Let’s have a happy debate: What are the five best Christmas movies of all time?
Yearly Archives For 2011
Muppets Take On Capitalism
While the NEA’s activist plans failed to take root in a Wisconsin second grade class, one of the most effective formulas for propagandizing children outside of school is through the movies.
Teachable Moment in Wisconsin
Proving that it’s never too early to sign up new recruits for the cause, the NEA recently offered a $5,000 “Learning and Leadership Grant to two Wisconsin teachers.
Newpapers On Exit Ramp?
A new report to be issued in January by the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future predicts that most newspapers will be dead in five years.
Skinny Jeans @ BYU
Rachel Vermillion, a student at Brigham Young University, recently went through an embarrassing experience when she was banned from re-entering her exam center for wearing skinny jeans.
Another Academic Icon Deconstructed
In a departure from traditional classroom fare, Georgetown University students might have to bring “woofers and turntables to class” this semester instead of books, according to the College Fix, which reported that the school is offering an academic course about Rapper Jay-Z.
Academia Gaga for Gaga
One of the trends that’s recently taken hold in academia is the focus on deconstructing/or and elevating pop culture icons into objects worthy of serious academic study.
Krugman vs. America
“Paul Krugman , the former Enron advisor whose work in the media-academia-government nexus puts him as far away from normal Americans as one can be while still living in America.” .”—
Former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn
Austan Skull & Bones
“Austan Goolsbee—the name alone tells you that he was Skull and Bones.”—
Former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn
Want Fries With That?
Apparently the days of students working their way through school at McDonald’s drive-through window are just about numbered.