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QuickSpec: Activism Edition

Howard Dean comes to Columbia, rips on McCain, and tells you to run for office: We don't need no stinking think tanks! Yeaaaaaaaaah!

"That's What God Said." Did you hear that Scott Stringer?

From Butler chairs to the USenate: GS Housing circus comes full circle. At least the Senate chairs look more comfortable.

TC students, burned by plagiarism, fight back with words.

Criticizing Critical Reading, Critical Writing.


Posted by Homeless GSers: #1 · reply · track
February 26, 2008 at 10:32 AM (from campus)
That's USenate, not US Senate.
Posted by prof. Damrosch fan: #2 · reply · track
February 26, 2008 at 10:56 AM (from campus)
Prof. Damrosch is probably the best thing that could've happened to the CRCW critic. too bad, the larger picture will continue to elude him while he rejoices in his own greatness
Posted by CC '06: #3 · reply · track
February 26, 2008 at 1:03 PM
CML fails to mention that CRCW existed for years as an elective before it became a departmental requirement.

When I took this earlier version of CRCW with Prof. Kroeber, it met all of CML's proposed ideals: a full and experienced professor guiding a small group of students toward understanding and valuing the study of literature.
Posted by not such a fan: #4 · reply · track
February 26, 2008 at 8:14 PM (from campus)
I've never had a class with Damrosch, but from reading his stuff I can see how his hyper-inclusive idea of the canon could be too all over the place for someone who already has a clear idea of what he or she wants to focus on.

I suppose this approach could be useful for people who need a general intro to what Damrosch considers capital-L "Literature", even though all the cool kids know that this is just a construct.
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