March 28, 2011 at 10:24 am
This year’s calliope mainstage Cyrano de Bergerac opened this weekend, and well over a hundred students and theater-lovers went, saw, enjoyed. Tickets are available in the Core office for this weekend’s shows, 7 PM on Friday and Saturday both, April 1st and 2nd. Stop by CAS 119 to purchase yours for $5. Tickets may also […]
March 21, 2011 at 11:01 am
Nowruz is a Zoroastrian holiday marking the first day of spring, celebrated by persons of Persian ancestry. Families gather to observe traditional rituals when the sun crosses the equator and equalizes night and day. The official day begins when the sun leaves the zodiac of Pisces and enters the zodiac of Aries. Nowruz is believed […]
March 10, 2011 at 1:54 pm
The masthead has been finalized for the forthcoming twentieth issue of The Journal of the Core Curriculum. Your Spring 2011 editors are: -Jennifer Zimmerman, Editor -Hannah Franke, Poetry Editor -Megan Ilnitzki, Translations Editor -Reenat Sinay, Social Media Manager -Kalani McDaniel, Production Manager -Caitlin Outterson, Senior Editor -Elise Alexander, Designer – Prof. Sassan Tabatabai, Faculty Advisor […]
March 2, 2011 at 11:43 am
The Social Media Manager for the Core Journal — Reenat Sinay, Core ’11 CAS ’13 — wants to remind you about the deadline for submissions: Leave your mark on the Core community! Submit by March 11th! Art, poetry, fiction, essays, classwork, photography, analects, interview suggestions — whatever text or image you feel represents your experience […]
February 15, 2011 at 5:45 pm
The Core Journal is now accepting submissions from current students and alumni, to be published in print this May. We’ll consider all kinds of content, including: class assignments interviews with Core authors, faculty, and lecturers creative non-fiction, and expository and personal essays research articles from the Natural and Social Sciences courses original poetry and fiction […]
February 15, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Starting today, students can log-on to the Link to see course listings for the coming fall semester. If you use this information to start planning ahead for Fall 2011, and you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask your discussion leader or to contact Core Program Administrator Liberty Davis.
February 15, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Following the tradition started last year, the Core Curriculum is proud to continue in the effort to raise awareness of the value of biodiversity, and how we can positively and negatively affect it. Professor Daniel Hudon provides context for this year’s events on the Ecolympics blog: This year is the International Year of Forests and […]
February 7, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Mr. Victrola Cola: I got this great window cleaner. Cleans good and doesn’t streak. Smells bad, though. Cleans good, but smells bad. Putney Swope: As a window cleaner, forget it. Put soybeans in it and market it as a soft drink in the ghetto. We’ll put a picture of a rhythm and blues singer on […]
February 3, 2011 at 1:16 pm
The current RA of the Core House has a brief message for any and all returning Core students: Hello all! I hope you are surviving the snow! I just wanted to let you know that if you are interested in living in the Core House next year, you have to complete an application for Specialty […]
January 31, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Sir Christopher Ricks, a long-time lecturer in the Core Curriculum, will be speaking on the poetic accomplishments of Bob Dylan, in his third of four lectures for the Gottlieb Archives this year. His talk, “Love: Just Like a Woman,” will take place this evening, Monday, January 31, at 6 PM in the Richards-Roosevelt Room, Mugar […]
