DEATH = VICTORY, REACT ND (!)
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crowds & masses & herds of american
cries & songs & jouissance = american
media hysteria & herds of american
how many times can america say american
before it stops meaning american Read more
Posts tagged ‘Obama’
May 2
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Mar 25
online libraries & crackberries, o my!
A recent article in the Harvard Gazette discusses a mobile app that provides remote library access to Harvard libraries. Here at MSPS, we’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about information availability, multimedia resources, and digital discourse. In this age of the 24-hour news cycle, online databases, and facebook, what is the most effective way of making educational resources available not only to students, but to the general public? Is a hierarchical approach to information distribution relevant or functional? Read more
Jan 29
The Idea of Race: Reflections on Ruiz
(written by Helen Costa)
What question asked by the Census Bureau, the SAT, Notre Dame, and most job applications could generate a debate on identity formation? It’s not your telephone number. It’s not social security number. It’s not your address. No, it’s even simpler. “What is your race?” Oh, and lets not forget, “Check all that apply.” For most people, defining our race is a simple task. We look at the color of our skin. We look at our parents, our grandparents, our siblings. Using deduction, we take characteristics shared with ourselves and our family members, look at racial groups with those characteristics, and identify ourselves with those groups. While it’s supposed to be a simple question, it was exactly this that generated the discussion on Thursday night’s Martin Luther King Series on Race. Read more
