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Asking questions can lead you to new places. Writing helps bring you to answers. And more questions.
Here, I’ve collected writings on a number of topics. Sometimes they’ve been published elsewhere, and other times they’re just for this blog.
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The closer the Report got to the end, the louder I chanted at the beginning of each episode: “Stephen! Stephen! Stephen! Stephen! Stephen! Stephen! Stephen!” If I would never get to see Colbert live, I might as well pretend. I got on the train late. I didn’t start watching Colbert until 2010, but once I started, there was no stopping me. As…
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Sitting in a radio booth with two coworkers, they asked me, “What kind of music do you like?” I mumbled a response about Indie music. But the strangeness of that question hit me, probably for the first time. I like a lot of kinds of music at different times, in different settings, for different reasons.…
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I collect post cards. It’s not particularly original, but collecting souvenirs can hardly be considered trailblazing. There’s not a single quality I look for in a post card. Sometimes I genuinely like the photo, sometimes the shape. Sometimes a card is so quaint or corny that I have to put down the 75¢. Gaudy colors,…
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Yes, UIndy grads are competitive in the job market
If you were wondering how University of Indianapolis grads stack up against the rest of the nation, fear not! I have the answer. I really enjoyed writing this article. It didn’t hurt that I got a lot of advice about the job search and keeping options open. Although thinking about finding a job and what the…
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That time I visited Emily Dickinson’s house
When I was an intern at Metonymy Media, I wrote a lot of blogs. Some were about cars or travel, and some were about other things that I had more or less interest in. But one of my favorite blogs was one I wrote about a trip that I took to the Emily Dickinson House in…
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Le Café Français
Today, my student organization continued its French Week celebrations. The event was my own brain baby, entitled Le Café Français, and it was an hour of coffee and snacks during which people who grew up in a French-speaking country could talk about their lives. The discussion was even more interesting than I had hoped. It…
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Your friendly neighborhood Uncle Sam
When I approached Anthony Roberts a few weeks ago, I felt sort of weird about it. I said something like, “Hey, I’m a student at UIndy, and I have a photo journalism assignment to take pictures of interesting people in my neighborhood.” I believe that my wording was actually that rambling. Anyway, he told me…
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Wild Indiana
Sandy Davis is an associate professor of biology at the University of Indianapolis who likes to invite local scientists to guest lecture during the semester. Davis recently invited Michael Homoya, botanist and plant ecologist for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, to talk about where the wild things are in the Hoosier state. “I’ve had what…
James Figy 