EVENTS & NEWS
COMING EVENTS
FALL 2008
BASA Poetry Slam: An open-mike reading. Tuesday, Nov. 18, 8:00 PM, McCann Lounge of Hubbard Hall.
Carolyn M. Small Honors Symposium: Friday, Nov. 21, Serrick Center.
SPRING 2009
AH 295: Screening Disability: A one credit pass/fail special topics course organized by Todd Comer and taught by Stacey Elsasser, Stefan Hall, Doug Kane, Catharine O'Connell, Matt Schultz, and Kristin Sorensen. The class will meet about six times during Spring 2009 on Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. to watch a film and then have one hour of discussion.
We will discuss how disabilities are represented in the films listed below. Why, for example, must Nemo have a broken fin? Is obesity a disability? Do definitions of mental illness change over time? Are autistic people really less communicative than "normal" people?
Matt Schultz on Let 'Em Have It (Sam Wood, dir.)
Catharine O'Connell on Snow Cake (Marc Evans, dir.)
Kristin Sorensen on Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, dir.)
Stacey Elsasser on Real Women Have Curves (Patricia Cardoso, dir.)
Doug Kane on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman, dir.)
Stefan Hall on City of Lost Children (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, dir.)
Animarathon VII: Travel by van to BGSU for a festival of Japanese animation. Sign up early in the semester with Prof Todd. Scheduled for March 28, 2009.
Study Break for the Literati: Finals week of the spring semester. Details to come as Spring 2009 unfolds.
RECENT NEWS
Progeny Editors Meet New Layout Editor
Caci Craig has been chosen as the new layout editor for the Fall 2008 issue of Progeny. During the November 3 meeting, she discussed the look of the magazine with part of the editorial staff. Editor Karolyn Avila (center) has been overseeing the choice of poetry, fiction, memoir, and images for the publication, which is now in production, with the issue scheduled to come out at the end of the semester.
Left to right, Caci Craig meets Lauren Brown, Erin Cartwright, Karolyn Avila, Angela Santo, and Siobhon Smith
Kristi Jo Leaders Awarded Reeder C. Hutchinson
and Outstanding Senior in English Awards
Todd Comer, MC Harper, and Kristi Jo Leaders
Kristi Jo Leaders, a double major in English and Graphic Arts, won the Outstanding Senior English Award not only for her high grade point average, but also for her intense curiosity and interest in all things literary and theoretical. She is an outstanding student who challenges her professors on a daily basis. The Reeder C. Hutchinson Assistantship in the Humanities includes a stipend and provides Kristi with the opportunity to work closely with faculty in the Arts and Humanities division here at Defiance College.
Leaders is making plans to apply to the American Culture Studies program at Bowling Green State University.
BASA Poetry Slam Pictures, Spring 2008!
Pictures from our Fall 2007 trip to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Progeny Spring 2008 Winners Announced
Angela Santo and Rachel Baker, first and second prize winners
Writers Group of Defiance County Arts Council supports the literary arts on the Defiance College campus through its sponsorship of the now-biannual Progeny writing contest. Writers Group judges the entries of DC students and provides book scholarships to winning entries. The winning entries are showcased in Progeny, the student-edited literary and visual arts magazine.
In a blind review, they awarded first prize to the work of Angela Santo. Santo’s submissions included a science fiction short story and a poem about loss. Victoria McMaster and Rachel Baker received second prizes for their entries. Both McMaster and Baker submitted poetry as well as prose works.
Writers Group judges: Alton Myers, Myron Bok, Lynn Gilliland, Lorraine Andrews
NEWS OF THE PAST
Progeny Contest Winners from Fall 2007
Writers Group of Defiance County Arts Council and Progeny, the student-edited literary magazine of Defiance College, are pleased to announce the winners of the Fall 2007 writing contest.
Brooke Shinabarger, Angela Santo, and Jamie Wilmot
Jamie Wilmot, an Integrated Language Arts major, has won first prize. The two second prizes go to Angela Santo, a Middle Childhood Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics major, and Brooke Shinabarger, a Business Administration major and Art minor.
Entries for the contest were judged in a blind review by five of the members of Writers Group of Defiance County Arts Council: Lorraine Andrews, Alene Williams, Lynn Gilliland, Alton Myers, and Deb Weaks.
Every semester Writers Group of Defiance County Arts Council supports student interest in the literary arts through its sponsorship of the contest. The prize winners receive book scholarships at the Defiance College bookstore.
New Film Course Developed
The Department of English organized a special topics course, AH 295: Topics in Film, for Spring 2008. Five films and six humanities professors, including Drs. Harper and Comer, unravelled the knot of "race."The following films were offered:
* Amy Drees on HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE
* Don Buerk on PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
* J.P. Williams on GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT
* Steve Smith on TRIUMPH OF THE WILL
* MC Harper on FOCUS
The success of the course will lead to more such film studies in future semesters. Contact your adviser or Dr. Comer for more information on future offerings: X2348 or proftod_AT_gmail.com