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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Five classic books for actual beginners

By Chloe Saint Mard September 15, 2024

From the time I started reading seriously, about three years ago, I've been exploring different genres. Interestingly enough, it seems that the lengthy classics are the books I enjoy the most — and I...

Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

A reader’s journey: Classics hater to classics lover

By Gabriella Di Dea, Lifestyle Editor April 3, 2024
I wasn’t always a fan of classic literature. If you would have asked me a year ago to read a classic novel by choice, I would have laughed in your face. I wouldn’t have done it even if you paid me. I was a self-proclaimed classics hater. Looking back, I think this stemmed from the fact that classic literature always seemed synonymous with academic settings. While reading classics is integral in any English curriculum, I would be lying if I said this didn’t get on my nerves.

SHEA: Republic 1.354c

By Daily Free Press Admin April 24, 2014

Something inside of me has shifted since I started at Boston University. Okay, many things about me have shifted (including my waist measurement, unfortunately), but I’m just realizing in my last month...

SHEA: Idque audire sat est?

By Daily Free Press Admin September 24, 2013

For every classroom, there is a pretentious question-asker, a self-important show-off. As a classics major who has taken many literature-based classes where discussion is encouraged, I have had to sit...

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