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Tag Archives: US History
Term Paper Woes
It’s that time of the semester again – that is, close to its end. I think just about anyone who’s done the whole college thing would say that the end of the semester, the last few weeks, are the worst. … Continue reading
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Clear those mines, men.
Earlier tooday, while taking a break from writing about “Dulce Et Decorum Est” for my English class, I fired up Company of Heroes. (It’s a World War II real time strategy game; more here). While going through one of the … Continue reading
On Pre-Columbian Native American populations
As mentioned previously, one of the books that I’m reading right now is Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Society. I just came across this on page 78: Throughout the Americas, diseases introduced with Europeans spread from tribe … Continue reading
The 19th century blog
In Beyond the River, there were a lot of instances where a person* would send a letter to a newspaper, usually with the intent / hopes that the newspaper would publish it. The newspaper would in turn publish the letter … Continue reading
Discarding college notes – why did I do that?
When I took a college course on American history, which covered from the initial colonies to 1828, by the end of the course, I had a notebook full of notes, along with the outlines for each lecture (provided by the … Continue reading
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New Orleans then and now
Wow. New Orleans, then (1 year ago) and now. Quite a difference. Technorati Tags: neworleans, new_orleans, katrina
Finals week is over
I mentioned yesterday that this week was finals week for me. Well, finals are now over, so I can take a breather. I’ve got a few weeks before I start back at the university for fall quarter. One of the … Continue reading
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