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dining commons and its other student-focused facilities are state-of-the-art. That gives McGinnis the flexibility to quickly create new – and delicious – menu items. Like Korean tacos. A student suggested the popular street food – a tortilla filled with marinated pork, cabbage and ssamjang sauce – be added to the University Center Dining Common’s menu. “So, we Googled it,” McGinnis said. “And two days later we’re serving it.” They take comment cards really seriously, said Sarah Sandgren ’11, a
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the design of my FYEP Writing 101 class last fall, “Pop Philosophy: Writing About Music, Taste, and Culture.” What might it mean to be an aesthetic cosmopolitan? Though there are several ways to understand the word “cosmopolitan,” I am most interested in the classical sense that originated with the Stoics: the “citizen of the world.” The core of philosophical cosmopolitanism is the notion that all human beings belong (at least potentially) to a single global moral community, regardless of their
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, dictionaries Indexes Most traditional textbooks TIP (Context is key!): A source type may change depending on your research need. For example, a newspaper review of the opening of West Side Story in 1957 may seem like a secondary source, but from a historical research standpoint, this source is giving you a first-hand account of reactions surrounding the musical. Popular vs. Academic SourcesAcademic sources: Academic sources are typically found in scholarly publications and are written by experts in a field
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with another culture and examining how your experiences and beliefs interact with theirs. Hofstede uses the onion analogy: “On the outer layer of the onion, you’ll have symbols, such as food, logos, colours or monuments. The next layer consists of heroes, and can include real life public figures, like statesmen, athletes or company founders, or figures such as Superman in popular culture. On the third layer, closest to the core, you´ll find rituals, such as sauna, karaoke, or meetings.” We’ve
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about politics and ideas, which frequently include topics on race/racism. http://racism.org/, a web-site dealing with racism and the law. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/race-matters/, a web-site by the PBS Newshour’s Race Matters series covering a variety of topics dealing with race/racism from police brutality to popular culture. Politics, Groups, and Identities Journal’s #BlackLivesMatter Micro-Syllabus All articles are free until August 31, 2020): https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/pgi-black
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conferences in the nation that examine the topic. Sut Jhally, founder and executive director of the Media Education Foundation, will kick off the event during his keynote address, titled “Tough Guys: Masculinity and Violence.” Jhally is a professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts and a leading scholar looking at the role advertising and popular culture play in the processes of social control and identity construction. At the conference, he will address how media literacy and
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silence of the rest of us, the silence of the rest of us who consider ourselves the good guys.” A communication professor at the University of Massachusetts, Jhally is one of the world’s leading scholars on the role advertising and popular culture play in the processes of social control and identity construction. At his talk, he said gender identity does not occur naturally; instead it’s learned from images in the media, from peers and family members, and people simply act out the culturally-accepted
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New to the Library – Popular Fiction Collection The Mortvedt Library is proud to announce a new addition to our offerings; the Popular Fiction Collection. This collection hopes to encourage exploration through storytelling and contemporary literature, as well as motivate lifelong learning and curiosity. The idea for this collection came from a goal… May 19, 2022
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is best known for his research in Egypt including excavations in the Valley of the Kings. He has led many expeditions and is the author of nine books and numerous scientific and popular articles on archaeological subjects. For several years, Ryan worked closely with world-renowned Norwegian explorer, archaeologist and writer, the late Thor Heyerdahl, whose open-minded approach to the topic of early human use of the ocean was a hallmark of his remarkable research. Ryan is also a Research Associate
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Jazz Lessons Books American Popular Music 3rd edition (McGraw-Hill 2008) : View Book Biography David Deacon-Joyner is a former Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at Pacific Lutheran University. He is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, mentored by jazz piano great James Williams. He studied composition with Donald Freund and Jonathan Kramer, and ethnomusicology with David Evans. Dr. Deacon-Joyner came to western Washington from the University of North Texas in Denton, where he held the position of
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