November 2004 Archives
Sometimes, getting the right photo is a matter of being in the right place at the right time... and sticking around until the story really ends.
Discrete Racing -> Professionals At Work
Let's hope that none of the Seton Hill blogs becomes noteworthy for a similar reason...
Anchorage Daily News | People flock to online journal after 16-year-old's arraignmentLet's hope that the mainstream media won't make this into a "Livejournal Killer" story, as if a suspect's blogging might somehow have something to do with the murder. Just as people can't resist slowing down to take a good look at an accident scene, apparently people just want to hop over the yellow tape and do a little amateur analysis of the blog, looking for evidence,."Just to let everyone know, my mother was murdered."
This simple yet startling sentence marks the last entry Rachelle Waterman made in her Internet journal before she was arrested on charges she participated in killing her mother. And it marks the beginning of an online discussion that's as remarkable for its popularity as its content.
In the spirit of the holidays, and also as a way of thanking the students who worked hard to get this story written and online so quickly, here is...
Setonian Online: A Thanksgiving tradition at Seton Hill University
Turkey, stuffing, corn, gravy, ravioli, yams, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie all come together on the buffet table in the middle of Lowe Dining Hall at Seton Hill University (SHU) for one very special occasion: Thanksgiving dinner. "This tradition has been going on since the university was in existence," said Darren Achtzehn, the food service director.
Funds for arts center - PittsburghLIVE.com
After scaling back on its downtown arts center project, Seton Hill University apparently will revert to a grander design as a result of Westmoreland County's proposal to use $1.7 million in federal funds to buy property for the project and for parking.
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Suspensions without pay, fiesty fans, and uncontrollable athletes. NBA? I thought basketball was a non-contact sport...
Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers proved otherwise on Saturday in a brawl with some fans during the close of a game with the Detroit Pistons (there were 45.9 seconds left on the clock). It began Artest fouled Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace, who went for a lay-up. Wallace pushed Artest, fouling him. Outside the court area from the force of the push, Artest was pelted with objects like cups and water bottles by fans, who were heckling and jeering as well. Artest responded by lurching into the stands and over seats, pushing, hitting, and yelling at fans. Teammate Stephen Jackson joined Artest, and a chair was even thrown at one point in the melee.
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Huck is a good role model for several reasons. First, he believes that slavery is wrong. He believes in treating people equally regardless of color. When Huck sees the widow's runaway slave Jim on Jackson's Island, he has mixed emotions about what he should say and do. He feels badly that the widow is going to sell Jim and separate him from his family. Huck decides against better reasoning to help Jim escape down the Mississippi River to Cairo.
Another example of good role modeling is Huck's faithfulness to those he loves and cares for. Huck lies to protect Jim on several occasions. Lying is not the best thing, but to Huckleberry, the truth is not always a black and white issue. He is faithful to his friends and chooses friendship instead. An illustration of another positive side of Huck shows us that he has a good and true heart, and the best intentions even though they may not turn out right. For example, the widow tells Huck to pray for the dinner they are having. Huck's interpretation is, "God thank you for the meal and if you get the chance, please let me catch a big catfish." The widow tells Huck that he shouldn't pray for material things. Huck disagrees because his Sunday School teacher teaches him to pray to God for what you want, and it will be granted. The widow tells him that the teacher is talking about spiritual things. He still disagrees, and is sent to his room. Even though his intentions are the best, he still comes up short; but he keeps on trying.
Finally, Huckleberry Finn thinks life is precious and shouldn't be wasted. This is the most important lesson he can teach today's young people. He and Jim find themselves in a situation as they are floating down the Mississippi River. All of a sudden, they see a ferry boat and Huck jumps off of the raft to avoid being hit. He swims to shore and meets a family named the Grangerfords. Huck stays with the Grangerfords and gets to know them. The Grangerfords have been feuding with another family named the Sheperdsons.
One day a fight breaks out over love between the Grangerford's daughter and the Sheperdson's son. Huck watches from a tree in terror as the two families fight each other to the death. He realizes from this awful experience how easily life can be taken away, and that people should try to come together and work out their problems before they get out of hand.
Throughout "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," there are many instances of positive role modeling behavior for young adults in my view. At first sight Huck's actions look questionable to many. I choose to look at Huck as a kid without a lot of adult supervision and support who tries to make his way in the world. He is only human and makes mistakes, but I think he learns from them, and that is all that any of us can try to do.
The Washington Post published a brief article about its own efforts to diversify its staff (which in this case means promoting minorities) The article also includes a brief reference to design changes that are intended to catch the attention of readers who find the newspaper too boring. I suppose having celebrities read all the stories while dancers gyrate in front of a big video screen would be out of the question, but you've got to start somewhere.
Post Discusses Circulation, Diversity (washingtonpost.com)
In an effort to win new readers, Downie said Post reporters will be required to write shorter stories. The paper's design and copy editors will be given more authority to make room for more photographs and graphics.
"Some independent scientists are predicting that "Peak Oil" will come at about 2007 - much sooner than "official" estimates of 2037. The oil extracted after this point is going to be more expensive to get out of the ground, furthur driving up the price. The price of oil is due to skyrocket, and more than it has done recently. Soon supply will start to be less than demand.
Look around you. Perhaps make a list of everything that wasn't:
-Made using oil
-Transported to your home using petrol
-Grown using oil run tractors
-Packaged with plastics
-Made with machines running on fossil fuels
It will be a very short list."
