It has come to my attention that some students don’t do all of their course readings. I don’t know what to say about this other than I’m completely taken aback by the concept. Luckily, (and the sarcasm stops here), we have Nancy Bunge to tell us how to work through this crisis of education. Make [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Assigned readings: to read or not to read
Posted in articles of note, tagged assigned readings, assignments, difficult texts, Nancy Bunge, readings on October 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
OED’s getting an overhaul…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Maud Newton, OED, Oxford English Dictionary, Urban Dictionary on October 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Maud Newton, literary femme fatale and all-around delight, blogs (and twitters! how progressive) from the 80th anniversary of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Biggest development? The third edition of the 20-volume set of the Oxford English Dictionary will also be its last! After publication of “the first comprehensive and up-to-date edition of the OED in one alphabetical [...]
Nobel Prize in Literature
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions, tagged J.D. Salinger, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, laureate, literature, Nobel Prize on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, the Swedish Academy announced the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature–Mr. Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. Yet, who is this mysterious (at least, in the annals of the collective American consciousness) J.M.G. Le Clézio?
According to the NY Times:
Mr. Le Clézio’s work defies easy characterization, but in more than 40 essays, novels and [...]
Thoughts on Thursday’s EUA Event…
Posted in English Undergrad Association, discussion questions, events, tagged EUA event, literature, representations of war, war on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, October 9 was the English Undergraduate Association’s first event of the semester (well, second if you count the Indoor Picnic). As Kenton mentioned in the last post, it was led by Linda Macri and Gerald Maa (Vivianne Salgado was, unfortunately, unable to make it) and revolved around the (related, unrelated, hyperbolic, polemic…) topics of [...]
EUA Event: BOOKS! What are they good for! Absolutely nothing?
Posted in English Undergrad Association, events, tagged maa, macri, panel, representations of war, salgado, war on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey all, I hope you had a good weekend! I know the semester is heating up for most people, exams and essays are starting to bear down on us in panic inducing numbers. But, if you can find the time there is going to be a great event put on by the English Undergraduate Association [...]
Friday Fun: The Ig Nobel Prizes
Posted in Friday fun, tagged awards, chronicle, david sims, Friday fun, harvard, ig nobel, network world on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Harvard recently hosted its Ig nobel prizes in which they present awards to the most bizarre research projects recently completed in academica. I especially like the literature winner, David Sims, who wrote a study called “You Bastard: A Narrative Exploration of the Experience of Indignation within Organizations.“
I was equally as happy to discover that economists [...]
Passionate Pedagogy
Posted in articles of note, tagged bell hooks, exploitation, faculty, passionate pedagogy, power, relationship, sex, sexual harrassment, student on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education covered the story of a business professor facing federal charges for intercepting the e-mail of a student he was having an intimate relationship with for over eight months. The student is also pursuing a civil suit against both the professor and the university. The university has [...]
