Word: essay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year after Constantine Costes '88 turned in his essay on "Computers and Chaos," it has won him over $50 in the form of the F. Skiddy Von State Award...
Established nine years ago in honor of the retired dean of freshman, the award is presented annually in recognition of an outstanding freshman Expos essay written in the previous academic year...
Inspired by his math section leader and a Scientific American article, Costes wrote the essay on the role of computers in number crunching, especially when trying to figure out specific patterns, he said...
Last year, an American delegation of winners of an UCAN essay contest travelled to the Soviet Union, where they spoke at Soviet campuses about the nuclear arms race, Peattie said...
Having exorcised these ghosts, Baldwin has gone on to a remarkable career of activism, not encouraging riots and the use of force but rather education and constant reminders of the brotherhood of man. Included in this collection are his three book length essays--"The Fire Next Time," "No Name In The Street" and "The Devil Finds Work"--which serve as poetic manifestos of his theory. In his essay on Alex Haley's Roots, Baldwin delineates his attitude towards activism: "Each of us, however unconsciously, can't but be the vehicle of the history which has produced us. Well...