{"id":2140,"date":"2021-12-08T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/?page_id=2140"},"modified":"2023-12-11T14:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T13:49:12","slug":"winter-2021-web-issue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/winter-2021-web-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 2021 Web Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear readers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get ready&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For MUSE&#8217;s biggest edition EVER!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This semester, the creativity and motivation of our department, our faculty, our university has been incomparably contagious, heart-warming, and wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are inviting you to take part in this delightful world by reading this semester&#8217;s MUSE issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This edition includes students&#8217; funniest comments on their <strong>experience coming back to uni<\/strong>, a list of all the <strong>fun stuff related to English that you can do around and outside of university<\/strong>, as well as your teachers&#8217; very special <strong>Christmas wishlists<\/strong>. It also features a wonderful <strong>interview<\/strong> with <strong>Enrico<\/strong>, from Anthropole&#8217;s <strong>stationary shop<\/strong>, that we know you will just love. But mainly, this edition&#8217;s highlight is its beautiful<strong> poetry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This semester, MUSE organised a <strong>Poetry Competition<\/strong>, which was generously sponsored by the English Book shop <strong>Books Books Books<\/strong>* in Lausanne. The grand total of <strong>21 poems<\/strong> were entered into the competition! We thank everyone for their absolutely beautiful submissions. After careful and difficult consideration, our judges eventually selected three winning poems: <strong>1) &#8220;NONNA&#8221; 2) &#8220;I am the earth my mother walked on&#8221; 3) &#8220;India Pale Ale&#8221;<\/strong>. Congratulations to their authors!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a look!<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/415\/\">4:15<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/a-madwomans-saudade\/\">A Madwoman\u2019s Saudade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/a-poppy-field\/\">A Poppy Field<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/andres-poems\/\">Andres&#8217; Poems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/anonymous-poems\/\">Anonymous Poems (Third-place winner of the poetry competition)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/at-doorstep\/\">At Doorstep<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/clear-graveyard\/\">Clear Graveyard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/dear-felicity-a-literary-advice-column\/\">Dear Felicity &#8211; a Literary Advice Column<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/factfulness-a-book-that-gave-me-hope\/\">Factfulness: A Book That Gave Me Hope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/fireflies-temple\/\">Fireflies Temple<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/frame-seven-abstract-sonnets\/\">FRAME: SEVEN ABSTRACT SONNETS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/funniest-post-covid-19-reactions-thoughts\/\">Funniest Post-COVID-19 Reactions &amp; Thoughts!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/waiting-for-image-i-am-the-earth-my-mother-walked-on\/\">I am the earth my mother walked on (Second-place winner of the poetry competition)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/lonely-sirens-song\/\">lonely siren&#8217;s song<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/long-ago\/\">Long ago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/muses-english-events-and-escapades-fun-stuff-to-do-in-english-outside-the-classroom\/\">MUSE&#8217;s English Events and Escapades: fun stuff to do, in English, outside the classroom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/nonna\/\">NONNA (First-place winner of the poetry competition)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/note-to-myself\/\">Note to Myself<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/paper-pencils-and-pleasantries-an-interview-with-enrico-from-the-stationary-store\/\">Paper, Pencils and Pleasantries: an Interview with Enrico from the Stationary Store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/pink-combo\/\">Pink Combo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/poems-by-alex-perez\/\">Poems by Alex P\u00e9rez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/staff-members-christmas-wishlists\/\">Staff Members&#8217; Christmas Wishlists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/starry-night\/\">Starry Love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/sylvie-di-vitos-poems\/\">Sylvie Di Vito&#8217;s poems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/the-cavemans-shadow\/\">The Caveman&#8217;s Shadow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/2390\/\">The Collected Songs of Honest Shores<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/the-orchard\/\">The Orchard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/the-rain\/\">The Rain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/the-time-we-took\/\">The Time We Took<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2021\/12\/to-a-poetess\/\">To A Poetess<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>We can&#8217;t wait to hear from you again next semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With love,<br>The MUSE Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/files\/2021\/12\/december-2009-glissees_page-0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2549\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disclaimer: all opinions expressed within MUSE articles are those of their authors, not of MUSE or UNIL\u2019s English department or any of its members<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear readers, Get ready&#8230; 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