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...from Saudi Arabia but from closer to home. In high school, Anisa lived what she calls a "hedonist" lifestyle, never praying five times a day as is required by Islam. But after enrolling at UI, where she took part in student-organized Koranic study, the 19-year-old English major began wearing a headscarf. "It was God's will that I could study at UI," she says, "so wearing the jilbab is an expression of gratitude for God's blessings." When Anisa and her classmates finish their studies, they will not be donning miniskirts for a cruise around campus. Instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Call to Prayer | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...mutters, leafing anxiously through the dense volume.It’s around 4 p.m. on the day before study cards are due, and tension is at fever pitch in this corner of the Barker Center. For these students hoping to snag a coveted spot in one of the English and American Literature and Language Department’s 11 creative writing workshops, it’s judgement day. Although there’s no doubt that creative writing courses are popular, some wonder whether they’re as beneficial to students as other English courses. After all, Harvard alums...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Track of One’s Own | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

Kathleen E. Hale ’09 is an English and American literature concentrator in Winthrop House...

Author: By Kathleen E. Hale | Title: God, Abstinence Is Sexy | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

Certain accents are widespread. Posh Queen’s English of the Eton or Cambridge variety is so familiar as to sound humdrum. Such accents, however, are all linked by a common denominator: a decidedly non-plebian heritage. By contrast, the Boston accent has a distinctly blue-collar identity...

Author: By Stephen C. Bartenstein | Title: Culture Clash | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

...note that as an industry, “the curbside carriers’ safety performance is no better and no worse than traditional carriers.” Still, he insisted that the administration will keep an eye on Fung Wah, with “driver qualifications, including English proficiency, being something we will watch as we move forward.” The president of Fung Wah, Pei Liang, did not return requests for comment...

Author: By Jeff D. Nanney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fung Wah Bus Passengers Persist Despite Risks | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

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