How to Disagree Academically: Using Graham’s “Disagreement Hierarchy” to organize a college term paper. Similar:Where Are the Women?Thanks for the suggestion, Nicole. The …CultureRecent SHU journo grad, upon the hiring of an even more recent SHU journo grad: "Many time…A couple weeks ago I posted about a rece…AcademiaWe are the product that Facebook has been…
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:The Cover Letter That Led to Awesome InterviewsWhen I do a career planning unit, I am o…BusinessDelightful interview with a former Setonian editor-in-chief who's now doing SEOAs a student journalist, Jessie totally …AcademiaGender and Language –…
Gotta love how this reporter worked the spelling variations into the story. Meet Ben F orgers (we wish we were making this up). The founder of the accounting firm hired by Donald Trump’s social media group has used 14 variations of his name in filings with the industry regulator, far more than any other US…
Last weekend I roughed out shapes to represent buildings, in order to provide some sense of scale in a 3D simulation. For the past few days I’ve been texturing. #blender Similar:Narnia board game — enjoyable family activity (but it's weird that the Pevensies compete …It’s weird that in the Narnia board game…BooksRhythm of the Dance…
The School of Humanities honors me and my colleagues @mikearnzen and Dan Martino as we complete our service to @setonianonline, @eye.contact.shu and the Pastoral Ministry program. (We’re all still here @setonhilluniversity, looking forward to our next adventures on the hill.) Similar:Really enjoyed watching Your Name with the family. Visuals hooked me, but the story kept…
NASA says it is once again able to get meaningful information back from the Voyager 1 probe, after months of troubleshooting a glitch that had this venerable spacecraft sending home messages that made no sense. The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes launched in 1977 on a mission to study Jupiter and Saturn but…
I confess I often check my messages and make quick calls while walking between appointments. My school has a lot of interconnected buildings, with halls wide enough for pedestrian traffic to flow in both directions occasionally connected by a doorway only wide enough for one person. I find students who are on the other side…
Spring and Fall Gerard Manley Hopkins [to a young child] Márgarét, áre you gríeving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leáves like the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care for, can you? Ah! ás the heart grows older It will come to such sights colder By and by, nor spare a sigh Though worlds of…
I didn’t know I had a Shakespeare-themed-match itch to scratch. 1. Hours and hours How many hours are there in a week? And when you’ve worked it out, can you now figure out how Shakespeare expressed that number in words? He did it using only 15 letters, true to his line “Brevity is the soul…
Some 2300 years ago in ancient Greece, Plato wrote a dialogue featuring his mentor Socrates, who argued that the ability to churn out the longest written compositions on trivial topics or the shortest compositions on important topics is a shallow skill that has nothing to do with human understanding, much like demonstrating that you can…
Similar:Overview of the Forward Ops station, one deck below the main bridge of the fantasy #steamp…PersonalAnother lovely variation of a #steampunk control panel. #blender3dart #neovictorian #desig…AestheticsI had some unexpected downtime today, so I filled out another span of my #blender3d #steam…AestheticsDress rehearsal for Mamma Mia. This weekend only.PersonalEnjoyed making a 3D print of the captain’s…
Similar:Lies about history in Texas can be traced to the Lone Star State's own Big Lie: The AlamoYet many Texans feel they need …CultureKairos: Open Since 1996As a plucky new faculty member I wrote a…AcademiaYork Plays 2025: Five cameras, adding up to ~100 hours of footage.Five cameras, adding up to ~100 hours of…AcademiaGoogle's AI could probably beat…
I remember when we got home from SHU’s “The Tempest” you immediately started making a sock puppet theater. At one point you were enumerating all the characters you wanted to portray, and you said, “I’m going to need more socks! Similar:A full minute standing ovation after that rousing final “Alleluia.” Thrilling!PersonalStage Right's 'Seussical' offers songs,…
Similar:Everything is beautiful at the ballet.DanceI'm Gradually Losing My Hearing. (It’s Part of Aging.)During a department meeting today, I not…AcademiaMy Father's Day adventure included replacing the family gaming computer (a 2011 Mac Mini…..One of the benefits of working at Seton …AcademiaToday's 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dartAestheticsElevator shaft on a #steampunk #blender3d cruiser,…
Similar:Lining up for Honors Convocation 2016. #setonhillAcademiaAnother chess tournament with the boy.GamesBrand new chairs for PICT draw applause.PersonalFoggy April morning on the hill.PersonalSettling in for a jukebox show (not my favorite genre but the Go-Gos are fun).PersonalAnd you thought your last teleconference was rough!Personal
Pinhole projection. Similar:The problem I just learned about calls for tea in the big mug.Culture"She even disgraces the name of Linton." –Heathcliff, on his simpering wife Isa… PersonalCheerful scene from @pictclassictheatre Jane Eyre (getting great reviews; 11 more performa…PersonalYork Corpus Christi Pageant, Toronto, June 7I’ll be in Toronto next week to observe …AcademiaJohn Speed’s 1611 map…
I’ve felt a bit like this guy the last few times I’ve been to in-person academic conferences. I certainly enjoy the panels and the keynotes and seeing the poster presentations, but in between sessions I just drift around and think about what I would be doing right now if I were at home, and missing…