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From the Honors Blog
The Lincoln Park Zoo
The Lincoln Park Zoo is one of Chicago’s oldest public institutions. Founded in 1868, the zoo began with a symbolic gift, a pair of swans donated by the Central Park Commissioners of New York. From these modest beginnings, the zoo gradually expanded into a major urban wildlife center, reflecting Chicago’s commitment to public spaces and…
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Don’t Let the Passion Perish: Why Study Art History?
There is a version of this question that gets asked with a kind of smug practicality. What are you going to do with that? As if the only legitimate reason to study anything is its conversion rate into employment, as if a person is simply a future worker who needs to be optimally configured. The…
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Patience to Painting
College means that you have to keep up. The environment is fast-paced and not tolerant of many breaks. Efficiency is part of proficiency after all. While it is fair to want work done in a quick and well-executed way, the amount of patience allotted for other areas of life may suffer. When trying to keep…
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