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Day: September 11, 2024
Serenading and spectating, also s’mores: Fire and companionship
Listen, we’ve all been to bonfire events. Well, I had not before this one. But I am sure most anyone reading this article has. Hope we are all on the…
MJ Lenderman’s ‘Manning Fireworks’ surpasses expectations
MJ Lenderman is accelerating on a path for total takeover. The Asheville, North Carolina-born singer-songwriter set a high standard for himself with his 2022 sophomore effort “Boat Songs,” comprising roughly…
What Brewers read and should read
School is officially underway, and the lackadaisical summer days of pages nonchalantly turning in the breeze or towels strewn on beaches with sand-covered books are mournfully over. Summer is the…
Discussing faith in the small town of Gilead
When I first picked up Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning fictional memoir “Gilead,” I was highly skeptical. The synopsis of the book describes the story as a long, reflective letter written…
Letter from the editors: Reviewing the Misc’s policies
To our campus community, Welcome back! As the academic year begins, the new Fall 2024 Upper Executive Board of The Miscellany News would like to highlight the policies and purpose…
Language revitalization efforts are critical
Language is a window through which we interpret our reality. Words define significant aspects of our culture and help us move effectively through the society we live in. For example,…
Rhetorical hyperbole is deployed in politics
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, and though a discipline that spans many forms, it has frequented the realm of politics with a hyperbolic undertone in recent years—especially as utilized…
2024 NFL season preview and predictions
The summer is officially coming to a close, and despite the declining media coverage of Taylor Swift throughout the last year, the National Football League (NFL) still plans to begin…
Reflection on last year’s fantasy football season
Hello, fellow fantasy football sickos! Fantasy football season barrels towards us like a Derrick Henry outside run on third and short. I am particularly excited for this season, as my…
Summer 2024 offers sports drama
Wow, what a summer. Across the world, top athletes faced off in competitions ranging from the European Soccer Championship in Germany, Copa America in the United States, Wimbledon in England,…