American Studies News, Fall 2004
Hey, everyone. I'll be putting announcements on this page having to do with course requirements, changes in these web pages, and other matters. I recommend looking here every time you visit the course web site!
12/10/04
Hey all, I have to change my office hours today from 11-3 to 12-3--my morning meeting got changed!
12/8/04
Hey all, here are my office hours for exam week: M 12-6; T 10-3; W 11-4; Th 11-2; and by appointment.
12/6/04
I have a few changes to my office hours this week, due to unexpected meetings being called. The new office hours for this week will be as follows: M 12-2; T 4:30-6; W 11-3; Th 3:30-5; F 11-3. I will announce my office hours for the exam week later this week.
11/29/04
I have a few changes to my office hours this week, due to unexpected meetings being called. The new office hours for this week will be as follows: M 12-2; T 4:30-6; W 12-3; Th 3:30-6; F 11-1.
11/12/04
Hey all, sorry I had to cancel class and office hours yesterday--my wife was in the emergency room in the wee hours of the morning for what may be a kidney stone. Although I came to campus a bit late today, I was in the office from roughly noon to 2 pm. See the listserv for the plan to make up for discussions for this lost week! Hopefully we'll be back to normal next week.
11/10/04
Hey all, sorry I had to cancel class and office hours yesterday--my wife had a migraine so I was on baby duty (i.e., play time!). To make up for the missed office hours a bit, I'll be in the office on Friday from noon to 2 pm. For tomorrow's class, we'll just have to compare and contrast the readings for the week!
11/1/04
The assignment sheets for the second critical essay and the final project are up and running. Please come to class with any questions you may have about them.
A note about office hours this week: since it's course selection week, I have to give preference to my advisees who need to meet with me this week. So if you are not one of my advisees, but you do want to see me this week, please sign up for a time on the sign-up sheet on my office door (Fenton 240). However, you may only sign up for a time that's open on the day you're there to sign up or the next day--not any further ahead than that. (For example, if you come by this afternoon, you can only sign up for a slot on Monday or Tuesday). This will allow my advisees every opportunity to sign up with me for advising on course selection. As always, I am available outside my regular office hours by appointment, so if the sign-up sheet isn't working for you and you really want to see me this week, let me know and we'll make a time for you.
10/19/04
Due to a meeting change I just discovered, my T office hours will be 4:30-6:30 pm; I'll add F hours from 2-3 to make up for missing that hour. Please not that I've also changed the readings slightly for next Monday's class--see the main page for details and links to the on-line essays.
10/13/04
Please be aware of the changes to the readings for next week--see the syllabus on the main page for details. Also, due to a meeting, my Thursday office hours will be curtailed: 3:30-5. However, I'll be adding Friday office hours: 2-3.
10/11/04
Due to a meeting change, my T office hours will be 4:30-6:30 pm.
10/7/04
I've made a few small changes to the assignment sheet for the first critical essay.
10/6/04
Due to a meeting change, my F office hours will be 1-2 pm.
10/4/04
I have to fiddle with my office hours this week: they'll be M 12:30-3, T 4:30-6:30, W 12:30-3, Th 4:30-7, and F 2-3.
9/30/04
The assignment sheet for the first critical essay is up and running in draft form. Please take a look at it over the weekend and let me know how it can be improved. Thanks.
9/27/04
Sorry I had to cancel office hours today--basically we thought Chika was going to get her shots at this check-up, so I cancelled pre-emptively thinking that she would need both mom and dad to help her deal with the pain and all. As it turned out, the doctor decided we could wait till her one-year check-up for the shots, but by the time we left the office, my office hours were almost over, so I kept them cancelled.
9/21/04
Hey all, wanted to let you know I changed around the on-line readings for the week after we view The Manchurian Candidate a bit--if you printed off a syllabus, you should revise it based on what you see on the main page for the last two weeks of October.
9/20/04
Hey all, I have to cancel my afternoon office hours tomorrow (T, 9/21) because I'm going to be speaking at the Peace Pole rededication ceremony at 4 pm outside Mason Hall.
9/17/04
Hey all, I changed the readings for the week we'll be viewing The Manchurian Candidate in class--Stephanson on the Tuesday and Foner on the Thursday--see the main page for details.
9/15/04
Hey all, sorry but I had to cancel my office hours unexpectedly today, due to jet lag (Chika thought it was Japan time last night, which meant that Kuniko was up all night--I fell asleep, nice dad--so that come morning, I was on baby duty and mom was on sleeping detail into the afternoon).
9/13/04
Congratulations to my ENGL 334 class, who won the Great Listserv Race of 2004 today by having everybody subscribed to their course listserv first. My other classes must get everyone subscribed to their course listserv before my ENGL 334 completes their second mission (which no other class has), which is to get everyone signed up for the group pedagogical project they all (and not the rest of you) have to do. Penalty for losing this race is a reduction to the preparation/participation grades of the stragglers.
9/9/04
Picking up my wife and baby at the airport this evening, so I'm cutting my office hours today short--leaving a little before 5....
9/1/04
I have to cut my office hours short today: 12:30-2 pm. My apologies.
8/31/04
Update on the Great Listserv Subscription Race of 2004: it's shaping up to be even more exciting than the Olympics, with much greater acclaim for the winners locally and internationally, so without further ado, here are the standings as of tonight: ENGL 334-01 leads with 17 of 23 students in the course subscribed to their listserv, ENGL 209-11 isright behind, with 13 of 20 students subscribed, followed closely by ENGL 209-10 with 12 of 22, and then by AMST 202-01 with only 12 of 26 (sorry y'all).
8/24/04
Welcome to the course! Please feel free to explore the site to see what links are active. As more become active, I'll let you know here!