The vast collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts initially sold senior Joe Kirchoff on Marquette University, so when the school offered its first course devoted exclusively to the English author, Kirchoff wanted in. The only problem: It was full and he wasn’t on the literature track.
Undaunted, the 22-year-old political science and history major lobbied the English department and others starting last spring and through the summer and “kind of just made myself a problem,” he said. His persistence paid off.
“It’s a fantastic course,” said Kirchoff, a Chicago native. “It’s a great way to look at something...
Undaunted, the 22-year-old political science and history major lobbied the English department and others starting last spring and through the summer and “kind of just made myself a problem,” he said. His persistence paid off.
“It’s a fantastic course,” said Kirchoff, a Chicago native. “It’s a great way to look at something...
- 12/14/2012
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside Movies
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