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You’ve Gotta Read

“All attempts at gaining literary polish must begin with judicious reading,” H. P. Lovecraft famously advised aspiring writers. Indeed, reading is an essential skill on par with writing, and though non-reading may be an intellectual choice on par with reading, reading itself—just like writing—is a craft that requires optimal technique for optimal outcome.” 

—Maria Popova, writer and compiler of interesting things at Brain Pickings, January 2013 (Image: Alfred Eisenstaedt)

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News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Town council plans to repave Paradise, but only two blocks, by Dawn Otterby

• ATV News includes . . . USU College of Ed ranks nationally again; local insight on the new Pope, anchored by Randall Henry and Loren Brewer; Emily Landeen producer 
• City parks, senior center will benefit from Hyrum volunteers, by Paul Christiansen
• North Logan council resolves to adjust boundary with Logan, by Jonathan Larson 
• Memorial celebration for USU design professor Alan Hashimoto, by Katie Swain  
• ATV News—Cache Rendezvous brings us back from Spring Break, anchored by Emily Landeen and Tmera Bradley 
• Aggie student lobbyists educate Utah Legislature on USU priorities, by Dani Hayes 
• New Utah law seeks to counter loss of college students to missions, by Katie Swain
• Cleaning up Cache Valley’s air: ‘You’ve got to start somewhere,’ by Paul Christiansen

 

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Clayhead Ted
Four students in my Media Smarts class created this frightening likeness for a claymation cartoon, part of their editorial cartoon project. Thanks to Betsy, Erik, Kristen & Teddy, Team Headliners.


Original PeezPix archival prints, matted at sizes from 5x7" to 16x20" or larger, available for sale: $14 (5x7), $28 (8x12) and up. email ted.pease@gmail.com. Thanks for asking.


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JCOM @ Utah State University—The best little professionally oriented journalism program in Utah.