Author: ungpressbooks.com
-
Of Bees and Mists by Erick Setiawan
•
Recently I was walking through the North Georgia Library and Technology Center to find a source for a paper I had to write. On my way out the stacks, arms laden with reputable sources, I passed by the leisure reading shelves. I glanced at them as usual, but then I…
-
Attack of the Special Offers!
•
Would you pay $15 to opt out of ads? The new Kindle line was announced last week. When locked, all of the new devises were said to have Amazon’s “Special offers” ads displayed on the screens. People responded to this action in mass, taking their comments to the newest form…
-
Frankfurt: The Language
•
Hallo! Wie geht’s? Ich hei?e April! And that’s about the extent of my German… The typical Hello! What’s up? I call myself April! Okay, so after 6 semesters of German (I retook the first two after taking a 3.5 year break from college), I do know a wee bit more,…
-
Webcomics, Part VIII: Sinfest
•
Written by Matthew Pardue I had my doubts about reviewing Sinfest. The name alone is pretty incriminating, at least for the sort of audience the University Press mostly aims for. If you just go by the first few years (this is another one of those long webcomics, coincidentally running for…
-
Attention Undergrads!
•
We’re now accepting submissions for our second issue of Papers and Publications. Here’s the information: Papers and Pub(lication)s is an open access peer reviewed online and print journal of undergraduate research. Papers and Pubs is published by the University Press of North Georgia and supported by the Center of Undergraduate…
-
Webcomics, Part VII: Schlock Mercenary
•
Written by Matthew Pardue After the last two webcomics, I thought I’d take us back to something with a story. A twelve-year-long story with lots of smaller stories inside it (I promised myself I wouldn’t make an Inception joke). This also marks my first science fiction review (unless you count…
-
Webcomics, Part VI: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
•
Written by Matthew Pardue As promised, here’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC from here on out). I compared it to xkcd last week because of how many different topics you’ll see in both, but on reflection, I think their connection is a bit different. True, SMBC covers a lot of…
-
Hello World!
•
I’m Chris Shull, a senior here at North Georgia and the newest student worker for the University Press. I’m majoring in English (with a concentration in Literature) and minoring in Gender Studies, and I’m hoping to continue my English education all the way to a Ph.D. My love of the English language…