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 […]
I missed this when it was presented to Comic-Con and on Peter’s blog. Perhaps others have already noted it. But it certainly looks interesting enough to post here. Be sure to check Filmchat for all the details. Kings — a little bit biblical, a little bit sci-fi A few days […]
I think you all will like this. From Rich’s Movie News Posted by rich on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 For the life of me, I simply can’t grasp why Tom Cruise would be interested in adapting Sleeper, a comic-book about “an operative whose fusion with an alien artifact makes him […]
I cannot say that I am a huge fan of Rick Warren and while I am sympathetic with Jim West’s general uneasiness (and with Jim it is outright hostility) with any pastor who even appears to get involved with politics I have to admit that the Saddleback Civic Forum that […]
That is the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism (that I had to study and reply to before I joined the Presbyterian church as a youth). Q. 1. What is the chief end of man? A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God,[1] and to enjoy him forever.[2] I […]