Written Work

Crocheting during a Pandemic

By Madi­son Smith
May 2021

Karen Smith hold­ing her pan­dem­ic blan­ket. / By Madi­son Smith

Dur­ing the lock­downs, due to the pan­dem­ic, peo­ple have become bored with their every­day rou­tines and are turn­ing to the 17th-cen­tu­ry cure: Crocheting. 

Most peo­ple know more about knit­ting than cro­chet­ing. The dif­fer­ence between knit­ting and cro­chet­ing is, that knit­ting uses two while cro­chet­ing uses just one hook.

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Challenges Abound When Directing Virtual Plays

By Madi­son Smith
Feb­ru­ary 2021

Hall Memo­r­i­al School logo. / Will­ing­ton Pub­lic Schools

WILLINGTON — Ever won­der how the the­ater club in your town is doing plays and musi­cals while social dis­tanc­ing? The­ater direc­tor and Music teacher, Jason Phillips, told the Board of Edu­ca­tion on Tues­day about how the dra­ma club has been able to per­form dur­ing the pandemic. 

 

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COVID-19 Safety: Comparing UConn & Embry Riddle

By Madi­son Smith
March 2021

Graph of Pos­i­tive COVID-19 cas­es for UConn and Rid­dle. /By Madi­son Smith

Coro­n­avirus is spread­ing like wild­fire through­out the world. Do you ever won­der how the Uni­ver­si­ty’s attempt to keep it under wraps? Are they doing the same thing or are they doing some­thing different? 

 

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