This is an anthology of short essays, researched and composed in pairs by the students of ENGL109: Intro to Rhetoric (s20)
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Being There, and Not / In My Room: Being Members of a Residential College, at Home
A short essay about being a student from our shared room in Watkins and our childhood bedrooms
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Being There, and Not: On-Campus Rituals of Autonomy
A short essay about students' loss of on-campus "rituals of autonomy" during Covid-19
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Being There, And Not: The Fall from Equality in Higher Learning
A short essay about how learning in S20 revealed inequities among Carls that are more hidden on campus.
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Being There, and Not: The Reality of a Carleton Education During COVID-19
A short essay about students' loss of community and also of independence when they were banished from campus.
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On Extracurriculars: The Importance of On-Campus Togetherness
A short essay about how much is lost from "the residential liberal arts college" experience when we're not there for it.
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On Physical and Mental Space
A short essay about how Carls coped with disruption to living environments and how those realities impacted their mental/affective well-being.
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The Importance of Community: A Student Account of Living Through a Pandemic
A short essay about how Covid-19 revealed the role of community in Liberal Arts education
