September 28, 2007
On Tuesday, September 25, activist and politician Tom Hayden came to the Keene State College campus to discuss the unique role that students and ordinary citizens can play in ending the war in Iraq. He spoke in the Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center.
As a leading antiwar figure in the 1960s and a founder of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Hayden wrote extensively on Vietnam and was one of the small number of Americans engaged in dialogue with both sides during the Paris peace talks. As an Irish-American, he spent 10 years supporting and writing about the peace process leading up to the Good Friday Agreement. As a California legislator, he devoted himself to writing about and trying to prevent inner-city violence. He remains a stalwart antiwar activist and is credited with initiating the 2005 Congressional exit-strategy hearings on Iraq.
The video of the event is below.
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September 17, 2007
Dr. Melinda Treadwell is a professor at Keene State who came to the college after a career in, among other things, air pollution policy analysis. She’s now working on a number of projects related to diesel emissions — attempting to better understand the effects of such emissions on public health, and ultimately helping to develop technologies to reduce their impact.
Since I heard about the recent Vermont ruling today on the way into work, I wondered if she might have anything of interest to say about these recent attempts to strengthen state emission standards above and beyond federal levels. In the ten minutes we spent she explains the public policy ramifications of the recent decision, and some of the effects the decision (if upheld) may have on public health and diesel technology.
Dr. Treadwell is an expert on the science and policy of airborne toxin management, and has testified before Congress on the public health impact of various pollutants.
Need an expert for press comment? Check Keene State’s Expert Directory.
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September 13, 2007
Dr. Candice Wiggum, Director of the Counseling Center, was kind enough to talk to us about the reasons why the college invited the Humor Project to present the Save Our Strengths event.
Along the way she discusses students, stress, self image, and the need to have fun.
The Save Our Strengths event will be held in the Mabel Brown Room on October 2nd, at 7 p.m. It’s free, and open to the public. Contact Candice Wiggum for more details.
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September 12, 2007
“I will be arguing, and this is a controversial opinion, that Madison’s support for democracy comes not because of a belief in the innate wisdom of the majority in society, but because he believes that in the absence of objective answers it is better for the honor of the individuals in society to allow everyone to participate…”
We’re having a Symposium on Citizenship here at Keene State, November 6-9. And since we are putting together a blog on the event, we thought it might be a good idea to go out and get some video of some of the speakers talking about their presentations.
We started with Dr. Sander Lee, who will be presenting on James Madison and Democracy (we’ll get the date and time soon) Renee Staudinger, a student intern of ours, filmed it with our lo-fi guerilla vlogger equipment (and did a splendid job — thanks Renee!).
Here’s the clip:
For more on Dr. Lee, check out his personal page. This will also be available on the Citizenship Symposium site (on KeeneWeb) as soon as we whip that site into shape.
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September 11, 2007
Common Ground, the Counseling Center, and the Newman Center are sponsoring a number of activities for today in remembrance of 9/11.
Session: Responding to Trauma — How you can help
Room 307, Young Student Center, Noon
As we learned from Sept. 11, disasters can occur when we least expect it. Do you know how to help others if something happens? Come and learn the basics of psychological first aide. Young Student Center, Room 307 at 12 Noon.
Memories Board
Atrium, Young Student Center
A board for people to write their thoughts or maybe where they were when they heard the news - a way to express their feelings etc.
Candlelight Vigil
On the Quad, 10pm
Please bring a candle to share.
For more information, please contact Dasha Bushmakin.
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September 10, 2007
We mentioned this previously, but it bears repeating: we’re responsible, in part, for the recent explosion of owl illustrations across the internet. The college will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2009, and the Children’s Literature Festival has set a goal to have 100 owls drawn by published children’s literature artists for that special occasion.
And the contributions are popping up all over the web. So let’s welcome a couple new contributions to the project.
Jarrett J. Krosoczka admits procrastinating, but we feel it was worth the wait. Jarret’s owl is wise, sedate, and maybe a trifle supercilious. You can see it here.
Sarah Dilliard’s contribution is equal parts magical and whimsical. I can’t quite figure out if the owl depicted is the world’s greatest altruist, or if “Owl Air” is perhaps the wrong airline for today’s traveling mouse. You can decide for yourself here.
Anna Alter’s owl ranks as the most prepared for winter, with a book on snow, and some serious winter-wear. Jeff Newman’s owl is beautiful piece, Matt Phelan’s is joyous, and Elizabeth Dulemba’s owl cuts an impresive aristocratic figure.
And if that whetted your appetite for more owls (and more on Children’s Lit) you have no choice, then: you’ll just have to join us for the Children’s Literature Festival at Keene State College on October 27, 2007. We’ll have an impressive array of featured speakers, numerous sessions and events, and of course, a tour of the wonderful Festival Collection of children’s illustration, which consists of hundreds of original pieces of art, both famous and esoteric, by over 95 different prominent illustrators.
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August 27, 2007
We had some technical difficulties with the camera, but were able to salvage some video of the Clap-through:
Thanks to all who participated!
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August 24, 2007
Fiske Hall is close to opening, and the faculty and staff were given a preview tour of the newly renovated building. Our roving low-fi guerilla camera squad was there to catch it. Then we edited it down to three and a half minutes:
Highlights of the short tour include a Keene State graduate marveling at the changes to a room she occupied 40 years ago.
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April 6, 2007
We may have to reconsider announcing every alum appointment to principal on the Feed. Just a week into Keene Feed, and we have our second appointment to announce. From the Eagle Times :
SPRINGFIELD - Interim Springfield High School principal Larry Wight’s position will be made permanent. The Springfield School Board decided on Wight Thursday night after two interviews with the finalists.
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Wight became the interim principal when former principal Judson Bolles left. Bolles’ contract was not renewed by the board. He left last month before finishing the school year.
Wight has a bachelor’s in forestry from the University of New Hampshire. He was planning on becoming a chemist before he changed his major. He also holds a master’s from Keene State College.
He’s also got an agenda that would make any school proud:
Wight said his top priorities at the school will be to reduce the dropout rate and increase student achievement. He wants to get students and parents more involved with the school.
He also said he plans on improving communication within the community.
“I think you have to be open and available to people, the community, the press and everyone else,” Wight said.
The salary is undetermined at this point, but with $153,686 budgeted for the principal and assistant principals’ salary, it is expected to be competitive.
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April 5, 2007
Great article today in the Sentinel on Keene State’s An Evening of Dance performance. What do you say about an article that starts off like this:
When Marcia Murdock began teaching dance at Keene State College 22 years ago, the spring student and faculty performance consisted of about 20 minutes of short pieces. More than three decades later, it’s a tour de force that has put the program on the dance-world map.
The rest of the article details the student dances to be presented and includes explanations of the dances from some of the choreographers.
The only shame about the online version of the story is it doesn’t include the stunning photo you get with the paper copy: if you can get to your newstand before noon tomorrow and grab a copy of the Thursday Sentinel, you really should.
An Evening of Dance will be performed Wednesday through Saturday, April 18-21 at 7:30 p.m. At the Redfern Arts Center at Brickyard Pond. Tickets are $5 and $7. Call the box office at 358-2168, or see the press release. If you wish to learn more about Keene State’s dance programs, check out the Theatre and Dance Department Website.
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