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Religion of the Pen
Literary-arts professor Brian Evenson uses brutal narrative to tackle human concerns.
Lyrics Like Little Stories
Novelist Rick Moody ’83 and artist Nina Katchadourian ’89 are creating old-time music about modern city life.
Mystery Murder
Zachary Lazar investigates his father’s gangland-style shooting thirty-five years after the fact.
Her Greatest Roles
Quincy Tyler Bernstine ’96 on acting in well-known plays by fellow alumnae.
Sweet But Crispy
Damian Kulash '98 and OK Go return to their groove-based roots.
Tapped Out
The campus drive to eliminate plastic water bottles.
Beyond Cronyism
An international gathering discusses the threat to one of Africa's emerging democracies.
Cafeteria Stylists
A pair of foodie first-years blog about making the most of Ratty food.
Sound Bites
Why we need academics to explain their work and research to the rest of us.
Tea and Sympathy
In 2004, Sarah Havens '99 was a mere second-year lawyer, only a few years out of Georgetown Law School, when her firm elected to represent eight Guantánamo detainees.
High Principles
Terry Walsh ’65 remembers saying, "You know, there is a moment in your life where you have to quit muttering and go do something." He signed up his law firm, Alston and Bird, to represent four Guantánamo detainees.
The Defenders
When the U.S. Supreme Court declared in 2004 that the “enemy combatants” held at the Guantánamo detention camp were entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions, lawyers rushed to their defense. Then things really started getting tough.