Our Mission
“When Addison and Steele published the first issue of the Tatler in 1709, the coffee houses were already so numerous and the circles of their frequenters already so wide,”; that contact among these thousandfold circles could only be maintained through a journal.”
(Habermas, Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, 42)
Across the US, thousands of students produce remarkable literary pieces that provide valuable commentary from the student perspective. These op-eds, reports, and essays are critical to national discourse, however, to often they are trapped in the ecosystems of individual universities. The Abbey is working to change that, to maintain contact across “these thousandfold circles” and give students a voice in the national media ecosystem.
Meet the Team
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CO-FOUNDER
A junior at Wesleyan University, Nelson is in the College of Social Studies and Economics while rowing for the varsity crew team.
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CO-FOUNDERAnna, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, studies law and political science, with a concentration in international human rights and immigration law.