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<\/p>\nARCHIVES.<\/p>\n
As an enormous Star Wars fanatic, when I think about those two syllables I think of the Jedi Archives, which hold the wisdom gathered over thousands of years by the famous galactic peacekeepers (pictured below).<\/p>\n
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Google describes the word “archives” as “a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.”<\/p>\n
Now, I don’t know about you guys, but that doesn’t instill a rush of curious energy in me. It sounds boring as hell. Therefore, I avoided the archives\u00a0at all costs.<\/p>\n
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When I heard we were headed to the archives for our English class a few weeks ago, my thoughts were as follows, “Sweet, not a real class…………Wait, we’re gonna have to read about boring people from like early 1900s for 2 hours.”<\/p>\n
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The only memorable impact Gaillet made on me was his description of how to physically handle the texts since they were fragile. I wasn’t thrilled when I got there but as I started to look through old school newspapers I found something I’m actually really interested in.<\/p>\n
FOOTBALL.<\/p>\n
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I absolutely ADORE football. My older brother played Division I football at North Carolina, I played for four years in high school, was recruited, and seriously considered playing in college. I’ve been a fantastically large fan my entire life, and didn’t even consider Santa Clara for school initially solely because they do not have a football team. This sport is a big deal to me and is an integral part of my life.<\/p>\n
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So, when I found some pieces in the old newspapers about my school’s team in the 1940s, I got pretty pumped. I had known that we had a team and was excited to read up on the teams of yore. The more I read about the football squad’s exploits and competition against big-time Division I teams the more I am confused at their departure from existence. I left the archive session with an intense curiosity as to how the Broncos had fallen so far. I will find out and report back, readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ARCHIVES. As an enormous Star Wars fanatic, when I think about those two syllables I think of the Jedi Archives, which hold the wisdom gathered over thousands of years by the famous galactic peacekeepers (pictured below). Google describes the word … Continue reading