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Lawrence Biemiller visits America's college towns.

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By Lawrence Biemiller February 7, 2011
The library’s archives and artifacts leave a lasting impression.
By Lawrence Biemiller February 3, 2011
The Chronicle’s Lawrence Biemiller visits the campus in California to see if still has a reputation for being cool and funky, and he finds its Green Bike Program.
By Brock Read January 26, 2011
For two of the star bareback riders on Garden City Community College’s rodeo team, the sport’s physical demands are part of its allure.
By Brock Read January 10, 2011
There’s still plenty of room for independent record stores to thrive in college towns. But you’ve really got to know what you’re doing, says Kelly Corcoran, owner of Love Garden Sounds.
By Lawrence Biemiller December 17, 2010
A guy from a stay-at-home background might not have been anyone’s first choice to make an epic cross-country road trip.
By Lawrence Biemiller December 16, 2010
One word of Cherokee probably won’t go very far, but it’s a start, our reporter says.
By Lawrence Biemiller December 15, 2010
By the late 1870s the principal teacher, Ann Florence Wilson, oversaw a thriving Oklahoma institution that was one of the Cherokee Nation’s proudest accomplishments.
By Lawrence Biemiller December 14, 2010
“Letterpress is a slow, painstaking craft,” says the poet Andrew Schelling, who teaches at Naropa University, in Colorado.
By Lawrence Biemiller December 13, 2010
A tour of thoughtful campus landscapes enlightens a skeptic.
By Lawrence Biemiller December 10, 2010
There was no question in anyone’s mind that Adam Swanson is a ragtime phenomenon.