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General Writing, Writing & Rhetoric

Arctic Monkeys Album Retrospective

By Esme Warmuth Recently, while cleaning out my bedroom, I threw Arctic Monkeys’ sixth studio album Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino onto my record player and listened to the album in its entirety —a semi-frequent occurrence for me since its 2018 release. I love pretty much everything Alex Turner, frontman of Arctic Monkeys, has ever written—his impeccably cool, guitar-heavy rock songs about unrequited love were … Continue reading Arctic Monkeys Album Retrospective

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AI and its Journalistic Implications

By Grace Sargent Since its inception, artificial intelligence (AI) has prompted in-depth conversations regarding its potential benefits, as well as its drawbacks. There has been constant debate over whether AI tools, such as ChatGPT, should be viewed with enthusiastic optimism or realistic skepticism. Based on the current trends over the past year, it seems  journalists should maintain a position somewhere in between these two extremes, … Continue reading AI and its Journalistic Implications

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Proposal for a New National Holiday: The Second Monday in February

By Rob Kocovic 1967. The National Football League’s (NFL) Green Bay Packers have just defeated The American Football League’s (AFL) Kansas City Chiefs in a game that is more commonly known today as Super Bowl I–the birth of a new national holiday (Super Bowl I).  The fanaticism surrounding the Super Bowl has soared through the years, and gatherings grow larger each year. There are the … Continue reading Proposal for a New National Holiday: The Second Monday in February

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Blurring the STEM/Humanities Divide: How Writing is Approached in a STEM Heavy School

By Grace Sargent Introduction:  My position as an English major working at Stony Brook University’s writing center has revealed to me a great deal about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students’ perceptions of writing, writing classes, and our writing center. More specifically, I have learned STEM students widely share the idea that each contains little value in the overview of their education, and can … Continue reading Blurring the STEM/Humanities Divide: How Writing is Approached in a STEM Heavy School

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The Allure of Fanfiction: The Life of a Fantastic Creative Community

By Maria Sazonova In a Chrome window with an alarming amount of tabs as small as the infinitesimal pieces in an integral function, crowded together with no breathing space, I would bounce from fanfic to fanfic. I would read until ungodly hours of the morning, and the never ending words burned themselves on the back of my eyelids as I fantasized about the story at … Continue reading The Allure of Fanfiction: The Life of a Fantastic Creative Community

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Behind the Gamergate: A New Wave of Apex Redditors

By Leilani Catala Leaks of personal information, false accusations of conspiracy and nepotism, and threats of brutal sexual assault are only a few examples of the types of messages and comments that women like Anita Sarkeesian and Zoë Quinn could expect to receive on a daily basis at the height of the Gamergate controversy. Popular social media and discussion sites such as Reddit, 4chan, and … Continue reading Behind the Gamergate: A New Wave of Apex Redditors

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An Open Letter to the MTA

By Sophie Hoss Dear Metropolitan Transportation Authority: I’ve ridden your trains all through my childhood, and I’ve commuted on them almost every day of high school and college. The train is the easiest and most convenient method of transportation available to me, but as a longtime patron, it has come to my attention that there is a need for stronger safety precautions for women taking … Continue reading An Open Letter to the MTA

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General Writing, Spring 2022, Teaching Writing, Writing & Rhetoric

The Personal Essay: Refining the Song of My Life

By Annie Lin My favorite class, by far, at Stony Brook is WRT303: The Personal Essay. I took the course in the spring of my junior year, accompanying a crowd of pre-health students strongly encouraged to do so in order to ease the process of crafting a successful personal statement. I convinced myself I was different, reminding myself that I was a writing minor and … Continue reading The Personal Essay: Refining the Song of My Life

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