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MARGIN: Call for Submissions

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Rachel Kobasa '13

The title of this post is familiar to the members of the Margin editorial board. For the last two weeks we have been sending out a barrage of emails to professors, journals, and generally anyone we think might be interested, … Continue reading →

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Tonight @ the Greenline: Readings by Emma Eisenberg & Thomas Devaney

Posted on November 20, 2012 by James Weissinger

TONIGHT, Tuesday 11/20 at 7:00 p.m., visiting Professor of English and poet Thomas Devaney and alum poet/fiction writer Emma Eisenberg read their words at the Greenline Cafe in West Philly (45th and Locust). Thomas Devaney is a poet, critic, and … Continue reading →

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“We Got It Made”

Posted on November 16, 2012 by James Weissinger

Past Student Arts Fund recipient Jon Appel ’12 created the animation for Plume Giant‘s new music video We Got It Made! Enjoy.

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Gaming // Transmedia // Narrative // Cross-Platform

Posted on November 12, 2012 by James Weissinger

Submit a proposal for… RE:HUMANITIES 2013 A National Undergraduate Symposium on Digital Media Organized by students at Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore Colleges, Re: Humanities is a two-day symposium featuring presentations by undergraduate scholars from across the country interested in … Continue reading →

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“A Typical Haverford Student”

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Aaron Madow '14

  Wait, what? I thought this was an advertisement for the exhibit on those rare photographs of American colonialism in the Philippines that has an opening reception with food and drink you can’t miss on Thursday, 10/25 from 6-8 P.M. … Continue reading →

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The Body Text//Margin Editorial Board

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Rachel Kobasa '13

Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue, sits behind massive sunglasses and silently judges fashion as it sashays past her down a runway. Later, she makes decisions about whether plaid is in or out, if blue eyeshadow can be worn above … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Haverford’s 2nd Annual Trans-Divisional Seminar

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Emma Oxford '13

A librarian, an English professor, a classicist, a historian, a political scientist, and a biologist walk into a bar. Sounds like the beginning of a joke, right? Well if we just replace “bar” with “seminar room” and add seven college … Continue reading →

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SAVE AS: Lightning Talks

Posted on September 20, 2012 by James Weissinger

19 talks.  Two minutes each.  Speakers include: 1. Corey Chao, “When Lightning Strikes” 2. Mirella Deocadiz, “What A User Wants: Expanding the Definition of “Website Design” 3.  Alice Boone, “Social Distortion: Notes on the New Aesthetic” 4. Shahzeen Nasim, “ … Continue reading →

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New Reading Group: “Deploying Terror: Cultural Studies of 9/11 and the War on Terror”

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Waleed Shahid ’13

“It’s a total mystery where people get flags this big or how they got them up there,” David Foster Wallace (two days after 9/11). This reading group explores the post-9/11 world through the cultural impact of September 11th and its … Continue reading →

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Three Guy Gaze: Between Animation and Reification

Posted on September 17, 2012 by James Weissinger

Hi folks, An unholy alliance of the Hurford Center and Haverford’s Magill Library has produced two great events this week.  Here’s some info on the first: *This* Wednesday, 9/19/12: On Kafka’s Things: Between Animation and Reification Young Academic Alumni Lecture … Continue reading →

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