Archive for April, 2008

A Day of Silence

Friday, April 25th, 2008

As they ask on their website, “What are you going to do to end the silence?”
http://dayofsilence.org/content/truth.html 

Spring 2008 Final Exams

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Final Exams will occur during the specified times listed for each course. Rearranging exam times requires approval from the VPAA.
COMM 495– Monday 5/5/08 12:00- 2:00 p.m.
COMM 110A– Tuesday 5/6/08 10:00- 12:00 a.m.
COMM 324– Tuesday 5/6/08 12:30-2:30 p.m.
COMM 110B– Wednesday 5/7/08 8-10 a.m.

Can you really outlaw skinny?

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

FRANCE MAY OUTLAW INCITING EXTREME THINNESS

 
By DEVORAH LAUTER, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 40 minutes ago
The French parliament’s lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make it illegal for anyone — including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites — to publicly incite extreme thinness.
The National Assembly approved the […]

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Then…

And now…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7347856.stm

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Friday, April 4th, 2008

January 15, 1929- April 4, 1968

“They said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.  Come now therefore, and let us slay him…and we shall see what will become of his dreams.”  Genesis 37:19-20 KJV

Dreams deferred

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Today, in my independent cinema class, we watched Hoop Dreams, the uplifting yet heart-wrenching tale of Arthur Agee and William Gates. As one student talked about the expectations and assumptions that exist for so many in my classto go to college, the reality is that the experiences of Arthur and William are all too […]