CNN.com - Charges dropped in bogus $200 Bush bill - Nov 15, 2004
GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Charges have been dropped against a woman who paid for clothes with a fake $200 bill that featured President Bush's picture and the serial number DUBYA4U2001.
The Girl of the Golden West
When I looked into David Belasco's "The Girl of the Golden West", I saw that it had been regarded as a melodrama. So, when seeing this, I decided to look a little bit more into this.
Melodrama's were introduced and were a typical form of theatre in the ninteenth century. Melodrama is a term that comes from "music drama" where music was used to create and increase already existing emotions for people. Music was also used to signify characters throughout the play. Good and evil are two themes that are expressed throughout the plot and also typical of melodramas.
Other typical characteristics of a melodrama were that the story line possessed a villian, a hero, who had to overcome overwhelming and seemingly impossible odds, and a damsel in distress. There does, however, always seem to be a happy ending. Because this play "The Girl of the Golden West" takes place during the Gold Rush era, these character personalities go along perfectly. During this time, there were bandits, the good guy, the girl everyone's after, saloons, chases, gambling and drinking. All of these things added up, can heighten our interest because of the pure drama behind it all. It is said that melodrama is one of the most popular forms of playwrite to heighten our emotions. Can you think of any ways examples throughout the story that your emotions were peaked?
Obviously this woman was immensly corageous to put herself through such an ordeal. Boatwright's decision wwas more contraversial and more of a gamble because she had already made a lfe for herself, a husband and kids. Almost too late in life to make such a decision.
I that sexism in rap started out as a few men's insecurities in themselves that made them begin to rap about hating women, but then it became a trend and part or rap culture to make such statements. Funk is a good example of a musical genre where the artists are prominently black. Yet they don't rap to insult women.
The lifestyle portrayed in this essay has been proven to be very controversial, especially of late. Although I am not personally supportive of this type of lifestyle, I am very supportive of standing up for oneself. It is very important for people in this world to stand up for what they believe in, no matter what obsticles they may face. In this case, Katherine was faced with making a decision that I'm sure would be a hard one to make. She was forced to stand up for herself against her family so that she could live out her life as she felt the need to do so. Many variables had an effect on the decisions she had to make. Had she not talked to Jean after childhood, she may not have ever felt the way she recently did for her. However, had Jean never left, she may not have ever been married to her husband and never have had four children. These are all variables that had an influence on the decisions Kathrine had to make. The path she followed was one that she felt she needed to follow and I for one, commend her for that. I hope that everyone can bennifit from her decisions in life.
Hello bloggers! The Seton Hill Chemistry Club is sponsering a debate tomorrow, November 9, at 9 PM in Admin 206. The topic is Stem Cell Research. I encourage all of you to attend this event! This debate is not just for scientists, but for the entire campus community. If you want to hear a little bit of the scientific aspect of this debate, or if you want to bring up your own concerns, please join us!
Theater faculty member Denise Pullen just sent out the following note:
Just want to make you aware of a special topics course offered in through the theatre program Spring 2005: Special Topics: Playwriting. It is a 3 credit course that meets M,W, and F from 10:30 am to 11:50 am. The student will study playwriting form and will write a one-act play.
I'm not sure why the class seems to be scheduled for 80 minute blocks, I'm guessing that's a typo... but at any rate, I'm blogging this because anybody who is interested in new media would gain quite a bit from a playwriting class.
If you are at all interested in writing creative new media (interactive fiction, hypertext literature, fictional works in blog form, etc.), or if you simply want to flex your writing muscles, I would recommend this class. I presume it will count for "artistic expression," so talk to your adviser when you get the chance.
Mary Ann Gawelek asked me, via a note jotted on the margin of an article she passed along to me, whether a blog devoted to the summer reading book would be a good way to build community over the summer.
We had a number of very enthusiastic students who promoted the Class of 2008 blog. Several students contacted me before classes start to ask for blogs, so I do think their promotional efforts were valuable, but the blog itself wasn't exactly a hotbed of activity.
I realize that I'm not going to get an unbiased response if I post a blog entry asking what people think of blogging, but here goes...What do you think, in general, of the summer reading experience? How meaningful to you was it? Would you change it in any way?
Can you imagine that a weblog devoted to the summer reading book would help build community over the summer?
Would you be more motivated to read the book if you knew there was a community of people who were already talking about it?
Would you want some of your future teachers to be part of that community?
In this story Dick was looking for a job that paid well. He was going on a boat and he wasn't looking for anything, but it just landed in his lap. A boy was drowning and Dick jumped in to save him. Dick thought nothing of it, he could swim so he saved the boy. So when he brought the boy back to his father the man later rewarded with a job as a clerk. He wasn't looking for advancement, he was just helping out someone. Life rewards a person for helping out other people. I also think the story could be saying that once a person stops looking for something they will find it.
I never really thought about our class having an effect on what kind of education a child recieves. I don't think it's fair how some kids have more advantages than other kids. The children were born into these families they didn't get to pick them. Rich children get better educations,not because of the teachers they have it s because of the technology they have in their schools. The more technology a school has mean the better education for the students. I took this article as it saying that the kids can only grow up and be as good as there parents. It's like saying a child that has a parent that is a janitor, that child can only grow up to be in that class, no better. In some cases rich children grow up to be just like there rich parents.
I know it's gonna make alot of people really angry... but as a service to all of those who don't know where Bush stands on the issues, I've written my Decisive Pro-Bush Argument on my blog. I've disabled comments, and have written the largest entry that I can remember writing. If you are curious, please take a look before you vote tomorrow.
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