The Succotash Statement

The Succotash* Statement By David Daniel The Washateria’s door is propped open to the mild November dark and I’m sitting in a plastic chair, reading Dostoevsky’s “Notes from Underground.” After midnight on a Wednesday, I’ve found, is a good time to do laundry. The place is two blocks from campus…

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Living Madly: Three Good Things

Living Madly: Three Good Things By Emilie-Noelle Provost Thanksgiving is a week away, which to me seems a little crazy. It feels like it should still be early September, like I lost a couple of months someplace. It’s almost like the feeling you get when you fall asleep in the…

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Boarding School Blues: Chapter 47

Boarding School Blues: Chapter 47 By Louise Peloquin Ch. 47 “Smile upon our joys” The freshmen had to sit through two hours of classes before inspecting the honor roll boards during Sister Roger’s phys ed. Latin declension drills followed by War of 1812 highlights bored Blanche. It was too early…

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Lowell Residents Who Died in the Vietnam War

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, was dedicated forty years ago this week on November 13, 1982. In recognition of that anniversary, here are the names of residents of Lowell whose names appear on “The Vietnam Wall.” The Lowell names and their stories are presented chronologically in order of…

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Chaz Scoggins on Leaving Baseball

Chaz Scoggins on Leaving Baseball By David Daniel On a cool weekday morning in October, looking comfortably rumpled in jeans and T-shirt that reads “Brooklyn Wonders, Players League 1890,” Chaz Scoggins sits in the Purple Carrot café on Merrimack Street in Lowell and talks baseball. The MLB season isn’t over…

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