Composition/Writing Studies (Tenure Track)

Assistant Professor of Composition/English Institution: Seton Hill UniversityLocation: Greensburg, PACategory: Faculty – Liberal Arts – English and LiteraturePosted: 09/09/2009Application Due: 11/13/2009Type: Full TimeNotes: included on Affirmative Action emailSeton Hill University seeks specialist in Composition/Writing Studies for tenure-track, Assistant Professor of English, beginning fall 2010. The faculty member will teach composition and related courses in the…

Summer Reading Book Discussion 2009: This I Believe – New Media Journalism @ Seton Hill University

The Seton Hill registrar describes how her devotion to mathematics and logic has helped her serve her community. “Nearly everything I need to know, and that I currently believe, I think I’ve learned at school board meetings…. I’ve survived seven elections, I’ve been beaten up by the press, made deep friendships and bitter enemies. I’ve…

Forgotten Memories Are Still in Your Brain

For anyone who’s ever forgotten something or someone they wish they could remember, a bit of solace: Though the memory is hidden from your conscious mind, it might not be gone. —Wired Similar:The Myth of MultitaskingPsychology Today summary of research tha…HealthYou Must Not ‘Do Your Own Research’ When It Comes To ScienceI don’t have scientific…

Feds to Let Citizens Log In With Yahoo, Google, Paypal Accounts

U.S. citizens will soon be able to log in to government websites using their Google account, or the URL of their Yahoo profile. It’s a significant embrace of the open and emerging tech standards the Obama administration promised. —Wired Similar:Can't upload photos to Facebook from my MacBookI spent 30 minutes trying to upload abou…CybercultureOminous Darkness…

They Might Be Giants: "Meet the Elements"

Not as cleverly written as that video that has a line or two about each U.S. president (which I can’t locate at the moment) but still very nicely done. Similar:Apple's iPad turns 5: Has it lived up to Steve Jobs' 2010 keynote?[Jobs] was right to leave out the produc…BusinessTop: flat, monochrome rectangles. Middle: rectangles with…

Obama's Speech to School Children

From the president’s prepared remarks to school children, scheduled for tomorrow. Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide. Maybe you could be a good writer – maybe…

Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea

A team of scientists from Britain, the United States and Papua New Guinea found more than 40 previously unidentified species when they climbed into the kilometre-deep crater of Mount Bosavi and explored a pristine jungle habitat teeming with life that has evolved in isolation since the volcano last erupted 200,000 years ago. In a remarkably…

How To Crowdsource Grading

Top-down grading by the prof turns learning (which should be a deep pleasure, setting up for a lifetime of curiosity) into a crass competition: how do I snag the highest grade for the least amount of work? how do I give the prof what she wants so I can get the A that I need…

Space Sights, Smells Shock Rookie Discovery Astronauts

I remember some years ago reading an article that used a similar strategy to describe exactly what it would feel like to stand on Mars. One of things Ford wasn’t ready for is the weird smell. “From the [spacewalks] there really is a distinct smell of space when they come back in,” Ford said from…

Inside peek: How The New York Times uses blogs

In many ways, the Times’ blogs are no different from anyone else’s. But there’s one organizational trick they employ very effectively: Division of Labor. Times bloggers don’t work on their own. They don’t handle every aspect of their blogs. Who does what is divided up to bring specific expertise to bear on different parts of…

Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids

“Just make sure that you spell everything wrong and swear a lot.” Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids Similar:Multimodal Composition: Every time a student submits a narrated PowerPoint, a puppy cries.AcademiaTARDIS from today's 3D printing class.AestheticsTechnology won’t fix America’s neediest schools. It makes bad education worse.[N]o matter how good the design, and…

Stop the Presses

The economic reality of working in journalism in the present economy: good people are losing their jobs. For the past several years, largely as a result of free news and classifieds on the Internet, ad revenues and circulation have been sinking for newspapers nationwide. Sun management and their bosses at the Chicago-based Tribune Company, which owns the paper, have…

Dungeons & Dragons: The Animated Series

Clever DVD Verdict review (written by recent SHU graduate Mike Rubino) DM: You pick up Dungeons & Dragons: The Animated Series, and find that it is lighter than expected. Your nostalgia level receives a +5 for the next nine hours and 54 minutes. (Thanks for the link, Josh.) Similar:Appreciating the production values and so-stupid-it-might-be-brilliant comedy…

The Medium – Facebook Exodus

“The more dependent we allow ourselves to become to something like Facebook — and Facebook does everything in its power to make you more dependent — the more Facebook can and does abuse us,” Harmsen explained by indignant e-mail. “It is not ‘your’ Facebook profile. It is Facebook’s profile about you.” — Virginia Heffernan, New…

At Last, A Graph That Explains Scifi TV After Star Trek

In 1970, the gap between shows featuring magic and shows featuring more science-based themes is fairly wide, which may be related to the relative cost of producing the different types of shows; Captain Kirk required pricey sets and a makeup crew while Samantha Stevens just needed a film editor and the ability to wiggle her…

Obama's September 8 Address to School Children

If this were a Monday, I might have had my “News Writing” students watch it during class, since many of them are education majors (and a fair number of them admitted they were only in the class because their teaching certificate program requires the course). This is the first time an American president has spoken…

Pittsburgh paper to launch 'members-only' website

As US newspaper publishers mull charging readers on the Web, a Pennsylvania daily announced plans on Monday to put some content behind a pay wall. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said “PG+” would be a “members-only website with interactive features and exclusive content” available to subscribers for 36 dollars a year or for 3.99 dollars a month.…

Disney to buy Marvel in $4bn deal

Is your Spidey-sense tingling? Disney will take over ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters, such as Spider-Man and the X-Men.–BBC Similar:The case for puns as the most elevated display of wit Geary admits that he often makes pun i…CultureThe Shape of the World, According to Old Mapshttps://www.visualcapitalist.com/shape-o…AestheticsSTAR TREK's Still as Relevant on the 50th AnniversaryIn situations…

Mugged Shadyside man tracks suspects by GPS

A technology win from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Rather and Potter emptied the victim’s pockets of his cell phone and wallet and told the victim to “get out of here,” police said. The victim ran off while Rather and Potter headed toward Fifth Avenue, police said. When officers showed up at the victim’s home, he was…

Radio News Delivery: How to Sound Like a Radio Broadcaster

Listen to a short news broadcast, such as the NPR Hourly News Summary. These stories will typically include audio clips from newsmakers, and perhaps the noise of crowds or nature. But we’re just focusing on the sound of the radio journalist’s voice. Don’t try to sound like “an announcer.” Forget the barking style of voice that radio announcers always…