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Covering the 2026 MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop

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Michelle Demo

Infographic: Preview of the Variety Show

July 31, 2013 by Michelle Demo Leave a Comment

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Writers experience helpful lecture in ‘The Bobby Hawthorne Experience’

July 31, 2013 by Michelle Demo Leave a Comment

Writers sat enthralled in room 316 of Bessey Hall. Each student watched as Bobby Hawthorne gave his daily lecture on just how to write the best you can. Today’s lesson: How to be a columnist, and sure fire ways to fail.  Ways to fail included that to fail, a columnist must: ramble, chit-chat with readers, meander, use clichés, and over exaggerate a situation. Laughter filled … [Read more...] about Writers experience helpful lecture in ‘The Bobby Hawthorne Experience’

Writers face generational challenges in ‘The Bobby Hawthorne Experience’

July 30, 2013 by Michelle Demo Leave a Comment

Students of The Bobby Hawthorne Experience reflected on how the class's lecture impacted them. International Academy senior, Nancy Huang was one of those students. “We had a guest speaker come in –it was really informative- she’s actually from the business, and she’s still a student.  I think that’s why we can identify really well with Julia and what her work is.” Huang … [Read more...] about Writers face generational challenges in ‘The Bobby Hawthorne Experience’

The Bobby Hawthorne experience opens doors for writers to meet new people

July 29, 2013 by Michelle Demo Leave a Comment

Coming to a new camp means being surrounded by strangers. Their back stories are unknown to you, if not irrelevant. MIPA is no different. With a camp of around 400 students, there’s no possible way to learn traits of every single person attending. But everyone has a story to tell, and ‘The Bobby Hawthorne Experience’ takes the idea of learning about another person head on, … [Read more...] about The Bobby Hawthorne experience opens doors for writers to meet new people

Hawthorne class takes on new challenges involving writing anecdotal stories

July 29, 2013 by Michelle Demo Leave a Comment

MIPA class ‘The Bobby Hawthorne Experience’ takes on a new endeavour as students of the class are challenged to write stories in a new way this year. The students are given a noun list and had to interview multiple people that can tell a story based of a noun from the sheet. Nouns given include: Delusion, apprehension, fetish, and redemption. “I want my students to concentrate … [Read more...] about Hawthorne class takes on new challenges involving writing anecdotal stories

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