Why do so many involved in making beer come from engineering backgrounds? I tracked down some Minnesota brewers with engineering backgrounds to find out.
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Pilsner is too often as a macro style that breweries carry as a gateway to more exciting styles. But Niko Tonks, founding brewer at Fair State Brewing Cooperative, explains what the beer was and what it might become again.
As a staff writer at BuzzFeed, Lara Parker spends her days figuring out how to make list articles—"listicles"— that will go viral. And she loves it. Just last year, though, she was a recent UIndy grad trying to figure out what she wanted to do with her life. I was working at a PR agency at … Continue reading Lara Parker: BuzzFeed staff lister extraordinaire
When it comes to fiction, Franz Kafka is amazing. He was ahead of his time, and in some respects, is ahead of ours. However, he wasn't that much of an essayist, according to some personal reflections in Franz Kafka: Diaries, 1910-1923. In his journal, Kafka comments on some lines from Goethe, saying: The difficulties of bringing to an end … Continue reading Essay advice from Franz Kafka
In case you missed it, former Senators Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn spoke at the University of Indianapolis on Feb. 25. I had the privilege of talking to them, sitting in on the conversation and photographing the "Diplomacy in a Dangerous World" event. Lugar and Nunn spoke about turning nuclear weapons that were aimed at U.S. … Continue reading Lugar and Nunn speak at UIndy
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