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Pittsburgh was a Phenomenal Success for UNC Charlotte Students
Chapter President, Zara Ozer, presenting at the Sigma Centennial Convention in Pittsburgh.
Emma Hinesley reading poems from her chapbook.
Amber Hightower responding to questions about her paper on Shay Younglood'snovel Black Girl in Paris
Glorian Hidalgo Vega presenting on Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V
Students at a "necessary" outing to the great Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
From L-R: Glorian Vega; Emma Hinesley; Zara Ozer (crouched); Amber Hightower; Alan Rauch (Advisor);
and Stegosaurus (Sigma Alum)
And no outing is complete without a visit to an independent bookstore. (Many, many books were purchased.)
$25
Grendel & Dragons
Whether in "Beowulf" or in contemporary literature (or in "Frankenstein," for that matter), creatures matter!! If you like MONSTERS, de-MONSTRATE, your support for Sigma and for literature!
$50
Sonnet - 14 magic lines!
Shakespeare wrote 154, Petrarch about 317. Help students read them all... and write one or two as well. "Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive these powerful rhymes."
$75
Novel Ideas
“Write what should not be forgotten.”-- Isabel Allende. Fiction is, as readers know, always an appeal to "truth." Jane Austen adds, perhaps a little harshly, "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” Let's create novel (and smart) ideas together!
$100
Epic Thoughts
John Milton wrote "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning reminds us that "A cheerful genius suits the times, /And all true poets laugh unquenchably." Make an "epic" donation and enjoy unquenchable laughter and heavenly thoughts.
