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microLECTURE: So, You’ve Finally Decided You’re Moving to Canada

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Colorado College English professor and Canadian, Steven Hayward presents a primer of sorts for fed-up Americans who’ve proclaimed, for myriad reasons, that they’ve had it with America and now they’re moving to Canada.

Steven Hayward is a novelist and short story writer born in Toronto, Canada. The eldest of two brothers, he attended [...]

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microLECTURE: The Evolution of the Warrior Ideal and the Repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

On September 20, 2012 By

Colorado College Economics and Business Professor, Lt. Col. Jim Parco (Ret.) presents a micro lecture on the relationship between the perception of the warrior ideal and the argument against the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.

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microLECTURE: Bullying, Masculinity & The Spectre of the Fag

On August 29, 2012 By

Colorado College Sociology Professor C.J. Pascoe discusses the roots of bullying and its relationship with the enforcement of masculine stereotypes in young men and boys.

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microLECTURE: Climate Change and the Ethics of Geoengineering

On August 9, 2012 By

Marion Hourdequin, associate professor of Philosophy at Colorado College discusses the ethical problems inherent in developing a scheme of geoengineering to ameliorate the effects of climate change.

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microLECTURE – Predicting Victory: An Economic Model of Olympic Medal Distribution

On June 13, 2012 By

Colorado College Economics Professor Daniel Johnson unveils the economic model he devised to predict the number of Olympic Medals participating countries can expect to win. Johnson’s model has demonstrated astonishingly high accuracy rates since its inception in 1998. Learn how it all began and how it works by watching the micro lecture, below.

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microLECTURE: Dykes, Bikes & the Tenancy of Masculinity

On June 7, 2012 By

Alex Ilyasova, English professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs examines the gender dynamics of power and masculinity via the framework of the Dykes on Bikes trademark case.

If you’re interested in any and all things motorcycle – Ilyasova is hosting the 2nd Annual International Journal of Motorcycle Studies Conference [...]

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microLECTURE – The Recuperation of Historical Memory: The Spanish Civil War

On May 16, 2012 By

Colorado College assistant Spanish professor, Daniel Arroyo-Rodriguez, presents a microLecture on how film and literature have helped recuperate the historical memory of the Spanish Civil War. Arroyo-Rodriguez received his BA in Philology from the University of Seville, in Spain, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of Romance Languages [...]

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microLecture: Overcoming a Kant Crisis via the Warm Embrace of Intellectual Intuition

On March 22, 2012 By

Colorado College associate professor of comparative literature and German, William Davis, presents a microLecture on how philosophy and literature interact with and are amplified by one another.  Davis uses as an example the Romantic era philosophers and poets endeavoring to make sense of the transitory nature of life.

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microLECTURE: A Kierkegaardian Exploration of Existential Truth

On February 9, 2012 By

Colorado College Philosophy professor Rick Furtak examines Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard’s role in establishing a philosophical framework dealing with aspects of the human experience that defy quantification and the importance of scrutinizing the emotional response in search of existential truth.

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microLECTURE: The Sexualization of Girls

On September 22, 2011 By

Colorado College Psychology professor and member of the American Psychological Association Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, Tomi-Ann Roberts explores the issue of the sexualization of girls and women in our society.
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Micro Lecture: Representations of Black Gay Men on Television

On March 22, 2011 By

Heidi Lewis, Riley Scholar-in-Residence in the Feminist and Gender Studies department at the Colorado College explores the way African-American homosexual males have been depicted on television from the 80′s to the present day.

NOTE: The above video contains adult subject subject matter and themes, viewer discretion is advised.

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News

North Korea Fires Another ‘Short-Range Projectile’
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Like the missiles on Saturday, the projectile missed neighboring countries. The U.S. called the launch “provocations.”
 

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Reports: Yahoo Board Approves $1.1 Billion Purchase Of Tumblr
May 19, 2013 | NPR · The deal for the blogging site is designed to attract younger users to the ailing Web portal. The Wall Street Journal is basing its report on unnamed sources close to the situation.
 

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On Sunday News Shows, Obama Official Plays Defense
May 19, 2013 | NPR · White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Republicans are trying to make political hay with the scandals.
 

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Three-Minute Fiction: ‘Ten Ring Fingers’ And ‘Ghost Words’
May 19, 2013 | NPR · NPR’s Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Ten Ring Fingers by Tamara Breuer of Washington, D.C., and Ghost Words by Matheus Macedo of Winthrop, Mass.
 

Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.
 

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One Couple, Nearly 20 Years, All ‘Before Midnight’
May 19, 2013 | NPR · We’ve already met Jesse and Celine, twice. In the 1995 film Before Sunset, they had a romantic encounter in Vienna. Nine years later, they found each other in Paris. In this third film, their relationship has progressed another nine years. The romance hasn’t left, says director Richard Linklater, it’s simply changed.
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Laura Mvula: A Soulful Voice That Once Answered Phones
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Less than two years ago, she was a receptionist honing her phone-answering skills at a music organization in Birmingham, England. Now, she’s got a record deal and critical acclaim, and she’s touring the U.S.
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Marques Toliver: An R&B Crooner With Strings Attached
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Toliver’s music is anchored by the violin, on which he is classically trained. He says he discovered the instrument in fifth grade — and that in a way, it chose him.
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Draco Rosa: A Pop Survivor Returns From The Brink, With Friends
May 18, 2013 | NPR · In the 1980s, he was Robi Rosa, the lead singer of Menudo at the boy band’s peak of popularity. Rosa went on to write hits for bandmate Ricky Martin and develop a solo career. When Rosa was diagnosed with cancer several years ago, some of the biggest names in Latin music assembled to support him.
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