Word: turneritis
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...middle and long distances, sophomore Melissa Turner was the lone Crimson runner to place, taking sixth at 37:20.29. Sophomore Ashley Furst was a finalist in the 400, placed sixth in the 800-meter run and anchored the 4x800 relay team which also included juniors Samantha Piper and Leann Hymas, and freshman Beverly Whelan...
...does offer first-years more than opportunities to improve their writing; occasionally they meet famous people. Recently, the two sections of Expository Writing called “The Ethics of Fiction” met for a roundtable discussion with William Styron, author of the controversial The Confessions of Nat Turner...
Styron, a self-proclaimed “white man from Tidewater Virginia” was widely criticized in the 1960s for The Confessions, which he wrote from the point of view of Nat Turner, a black slave who led a insurrection during the height of American slavery. Because the class had just finished a critical study of The Confessions of Nat Turner and numerous primary and secondary sources, the discussion centered primarily on the nuances of the novel and the controversy surrounding...
...explained that every author must make choices when creating his protagonist and the world he inhabits. “The novel is successful in elaborating upon the character if the choices are valid. I hope that my choices add up to a mosaic that form the totality of Nat Turner,” said Styron...
BOOK Madame Bovary. "Both a great page-turner and a brilliant portrait of the workings of human nature...