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The Burr Magazine

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The Burr Magazine

Season of Justice: Robert Peterson, John Schuessler, Anton Schuessler

Season of Justice: Robert Peterson, John Schuessler, Anton Schuessler

Cassidy Gladieux October 12, 2020

Illustration by Jocelyn Burton Forty years after a Chicago triple murder in 1955, the killer was finally brought to justice.  On October 16, 1955, Robert Peterson went with John and Anton Schuessler...

Losing RBG: One of America’s Greatest Activists

Losing RBG: One of America’s Greatest Activists

Jacqueline Flickinger October 9, 2020

Featured photo by Anastasia Lawrence Ruth Bader Ginsburg is easily one of the most influential social justice seekers of our time. In the wake of 2020, RBG’s death was shocking and stamped another...

Papa Was a Philistine: On Rolling Stone’s New Top 500 Albums List

Papa Was a Philistine: On Rolling Stone’s New Top 500 Albums List

Domenic Cregan October 8, 2020

Illustration by Elliot Burr Patti Smith’s “Horses” (#26) is better than “Kind of Blue” (#31)?  “Kid A” (#20) is better than “Born to Run” (#21)? The preening pretense of Thom...

A Day in the Life of a Dance Major

A Day in the Life of a Dance Major

Sierra Severt October 7, 2020

Featured image courtesy of Michael Zittel from Pexels What is it like to be a dance major? Well, I am here to dispel any doubt: it is intense. A study conducted earlier this year determined that...

Speakeasy Sounds #9

Speakeasy Sounds #9

Terry Lee III October 6, 2020

Illustration by Alice Leach and Elliot Burr Hey, how do y’all? I hope you liked your new favorite music from the last Speakeasy Sounds. Sure as death and taxes, I’m back with some more of your...

The Egg Burner: Cajun Cauliflower Rice

The Egg Burner: Cajun Cauliflower Rice

Morgan Smith October 5, 2020

Featured image courtesy of Trista Chen from Pexels Hello and welcome back to The Egg Burner!  I hope you enjoyed last week’s meal, Asparagus Stuffed Chicken Breast, as much as I did. This...

The Little Bombshell

The Little Bombshell

Brianna Camp October 2, 2020

Illustration by Dominica Hoover Hello, you.  My name is Brie, and I want to introduce myself to you through one of the most connective ways I know how: poetry. I know it may not be to everyone’s...

Weekly Wellness: Voting

Weekly Wellness: Voting

Maria McGinnis October 1, 2020

Illustration By Jocelyn Burton Keep calm and vote on. In my last blog, I wrote about the importance of breathing, specifically breathing deep, and how we don’t do it as often as we should. As...

In The Queue: The Twilight Zone

In The Queue: The Twilight Zone

Terry Lee III September 30, 2020

Illustration by Elliot Burr What’s worse than a pandemic? A pandemic with nothing good to watch! Hello y’all, I hope you are well! Welcome to In The Queue. In The Queue is a blog where I...

Saras Sentiments: An Abundance of Advocates

Sara’s Sentiments: An Abundance of Advocates

Sara Borkman September 29, 2020

Illustration by Alyssa Maziarz Today’s world is facing many challenges; one of the most obvious would be the COVID-19 pandemic that has changed the lives of everyone on Earth. As the world had to...

Season of Justice: John A. Muncy

Season of Justice: John A. Muncy

Cassidy Gladieux September 28, 2020

On October 15, 1983, John A. Muncy, known as “Tony” by friends, asked his father for bus fare to go visit his new girlfriend. If the Muncy family had any hint of what was going to happen to the 15-year-old,...

Strong Opinions: Cant On Those Who Cant

Strong Opinions: Cant On Those Who Can’t

Domenic Cregan September 24, 2020

Featured image courtesy of Pixabay from Pexels - Cant on Those Who Can't - We’ve all had teachers who get off “by pouring their derision on everything we did, exposing every weakness however...

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