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Mixed Media November 27, 2001, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 27, 2001 issue includes articles on Student Alliance updates, the end of programming at Carr House, community service opportunities at RISD, RISD life models, RISD Works, the drummer of band Live Jazz, a man who arranges rocks on Thayer Street, some RISD departments forcing students to buy laptops, and music and film reviews, along with the comics "Captain Obvious" and "Salsa! by Andrew Kaiko, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media November 8, 2001, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 8, 2001 issue includes articles on campus construction and relocation projects, a brief history of the Taliban, a visit from guest artist Calef Brown, a guest lecture on genetic and biological art, a guest lecture by architect Will Alsop, and film and music reviews, along with the comics "Atlas" by Heino and Sarah Brown and "Salsa! by Andrew Kaiko, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media October 15, 2001, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The October 15, 2001 issue is about propaganda and includes articles on Osama Bin Laden, student comments on whether the United States should take military action following the events of 9/11, the Nads, music and film reviews, Brown's production of the Noel Coward play "Design for Living," and Dave Eggers' book "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," along with comics, fiction by Jonah Bleicher, event notices, and other announcements.

Wonder Window Series: My Guardian Angel, My Fairy Godmother, My Magical Mermaid, Samara Anjelae

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English by Samara Anjelae on May 7, 2001

Mixed Media January 2, 2001, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The January 2, 2001 issue includes articles on the Providence program "Food Not Bombs," a faculty member's experience in Poland, the female orgasm, teen idols, and living amongst the Bedouin, excerpts from activist John Running's memoirs, a photoseries on a science fair in Florida, comics, event notices, and other announcements.

Mighty?, Craig Davis

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

The following poem was written by a teacher candidate at Wright State University in response to viewing the movie, The Mighty. This movie reveals the challenges and the triumphs two students with disabilities face as they forge a unique and enduring friendship.

Reviews, Sandi Albertson-Shea, Susan A. Schiller, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Sandi Alberston-Shea. Letters for the Living: Teaching Writing in a Violent Age. (Michael Blitz and C. Mark Huribert, 1999).

Susan A. Schiller. Education and the Soul: Toward a Spiritual Curriculum. (John P. Miller, 2000).

Jeffrey D. Wilhelm. Radical Presence: Teaching as Contemplative Practice. (Mary Rose O'Reilly, 1998).

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Morris Berman tells the story of his maternal grandfather, who, when he was five years old in 1883 or 1884, was sent to a Jewish elementary school in Belorussia. On the first day of class, the teacher startled the young boy by taking each child's slate and smearing the first two letters of the Hebrew alphabet—aleph and beys—on it in honey. His grandfather's first lesson consisted of eating the letters off the slate. The symbolism of this act is complex, Berman muses, but central to the ritual is the belief that what is real must be taken into …

Imperfection: The Will-To-Control And The Struggle Of Letting Go, W. Keith Duffy

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

As I found myself beginning to appropriate my students' writing more and more, I wondered if this was evidence of a spiritual imbalance—an unwillingness to acknowledge my own imperfection as a teacher and human being.

A Poetics Of Student Writing, Dennis Young

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Focusing on student reflective essays about learning writing, I rely on depth psychology and hermeneutics to illustrate the image-making, poetic dimension of student work.

Being There: Revising The Discourse Of Emotion And Teaching, Dale Jacobs

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

This essay explores the fine line that exists between teacher engagement and teacher burnout and suggests strategies for teachers and mentors of teachers to help negotiate this line.

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Felt Sensing Of Speech Acts In Written Genre Acquisition, Randall Popken

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

This paper theorizes about the experiential dimension of acquiring rhetorical genres—specifically the way developing writers rely on felt sensing when they encounter the "core" of genres: illocutionary speech acts.

Teacher Growing Pains, Carolina Mancuso

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Reflecting on a teacher education course which incorporated experiential learning in an exploratory pedagogy, the author examines how the relationship between teachers and students can affect both personal and professional lives, particularly in periods of individual transition.

Flow, Centering, And The Classroom: Wisdom From An Ancient Friend, Lorie Heggie

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Understanding "flow" and drawing on the metaphor of the dialectic that occurs between horse and rider can guide us to create a centered classroom.

Connecting, Helen Walker, Laura Milner, Candace Walworth, Dave Waddell, Vic Kryston, Richard L. Graves

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Laura Milner—Steve's Story.

Candace Walworth—War & Peace in a Two-Car Garage.

Dave Waddell—Caring.

Vic Kryston—Ralph and the Unexpected Fix.

Richard L. Graves—The Abraham Dream.

Reviews, Lisa Tyler, Fran Claggett, Bruce Novak, Neal Lerner

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Lisa Tyler. Writing and Healing: Toward an Informed Practice. (Charles M. Anderson and Marian M. MacCurdy, eds., 2000).

Fran Claggett. Revisioning Writers' Talk: Gender and Culture in Acts of Composing. (Mary Ann Cain, 1995).

