Archive for September, 2009
changes and such
Wow, I can’t believe how quickly time is passing. I guess that’s cliché, and I’ve written something along those lines various times. I’ve been meaning to write here more often, but it just seems like I am always reading or writing for something else, and when I’m not, I don’t want to be writing more [...]
happy in happy valley
Last spring I wrote here about feeling isolated in my academic pursuits, largely because I was taking two classes outside of English and wasn’t in as much contact with many of my English rhetoric colleagues as I would have liked. But this term: wow, things are going quite well. I’m in three seminars that seem [...]
State of the University Address
This morning, PSU President Graham Spanier delivered the State of the University Address via video. It’s a rather powerful piece of epideictic rhetoric, and I’m glad that Spanier is in touch with media production that allow for broader audiences than a traditional address would have had. I’ll set my cynicism aside (I do have some [...]
I love this ad
My friend from high school sent me this ad. Check out the Southern Iowa ethos building:
