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It was shelved in favor of “Spock’s Brain.”
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Author of “Requiem for a College.” Husband, dog dad, English and rhetoric professor, writer, advocate
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Jon Nichols
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It was shelved in favor of “Spock’s Brain.”
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Jon Nichols
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Ok
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Last night, I watched an episode of Star Trek where Kirk rapidly aged. It was argued he was unfit for command. It had nothing to do with his character or his sterling record. It was the situation.
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www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/o...
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“Creativity is about experimenting — failing, failing again, failing better, as Beckett said.”
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www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/s...
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Haven’t read the book, but I like this idea. I like it when art mediums meet up and jam.
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www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/a...
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“Democrats have spent all this time choosing to do nothing to solve the most obvious problems they faced in 2024, and now the argument is that there is nothing they can do; it’s too late. Now to even admit these problems is “unhelpful.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/30/o...
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Jon Nichols
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As “Requiem for a College” is a memoir-research hybrid, this was definitely on my mind. Still is as I ready the updated edition. However, I’m somewhat the opposite as I always worry if I have enough research.
janefriedman.com/how-to-write...
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Jon Nichols
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@timscurtin.bsky.social thanks for the repost!
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Thanks for the repost!
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Jon Nichols
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@anniew.bsky.social thanks for the re-post!
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Jon Nichols
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This is brilliant writing.
“Just as Americans are not living under a Biden dictatorship — in which the watchful eye of Dark Brandon prowls the nation in search of malarkey — the United States is also not on the verge of collapse.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/o...
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Jon Nichols
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I am “I don’t care what is Star Wars canon” years old.
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Jon Nichols
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Favorite Donald Sutherland movie? Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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Jon Nichols
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Con: Dog pukes in car on the way to the groomers. Pro: McDonalds is playing the U2 channel as I get a free latte. I’ll let you figure out if there’s any context.
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Jon Nichols
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I might have a new assignment for my Fall ENG 101 class. :>;
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Jon Nichols
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“Telling the internet that Harry Styles is your boyfriend is a fantasy. Telling the internet that Franz Kafka is your boyfriend — that is a thesis statement.”
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“I felt like that bug,” she said.
Then you get it. Far more so than the students at my previous college.
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www.nytimes.com/2024/06/01/a...
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Jon Nichols
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More than ever before, I’ve had students lie to me, get caught, and then just double down on the lies.
Why?
Friedman might be on to something.
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/o...
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Jon Nichols
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So many ideas. So little time
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“Rhetoric matters, and what candidates say is not simply for show.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/o...
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Jon Nichols
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Remembering Robert Moog today, pioneer of synth music.
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Jon Nichols
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High resolution scans of the Ramey memo at UTA.
Ahh makes me a little nostalgic for all those nights I blogged in the dark (but not *that* nostalgic).
libraries.uta.edu/roswell/rame...
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Jon Nichols
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Gastrokalm! Via Jonathan Carroll on X.
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Ever left your phone at home by mistake and felt like you are missing a limb?
nextnature.net/projects/swipe
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No I have not. It’s going on my teetering “need to read” pile. Thanks!
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From the writer who brought us “Midnight in Chernobyl.” As an armchair disaster scholar, you better believe I’ll be front and center for this one.
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/b...
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Jon Nichols
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The ever fascinating Nick Cave.
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Jon Nichols
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Back on the College Viability podcast to discuss the closing of Fontbonne University.
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Most grateful to have been a guest on the IngenioUs podcast to talk about Requiem for a College.
#highered #collegeclosures #collegeclosed #academia #englishprofessor #writer
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/che...
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He can be. But I’m excited to learn about this book as I teach Rhetoric.
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“Reames, a specialist in rhetoric, sees us as unsuitably numb to the fact that our opinions are conditioned by what we already believe rather than springing from incontrovertible truth.”
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www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/b...
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What’s more, Everett has rendered him an ambitious reader…the Bible is a tool of his oppressors, and who has extended internal dialogues with Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire and John Locke, sometimes about slavery. James is literate, and he is taking notes.
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/b...
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My wife had Oscar coverage on most of yesterday. I only heard the word “iconic” 12 times. Guess they’re cutting back.
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Dannagal G. Young
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To be fair, don’t a lot of business schools already do this? 🤷♀️
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Kurt Busiek
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THIS. "Boycotting" an election doesn't send the message that you're unhappy, because it doesn't lose them money like it would for a business. You're not the nation's customer. Refusing to vote sends the message that you're fine with whatever result you get, that other people can decide for you.
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I’m in this essay and I don’t like it.
granta.com/notes-on-cra...
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“Surrealism is inherently political. It started as a protest movement and a way to counter fascism and authoritarianism, so that’s why it still can be a very powerful political weapon for today. It will always be relevant. I would say, it’s a future movement.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/a...
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I’m not really a fan of culinary essays, but this is great. I might even try a few of the recipes.
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Entertaining the idea of adding this to my curriculum:
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/o...
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Love this reflection on Didion. Indeed, “time is the school in which we learn.” www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/a...
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A few thoughts: -There’s “I’m not saying. I’m just saying…” rhetoric here, and that always makes me suspicious. -This might be dicey or even naive, but could a counterargument be made that the writer has no medical expertise with which to evaluate memory?
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Wild Friday night planned with the Hur report.
www.npr.org/2024/02/08/1...
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One of my favorite shows strikes again.
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Oh I know what I’m doing in class today.
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Jon Nichols
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Looking at how we got to the higher ed crisis…through fiction.
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Dannagal G. Young
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I fear the post election fallout from over-reliance on this “no one likes Biden” narrative. People vote for people they aren’t in love with all the time… especially when stakes are high. THAT is the bigger story, and the one we need told.
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Jon Nichols
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Hell yeah!
One of my kids done good!
“Far Away House” by Lydia Quattrochi is available now on Amazon. The author deftly takes the reader through the homeschool world in this endlessly compelling book.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CS272ZS...
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Heard this sobering story on @npr last week. It immediately brought to mind my encounter with a petition to stop a housing development.
Definitely will be a podcast topic.
www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1...
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Jon Nichols
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You’re glitchy AF today, B-Sky.
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Will (hopefully) get to see Masters of the Air tonight and here’s my bingo card ready
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