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AWP Series: Carina Schorske
Current MAPHer and AWPer Carina Schorske Continuing from the last post, this year MAPH was able to send our creative writing students to the annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs...
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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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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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Very Advisor – Much Proposals – Such Stressful!
My (not recommended) strategy when it was the end of January and I had no advisor. So, many of you have already been taken under the wings of thesis advisors and have begun the process of writing your...
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AWP 2014 Series: Andy Tybout Interviews Melville House
The independent publisher Melville House was founded in 2001, in Hoboken, New Jersey, by Dennis Loy Johnson, a fiction writer and journalist, and his partner Valerie Merians, a sculptor and...
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GTFO (of the Library)!
Thesis Day in the animal kingdom. So like us…. This weekend, there are two things happening (memorial day, amazing weather) and one thing emphatically not happening (your thesis). The three day weekend...
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Ulysses 101
[The following is a guest post from Ariella Phillips, current MAPHer and dramaturg for the production of Ulysses about to be mounted in Classics 110. Check it out! - the MAPH team] — Dear MAPHers, it’s...
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MAPH Staff
In our last post you met the mentors, Matt and Lucy. Here are three more faces you will encounter in MAPH Central. Sarah Smith, Program Coordinator You can find Sarah at the front desk of the MAPH...
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Bicycling
One of the easiest and most reliable ways to get around Hyde Park is a bicycle. Even Chicago as a whole is pretty bike-friendly, with the beautiful path from Hyde Park up and along the lake to North...
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Making the Move
Many of you either have moved, are moving, or will move. You have may have found your own apartment or are living in Graduate Housing through University of Chicago. I lived in a studio through Grad...
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It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: A Guide to the North Side
As lovely as Hyde Park is, it’s useful and fun to get out into other Chicago neighborhoods throughout the year. We recommend trying a few during the summer after you move out here to see where your...
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A Colloquium Primer: Week One
Hey Guys! It is almost exactly a month until the MAPH year begins, and we in the office are incredibly excited about it! We will continue to send you emails about meet-ups and a couple of events before...
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Hyde Park Arts Tour
Though a recent post encouraged you to go explore other neighborhoods of Chicago, we also hope you’ll take time this fall to enjoy all that Hyde Park has to offer. So, for this post, we’ve created a...
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Two Dos, Two Don’ts: Ta Da
Things To Do The Personal Edition Last week we posted a more practical To Do List, with things like IDs and immunization forms. Hopefully we can intersperse those activities with some of the more...
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MAPH Meet Ups
Hey Guys, Here is a list of some upcoming events, where you can meet other incoming MAPHers, see fun parts of the city, and take a break from unpacking boxes. There will be plenty of other events over...
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Unofficial F.A.Q.’s
There is an official FAQ page on the MAPH website. But just in case that doesn’t cover all of your questions, we have anticipated some below: “How do I get my student ID?” Go into the Regenstein...
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MAPH, BBQ, and other Acronyms
This Sunday, September 14th, at 3pm your MAPH year officially begins! You are cordially invited, by which we mean required, to attend a screening of Alien. The screening will take place in Social...
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Colloquium 2014 Schedule
Dear MAPHers, Colloquium has arrived! Alien! Henry James! Bagels! There is clearly a lot to keep track of in these first two weeks, so below is a schedule of various goings on. Colloquium is still a...
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Colloquium The Magazine
***Guest post from Bill Hutchison (MAPH ’12), editor-in-chief of Colloquium Magazine*** What is Colloquium? The short answer? It’s MAPH’s online magazine of awesome stuff. The longer answer? Well,...
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