Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Spring 09 Week 5 (Feb 23-27)

Tuesday, Feb 24
CLASS IN THE KENTUCKY BUILDING!

Thursday, Feb 26
Read Chapter 2 in Freakonomics which attempts to answer the question: What do the KKK and real estate agents have in common?

QUIZ #3, too.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Spring 09 Week 4 (Feb 16-20)

Tuesday, Feb 17: MEET IN HELM-CRAVENS LIBRARY! Come to Java City at regular class time and we will go to the library workshop in Helm 6 together.

Thursday, Feb 19: Read Phelps essay in Thinking Your Way to Success (pages 11-15).

Also read Thomas Friedman's intro to The World Is Flat (1-17). It is on reserve in the Cravens Library. Go to the 2nd Floor VPAL and ask for it.

Finally, read Wendell Berry's short piece entitled, "Why I Am Not Going to Buy A Computer." Pay close attention to his criteria for "good technology" at the end.

QUIZ #2!

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Spring 09 Week 3 Assignments

For Tues, Feb 10
Read UNIT 3, pp 67-81 (Essays by McCaslin, Stoll, Goodman).

For Thurs, Feb 12
Read Freakonomics, Intro and Ch 1
QUIZ #1!