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Necessary Roughness: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher December 10, 2014October 19, 2022

Journey Bailey played football for years and, after one concussion too many, came to in a hospital bed with a subdural hematoma. In his searing essay, Bailey writes about a football culture that kept him from revealing his symptoms to coaches who downplayed the seriousness of concussions.

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Leaving Fraternity Culture Behind: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher December 5, 2014October 19, 2022

This week, Wesleyan University administrators banned social events at a fraternity through the end of 2015. This rule came some months after the school decreed that all recognized fraternities must become co-educational within the next three years.”

Posted inCollege

Leaving Fraternity Culture Behind: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher December 5, 2014October 19, 2022

This week, Wesleyan University administrators banned social events at a fraternity through the end of 2015. This rule came some months after the school decreed that all recognized fraternities must become co-educational within the next three years.”

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Profiling the Difficult Subject: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher November 20, 2014January 25, 2023

Journalists select profile subjects for any number of reasons.

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Profiling the Difficult Subject: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher November 20, 2014January 25, 2023

Journalists select profile subjects for any number of reasons.

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Honoring Your Forebears: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher November 12, 2014October 19, 2022

It is, like all good magazine articles, about something bigger than the initial storyline.

Posted inCollege

Honoring Your Forebears: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher November 12, 2014October 19, 2022

It is, like all good magazine articles, about something bigger than the initial storyline.

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The Story, and Sounds, of a Chapel Hill Church: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher November 4, 2014February 22, 2023

In her story about a tiny church for locals in a student neighborhood in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Megan Cassella merges the best of traditional journalism with the tools of today. Her narrative parallels a Sunday service, built on the familiar structural lessons of strong feature writing. She published the story on Creatavist, a publishing platform […]

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The Decline of Student Activism: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher October 29, 2014October 19, 2022

Social media allows us to be passive activists, liking and hash tagging our way to political ideologies or social justice.

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The Decline of Student Activism: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher October 29, 2014October 19, 2022

Social media allows us to be passive activists, liking and hash tagging our way to political ideologies or social justice.

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