Author: Ida Ghramm
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As students, we are all familiar with the late-night cramming, drinking gallons of coffee to help stay awake until that essay is written, and wondering why we didn’t prepare an outline to help navigate our points. We procrastinate when it comes to reading textbook chapters, furiously trying to take notes in the hopes that we…
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There is magic to be found in fiction, and McKenzie Sheehy has captured that magic perfectly. Her short story, “Stitches”, will be published in the newest edition of Oregon East, EOU’s literary journal. It’s the story of Ona, a woman in Eastern Oregon attempting to navigate life caring for a terminally ill husband while trying…
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I grew up in a world in which tattoos, multiple piercings, and “unusual” haircuts and colors were for bikers, delinquents, “those kind of girls” (and I remember wondering what those kinds of girls were), or kids just trying to thumb their nose at adults and the rest of the world. Kids, or rather teenagers,…