https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/in-translation daily 0.75 2023-10-04 https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/in-translation/nostalgia- monthly 0.5 2023-03-31 https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/in-translation/things-dont-happen-twice monthly 0.5 2023-03-31 https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/in-translation/hcnzloyi8hwlj4qa11490qqqgbdc59 monthly 0.5 2023-03-31 https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/in-translation/category/In+Translation monthly 0.5 https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw daily 0.75 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/1695843320108-P32HR45NDP1DWJ796533/image-asset.jpeg https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/why-try monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/bf874357-7958-47c4-88ae-78966fbb36cf/pexels-paggiarofrancesco-1583663.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Try? - “‘Get to work.’ Every step I’d take, every individual one, I could hear, ‘Get to work. Get to work,’ over and over again. It was still quiet, but as long as I could hold onto it, the angel’s voice, through all the doubt, through the devil’s echoes, I could get through. I could keep marching.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/my-first-girlfriend monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/1739809620474-IEB73KWSPIQWRIMA4ZS1/Copy%2Bof%2BMinimalist%2BNew%2BBlog%2BPost.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - My First Girlfriend - “I couldn't help but admire her. I admired her with my eyes and through my camera lens. And when I captured her in a photo, I admired her in that, too.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/why-editing monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/f843d3f9-20ca-45be-be09-55caaf552703/unsplash-image-BDsBhMubuYM.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Editing? - “I didn’t feel comfortable staying at a level of comfort, of ease, in my editing; I wanted to step higher, to open a new door, each time. I craved the asymptotic chase to mastery. “ https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/why-music monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/b14487f9-1ab6-4760-808e-94e0640ffc40/unsplash-image-uQhv8abaMHI.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Music? - “The Musical Language and its dialects, whatever that may mean, facilitated friendships and partnerships outside of music and opened my opportunities to a wider variety of people that I otherwise would not have met.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/following-the-prayer monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/af95e500-01d2-42e3-9be1-e7a62d1db7a8/unsplash-image-AWdCgDDedH0.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Following the Prayer - “I take a deep breath and begin: “Om Bhur Buvah Suvaha.” My mind sharpens, and I focus on the surroundings. What can I smell, hear, see, feel? The players get into position for the game to begin.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/why-swimming monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/bf027833-c6c6-4532-9c74-9c92350ddd1e/unsplash-image-BjfEqfRhiO8.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Swimming? - “Every stroke is a step toward improvement, every practice a chance to become stronger, faster.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/why-care monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/c5b67dcf-a43e-4ad5-8990-8f5ff58ac5b9/unsplash-image-DTbCx9VYTxI.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Care? - “Does it really matter what you think when there are plenty of others who are more qualified to think about these issues for us?” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/why-nicknames monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/6eb45214-e7c7-4eba-bf08-4471bcf41ae7/unsplash-image-566CgCRSNCk.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Nicknames? - “Why must we simplify others? Does ease have priority over individual choice regarding identity?” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/why-hate monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/753a6f7e-d0a4-4772-8e8e-b1828ce6e499/unsplash-image-Nl8tGcHrljI.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Hate? - “Hate is an oil lamp that shines light on the parts of myself that I haven’t yet accepted—the parts that are flawed, the parts that are vulnerable.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/destructive-evolution monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/398cdc31-e7aa-42f9-b1f1-2872f082d8dd/unsplash-image-JiuVoQd-ZLk.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - The Destructive Nature of Evolution - “We lose ourselves in the ecstasy of superiority, forgetting that our victories may be fleeting, should we not consider the preservation of ourselves and our descendants.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/operation-room monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/a163a02a-bb1d-4adc-92c3-d61c29a51996/pexels-abhijeet-dev-1976720-17405877.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - The Operation Room - “The strong Hispanic values that I grew up around helped me choose what I knew was meant for me.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/why-rutgers monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/34668c82-ad5e-4991-9463-39641c07b15c/62d2_x337_64d4_9.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Rutgers? - “Rutgers is no longer just a place I ended up—it’s becoming the place where I’m starting to grow into the person I want to be.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/respect-dignity-pursuit monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/3d2ffa9b-526e-4a86-a093-83ec64419adb/unsplash-image-5EUh-tq31eA.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Respect, Dignity, and the Pursuit of Human Rights - “Human rights are simply to live a long life and to be treated with worth. This is the bare minimum that society should grant. However, no matter how far this evil world progresses, it turns 1000 steps back.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/people-or-animals monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/7595e028-3575-4fa7-b6f8-43d93e875902/unsplash-image-OeAWU9VSHzo.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Are They People or Animals? - “To an observer, it would seem that human nature is to develop a sadistic approach when given power over others who have been stripped of their freedom. To develop a system predicated around this environment is to not only allow but encourage humanity’s self- destruction.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/mirror-maze monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/588c7d18-048e-4d0a-8ee9-73a0fd738d3e/unsplash-image-u8hO6z05VH0.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Breaking Through a Mirror Maze - “In high school, walking down the halls and meeting new people with my anxiety felt like I was walking through a maze of mirrors, where every face that reflected was a blurred version of my own.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/fa24/a-rose-and-rebellion monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/6c8dbe7d-d527-4c84-84a1-c3f5504647c7/956-Berran68copy.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - A Rose and Rebellion - “In her world, Clara is royalty. She is expected to follow the societal path laid out for young women of their class, which includes taking an interest in social events, showing elegance, fitting into the more demure, submissive role in society, and eventually making a good match through marriage. But Clara is completely indifferent to these expectations.