Comments on: dream, finals, et al

by: Lauren

Sat, 29 May 2004 05:02:49 +0000

Um, yes. bell hooks is my master.

I’m also interested in fair trade coffee info. Please post.

by: Emily

Sat, 29 May 2004 01:14:16 +0000

The bell hooks class meets only once a week - every Monday night. I think I’ll go to the first class, check out the syllabus, and see how heavy the load is. I do hope it works out.

by: Clancy

Fri, 28 May 2004 19:02:26 +0000

Hey, Emily, I think you should sign up for a lot of classes and then “shop around” on the first day. Drop the ones that don’t seem as good as you thought. It would be awesome to take a class on hooks, though…

I’d be grateful if you post the lit review on fair trade coffee. I buy it, but don’t understand exactly how the process works.

by: asher abrams

Thu, 27 May 2004 16:19:13 +0000

A case that received less publicity than AG was the drowning death of a young Iraqi man named Zaydun earlier this year.

Zaydun and his brother Marwan were detained by American soldiers, who then forced them at gunpoint off of a bridge, despite the Iraqis’ protests that Zaydun could not swim.

According to a recent news release, four soldiers of a 3rd Brigade Combat Team have received REPRIMANDS (!) as a result of the incident.

Readers who wish to learn more about these events can go to Zeyad’s post on the reprimand or read the summary, with all relevant links, at my site “Dreams Into Lightning”.

A “reprimand” is not any kind of punishment for people who caused another person’s death. Please take action to ensure these four idiots are brought to justice. Write your congressional representatives.

Emily, good luck on everything and thanks for your support.

by: Cleis

Wed, 26 May 2004 20:21:42 +0000

I’m never one to recommend overloading yourself with credits, but if you haven’t read much hooks … Does it meet only one a week? Do any of your other classes? Can you go check out the first class meeting? See what the work requirements are? Can you audit?

hooks’ writing has influenced me profoundly.

by: Jeremy

Wed, 26 May 2004 15:29:22 +0000

Just like Exxon renaming the Valdes after it the oil spill up in Alaska. Not that people will ever forget about Abu Ghraib, but if the name is gone people will automatically associate that problem as being in the past. Nevermind that the abuses will go on.