{"id":5476,"date":"2017-04-21T11:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2017-04-20T21:20:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T01:20:16","slug":"weekly-round-up-4-21-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2017\/04\/21\/weekly-round-up-4-21-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Round-Up, 4-21-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, Corelings! Are you excited about classes winding down? Or are you slowly spiraling into the void as you plunge into studying and writing final papers? Regardless, here is the weekly round-up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In case you missed it:<\/strong> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/community\/the-core-journal\/xxvi\/\">online version of the <em>Core Journal<\/em><\/a> has been released! Thank you to our editorial staff and contributors. Now show us your support by plastering the link all over your social media pages.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Aeneid<\/em>: a <del datetime=\"2017-04-21T00:28:30+00:00\">musical<\/del> play with songs. Duke University&#8217;s musical theater organization Hoof &#8216;n&#8217; Horn produces a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dukechronicle.com\/article\/2017\/03\/aeneid-preview\">modern-day version of Virgil&#8217;s work<\/a> that avoids the term &#8220;musical&#8221; in hopes of evading the connotations and tropes of the genre. In light of the current refugee crisis, the production is particularly relevant.<\/li>\n<li><em>Paradise Lost: Reclaiming Destiny<\/em> is a production that can only be described as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/event\/paradise-lost-reclaiming-destiny-go-8057057\">a &#8220;steamy dance\/theater&#8221; piece<\/a> (we assume, considering we haven&#8217;t had the privilege of seeing it). Two differences from the original text stand out: God is now two beings (Father God and Mother God) and Adam eats the fruit before Eve does, which certainly shakes things up a bit. The show ran until April 3 at Greenway Court Theatre in LA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/images1.laweekly.com\/imager\/u\/745x420\/8057055\/paradise_lost_2.jpg\" width=\"422\" height=\"238\" alt=\"Head-to-head. (Photo Credit: Anthony Roldan)\" class=\"\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Head-to-head. (Photo Credit: Anthony Roldan)<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>There ishope that, should House Bill 2177 be passed, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.normantranscript.com\/news\/hindus-to-seek-bhagavad-gita-monuments-if-oklahoma-house-bill\/article_cea56242-1af7-11e7-99b2-f304f259d3f1.html\">monuments bearing verses from the <em>Bhagavad-Gita<\/em><\/a> may be erected in public places in Oklahoma, such as public universities, city halls, and the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City. The work is said to have influenced a number of American icons, such as Henry David Thoreau, Albert Einstein, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.<\/li>\n<li>A new RPG adventure entitled <em>A Flower from Hermes<\/em>, created by 3 Halves Games, <a href=\"https:\/\/3hg.itch.io\/a-flower-from-hermes\">is based on Book X of the Odyssey<\/a>. It is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/jam\/odysseyjam\">Odyssey Jam<\/a>, a game jam (a challenge that involves planning and creating video games in a short period of time) that took place early last month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.itch.zone\/aW1hZ2UvMTMwNDI1LzU5ODk1My5wbmc=\/original\/dEAnng.png\" width=\"368\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Turn-based action. A screenshot from A Flower from Hermes.\" class=\"\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turn-based action. A screenshot from A Flower from Hermes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That should do it! We wish you the best of luck in these last few weeks of class!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, Corelings! Are you excited about classes winding down? Or are you slowly spiraling into the void as you plunge into studying and writing final papers? Regardless, here is the weekly round-up: In case you missed it: The online version of the Core Journal has been released! Thank you to our editorial staff and contributors. 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