Terry Thompson, Exotic Animals and Store-bought Chicken Parts
by Emily Clark • The final paragraph of an Oct. 21, 2011 New York Times article about the Zanesville animal tragedy, in which Terry Thompson released 56 animals on the ...
Archive for October, 2011
Fighting Attacks on Public Higher Education
On October 13, President Cary Nelson of the American Association of University Professors was the featured speaker in a panel discussion on “The National Attack on Public Higher Education: Effective ...
Defining Audience: Teaching Enrique’s Journey
by Nancy Reddy • Many students come into freshman composition with a decidedly vague understanding of concepts like “audience.” Asked who the audience is for a given piece of writing, ...
On “Life”
by Elizabeth Johnson • “What is the meaning of life?” As the Monty Python players suggested nearly three decades ago, the commonly posed question may be more suited to provoking ...
Humanities Exposed and the Public Humanities
by Lenora Hanson • The Humanities Exposed Program (HEX) is a public humanities program that is now entering its seventh year funding graduate student and community inspired partnerships. While the ...
Dramatizing the ‘Impossible’: Mary Zimmerman’s UW Visit
by Molly Richards • We were fortunate to have Mary Zimmerman visit the Theatre and Drama Department today and address a group of graduate and undergraduate directors, designers, actors, and ...
Arab Spring and the Humanities
by Duaa Salameh • When I wrote on the board, Feb. 11. 2011, and saw the distinct numerology, I told my English 100 students that “Today will be an auspicious day.” ...
