From the Honors Blog
Chinatown
Over one-third of Chicago’s Chinese American residents live in Chinatown and its adjacent neighborhoods, such as Bridgeport, McKinley Park, and Armour Square (1). Countless gift shops, family-owned restaurants, and small businesses line Wentworth Avenue, drawing in thousands of tourists each year from around the country. Chinatown Square, a major community and business center, features twelve…
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Roman Art and Memory
Once one begins digging deep into the art of the Romans, it is apparent that Roman art is inseparable from memory. More than beauty or innovation, Roman artists focused on how individuals and events would be remembered. Portraits, monuments, and reliefs functioned as tools for shaping collective memory rather than records of reality. Roman portrait…
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Broom, Oak, Meadowsweet
Field journal of Nathaniel Faust, Curse-breaker and Master of Mystic Science 25 Dec. 20– Why do most media portrayals show mystics as a paganist cult who observes the winter holidays by sacrificing a goat or something? Waiting for a horrifying demon instead of Santa Claus? Pagans exist outside of Germanic regions—they don’t all believe in…
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