― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 26 February 2004 20:29 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 26 February 2004 20:29 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 26 February 2004 20:32 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 26 February 2004 20:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 26 February 2004 20:36 (twenty years ago) link
*This is a lie. It's because we suck.
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 26 February 2004 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
― todd swiss (eliti), Thursday, 26 February 2004 20:45 (twenty years ago) link
Actually thinking about the terms they've given me -- how good can BGSU be if they're willing to waive tuition for me?
― Leee the Whitey (Leee), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:17 (twenty years ago) link
My teeth are strong. I like corn!
Also, thanks to all you kind folk for putting up with my grad school melodrama.
~*kisses*~
― Tweee the Wily (Leee), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:21 (twenty years ago) link
(That isn't a "oh crap, he took me seriously" tone, don't get me wrong, I just don't remember it. Also, if you hate the Midwest, please don't blame me. Jungle Jim's is very nice, and there is a fine selection of native cheeses and pork products.)
Don't sell yourself short re: the tuition waiver. Schools can smell promise! Or something.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Leee the Lee (Leee), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:34 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 12 March 2004 18:22 (twenty years ago) link
― O.Leee.B. (Leee), Friday, 12 March 2004 18:30 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 12 March 2004 18:32 (twenty years ago) link
― O.Leee.B. (Leee), Friday, 12 March 2004 18:41 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 12 March 2004 18:42 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 12 March 2004 18:43 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 12 March 2004 18:46 (twenty years ago) link
― O.Leee.B. (Leee), Friday, 12 March 2004 19:13 (twenty years ago) link
― O.Leee.B. (Leee), Friday, 12 March 2004 20:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 March 2004 22:45 (twenty years ago) link
-<LI>What an @$$ town.<LI>The level of discourse seems equivalent to an undergrad class at Berkeley.<LI>Tiny department (both good and bad, actually)<LI>What an @$$ town. (Then again, I prob wouldn't be going out all that much anyway.)<LI>COLD
Chicago+<LI>Prestige <LI>Extremely high level of discourse<LI>Employment resources<LI>More ilx0rs in the area!
-<LI>Lack of courses specifically dealing w/ pop culture<LI>(Over) Emphasis on theory<LI>1 year to do a thesis (my last experience w/ a 1 year course that culminates in a thesis, I dropped out)<LI>COLDER
― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:14 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:17 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:18 (twenty years ago) link
xp-- After wherever I go, I'm going to try to come back to Cali (UCLA? Berkeley II?) for my (gasp) PhD!
― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:19 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago) link
― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:24 (twenty years ago) link
The teaching experience you mention with BG would be a very good thing when you hit the job market, assuming you'd look for teaching jobs; a lot of my friends are on or have been on the market in the last couple years, and that's been a major "we're down to two or three candidates, which one do we pick" criterion.
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Prude (Prude), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:36 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 8 April 2004 16:39 (twenty years ago) link
"Back to the Future, Parts I, II and III: The Past and Present of the Sequel"
"Sutured Spectacle: The Contemporary Film Musical and Blockbuster Aesthetics"
"Reiteration and Excess in the Digital Performances of Björk and Mariko Mori"
"Spy Like Us: Alias and the Secret Identity of the New Television Superheroine"
"TELL ME IF IT HURTS: Ethics and Aesthetics of Talk Show Schadenfreude"
So, it's not like U of C is antithetical to pop-cult studies. But you probably do have to carve it out more for yourself.
Also: if you go on to a Ph.D., what kind of program would it be in? If you go back to an English program, then maybe a humanities MA would look better than a pop-culture MA?
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:25 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:27 (twenty years ago) link
But that really only matters if you want to go on to a pop culture program, and from there to the field; otherwise it's not going to come up.
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:29 (twenty years ago) link
(Well, not always. But it's not a factor to ignore.)
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:30 (twenty years ago) link
(The U. of C. program is a general Humanities program; the BGSU one is in Pop Culture.)
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:30 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:31 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:32 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:33 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:34 (twenty years ago) link
Woohoo!
― JuliaA (j_bdules), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:34 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:35 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 17:43 (twenty years ago) link
What I meant about "level of discourse" was an obfuscating way of saying "How smart are my would-be classmates." I sat in on one class for each school; at BGSU, they got stuck on a fundamental issue that shouldn't have been part of the debate; at U of C, there was waaay too much emphasis on psychoanalytic theory but in spite of which, the rest of the students were sharper.
I also asked about the college backgrounds of the incoming BG students, who were almost all from mid-west state schools. (One from UPenn and one from UCLA.)
But the real kicker in favor of U of C is that they're offering a graphic novel WORKSHOP next fall!
― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:12 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
A point in BG's favor though is that the head of the Pop cult dept. has the season 1 Alias DVD, and a fair collection of Batgirl comics.
xpost awesome s1ocki, I have a plan for the future!
― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:15 (twenty years ago) link