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CC204: Living Wage Calculator

February 19, 2013 at 12:11 pm

This spring, the class of CC204 has been looking at inequality in terms of race, gender, social class and financial standing. “Poverty in America” has provided a very useful tool to investigate inequality in terms wages across the United States, the Living Wage Calculator: http://bit.ly/Ykr2NZ Simply enter your home town and find out how much money […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Great Ideas | Tagged CC204, finance, Inequality, life, money, social science, society, stability, wages, well | Comments (0)

Ron Rosenbaum on the Jane Austen ‘hype’

February 14, 2013 at 1:03 pm

Relating to CC202’s study of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the Core offers an article by Ron Rosenbaum, titled Is Jane Austen Overhyped?- Evaluating her literary merit amid the Anniversary reverence. The subject it deals with is important, and relevant to all classics- how much good does exaggerated celebration their anniversaries really do? Here is a […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Art, Community, Great Ideas, Great Personalities | Tagged celebration, critic, dumb, exaggeration, excess, hype, Jane Austen, pride and prejudice | Comments (0)

Adam and Dog

February 13, 2013 at 3:34 pm

The Core is delighted to share with students this Oscar-nominated short animated film by Minkyu Lee, named Adam and Dog. It is a compelling take on the creation story of The Book of Genesis (studied in CC101) from the point of view of a playful dog, which comes into contact with the first man in […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Announcements, Art, Community, Friday Fun, Great Ideas, Uncategorized, video | Tagged adam, dog, eve, friend, friendship, Genesis, God, sin, videos | Comments (0)

Analects of the Core: Ferry on storms

February 7, 2013 at 5:47 pm

In view of the coming storm tomorrow, the Core would like to remind everyone to remain calm and intellectual. To aid this process, here is a sample from David Ferry’s Epic of Gilgamesh (studied in CC101), on the relevant topic of storms: “In the early hours of the next morning dawning there was the noise of […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Analects, Art, Community | Tagged care, careful, David Ferry, epic, Gilgamesh, no panic, storm | Comments (0)

Twists on John Keats

February 7, 2013 at 5:13 pm

The Core presents a poem by Dan Beachy-Quick titled The Cricket and The Grasshopper, named after the poem by Romantic poet John Keats, whose work is studied in the CC202 Core class. Here is the Dan B-Q poem: The senseless leaf in the fevered hand Grows hot, near blood-heat, but never grows Green. Weeks ago the […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Art, Community, Great Ideas, Great Personalities | Tagged build, expand, influence, inspiration, John Keats, new, old, poem, poet, poetry, reference, twist | Comments (0)

The Saxophone and ‘The Odyssey’

February 5, 2013 at 3:32 pm

Relating to the study of The Odyssey by CC101 every fall, here is an interesting fact: great saxophonist Chris Potter draws inspiration from the Greek epic for his music. In the article discussing the matter, Potter is quoted as saying: I read it [the Odyssey] in high school and thought it was cool but didn’t […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Art, Community, Great Ideas | Tagged Art, combination, epic, expression, Greek, inspiration, mix, music, odyssey | Comments (0)

CC106: The Sound of Music

February 5, 2013 at 3:22 pm

Today, February 5th, Biology Professor Jelle Atema (Doctorandus, University of Utrecht (Netherlands); PhD, University of Michigan), held a lecture titled “The sound of music: frog calls and the design of music halls”, for the Core class CC106. CC106 is designed to round out students’ exploration of the natural sciences by focusing on the science of life. The professors […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Community, Core Lecturers | Tagged CC106, class, evolution, frog, halls, lecture, life, music, Professor Atema, Professor Schneider, Science | Comments (0)

Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass

February 5, 2013 at 12:53 pm

Relating to CC202’s study of Walt Whitman’s work, here is an extract of the article by Claire Kelley on the poet’s whereabouts while he was writing in 1855: “Whitman-iacs” like NYU Professor Karen Karbiener have paid their respects to the ghost of Walt Whitman by visiting the unassuming white house that stands one story taller than […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Community | Tagged article, CC202, ghost, living, poem, space, time, Walt Whitman, whispers | Comments (0)

John Keats: “This Living Hand”

January 31, 2013 at 2:16 pm

Some spring semesters, CC202 studies the works of John Keats. Here is an interesting untitled fragment the Romantic poet scribbled in a margin: This living hand, now warm and capable Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Art, Quotes | Tagged dark, discussion, gloomy, hand, interesting, John Keats, ominous, poem, poet, poetry, tomb | Comments (0)

Spring 2013 Core Mentoring for First-Year Students

January 29, 2013 at 1:12 pm

What will Nate and Gayle, the Core Mentors, be doing this semester? For students in CC102, they will be holding periodic reviews on books that have proven to be particularly challenging for students in the past. These reviews are entirely optional but highly encouraged. They will provide students with another chance to review the material […]

By mdimov | Also posted in Academics, Announcements, Community, General Announcements | Tagged aid, assignment, CC102, CC106, experience, Gayle, help, homework, hours, mentor, Nate, office | Comments (0)

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