― @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
By the way! An important to consider. Critical, in my experience:
How many of the graduate classes -- not just the ones on the books, but the ones actually offered, as well as the ones which form the core required curriculum for the program -- are actually classes unto themselves, and not simply graduate sections of a larger undergraduate course? Most of the "graduate" classes I'm encouraged to take at IU are actually a section of 2-3 grad students in a 40-200 person undergraduate class, with extra papers and meetings added on for us; the level of discourse, in other words, is exceptionally poor. I've had to ditch those types of courses whenever possible and form my own curriculum, which is not making me popular with the administration.
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 8 April 2004 21:22 (twenty years ago) link