been waiting for my whole life; what I’ve been practicing for, you could say. College, I am finally here. I have to say with all

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The Purpose of a Pen

I have a very nice pen in my office. I go through a lot of pens, so I am not sure how I came upon this one. It’s light blue,

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How To Know God’s Will

When I was just a little shaver, time and time again my mother would pull me aside and tell me, “You are special, and God has something special He wants

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Bittersweet Chocolate

This is the second year that the Rough Writers and I have followed our tradition—that’s the one where I take everyone to Sonic at our last meeting of the school

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Compelling Evidence

I am teaching a class called Drama Writing this fall, and once again it will be a first for me. I will be teaching both stage writing and screenwriting in

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Life Outside the Comfort Zone

One of the first exercises I had the students in my Narrative Writing class do this semester is write about their greatest fear. It was hard; I know, because I