Twitter & the WORD

May 6th, 2009

I’ve been experimenting with Twitter, essentially twitting to announce what the WORD writers are publishing, such as covering the PEN festival this year or Julia Porfido’s “Children of the Night.” As I say, it’s an experiment.

But lately when I’m checking on the latest of the WORD’s new followers, I get this whacky owl logo, saying, “Sorry, the account you were headed to has been suspended due to strange activity. Mosey along now, nothing to see here.” A few days ago, the WORD got three in a row.

So, I wonder.

Anyway, Twitting is an experiment.

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PEN Update: Hannah Levine Scores

May 3rd, 2009

The PEN May 2, Event, The PEN Cabaret, featuring Laurie Anderson, Carrie Brownstein, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Patricia Clarckson, Steve Connell, David Conrad, Mark Z. Danielewski, James Franco, Peter Hirsch, Nick Laird, Walter Mosley, Parker Posey, Lou Reed, Sekou and Sean Wilsey, sold out weeks ago. But WORD writer Hannah Levine, who works for the Hunter Envoy as its Entertainment Editor and who blogs at  My Soul Is a Butterfly, had been for several weeks feverishly hoping as well as feverishly persisting to get access even though we guessed the odds were a 1,000 to one.

I got this email from her last night: “I am ecstatically happy.”

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Protected: A Whole Lot of Flashing Going On

April 30th, 2009

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The Commute

April 28th, 2009
A decent shot. Did on the fly as I was passing through the 42nd Street subterranean metropolis where a number of the subway lines converge. A decent shot.

A decent shot. Did on the fly as I was passing through the 42nd Street subterranean metropolis where a number of the subway lines converge. That

I’ve been experimenting with requiring my students to write about their commuting experience, ostensibly from home to campus and back. Of course, there are students who commute to work then to campus and then back to work then to home. I’ve also had students who commuted to campus then to work then back to campus and then home or work, depending. The permutations are infinite (especially keeping in mind students who commute to two jobs in one day).

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Uh Oh! It’s That Time in an Academic Semester

April 27th, 2009

Dear Faculty,

Your teacher evaluation packet(s) can now be found in your mailboxes. The teacher evaluation period is Monday, April 27 to Friday, May 15. The last day for teacher evaluations is Friday, May 15 and your evaluation packets should be handed to a student representative during the time before this date.

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The WORD at the …

April 23rd, 2009

About a half dozen. Names and events they’re covering will be announced in a few days.

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A Tempest in a Teapot But a Tempest No Less – End

April 20th, 2009

So, where does all this lead? I don’t know. But the brawls, the tempests, the imbroglios are no longer going to be concealed behind D:F/M’s phony facade of collegial sobriety, that’s for sure. Those days are over. Nevertheless, one more time, the email that exposed this most recent teapot tempest.

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A Tempest in a Teapot But a Tempest No Less – Part 5

April 20th, 2009

My reply was posted on Hunter L.

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Down With Antediluvian Journalism Instruction

April 20th, 2009

In response to a proposal by one of my colleagues about what we in D:F/M call the journalism concentration, his proposal smacks of embarrassing antediluvianism -I’ve been psyching myself to write this monster memo about the discombobulation in D:F/M’s journalism effort AKA journalism concentration. Lo’ and behold, the Times publishes this story under the headline: “J Schools Play Catchup.” My first quickie response for j-programs, j-departments and j-concentrations as well as j- schools? The smart ones catch up.

But now, I believe a more pungent response is needed: “Down With Antediluvian Journalism Instruction.”

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A Tempest in a Teapot But a Tempest No Less – Part 4

April 20th, 2009

So, I’ve been getting these emails from Adjunct Instructor Cindy Rodriguez, who copies everyone in the department as well as others outside the department, about the anguish she experiences when she reads one of my memos. In one response – copied et al, of course – she suggested that I go file the appropriate complaints with the appropriate bodies and to stop writing acidic memos (which, of course, are based on the complaints filed with the appropriate bodies who either rule in my favor or support my allegations which I believe should be aired) because they pain her so much. She also disapproved of my email about the shortcomings of the Aronson award of which she is associated and so she replied, I guess, to buttress Blanca Vasquez’s cheap shot.

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