Hooded faculty and staff are loaded into the launch tube below Sullivan. @setonhilluniversity Similar:Waiting for a talk on preserving artifacts from NASA’s Apollo program So much to see at the Heinz History Ce…CultureWhat gives you comfort? I collect lights. Some of these have magnets!!AmusingThey both reached for the gun.PersonalNext up for the girl: Amy, the…
Have you seen Apple’s “Crush” ad? It features a huge huge hydraulic press crushing musical instruments, art supplies, google-eyed toys, and other beloved artifacts of imagination and creativity. I remember seeing a video years ago that showed how a smartphone replaced a desktop full of tools like a calculator, notepad, rolodex, and so forth. But…
I’m still teaching journalism and my usual courses, but after 21 years I’ve stepped aside as faculty adviser to the Setonian. The student voice of the hill (founded in 1919) will continue to evolve. First published in 1919, The Setonian not only predates SHU’s journalism major, it also predates the majestic London planetrees that the…
A Brazilian couple bought a deforested ranch and spent decades planting over 2 million trees. #hope #life #stewardship #earth #ispeakforthetrees Similar:Colossal Cave: The Board Game by Arthur O'DwyerThe kids and I enjoy nerdy board games. …CultureI have for some reason reached another #duolingo milestone.CultureSnape is not amused at this year's Hogwarts Feast.PersonalSafety is a good…
A little over a century ago, the printer T.J. Cobden-Sanderson took it upon himself to surreptitiously dump every piece of this carefully honed metal letterpress type into the river. It was an act of retribution against his business partner, Emery Walker, whom he believed was attempting to swindle him. With its extra-wide capital letters, diamond shaped punctuation and…
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So I’m starting a thing. Wish me luck. #blender3d #medieval #york #mysteryplay #corpuschristi Similar:My son teaching chess to a young pupilCultureThe Great Gatsby Character Map SomethingSoSam.AestheticsAlice in Quantumland: A Charming Illustrated Allegory of Quantum Mechanics by a CERN Physi…Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Qua…AestheticsFire Chief Grants Fireman 3-Day Extension On Difficult Fire Shortly before…
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater project. #blender3d Similar:In 2019, I have a college student who annotates readings like this!I asked students in my online “Dystopia …AcademiaI went down fighting.PersonalWeaving: Breathing: Thinking: The poetics of Emerson's NatureText derives from texere, which means “t…AestheticsRaw Deal on Printer…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters. Similar:Fall 2023 Grades: Submitted! AcademiaFeeling Like an Impostor at 49I reminded my Shakespeare students that …AcademiaThinking about physical therapy and cheerful, chatty older gents…I feel like I’m living in a sitcom. A…CultureDress rehearsal for The Nutcracker.AestheticsCreated a new graphic for an existing handout on writing editorials.The “lead…
Creating textures for background buildings in a medieval theater simulation project. I can always improve this later. #blender3d Similar:First Stanford code poetry slam reveals the literary side of computer codeLeslie Wu, a doctoral student in compute…AestheticsKeeping things in the proper perspective at 4Cs: Praise for my delivery of a line from Sta…Already met a lot…
Nothing in this stack is pressing, but they do include rough drafts of final papers, so that will involve concentration and tact and empathy and time. Similar:Tell Me a Smart Story: On Podcasts, Videos, and Websites as Writing AssignmentsIt does take longer to evaluate student …AcademiaSaints and Poets, Maybe They Do SomeI wrote the following…
Here’s the underlying problem. We have an operating image of thought, an understanding of what thought is and how to make thought productive of knowledge and truth through the use of various methods. This image and its methods are, of course, products of human history. They change over time, in different cultures, and so on.…
Representing the Humanities at Accepted Students Day. Similar:Pac-Man on Atari 800 @setonhilluniversity discussion of Summer reading book #readyplayeron…PersonalReception after faculty workshop. #partylikeaprofessorPersonalScrooge Is My BrotherMy daughter delivered the opening “Marle…CultureRefreshing my memory of working with reel-to-reel tape as a radio news intern (c. 1989).HistoryPeople with autism spectrum disorder avoid eye contact because it causes anxietyMy…
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After learning of his AIDS diagnosis, artist Keith Haring created the work, “Unfinished Painting” (1989), which is mostly a blank canvas, with streaks that evoke his own interrupted, incomplete life. Someone who thought it was “so sad” that the painting was unfinished used AI to “complete what he couldn’t finish.” Needless to say, the bot…
Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake Carnahan-Curcio and Carolyn Jerz in a scene from “Dead Man’s Cell Phone.” This weekend only… opens tonight! Order tickets online at http://www.setonhill.edu/tickets by phone at 724-552-2929, or by mail at SHUPAC Box Office, Seton Hill University, 1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, Pa., 15601-1599. Box Office Hours are…
Inspiration can come to those with the humblest heart. Caedmon the Cowherd believed he had no talent for singing, but the voice in his dream encouraged him. Listen to what he does with it in, “The Cowherd Who Became a Poet,” by James Baldwin. A Production of We Are One Body® Audio Theatre. Read by…
Dr. David von Schlichten honors the spectrum of motivations (not always financial) featured during Seton Hill‘s “Celebration of Scholarship.” Similar:Photos inspired by Wuthering HeightsA photographer blogged about taking phot…AestheticsStop trying to figure out if screentime is good for studentsPro-technology response to the NYT “No C…AcademiaMcCain's 2008 Concession Speech: Republicans interrupt their candidate's concession speech…That moment…