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Feb 24 2010

Remembering Ragtime: A student finds appreciation for America’s musical past at the Scott Joplin House

By Ben Colagiovanni in Features

Our society is obsessed with the present. Twenty-four hour media outlets report any newsworthy subject the instant it occurs. Websites like Twitter and Facebook allow people to tell the world what they are doing at any given moment. Smartphones can be set to ring every time the owner’s favorite baseball team scores a run. Dominos, [...]

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