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Quidditch, encyclopedia keys to Harry Potter college course

By The Associated Press
From AccessNorthGa.com
July 21, 2007

No one can fly, but otherwise it was a perfectly proper match of Quidditch. From the swirling golden snitch to the bone-crunching bludgers – represented by a hard rubber ball and a pair of black dodge balls – students at North Georgia College and State University had all they needed for a hard-fought round of the magical game...
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Potter's Quidditch comes to life


From Metro.co.uk
July 20, 2007

They had to sadly keep their feet on the ground. But despite being without broomsticks, students taking a Harry Potter university course have celebrated the arrival of J K Rowling's new book by staging their own game of quidditch. [Full story...]

 

Project Potter

By Jim Auchmutey
From Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 19, 2007

Sure, he could have found wizard wands on the Internet or at the novelty shop. But that wasn't magic enough for Brian Jay Corrigan and the class he calls "Harry Potter and the Legion of Night." [Full story...]

 

Photo of Corrigan with class Hogwarts finds a home at North Georgia

By Matt Aiken
From Dahlonega Nugget
July 18, 2007

Professor Brian Corrigan is a Muggle. Or at least that's what he wants us to believe. For the uninitiated, such a term is Harry Potter-speak for "non-magical folk."...He wouldn't want the 44 members of his Harry Potter research team to disturb the student population of North Georgia College & State University. [Full story...]


 

Pottering Around

By Scott McLemee
From Inside Higher Ed
July 18, 2007

...So it was interesting, though no means a surprise, to learn that there is an intensive course on Harry Potter at North Georgia College and State University this summer, taught by Brian Jay Corrigan, a professor of English whose more routine area of specialization is Renaissance literature. [Full story...]

 

Harry Potter course photo Gainesville's just wild about Harry

By Ashley Cox
From Gainesville Times
July 12, 2007

Harry Potter is back on the big screen. People across the nation flocked to movie theaters Wednesday ...Valerie Fambrough went with about 40 classmates and Brian Corrigan, who is teaching a Harry Potter literature course at NGCSU this summer. [Full story...]

 

Harry Potter casts spell on Dahlonega

By Ashley Cox
From Gainesville Times
July 10, 2007

Just as wizards, spells and potions abound in the world-renowned books by J.K. Rowling, one English professor is working his own magic with 44 students at North Georgia College & State University. [Full story...]
 

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