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Updated: Wednesday, 09 Jan 2013, 3:18 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 09 Jan 2013, 3:18 PM EST

JAKE SOHN | Campus Editor

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Exponent) - Would you be interested in taking a course on the novels of Stephen King, how psychology relates to eating and drinking or about the choices we make in choosing the food we eat?

This semester, an English course focusing on Stephen King and his novels, a psychology course focusing ingestive behavior and a political science course on the politics of food will entice students' minds and encourage them to think deeper.

Clotilde Landais, a visiting assistant professor of French and literature, said she has been studying King's work since her time in graduate school and has a book that will be published this spring about King.

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