Comment assignments for Paper 4 draft

Hi all, 

Here are the assignments again:

Section @ 12:45

Chris - comment on Gianluca and Raven

Gianluca - comment on Raven and Rob

Raven - comment on Rob and Colleen

Rob - comment on Colleen and Kennan

Colleen - comment on Kennan and Joe

Kennan - comment on Joe and Chris

Joe - comment on Chris and Gianluca

Section @ 2:20

Sam - comment on Adam and Kelsey

Adam - comment on Kelsey and Madiha

Kelsey - comment on Madiha and Arjun

Madiha - comment on Arjun and Jason

Arjun - comment on Jason and Mike

Jason - comment on Mike and Brett

Mike - comment on Brett and Steven

Brett - comment on Steven and Sam

Steven - comment on Sam and Adam 

Reading/Commenting Groups

Hi all,

Here's a list of your reading and commenting groups that we set up in class on Friday:

For the 12:45 section

GROUP 1

1.) Raven

2.) Joe

3.) Kennan

4.) Chris

Raven comments on Joe's paper

Joe comments on Kennan's

Kennan comments on Chris's

Chris comments on Raven's

GROUP 2

1.) Gianluca

2.) Rob

3.) Colleen

Gianluca comments on Rob's paper

Rob comments on Colleen's

Colleen comments on Gianluca's

For the 2:20 section

GROUP 1

1.) Steven

2.) Sam

3.) Jason

Steven comments on Sam's paper

Sam comments on Jason's

Jason comments on Steven's

GROUP 2

1.) Madiha

2.) Adam

3.) Brett

Madiha comments on Adam's paper

Adam comments on Brett's

Brett comments on Madiha's

GROUP 3

1.) Arjun

2.) Kelsey

3.) Mike

Arjun comments on Kelsey's paper

Kelsey comments on Mike's

Mike comments on Arjun's

Links and Suggestions for Weekend Research

FOR SECTION 34 (12:45 class):

The cable networks all have websites as well.  In case you don't have access to a TV (or want to link to a video segment or something), check out:

Fox News

MSNBC

CNN

CSPAN

Feel free to check other cable services you might think of.  Univision (if you speak Spanish) and other international services can be very interesting sources of information.

FOR SECTION 35 (2:20 class):

The elite media all have great websites with lots of coverage.  You can pick up a copy of the Washington Post for free at the Ivory Tower dorm with your ID, or check out the online coverage.  Here are some links to the various sites:

The New York Times

The Washington Post

NPR

PBS

BBC

Also, link to all your home newspapers, and check out the Newseum's website.  They have papers from across the nation.

FOR BOTH GROUPS: If there's a newspaper or other online/television news source that you think of and want to include in your project, send me an email and let me know.  Keep your eyes open. 

Good luck!  Enjoy the weekend, Monday and Tuesday!

The Levinsons in the Trees?

From the 2001 film 'The Royal Tenenbaums', directed by Wes Anderson and starring: Gene Hackman, Angelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, and Danny Glover.  

The title of this blog comes from the play that Margot Tenenbaum (Paltrow) writes at the end of the film.  "It closed after two weeks."  In this blog, I hope to help aid my students as they chronicle their exploration in the field of AMST72, Introduction to 20th Century American Culture.  I thought a random line from a film with moderate commercial success (but a large cult following) would help underscore this class's emphasis on looking at American culture from different angles, taking a critical approach to popular culture, and ultimately coming away with a deeper, if more cynical, appreciation for what the US has created in the past 100+ years.