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Thursday, May 21, 2015
The Original Common Freshman Text: David Letterman and My Generation
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Early in my freshman year of college, a couple of us decided that we would make Thursday nights Letterman night. (This was right around the...
Friday, March 13, 2015
Leonard Nimoy
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It's been two weeks since Leonard Nimoy died, and given his state of health in recent months, the only thing surprising about his passin...
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Film Friday: Otis Redding Shakes Monterey
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Ages ago, I was a grad assistant for the late documentary film maker and teacher George C. Stoney , a genial Irish-American who taught an in...
Friday, February 6, 2015
Film Friday: The Limitation Game
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Having written recently about a film based on a true story ( American Sniper ), a story that I knew little of prior to...
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Film Friday: Juno and the Previa
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In a discussion of Jason Reitman's 2007 film Juno , I decided to address, briefly, issues of class in the film. And for me, that meant ...
Friday, January 23, 2015
Film Friday: American Sniper
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Our Hero is a devout Christian, who has found a means of reconciling his faith with his role as a gifted marksman, ser...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
'Twas the Night Before Christmas in Academia
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‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the college, not a student was stirring, their heads full of knowledge, the grades were a...
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