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All Honors students including
freshmen must attend one (and only one) colloquium event and its
discussion spring term.
1.
Thursday, February 19 Dale Snow "The (Im)morality of Pornography," Pornography, like slavery and prostitution, is one of the oldest recorded human activities. It has recently received a great deal more attention via the internet. Unquestionably, it's good business; but is it (morally) good? 7:30 pm HU324
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Wednesday, February 25 Dale Snow "The (Im)morality of Pornography" Pornography, like slavery and prostitution, is one of the oldest recorded human activities. It has recently received a great deal more attention via the internet. Unquestionably, it's good business; but is it (morally) good? 7:30 pm HU324
3. This colloquium (all in McManus Theater) will include:
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Kay Ryan Poetry Reading Ned Balbo Honors Lounge discussion: 4-4:45pm; reading (4th floor program room, Andrew White Student Center): 5 to approximately 6pm. Handouts available on arrival at the Honors Lounge. After discussion, participants will adjourn to the reading itself. Colloquium participants must attend both discussion and reading to receive colloquium credit. Kay Ryan, U.S. Poet Laureate, grew up in the San Joaquin Valley and
the Mojave Desert, and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees
from UCLA. Her poetry collections include The Niagara River ( 2005);
Say Uncle (2000); Elephant Rocks (1996); Flamingo Watching (1994), a
finalist for both the Lamont Poetry Selection and the Lenore
Marshall Prize; Strangely Marked Metal (1985); and Dragon Acts to
Dragon Ends (1983). Ryan's awards include the Ruth Lilly Poetry
Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, an Ingram Merrill Award, a National
Endowment for the Arts poetry fellowship, the Union League Poetry
Prize, the Maurice English Poetry Award, and three Pushcart Prizes.
Ryan's poems and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The
Atlantic, Poetry, The Yale Review, Paris Review, The American
Scholar, The Threepenny Review, Parnassus, and many more.
5. Those who like food and like to cook often have foods and/or recipes that have special associations for them and their families. For this colloquium we will meet in the Campus Ministry House at 10:30 on Sat. Feb. 28. Everyone will get a chance to cook one of their favorite dishes and then explain the significance of that dish for them and their family. If desirable, people can pair up.
6. For more than two centuries the rowhouse has been the most common structure in Baltimore. This illustrated lecture will enable you to recognize Baltimore neighborhoods and understand Baltimore history by the different styles of rowhouse architecture. History seminar room, 7.30 p.m.
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Friday March 27 Discussion of Center Stage Play "Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford. Bob Miola This is a pre-play discussion which will help students appreciate the play and the production. We will look at some key passages and scenes and discuss the interpretation at Center Stage. Dr. Miola will have the tickets for the play. HU324-Honors Lounge, 3:00 Friday March 27.
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Saturday, March 28 or Saturday, April 4 "Tour of a sustainable farm in Baltimore County” Frank Cunningham A visit to Springfield Farms, an organic, sustainable farm in Baltimore County, using the sustainable practices developed by Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms in Virginia. The tour of the farm will take place on Saturday morning, either March 28 or April 4. We will carpool to the farm. Students should read in advance chapter 10 of The Omnivore's Dilemma.
9. 5 pm with discussion at 5:45 . We'll attend the reading by Peter Cameron, an award winning novelist. The event takes place on April 16th at 5 p.m. in the Fourth Floor Programming Room. We'll meet immediately after the reading in the Writing Department lounge to discuss Cameron's work.
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Thursday, April 16 The Endurance (or Some Omnivores’ Decisions?) Tim Stapleton Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM In the final part of The Omnivore’s Dilemma (the current Humanities Symposium text), Michael Pollan explores the experience of food from an elemental “hunting and gathering” perspective, and does so in the spirit of what he calls “serious play.” Almost one hundred years earlier, twenty eight men found that their lives depended in part upon their abilities to return to and adapt such a mode of life, though there was little playful about it. In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton, with a crew of twenty seven, set sail on an expedition to cross Antarctica. Their vessel became locked in and eventually crushed by ice. This documentary film, narrated by Liam Neeson, makes use of remarkable still photography along with crew and officer’s journals to capture the extraordinary struggle against fate, cold, starvation and despair, to return to a home many thought they would never see again. We will watch this film together and discuss the variety of issues it raises about people’s connectedness to nature, one important dimension of which might be the food chain.
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Friday, April 24 Stephen Temperley Souvenir Brian Murray Hilariously funny and touchingly sincere, Souvenir is a fantasia on the wonders of illusion and delusion, by playwright Stephen Temperley. The theatrical duet with music follows the incredible-but-true story of real-life Manhattan socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, as told by her accompanist Cosmé McMoon. Jenkins, an eccentric, self-styled diva, won renown in the Thirties and Forties (and cult status since) for sharing her singular genius in lavish recitals—despite (or maybe because of) her astonishing lack of any musical ability. Broadway veteran Judy Kaye revives her Tony-nominated role as the vocally challenged Jenkins, popularly known as “the Dire Diva of Din.” Her extensive credits also include a Tony Award for her portrayal of Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera, and a Tony nomination for Mama Mia! She is joined once again by Donald Corren, who originated the role of McMoon. He is a recipient of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Drama Critics Circle Awards, and is a noted writer and performer on stage, television, and as a cabaret pianist. Center Stage, 8:00 pm. Discussion to follow immediately after the play. Dr. Murray will have the tickets.
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