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/1483b64b-d045-487d-9945-6c4281d6657b/956-Berran68copy.jpeg First-Year Writing Spotlights - A Rose and Rebellion - “Lady Scoundrel” (1923) by Robert Lee Berran “Lady Scoundrel” by Robert Lee Berran (1923) https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-medicine monthly 0.5 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/f86f9232-e77c-4961-b912-a315e37485d9/image-asset.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Medicine? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-tattoos monthly 0.5 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/9cfac1c0-af3b-4b63-afaf-2adc2efcdb62/image-asset.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Tattoos? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/enigma-of-butterflies monthly 0.5 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/6c50ab14-3d75-4c5f-9b3b-58f0452e989c/image-asset.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Enigma of Butterflies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-church monthly 0.5 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/beedbac0-e758-4b88-8464-9989091f5c49/image-asset.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Church? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-spanish monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/c720e24b-da26-4294-8a1e-997827b63578/image-asset.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Spanish? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-christianity monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/602798f7-b70e-494a-b1d5-0f3cf09fc684/image-asset.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Christianity? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-pharmacy monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/f899d99f-0668-4990-aba4-b4e632d50d21/image-asset.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Pharmacy? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-stay monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/1708371704949-QAFNW1IXKGFZN55MD4N5/image-asset.jpeg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Stay? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-not-arabic monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/be4d52a3-9fe8-42a6-9fea-166d96da1bce/image-asset.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Not Arabic? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-paper-books monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/96861540-adfd-44da-b12e-076b8438de58/image-asset.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Paper Books? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-poetry monthly 0.5 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/1695918826078-128SSKQZQH0TF7T0AN96/image-asset.jpeg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Poetry? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-oluwatomisin monthly 0.5 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/2bf47be1-2f60-4a4a-bb9a-2b04168f06ac/image-asset.jpg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Oluwatomisin? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/why-immigration-law-dp95f monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/1695844153784-ZI6UOT3VF2HZKH45I1OJ/image-asset.jpeg First-Year Writing Spotlights - Why Immigration Law? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/category/Exceptional+First-Year+Writing monthly 0.5 https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/category/FA24 monthly 0.5 https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/tag/2023-2024 monthly 0.5 https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/fyw/tag/2022-2023 monthly 0.5 https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/current-issue-1 daily 0.75 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/1739814701211-ONYDDF5W9YUAAUIHGM16/unsplash-image-_SFJhRPzJHs.jpg https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/current-issue-1/meet-professor-lallas monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/1739805973548-H3Q81XIIWCEHCB5UY1WR/unsplash-image-eeSdJfLfx1A.jpg current issue - Exploring the Rutgers Writing Centers: Meet Professor Lallas, Douglass Writing Center Director - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/1739814043245-K0SYHNCGJIOYBW51MBCZ/Untitled+design.jpg current issue - Exploring the Rutgers Writing Centers: Meet Professor Lallas, Douglass Writing Center Director - Make it stand out Curious about Rutgers Writing Center Directors? Here is an interview with Professor Demetri Lallas, Director of the Douglass Writing Center. Read below to learn about his journey towards becoming a director and how to best prepare for a career in English, as well as opportunities at the Writing Center to explore! https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/current-issue-1/that-one-teacher monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/0b92615c-432d-4580-879e-cc8454581868/unsplash-image-qP6rQzn6OoI.jpg current issue - That One Teacher: The Influence of Educators in Unexpected Places - “Years down the line, I am sure my tutees will not recall details of their sessions at the Writing Center. If they do not remember the methods behind crafting a thesis or embedding a citation, I hope, above all else, that they remember the feeling of the Writing Center and the possibilities it represents.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/current-issue-1/why-history monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/79f990d3-8aa7-4be3-ad70-922aa05446ea/unsplash-image-jCrftLHe3ec.jpg current issue - Why History? - “The past flows seamlessly into the present, regardless of any dam myself or humanity itself may construct.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/current-issue-1/why-study-abroad monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/9f39d1a0-320c-42cc-92b1-a96e144f3d70/unsplash-image-EgyhJjhDZCc.jpg current issue - Why Study Abroad? - “I am no longer just a Vietnamese girl brought up with stereotypes and limitations. I have washed myself off like a piece of fabric, hanging in the vast wind, ready to fly to distant lands, to witness magnificent sights, hear the whispers of wisdom, and touch the heritage of civilizations.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/current-issue-1/a-pocket-of-peace monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/52e4f99c-b1a4-4326-88b1-2bd0d0e6b3f3/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+11.11.54%E2%80%AFAM.jpg current issue - A Pocket of Peace - “Now, as I look back at that picture, I see something deceptively indestructible about his smile. Behind those faint, shadowy circles, something softly glimmers in his dark eyes: perseverance. His smile is the smile of a man who gave everything so his children could have more.” https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/current-issue-1/why-the-dog monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/11a86009-30d8-4e5e-8e8f-3542b66d391e/unsplash-image-3en-fJduF3M.jpg current issue - Why the Dog? - "A flower is somewhat insignificant to a passerby, who sees it for only a fraction of its life, but to the gardener, who has tended the plant since a sprout, watched it grow, ensured it could reach the highest corners of its supports, it becomes everything." https://www.rutgers-ruminations.com/current-issue-1/experiencing-multilingualism monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6425dab6191e92034bab43af/d9b24e1d-3552-4d28-925a-4b9e0c786365/unsplash-image-7jZNgIuJrCM.jpg current issue - Experiencing Multilingualism - “Just as language can be intense in its expression, it can also be soft and gentle. As humans, we ride the language(s) we are using. 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