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Jim Obergefell waves to the crowd at San Francisco Pride 2015 while holding a rainbow pride flag. Image retrieved from Flickr under Creative Commons licensing.
Reflections on marriage equality: Obergefell’s visit to OSU
Sam Szekely, Volunteer • March 11, 2025

*The following is an edited excerpt of a journal entry written on March 6   Today, I had the opportunity to meet Jim Obergefell and hear him talk on a panel about being...

The Bartimaeus Sequence: I was 20 and It Made Me Cry
The Bartimaeus Sequence: I was 20 and It Made Me Cry
Maria Tejeda Solorzano, Volunteer • March 4, 2025

The Bartimaeus Sequence actually started as a trilogy. Written by Jonathan Stroud, the original trilogy was published from 2003 to 2005, with the books in the following order:...

A Defense of Authorship in the Age of AI
A Defense of Authorship in the Age of AI
Austin Thornton, Volunteer • February 25, 2025

Since the introduction of generative artificial intelligence models, newly-released books can be and have been plagiarized with AI-generated copies within a day of their release....

Creating in Perilous Times: What Would You Carry?
Creating in Perilous Times: What Would You Carry?
Brynne Boehlecke, Editor-in-Chief • February 18, 2025

Last year, I wrote a blog post covering my experience in the “Stone Award Book Club,” a 1-credit course focused on unpacking Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass”...

A Very Abbreviated History of Raggedy Ann and Andy
A Very Abbreviated History of Raggedy Ann and Andy
Elizabeth Pritchett, Volunteer • February 11, 2025

My first exposure to Raggedy Ann was the well-known story of Annabelle, a haunted Raggedy Ann doll kept in a locked case in the (now defunct) Warrens' Occult Museum (About...

What’s the Table Function in the Notes App Even For?: A Review of All the Books I Read in 2024
What’s the Table Function in the Notes App Even For?: A Review of All the Books I Read in 2024
Tate Kraetzer, Volunteer • February 4, 2025

If you have an iPhone and spend an inordinate amount of time on your Notes app like I do, you might have noticed an odd little feature at your disposal: You can make a table.  Now,...

Corvallis Street Art: Opinion & Gallery
Corvallis Street Art: Opinion & Gallery
Emily Hughes, Volunteer • January 28, 2025

I’ve only been living in Corvallis for about four months, but one of my favorite things about switching from infinite suburbia to a small, walkable college town has been...

Elitist, Sure, But Also Wildly Irresponsible: Why The English Field Needs to Stop Ignoring Popular Fiction
Elitist, Sure, But Also Wildly Irresponsible: Why The English Field Needs to Stop Ignoring Popular Fiction
Shoshana Groom, Assistant Editor • January 22, 2025

Last year, I started off an Oregon State University writing class by pissing off my professor, which is rare for a blatantly annoying teachers’ pet like myself. We were required...

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