Author: Marlena Chertock

Marlena is a digital storyteller and poetry editor at District Lit. Her first poetry book, On that one-way trip to Mars, is available from Bottlecap Press.
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Riding to hit the bottle

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The implications of nighttime BioBuses by Marlena Chertock, October 13, 2009 Let’s be honest. On the weekends, many intoxicated students roam the campus, walking or driving to and from various parties. Some walk home alone, putting themselves at risk. Others choose to catch a ride with their friends, thus engaging in drunk driving. Students have opened […]

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The media’s trustbusters

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Partisanship, scandal run perception aground by Marlena Chertock, September 22, 2009 The Pew Research Center has found the public’s trust in the accuracy of news stories to be at a 20 year low. But in an age when more students are going into the field of journalism and communications, according to an article by the Washington […]