Bethany Williams ’12   When I was a child, my mother was forced
to ban books from the dinner table because my interest in
reading overwhelmed my interest in eating. I have always been
enchanted by literature, and in determining where to go to
develop my passion into something more, I saw that Willamette
turned students’ interests into skills and futures—and the
students themselves into confident and conscientious
professionals. Willamette would enable me to do what I love and
teach me how to do it in a manner that improved the world around
me. As a senior, my work has evolved and my methods have been
refined; out of necessity I have learned to eat and read
simultaneously, but I remain completely enamored by literature
and writing.  Tell me about your favorite English Department
class so far.  The courses I’ve most enjoyed cultivated my
mental and emotional growth and have shaken the beliefs I held
of myself as a student and individual. Literature of Motherhood
demanded that I question my views of the intensel