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Continue reading →: Sticking Around
Walking around the University of Maryland, one might notice numerous stickers advertising different causes, clubs, and businesses in the local area. Walk by the same spot enough times and you’ll see some stickers have been removed by the university. At which point, a new sticker might take it’s place. Through…
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Continue reading →: The Voyeuristic Experience of Being AroaceWarning: Some Vulgarity My sister got married when I was sixteen years old. It was actually less than a month after I turned sixteen. Everyone else in my family was overjoyed about the marriage, but I couldn’t understand. They had only been dating for a couple months before the marriage…
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Continue reading →: University of Maryland Professor Featured in Hanukkah Crime AnthologyOn Monday, November 18, writers gathered to celebrate the launch of the holiday crime book, Eight Very Bad Nights published by Soho Crime, an imprint of Soho Press. The book is a fictional, short story anthology of crime stories all centering on the crimes taking place on the jewish holiday…
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Continue reading →: Beyond the Page; Exploring the Allure of Audio DramasAudio dramas are among the most versatile forms of media. The lack of a visual component allows creators to do some incredibly compelling things such as focusing on sound effects, voice acting and characterization without having to worry about visuals. This intro article is the start of my series on…
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Continue reading →: The Vintage Vindication of Japanimation: Cyber City Oedo 808Warning: Some Vulgarity What do you get when you mix the suicide squad with cyberpunk? You get a gunslinger, a techno-wizard strongman, and an androgynous twink. You may know Cyber City Oedo 808 from the clip of the guy saying “you wouldn’t recognize a goddamn vampire if it jumped up…
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Continue reading →: Slapshot Stories: When You Can’t Stop the Puck and Everyone Knows It
The Colorado Avalanche have a problem, and the 2024-2025 National Hockey League Season is barely a week old.
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Continue reading →: Jammin’ at Maryland’s Fall Concert Embraces the Sounds of the CommunityWhile some may have been watching the University of Maryland football team get swept away by Northwestern, there was a concert that occurred for the two hours before the start of the game. Hosted by Jammin’ at Maryland on October 11, their fall concert brought together students from the university.…
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Continue reading →: Welcome to the Box Turtle Arts Journal!We’re an online publication that focuses on the arts and events that occur within the local UMD community. We also allow for photographers, video essayists and media reviewers in general to come write for us! We like to focus on the more creative side of journalistic writing so if you’ve…
About us
We’re an online publication run through the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House at the University of Maryland. Our focus is on arts in the local area as well as the media we enjoy.
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