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We definitely have those students who are baristas one year out, but they’re also writing a novel on the side,” said Kathryn Foster, president of the University of Maine at Farmington, which also focuses on the liberal arts. It appears true that the very definition of “liberal arts” is a problem. Wait, you haven’t even defined it yet?”
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