Bruce Novak. Tomorrow's Children: A Blueprint for Partnership Education in the 21st Century. (Riane Eisler, 2000).

Neal Lerner. Stories from the Center: Connecting Narrative and Theory in the Writing Center. (Lynn Craigue Briggs and Meg Woolbright, eds., 2000).

Discredited Metaphors Of Mind Limit Our Vision, Marilyn Middendorf

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Teachers will be intrigued by recent discoveries in "the brain sciences" and the new metaphors of consciousness they suggest.

Now & Then (Volume 18, Issue 01, 2001), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 18, Issue 01, published in 2001. The theme of this issue is Appalachian Rivers, Lakes, & Streams. This issue examines the central role of waterways in Appalachian environmental, economic, and cultural life, addressing both their vulnerability and vitality. Through articles on regional water shortages, aquaculture-based science education, and industrial heritage initiatives such as Southwest Pennsylvania's Rivers of Steel, it highlights tensions between development, resource management, and sustainability. Essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews further reflect on memory, labor, recreation, and loss connected to rivers and streams, presenting water as both a life-sustaining resource …

Now & Then (Volume 18, Issue 02, 2001), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

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Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 18, Issue 02, published in 2001. The theme of this issue is Always a Love Story: Fiction from the Appalachian Mountains. This issue centers on Appalachian fiction as an expression of love. Love of place, family, memory, and even the tensions that compel departure. Through interviews with contemporary writers, reflections on literary truth-telling in the anthracite region, and award-winning short fiction, it explores how authors resist stereotype while portraying complex attachments to the mountains. Essays, poetry, and reviews further emphasize the enduring emotional landscape of Appalachian storytelling, presenting regional literature as both …

Now & Then (Volume 18, Issue 03, 2001), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 18, Issue 03, published in 2001. The theme of this issue is Conserving and Developing Appalachia's Natural Resources. This issue examines the ongoing tension between economic development and environmental stewardship in Appalachia's resource-based industries. Through articles on native plant entrepreneurship, federal energy policy, mountaintop removal mining, post-industrial land recovery, and state park systems, it explores competing visions of prosperity, sustainability, and ecological responsibility. Essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews further reflect on personal and collective reckonings with land use, memory, and inheritance, presenting the region's natural landscape as both a source of livelihood …

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Mixed Media December 18, 2000, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The December 18, 2000 issue includes articles on John Ashcroft's confirmation as U.S. Attorney General, the Jim Isermann exhibition at the RISD Museum "Logic Rules," and a RISD Museum show "From Paris to Providence" focusing on 1920s fashion and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' shop, along with comics, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media December 2, 2000, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The December 2, 2000 issue includes articles on UHALL updates, a public hearing on the closing of Fort Thunder, the embargo against Iraq, RISD trekkies and a Star Trek convention in Springfield, string theory physics, a Miruna Dragan exhibition at the Sol Koffler Gallery, the book "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse, along with the comics "A Tribute to Our Former Editors" by Hal "That Comics Guy" Forsstrom, "[Put It In.]" by Ethan, and more, event notices, an advertisement for the new basketball team "The Balls," and other announcements.

Inventing Metaphors To Understand The Genre Of Poetry, Phyllis Whitin

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

To make personally meaningful connections with poetry as a genre, students in the author's seventh grade classes generated original metaphors to describe the essence of poetry.

The Widening Gyre: Images As Central To The Global Village, Mark Smith

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

The image is emerging as the lingua franca of technological culture, both resurrecting characteristics of pre-literate classicism and consolidating the global community.

Mixed Media November 18, 2000, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 18, 2000 issue centers on sinning and includes articles on the RISD Christian Fellowship, the Upper Hill Alliance (UHALL), folk artist the Reverend Howard Finster, cocaine, the film "Altered States," Jean-Michel Basquiat as a shaman, art and transformation in China, and the pleasures of walking, along with the comics "Piggy & Bunny", "Brie" by Brie, "Martyr" by Heino, "Classic T.E. Nailsworth," "Captain Obvious" by Paolo Rivera, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media November 2, 2000, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 2, 2000 issue includes articles on campus safety, a forum on student safety following last year's rape, how to find a job after graduating, Halloween, a new women's art space in Olneyville "The Hive Archive," the closing of Fort Thunder, a proposition to turn the South Street Power Plant into he Heritage Harbor Museum, RISD alum Alex Ostroy's work in digital art, and a Brown production of the plan "Moon Under Miami," along with the comics "Classic T.E. Nailsworth," "Parent and Alumni Weekend" by Alex Stevovich, "Halloween's Day …

Mixed Media October 18, 2000, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The October 18, 2000 issue focuses on the upcoming national election and includes articles on the Democracy Compact, voting, US presidential candidates, freemasonry, the politics of sex, the film "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," an exhibit at the Sol Koffler gallery, and a review of Dave Eggers' book "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," along with the comics "Lucky Goose" and "The Adventures of Captain Obvious" by Paolo Rivera, event notices, and other announcements.