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AWP Series: Charlie Puckett
A dispatch on the Boston AWP Conference from Charlie Puckett (MAPH ’13 ) Creative Writing Option The 2013 AWP Conference & Book Fair is held at John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in...
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AWP Series: Jessi Haley
Wrapping up our series of AWP posts is this one from Jessi Haley. “AWP is like a music festival,” a friend told me last week. “You have to have a really solid plan so you can see most of the stuff...
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Everything (seriously, everything) you want to know about MAPH Summer...
You know how we have been telling you all since Colloquium to use this year to think about your professional life, as well as your academic life? Well, this time we really mean it. Now that the bulk of...
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The New 53rd Street
As I’m sure many of our current Hyde Park denizens are aware, 53rd Street has been undergoing drastic and exciting renovations! Here are some highlights from the changes that will happen, and in some...
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Campus Days ’13: What to Do if You Get Here Early
In town for Campus Days with time to fill? Don’t trust Yelp (We totally get it.) to guide you to a good meal and tasty beverages? Never fear. We in the MAPH office spend a lot of time in Hyde Park and...
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MAPH’s Colloquium Magazine: We Tell You Some Things About It And Why It Is...
What is Colloquium? The short answer? It’s MAPH’s online magazine of awesome stuff. The longer answer? Well, that takes a bit of explaining… I remember looking around Social Sciences 122, the grand...
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Trust me, I’m a Doctor(al student)
This woman is HIGHLY ambitious. We know it might seem like we’ve been withholding information about applying to PhD programs. For a little while, that was indeed the case. There are certain ways in...
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What to Do When You’re Done
This is it—you’re in the final stretch! Your thesis is due on Friday. To some of you I know that still sounds like a death sentence. You don’t feel ready at all to give up working on this thing that...
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What You Need to Know About Convocation ’13
(This post is for those MAPHers graduating this quarter. For those of you taking more time—carry on!) Alright, so you’ve turned in your thesis. Congratu-freaking-lations! I don’t need to tell you just...
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The Parents are Coming! The Parents are Coming!
How do you spend an entire weekend entertaining the people who spawned you?? … Have them take you out to fancy dinners, of course! What else are parents for?! (Oh, you know, besides emotional support,...
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Meet Your Mentors
Hey! We are your new mentors. We graduated from MAPH last month. Once everything gets started, we will be [a few of] the people you can go to for general advice. We will also help plan events for...
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Out of Bounds: In the Shadow of His Airness (Hosted by Harrison Sherrod ’13)
If anyone is already in town and looking for something fun and interesting to do this weekend, check out this event! Harrison Sherrod, a recent MAPH alum, is hosting it with South Side Projections and...
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[You] Want to Ride [A] Bicycle
Those of you who have already arrived in Chicago have probably noticed a preponderance of bikers. While there are plenty of other transportation methods available, many Chicagoans find that the...
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10 Things You Really Rather Ought to Do Before Classes Start
So you’ve rolled into Chicago (or you’re about to in the near future). You’re probably wondering, what do I do with all my time? Classes don’t start until mid-September, summer is at its finest (this...
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Meet Your Staff
In addition to the mentors (who you met last time), there are two main denizens who haunt the MAPH office and will be there to answer your questions and help get you through the year. Meet the Staff...
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Escape from H.P. (A How To)
So, a couple of weeks ago we suggested that you visit other Chicago neighborhoods before Colloquium starts on September 15. If you’ve since arrived, you may now be wondering what the best way to...
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We’re Famous!
Bookforum’s Omnivore blog linked to Issue 2 of Colloquium yesterday! ***UPDATED: “The Serpent, Subtle and Brazen: Idolatory, Imagemaking, and the Hebrew Bible,” an essay from Issue 2 by Carina Del...
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Everything You Need To Know About Choosing an Advisor: Fall Quarter Edition
This is how I felt at University of Chicago for most of MAPH. This is the point in the quarter when I was confused and a little cranky during my MAPH year. I felt like I was being told to think about...
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Some Thoughts on Managing Your Stress at Quarter’s End (and in Coming...
MAPH Central has banded together herein to offer you some of our favorite stress management techniques! Heed them well, for they are marked with the psychic scar tissue of those who have endured the...
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Colloquium takes UChicago by storm!
MAPH’s new journal, Colloquium, is captivating the University’s intellectual and creative imagination. First, we made the UChicago Alumni news. Then UChicago Arts picked up the story. And why not?...
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