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We Live for Stories

Amanda Platz Stories are the things we live for. They enhance the ordinary drabness that our lives would otherwise become.  They shape lives and change people for better or for […]

February 19, 2019July 14, 2021 CIFC Staff Language Studies, Literary Studies

The Ones That Are Overlooked

While reading the book Life, Animated, the story of a child with autism is talked about through its pages. In this, it is found that they are very intelligent people, and […]

February 15, 2019July 14, 2021 CIFC Staff News and Events

Learning the Language–Dr. Schleifer Educates Students on the History of English

Amanda Platz On October 31, 2018, Dr. Paul Schleifer addressed the professional writing class at Southern Wesleyan University, regarding a topic they had recently been learning about: the development of […]

February 12, 2019July 14, 2021 CIFC Staff Language Studies, News and Events

Kings, Queens, and Christianity

When thinking of the Reformation, it is only fair to look at England. The trials in England have a major hand in suggesting religious reform. It was Henry VIII who […]

February 8, 2019July 14, 2021 CIFC Staff Religious Studies

The Robin Hood of Languages: the story of how English is a Thief

Amanda Platz If you’re an English language lover, you’ve probably heard that quote “English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes […]

February 5, 2019July 14, 2021 CIFC Staff Language Studies

From Gold Rush to Literary Fame

When most people hear the name Bret Harte they immediately think of the famous wrestler from the ’80s and ’90s, but few would think you were talking about the 19th […]

November 26, 2018July 14, 2021 CIFC Staff Literary Studies

Fame after Death

Emily Dickinson was a reclusive American poet who was a lot like Poe in that she was largely a misunderstood person but held a great talent for writing and deeply […]

November 20, 2018July 14, 2021 CIFC Staff Literary Studies

A story with a purpose

In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe published arguably one of the most important pieces of literature in history; Uncle Tom’s Cabin. An anti-slavery novel that was inspired by the 1850 Fugitive Slave […]

November 19, 2018July 14, 2021 CIFC Staff Literary Studies

The Book of Common Prayer as a Spiritual Tool

Ben Wyant In many contemporary churches today, traditional liturgy has fallen out of use in favor of a more modern style of worship and fellowship. One reason this may be […]

November 4, 2018March 15, 2021 CIFC Staff News and Events, Religious Studies

A life in Writing

David Stephens Edgar Allan Poe was a person that had a hard life to say the least. He lost both of his parents and he became an orphan by the […]

October 29, 2018February 24, 2021 CIFC Staff Literary Studies

Touching the Past—Adventures with Dr. Ken Myers

Dynestee Fields, Andy Cole “SWU students experience Greece,” proclaims the header of the brief article gracing Southern Wesleyan University’s website. Although the words do their subject justice, they are merely […]

October 10, 2018March 16, 2021 CIFC Staff News and Events

An Indian’s Looking Glass

David Stephens William Apess was born in 1798 in the small town of Colrain, Massachusetts where his people, the Pequots, mostly resided on two small reservations. Not long into his young life […]

October 1, 2018February 24, 2021 CIFC Staff Literary Studies

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