I really think we are not taking seriously enough the potential for abuse. Bad Reporter by Don Asmussen
Monthly Archives: August 2008
35 posts
As most of you know, my wife and I lived in the New Orleans area for 9 years and were there during and after Katrina. My wife still works as a media consultant for the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and has been very busy this week, helping them work through […]
I have been trying to bring up the home page at Brill for the Journal for the Study of Judaism. Not only does that page not come up (error 404) but Brill’s journal listing only shows 6 journals! (They publish well over 100 journals.) Is something wrong with their site […]
Jeremy Shipper just sent me the call for the 2009 MAR regional SBL. It is my pleasure to repost it here. You can also go to the official MAR-SBL site. (Hmm. Apparently we in PA are actually part of the Eastern Great Lake Region. I am enough of a Penn […]
I have been busy with work so have not had time to blog, but I have been following the DNC. And of course, catching the Daily Show’s recaps. You have heard me say before that I admire Chris Matthews and have felt that he was the most fair news host […]
We do something a bit different for our orientation at the honors college. I host a Letterman-style show with a student band, guests, and, of course, an opening monologue. I just uploaded the monologue to YouTube. You tell me if it is amusing or not. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxhXp2J346M
But it is behind me now. Last week we had our three day orientation for new Scholars. It is a fun, fun time, but leaves very little time for anything else, like blogging. One of the highlights for me (and I hope the students) is “Late Night With the Dean” […]
I haven’t read it, even though it has been around for ages, but D’Arvy Norman’s Flickr post has me intrigued. Anyone familiar with the work? In their book Teaching as a Subversive Activity, Postman and Weingartner were talking about inquiry-based education, and how throwing out the “curriculum” and instead having […]
UPDATE: The Beloit list is available from their website here: http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2012.php This week our new first-year students move in and have orientation. The Chronicle of Higher Ed is reporting on the Beloit College has released its “Mind-Set List” for those born in 1990. The two men who compile the list—Tom […]