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Write here, write now:
Naropa writing program encourages young artists to push boundaries
By Lance Vaillancourt, Staff Writer
Colorado Daily
Thursday, June 19, 2008

"The Sports and Fitness Bar"
Rhymes with Orange
Seattle Post Intelligencer
March 30, 2008

From here to there
Some turn to rites of passage to help them through transitions
By Cindy Sutter
Daily Camera
Saturday, November 18, 2006
John Davis, PhD quoted in an article discussing ceremonies as modern way to experience a rite of passage, an often religious ceremony that marks a significant event in a person's life. In some cultures, rites of passage most commonly marked the transition from youth to adulthood, but also death and other important events.

The Inner Scholar
Claire Dederer
NYTimes.com
November 4, 2007
TO hear Thomas B. Coburn, president of Naropa University, explain the theory of contemplative education is to grasp a simple concept. The Buddhist-inspired teaching that goes on at this small college, he says, is aimed at giving students "a critical perspective on their inner lives."

To see it in action is something else entirely. Click here for more...

On the Road, Again
By Joe Woodward
Poets and Writers
September/October 2007
Over this past summer, Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, home to the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, hosted the inaugural Kerouac Festival, a three-day event that included readings, scholarly panels, film screenings, and a gala dinner.

Naropa celebrates the 50th anniversary of 'On the Road' with Kerouac Festival
Vince Darcangelo, DailyCamera.com
On the Road Marathon Reading — 1 p.m. Saturday at Naropa University's Performing Arts Center, 2130 Arapahoe Ave.; free.

Kerouac Fans Stage Marathon Reading
The Associated Press, WashingtonPost.com
BOULDER, Colo. -- Admirers of author Jack Kerouac celebrated the 50th anniversary of "On the Road" with a marathon reading of the novel.

Five Perfect College Towns
Kate Hamman, SmarterTravel.com
These five towns exemplify the best of college life: cafes, diners, cutting-edge music and art scenes, and a melting pot of individualism.

50 Years of Kerouac On the Road (.mp3)
Claudia Cragg, KGNU Radio, June, 2007
Claudia Cragg of KGNU interview with Anne Waldman, Steven Taylor and Lisa Birman about the Kerouac Festival, coming up June 30-July 1

With Iraq War as a Backdrop, Speakers Reflect on the Future
New York Times, June 10, 2007
For many if not most members of the class of 2007, the war in Iraq has been the constant background of their college years. And so as seniors graduated from thousands of colleges and universities in recent weeks, the war was on the mind of many commencement speakers. Alice Walker speaking at Naropa University's commencement was one of them.

The Poet that Changed America
Allen Ginsberg - Beat poet activist queer American Buddhist
Co-founder of Naropa's Kerouac School
Elephant, Autumn 2006

Please Help Me Learn Who I Am
By Barry Boyce
Shambhala Sun, January 2007
For more information about Naropa University’s approach to contemplative education, please consult this article.

To Learn in the Moment
By Caroline Hsu
American's Best Colleges 2005
Copyright 2004 U.S. News & World Report, L.P. Reprinted with permission

Liberal Education
Secularism & Spirituality in Today’s Academy: A Heuristic Model
By Thomas B. Coburn

Journal of College and Character
Cultivating Spiritual Academics for Leadership—A Presidential Perspective
By Thomas B. Coburn

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