RT @SetonianOnline: Fire alarms, illicit solicitin…

RT @SetonianOnline: Fire alarms, illicit soliciting, and theft! Oh my! Read more in this month’s Police Blotter: bit.ly/13XscZi Similar:I'm no longer surprised, but still want to document.This is really noteworthy. Today the Pre…Current_EventsParallel structure in writing: Use it!These comic panels cover the issue well….HumanitiesHello, there, mini.Hello, there, mini. Let’s restore you fr…TweetsMaybe I'll just delete…

RT @samplereality: Forget blogging. The students i…

RT @samplereality: Forget blogging. The students in my hacking, remixing, and design class will be keeping weekly failure logs (flogs). Similar:Overheard at Quora: "Why after all these years is Moodle still so ugly?"Moodle is a free course-management tool …AcademiaParallel Structure vs. Faulty ParallelismI just touched up a handout on Parallel …HumanitiesParallel structure in writing: Use…

What Miley Cyrus Did Was Disgusting — But Not For the Reasons You Think | Anne Theriault

I still have not seen the “performance” but I did find this response to the ensuing slut-shaming to be thought-provoking. I saw many prominent white feminists use their sizeable platforms to defend Miley’s right to rub her ass on Robin Thicke while wearing flesh-coloured bra and panties. I watched as those same people remained embarrassingly…

Mentoring and Education

Mentors can adapt their teaching methods, goals and values in ways that a body of information cannot. @LukeBaum @PhilKomarny @Historiator Similar:Just remember: what you’re seeing and what you're reading is not what’s happening.Words apparently spoken by the President…Current_EventsGet Hands-on Writing Experience.AcademiaDon't use that "18 school shootings since Jan 1" claim. It's Inaccurate.Don’t use that “18…

Dear daughter, let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to you

I am intrigued by the possibility that Miley Cyrus’s alleged “performance” at VMA was intended as a criticism of the pro-date-rape sentiment of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” but I suspect we’re just witnessing the latest celebrity breakdown. Here’s a mommyblogger who calls it as she sees it. Yes, this is what happens when you constantly…

MTV VMAs: Will Smith Family’s Reaction Was to Gaga, Not Miley (Video)

I didn’t watch the show, but I did see the aftermath on Twitter. I think it’s perfectly newsworthy to correct a misconception by presenting a video clip that contextualizes a still image that has been apparently mischaracterized by the media. Unfortunately, Viacom has apparently blocked the copy of the image embedded with this story. The image…

Price History Chart of The Associated Press Stylebook 2013 (Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law)

The AP Stylebook jumped in price by more than $2 over the summer, to about $15. I assume this has everything to do with the fact that college students are buying textbooks like mad. Price History Chart of 0465082998 The Associated Press Stylebook 2013 (Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law). Similar:This is what…

Students whom I haven’t met yet…

Students whom I haven’t met yet, I’ll have you know I left a party early so I could be ready for you tomorrow. You’re welcome. And they were still serving cake and ice cream. Similar:Empathy in a Downtown Sub ShopSitting in a downtown sub shop. A half d…CultureThe girl's modern dance choreography workshopAestheticsA #neovictorian #steampunk…

TWEEN GIRL: “What’s a tribble?”

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“I’m a geek. Deal with it.” –my 11yo daughter.

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Sondra’s Garden: Butterfly Release Honors Dr. Lettrich (Seton Hill University)

“Every good lesson plan has a culminating activity,” says Dr. Audrey Quinlan. “Sondra, it took six months, but here’s your culminating activity.” Similar:Minneapolis Police Injure, Arrest Journalists Covering ProtestsThroughout the protests over the death o…CultureThe Best Way to Start an Academic PaperBoth of the following writing samples de…AcademiaShrek: The Musical (Nov 22-24; Stage Right! Greensburg)Come…

A blessing before the butterfly release at #sondra…

A blessing before the butterfly release at #sondrasgarden #setonhill http://t.co/z8rKzgc49B Similar:I'm no longer surprised, but still want to document.This is really noteworthy. Today the Pre…Current_EventsMaybe I'll just delete these QUARTER OF A MILLION spam comments.Not kidding — 254,460 spam comments in …CybercultureParallel Structure vs. Faulty ParallelismI just touched up a handout on Parallel …HumanitiesIn Defense…

The Soldier Formerly Known as Bradley Manning

Here is the entry on it from The Times’s “Manual of Style and Usage,” a guidebook used by reporters and editors throughout the newsroom: transgender (adj.) is an overall term for people whose current identity differs from their sex at birth, whether or not they have changed their biological characteristics. Cite a person’s transgender status…