By Rick Branscomb
English Department

Rick Branscomb

In his essay “Some Remarks on Humor,” noted New Yorker writer E. B. White wrote, “to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don’t write about Man, write about a man.”

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When I was in graduate school at the University of New Hampshire in the early [...]

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By Kenneth Ardon
Economics
Professors Kenneth Ardon of the Salem State College Economics department and Lorri Krebs of the Department of Geography agreed to watch a YouTube video called “A Vision of Students Today” and share their thoughts on some of the questions raised by it. View Professor Krebs’ response.
“A Vision of Students Today” presents comments and [...]

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By William Cornwell
Philosophy Department
Professors Kenneth Ardon of the Salem State College Economics department and Lorri Krebs of the Department of Geography agreed to watch this video and share their thoughts on some of the questions raised by it.

Professor Ardon’s Response
Professor Krebs’ Response

“A Vision of Students Today” is a four-minute-and-forty-four-second video by Professor Michael Wesch [...]

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By J. D. Scrimgeour
English Department

As a teacher of writing at Salem State College, I hear a lot of stories: The mother who lost her husband early and was trying to stay enrolled, but at last couldn’t afford it; the woman who lived in a shelter with her infant; the man who had grown up in [...]

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