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The Reading Room

At the beginning of the school year, incoming freshmen are taken into a dark room, sat down in a chair, and have a bright light shone in their faces as they get their Populi profile picture taken against the background of Tyndale Library’s reading room. The reading room is a multi-purpose room that is filled to the brim with, in my opinion, the highest academia available to the NSA Student: Historical texts in the original language. This collection contains tomes that are

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The Reading Room

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"Rabbit," by Charles Higgins

Charles Higgins is the author's pseudonym belonging to an NSA alumna. We reached out to ask her more about how her books came about. How did you first come up with the idea to write Rabbit ? It started with a little scene: an image of a kid leading a group of friends on an adventure and just “happening” upon some bad guy in the midst of his crime, and stopping him. That is where the not-very-bright but very lucky reverse Sherlock Holmes was born. How did your time at NSA hel

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"Deeper Heaven," by Christiana Pinkall

Christiana Pinkall (formerly Hale) got her BA from NSA in 2015, her MA in 2017, and recently completed the MFA program in 2022. We reached out to learn more about her book Deeper Heaven: A Reader’s Guide to C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy . How did you first come up with the idea to write Deeper Heaven ? The idea for Deeper Heaven came to me when I was working on my undergraduate thesis at NSA. That thesis was exploring the parallels and connections between Dante's Divine Comedy

Apr 102 min read

Into the Scannerverse

You've probably noticed, and may already have tried out, the new scanner in the library. We've been hoping to get our hands on one of these for a while, and thanks to a sale at the University of Idaho we have acquired one. Below will be a brief guide to using the various features of the scanner. Before you begin, you can use the scrollbar at the top to optimize your scan for the type of item you would like to scan: Document, book, newspaper, etc. You can also hit the little g

Mar 122 min read

Sophomore Research Review

As we hit the middle of Chalcedon term, and you Sophomores particularly have now undertaken one big research paper and are gearing up for your second, we thought it might be helpful to check in with a few folks from the Junior class to share their research advice. Here it is below: What was your experience writing research papers prior to NSA? Prior to NSA, I did three years of research writing at my High School. In 10th grade, our English class had a segment at the start of

Feb 206 min read

Crispin's Rainy Day by Forrest Dickison

In Moscow, folks are fond of saying that stories are soul food. In fact, that’s the title of the podcast hosted by N.D. Wilson and Canon Press CEO Brian Kohl. Kids will listen to stories, and they will feed on them, so the question is, what kind of stories will you provide? Forrest Dickison received his Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from New Saint Andrews College in 2021. Canon Press recently published his first book, Crispin’s Rainy Day. He has previously illustra

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