From the Honors Blog
Yearn, to Self-Discover
sweet like honey face as soft as crushed rose petals you pull me in, and i can’t let go. i reach out and touch your face, but it crumples into our space petals falling falling falling away as if you were never there at all. hold on, i can’t wait any longer my body yearns…
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Marble Statues and the Illusion of Life
Greek sculptors accomplished something that still feels uncanny today to the modern scholars. They made stone appear alive. Marble, a hard and resistant material, was carved into bodies that seem capable of movement, breath, and thought. This effect was not accidental. It reflected deep Greek beliefs about nature, knowledge, and the human body’s place in…
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Portage Park
A marshy wetland dominated by elks and wild turkeys, Portage Park saw little settlement until after 1816. The Northwest Plank Road and Northwestern Railroad drew factory workers to the area, enticing them with ample transportation and residence outside of the city’s hustle and bustle. The first Jefferson Town Hall, established in 1862, kickstarted the Six…
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