November 2005 Archives
Seton Hill prepares holiday feasts
For the last 16 years, Darrin Achtzehn has cooked two Thanksgiving dinners, one on the holiday itself and one on the Monday before. Both are for sizable groups of people.
Monday's meal was the traditional Thanksgiving feast for the student body at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, where Mr. Achtzehn is food service director.
Web Logs in the Post-Secondary Writing Classroom: A Study of Purposes
Based on the sample from this study, many educators use the home-base blog as a place for teachers to post course-related items. The home-base blog tends to be used in one or more of the following ways: 1) to post announcements, 2) to post assignments, 3) to link to student blogs, 4) to link to the course website and/or syllabus, 5) to link to important website resources (the library website, or news sites), and 6) to serve as a daily agenda. For example, Dennis Jerz from Seton Hill University uses his home-base course weblog in a combination of these ways. In the image below, Figure 9, you can see the blog home page for one of his writing courses.
You've heard it before, and you'd be lying if you said you hadn't.
Catie: Oh my God, I have so much work!
Ryan: No kidding! I have, like, three papers due next Tuesday and a presentation on Thursday...
Catie: Yeah, I have a presentation on Friday. But I seriously have four twelve-page papers due on Monday. I haven't eaten all day, and I'm so tired... It's going to take me forever to do all this!
Ryan: Oh, I guess I haven't slept much either... but all my papers have to be sixteen pages long, with citations. And finals week I have four exams total. Two on Tuesday, one Wednesday, and my last one isn't till Friday. The nerve to have an exam on Friday that I have to stick around till then!!
Catie: Seriously! Gosh, I have too much to do. I'll never get it done.
Ryan: These papers are killing me. I don't think I'll ever see daylight in the next two weeks.
And the defeatest conversation continues from there... on and on, and no one gets anything done except reinforcing three points:
1) There is "so" much to do.
2) We (or whomever) will "never" get it all done.
3) Sacrificing food, sleep, and relaxation does not help the situation.
This is the time that everyone lists the things "to do" and prays to get them done with an ounce of sanity remaining. Listening to friends list their tasks to conquer, there's an unsaid comparison taking place. Who has more to do? Whose work load will take longer? is harder? will push them over the edge? Who should be pitied for the number of finals thay have to take?
[I'm recycling this post from Spring Semester 2005 since I thought the advice could apply to everyone this year, too. To be fair gender-wise, I changed the original "Jill" to "Ryan." All of us go through this... - Karissa]
If anyone has ever participated in the senior sleepovers, either has a host, or as a high school student, please email me at louiegagliardi@gmail.com. I have a few questions for you, and this is for newswriting, so don't worry about anyone seeing your comments but me, a few classmates for copyediting and Dr. Jerz.
Thanks!
Lou
Seton Hill University’s CRAFT club is collecting 7 x 9 inch sections for a quilt we are creating in order to foster community unity and make a difference in our circles of influence. These segments, which we hope will be donated to us by a variety of campus and community members, can be knitted or crocheted in any patterns or style in any colors of the rainbow. They can be striped, solid, or any color pattern you choose.
When you place your donation in one of the donation boxes around campus (near the first floor Admin elevator, by Maureen Vissat’s office in Canevin, by the SHU Writing Center, or via campus mail to box 126B), please include your name, address, email address, and type of fiber used (i.e. synthetic vs. natural) attached to your segments on a 3 x 5 notecard (or similar). We will stop collecting donations on December 16th and resume when classes start again in January.
This pieces will be joined together by volunteers in December, January, and February to create one (or several!) quilts in the Warm Up America format to display on campus and then the Mustard Seed Gallery in Greensburg. The quilt(s) will then distributed via a local charitable organization or sold in order to raise proceeds for a local charitable organization. (If you are involved in a local charitable organization, please contact us!)
CRAFT invites community members to donate completed sections and/or yarn and materials and to join us on Thursday nights in A410 to learn how to knit and make segments. Also, volunteers are needed in December, January, and February to piece the quilt together. For more information, visit http://blogs.setonhill.edu/Craft/ or email president Moira Richardson at Ric7122@setonhill.edu.
(I'm still working on the syllabus, but here is the description of the course I've been giving out to those who ask.)
The course will ask students to think critically about the culture out of which videogames arose, to read and discuss articles about games and gaming culture, to write several short papers and interact with peers online, and to study a particular game in depth. Among the topics we may discuss are games for children, representations of women in games, experiences of women who design and play games, games for education and training, games of persuasion and protest, games as a storytelling and artistic medium of expression, and, of course, games for fun.
What is SITA? it's a club that focuses on ART. I think there's a misconception about this club. This club is open to all students not just art majors. Just because it said students in the arts, it's not necessarily for art majors. The club's objective deals with art exposure in all forms.
If anyone has questions, please ask me or Sarah Elwood or Athena Singer. If anyone is intereseted in joining or in making gift wrapping papers today Wednesday Nov. 9, contact me or any of the people above.
Thanks! :)
Cymfony's Marketing Insight: Blogging on the College CampusSchools like Case Western Reserve University, University of Minnesota, Seton Hill University, and the University of South Florida are using blogging in the right way by promoting openness and community. These schools' blog systems allow anyone to create blogs and also aggregate blog entries so that users can see what was recently posted and what the most popular discussions are.
Academics and Athletics: Friends or Foes
Panel Discussion
Reeves Memorial Library
Thursday, November 10, 2005
6:00 - 7:30 P.M.
Panelists: Kaleeda Jenkins, Tim Blasko, Karissa Kilgore,
Landon Etchings, Kevin Hinton, Samantha Boden
Door Prize & Refreshments
EVERYONE IS INVITED. BRING A FRIEND. THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT!!!
Electronic paper moves from sci-fi to marketplace - Yahoo! News
In Neal Stephenson's sci-fi novel "The Diamond Age," a young girl's companion is a book with amazing qualities -- it talks, and the words magically change with the story.
A decade after Stephenson's book was published, what was once labeled science fiction is finding its way to the real-world market.
My radio show, "Dodge Intrepid and the Pages of Time," will be performed live this Saturday, November 5th, at Cafe Kolache in Beaver County. The show will feature four brand new episodes and feature myself, along with three members of the Cellar Dwellers, providing all of the voices and sound effects. Our first performance like this was two months ago, and it debuted to a great audience... so I would invite anyone that can drive out to Beaver County (about an hour and fifteen minutes from SHU), it's more than likely well worth your time. The show is free, and will last from 7PM until 9PM.
Of course if you can't make it, the studio recordings of the four new episodes are being released as podcasts each week over the next month. A live recording of Saturday's show will also be released. For more info, and past episodes, check out the Library Aids Blog!
Our exciting radio show follows Dodge Intrepid, a world famous librarian/adventurer, and his intern Pluck Gumption as they try to save the printed word from a maniacal gypsy-industrialist named Allister Farious. The show is filled with wit, literature, and adventure. And, of course, its for all audiences (although I don't think the youngins will get our Petrarch reference.)
