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Humanities Scholars Wrestle with Grammar in Writing Minor Smackdown

 What do the Biffel Beaters, the Terminators, and the Structural Linguists all have in common? They were the top three winning teams, respectively, of the Grammar Smackdown held on October 28, 2011 for first-year Humanities Scholars. These teams accurately corrected the most error-ridden sentences and raced their answers across the Royer Activity Space to the Smackdown Judges’ table in the least amount of time. ....(read more) 

 

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Red Horse was in town recently with Six String Concerts and stopped by our studio to talk about songwriting, their self-titled album, and being a folk "supper" group.

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Image of Jeffry Zaslow by Eden ZaslowJeffrey Zaslow, co-author of The Last Lecture with Randy Pausch, discusses his latest, The Magic Room. Also, OSU alumnus R. Rissler discusses her essay Space for the Papa.

Monday, January 23, 7 pm., WCRS radio, 98.3 & 102.1 FM
Wednesday, January 25, 8:00 p.m., WCBE radio, central Ohio's NPR station, 90.5 FM

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Image of Seth GlierSinger-songwriter Seth Glier, in town on February 4 with Six String Concerts, talks about songwriting with OSU student and MEISA member Leslie Goodwin. Also, OSU professor Ryan Skinner talks with Albert Mazibuko, a member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, in town on February 8 with CAPA.

Monday, January 30, 7 pm., WCRS radio, 98.3 & 102.1 FM
Wednesday, February 1, 8:00 p.m., WCBE radio, central Ohio's NPR station, 90.5 FM

Cover of Robin Cook's latest book Bestselling author Robin Cook describes his writing interests with OSU professor Nicole Kraft. And OSU alumnus Cate Fricke talks to Mindi White, author of Getting Past Me

Monday, February 6, 7 pm., WCRS radio, 98.3 & 102.1 FM
Wednesday, February 8, 8:00 p.m., WCBE radio, central Ohio's NPR station, 90.5 FM