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Burt, a poetry writer and scholar by profession, has taught such English department staples as “Modern American Poetry” and “Major British Writers II” since arriving at the university in 2007. But he is also a longtime student of science fiction. Once a childhood reader of Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Isaac Asimov, he now writes course syllabi and critical articles on the genre...
Apart from Burt, what do so many undergraduates gain from this ostensibly niche subject? For some, it’s the tantalizing possibility of being able to think outside the literary box and extrapolate from the page to society at large. Ian J. Storey ’10, a student in the course and a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association, says, “Because SF takes place in unusual worlds where new things are possible, societies or situations can be set up to ask fascinating ‘what if’ questions...
...Football could not attain significant national recognition, and it has low student, community and media interest, attendance and financial support,” Rabinowitz wrote. “In the end, we could not continue to justify the expense of football compared to the benefits it brought to the University...
...have not just a national student body and University but an international one,” Fitzsimmons said...
...Pumpkins hire a 19-year-old Berklee College of Music student as new drummer...