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.