Jordan Schiele
Number of articles: 4First article: May 7, 2004
Latest article: October 6, 2006
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The second act
I wonder why writers lead tragic lives, as though inspiration were more promising when we stare misery in the face. Great writers recognize it, embrace it, allow it to assume the shape of things to come in penciled words, each letter a stroke with the past.
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Professor Profiles: A ?Briefel? look at horror films
An expert on zombies and Victorian crime, this professor is rarely scared
A copy of Max Brook's Guide to Killing Zombies lays adjacent to Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, both resting on a bookshelf adorned with snow globes. Aviva Briefel's eclectic office reflects the diversity of her interests?from Victorian literature to horror movies. Professor Briefel, who earned her Ph.D. from Harvard in 2000, contributes a colorful ambiance to the two-hundred-year-old Massachusetts Hall. The Orient sat down with Briefel to discuss what's on all our minds?fear, films, and France.
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Foreign applications plunge
Fewer international students apply to Bowdoin, grad schools
Brunswick, Maine may not be as appealing for foreign students?and it's not because of the weather. According to the Office of Admissions, 18 percent fewer foreign students have applied to Bowdoin in the past two years.
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Student music lights up China Night
Dictated culture isn't a major priority on the long list of American concerns. If anything, our preoccupation lies with finding new and easier ways to download music illegally and eluding the rather lackadaisical authorities.