Happy anniversary to us! A year ago today publications intern Nicole Jagielski ’12 and I launched this blog with a post called – and I believe you can see the full might of our joint creative powers at work there –…
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Matters of Science
Well, we knew we’d have good news about science to share in our next issue: we just couldn’t necessarily say what that might be or when we would hear. So we prepped a cover story about the future of science education;…
A Week in Portraits
Acquired, commissioned, art directed, shot. Swapped. Mooched. A scrapbook of this past week offered in awed appreciation to Bart Colson in Zwevegem, Belgium; Mike Roemer and Corey Wilson in Green Bay; Alan King and Michael Diedrick at the Milwaukee Journal…
How to Excel in Dutch
I’ve been developing an article about a Belgian who collects Praemonstratensia – items connected to the history of our founding order. He’s sent me a carefully prepared Excel document in which he has his collection mapped item by item, abbey by…
Return to the Library
I like books; I like words; I like it when we can (rarely) commission art for the magazine; and I like Father Jim Neilson ’88, a lot! So no surprise that Winter 2008 is one of my favorite covers. The…
Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’ve
Could’ve written this article myself. Why You Should Work From a Coffee Shop, Even When You Have An Office. Every word of it is truth for me. And, isn’t it great when you find out it’s not just you? (By…
Going Viral: It May Be Catching
Two girls and a puppy – what’s not to Like? Along with the rest of the world, we’ve been enjoying watching the story of our former colleague whose daughters’ plea for a puppy attracted more than a million – more…
December, booked
Bookending the month with a few notes on things read, noted, seen, heard. READ “Quiet,” mostly for the appealing title but also because a couple of colleagues are reading Susan Cain’s analysis. I had the book on reserve at the…
All in a day’s Christmas
It’s been a festive and Christmassy 24 hours in the office of communications at St. Norbert. We: sent out the college’s video Christmas greeting; enjoyed the creative ho-ho-ho flair of our team-mate, graphic designer Nick Patton ’03. (Click the right-hand…
In this week’s news
So what have we got going on around here? From the college’s Facebook page: New NCAA record-holder Jack Taylor and his high-scoring Grinnell team take on the Knights in Schuldes this afternoon. Karen Park (Religious Studies) blogs for Sojourners. Bud…
