Last night we read Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad, an interpretation of the life of Odysseus' wife, Penelope, and of the twelve maids that are hung after the slaughter of the suitors. Atwood asks in her introduction, "What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to?" In class, we drew connections …
Bachelorette Party
On Monday night, we watched Bridesmaids (2011). Since the ladies in that film missed out on a rockin' bachelorette party for Lillian, our "Setting The Table" group decided to throw one for our class. If you have seen the movie, what do you think the Vegas bachelorette party would have been like, if Annie hadn't had them …
Queen Bee
We spent all of class on Thursday dissecting the Queen Bee. Kate, Katherine, Andrew, and Ben (Glen Coco) led us in a discussion about the Queen Bee character in film, literature, and pop culture. We began with this quiz, which I recommend you also take: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mackenziekruvant/which-queen-bee-are-you#.sc8ko5ePxx my result: Bring it on. Lucy got Regina, …
On Wednesdays We Wear Pink
"I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me...but I can't help it that I'm popular." Welcome to our Half-Block course, "Queen Bees, Wannabees, and Mean Girls," taught by self-proclaimed "Wannabee" but suspiciously Queen Bee-ish Professor Lisa B. Hughes. You are undoubtably familiar with Mean Girls (2004), or if you're not, someone you know is. It enriches …
PS321: Public Policymaking
As an American History - Political Science major, policy is something that I've always taken for granted. I frequently discuss the intentions implications of government policy, but I never gave much thought to how it was created. So imagine my enthusiasm when I saw PS321: Public Policymaking on the course schedule. Not only was it a new …
Addiction in the Natural World
If there is one thing the internet loves, it's animals acting like people. 37 million people have watched this cat being forced to play the keyboard and millions if not billions more videos have been dedicated to anthropomorphizing animals. So by popular demand this is my post today will be about wildlife using recreational drugs …
Economics And Neuroscience Meet In The Economics Of Addiction
I'm currently the Economics of Addiction, taught by economics professor Aju Fenn and guest professor Angela Scibelli Clute. Aju teaches how the economic theory is affected when addictive substances are factored into models, while Angela focuses on the scientific side of how substances affect the brain neurologically. We spend 3 days of the week learning economics …
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HY233 U.S History from 1943-73 post1
In HY233, a central paradox lies at the heart of all the readings and discussions with which we have engaged. On the one hand, the era following World War II represented the prime of, as Tom Brokaw dubbed it, "our greatest generation." But on the other, the same era marked the brief high point of …
The Finale…
Photo Credit: Angela Kong Waiting for my film to show up on the big screen was absolutely terrifying, and as I looked at the other students' faces, I could tell they were doing a pretty awful job hiding their terror too. I exported my film at about 6:00 for the 7:00 screening. That't not okay. …
The Prequel to the Finale
Photo Credit: Chance Crail, who was on set with me as cinematographer. These are some pictures from my dance shoot in Cossitt that helped tie together all three of my film's characters. Using the camera equipment we had was incredible. We are finally finished with our blocks at this point, and get to enjoy a …
