“We all make things up.” In his keynote speech to start the fifth annual Literary Orange this past Saturday at UC Irvine, novelist Ron Hansen presented his audience with this somewhat eccentric remark. Though he was talking about his writing, he meant it to apply outside the literary world as well, citing storytelling as an almost universal facet of human existence. Hansen made many points in his keynote speech, but like most of the talks that day, they were aimed toward the writing world.
We all remember the lessons from elementary school: the videos, workbook activities and guest speakers that continually told us that smoking, drugs and alcohol were bad.
Fall quarter 2007. It was 4 o’clock in the morning and I was up to my neck in Aristotle. I paused for a moment, averting my eyes from that hateful, hateful text, and took a sip of a warm, restoring sustenance.
It’s an Internet phenomenon, it’s the beginning of the word “tweed” and it’s similar to the noise that a baby bird makes. This Twee, though, is quite different and is dazzling the streets as people sport this new fashion trend, a creative and eclectic collaboration between Mod, Indie and Retro. Oh my!
Kirie was sexually assaulted by a man in her family and became pregnant as a result. Scared, she kept her terrible secret hidden from her family. Kirie’s parents finally discovered what had happened and together, they filed a report.
For many college students, top spring break destinations include Cancun, Miami Beach, Las Vegas – essentially cities where sun is abundant, the beach is prime and bathing suits are the appropriate dress code. Traveling to Fairbanks, Alaska might round out the bottom of this list where temperatures can fluctuate between 30 degrees during the day to below zero at night, beaches are covered in ice and showing some skin would not be the best idea. However, on the morning of March 19, I hopped on a plane headed to Fairbanks, Alaska for my spring break.
