Chips Essays

Part of "Our Shakespeare" includes communicating about the project with the campus and off-campus community. The Luther College student newspaper Chips has graciously given space for an occasional column. The following links will connect you to the Chips archives.

Or view the articles in PDF format below.

Related Documents

Sounding The Sonnets (846 KB PDF Document)

8 September 2011

Professor Mark Muggli, head of the English Department and recipient of the Jones Professorship, tackles all of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets in a ritual reading this semester.
Twelfth Night (1324 KB PDF Document)

22 September 2011

The beauty of the improbable marriages in Twelfth Night is just one of the amazing things about Shakespeare's play. For all of its artifice, the emotion evoked is always real.
Henry IV, Part I (1575 KB PDF Document)

3 November 2011

Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part I is a play we can find useful even in these modern times. The themes it presents are things we struggle with today - living up to a parent's expectations, choosing friends wisely, and being generous to everyone, even an enemy...
The Buried Bard Emerges (2622 KB PDF Document)

3 November 2011

From the "Fall Follies" edition of Chips, this satire claims "Mark Muggli claps hands in glee upon finding lost Shakespearean texts..."
Random Acts of Shakespeare (377 KB PDF Document)

1 December 2011

Shakespeare is making his way into the lives of students on Luther's campus. Do a "random act of Shakespeare" and see where it takes you.
Shakespeare in Chicago (475 KB PDF Document)

15 March 2012

Professor Muggli tells of his adventures watching live performances of Shakespeare in Chicago.
Shakespeare in Film (307 KB PDF Document)

12 April 2012

Some thoughts about film as a medium and what students can glean from a cinematic Shakespeare experience.