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Aristotle for plebes
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Aristotle for plebes

Eleanor Shellstrop opens her eyes and finds herself in an unfamiliar waiting room.  “Welcome!” reads the bright green text on the wall in front of her. “Everything is fine.” That may or may not be true. Eleanor soon learns that she has died and, thanks to her good deeds on Earth, ended up in the...

Keep a daily journal
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Keep a daily journal

When I flip through the journal I started a year-and-a-half ago, I like looking for details that I wanted to remember at the time I was writing: the honey lavender latte I had on my first trip to Rough Draft, the beautiful sunset on July 19, the colors of the roses my boyfriend sent me...

Student research measures phosphate levels in local water
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Student research measures phosphate levels in local water

  To measure very low levels of phosphate in water samples, sometimes researchers have to get creative. Senior biochemistry major Lauren Barlass spent her summer researching phosphate levels from locally obtained water samples, including the St. Joseph River and Baw Beese Lake. Most kits for testing phosphate rely on a visual scale, which is not...