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May 24, 2004

Festiva!: A Play in Three Acts, Concerning Henry Ford’s First Encounter with Locking His Keys Inside His Car

by Mark D. Davis
March 8, 2004

A Brief History of Helium to Be Read Aloud with the Aid of Helium

by Justin Dullum
July 29, 2003

Actual Phrases from My American History Textbook

by Marissa Skudlarek
March 6, 2003

Upcoming Titles From Gavin Menzies, Author of 1421: The Year China Discovered America

by Paul Tullis
November 4, 2002

Potential Names of TV Shows Taken from Every Other Word of the Preamble of the US Constitution, And on What Networks Those Shows Might Appear

by Michael Ward
August 7, 2001

A Brief History Of The Sidewalk Sale

by Paul Sopocy
March 6, 2001

The History of Karate

by Morgan Hobbs
October 19, 2000

Some of the Things They Died of in Nineteenth-Century Santa Barbara, California

by Rose Gowen
April 13, 2000

Karl Marx and Laetitia Casta: A Comparative Timeline

by Gustavo Turner
March 16, 2000

A Condensed History of the World: 2000-2007

by Mike Sacks

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May 5, 2025

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by Emily Greenberg and Cliff Mayotte
May 6, 2025

Introducing Our University’s New, Totally Reasonable Criteria for Promotion and Tenure

by Ryan Weber
April 29, 2025

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