New Tricks from an Old Dog
by Frank Episale
Theater Review Works discussed in this essay: Deep Trance Behavior in Potatoland. Written, directed, and designed by Richard Foreman. The opening night of a Richard Foreman performance is a highly anticipated event in certain circles. The cramped seating area of the Ontological-Hysteric theatre in St. Mark’s Church is dominated by downtown theatre luminaries and those who hope to […]
Stuff You Can Sing: Radiohead Comes Home
by Mark Schiebe
Music Review Works discussed in this essay: In Rainbows by Radiohead (self-released) I was perplexed by the early response from some Radiohead fans that the group’s seventh album, In Rainbows, released on CD in the U.S. on January 1st, represented a return to an earlier style, a relief from the relentless experimentalism and introspection of the trio of […]
American Dreaming: The Surreal Imagination of George Saunders
by James Hoff
Book Review Works discussed in this essay: The Braindead Megaphone: Essays by George Saunders. Riverhead Books, 2007 In Persuasion Nation: Short Stories by George Saunders, Riverhead Books, 2006 George Saunders’ latest book, and his first collection of essays, The Braindead Megaphone, is a testament to both his sanity and the depth of his empathic abilities as a writer. […]
Wiesenfeld, Islamophobia, and the Madrassa
by ACarroll
Spotlight On The Board Of Trustees Alert, on edge New Yorkers are increasingly stressed, fed by a media diet of bad news stories sensationalizing the radical Islamist threat. Moreover, with upcoming presidential elections, many residents expect such scare stories to increase their apparent justifications for increased military expenditure, war and civil liberties restrictions. Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, a former […]
Islam in the Media: They Still Don’t Get It
by IMeisel
Examples of major media focusing on Islam. They say that one man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist. In the United States, however, one man’s freedom fighter is often that same man’s terrorist-maybe years later, but classifications can flip back and forth on any given day. The anti-Muslim hysteria that mushroomed after 9/11 and was fanned […]
Wanted: Wealthy Patron(s) to Fund My Last Year of Dissertation Work
by LKrasnoff
Grad Life No one ever said that being a doctoral student was easy, especially at the Graduate Center. GC students lack the financial support that private institutions with large endowments, such as New York University or Columbia University, generally provide to their doctoral students to complete their graduate work. Some people say that this disadvantage actually […]
The Adjunct Project: Who Are We, What Are We Doing, and How Can You Help?
by Carl Lindskoog
Who is the adjunct project? Adjuncting Kate Griffiths, Anthropology Program: I’m getting involved with the Adjunct Project and the PSC contract fight because I’ve seen that when union members take that role seriously and get involved in our unions, exciting things can happen and problems can get solved. I also particularly want to help build relationships […]
In the Classroom of the Critical Mind
by LDesilva-Johnson
Dispatches From The Front “Only dialogue, which requires critical thinking, is capable of generating critical thinking. Without dialogue, there is no communication, and without communication, there can be no true education.…For the truly humanist educator and the authentic revolutionary, the object of action is the reality to be transformed by them together with other men – not other […]
Letters
by Advocate Staff
Letters Editor’s Note: Adem Carroll’s article, “Jeffery Wiesenfeld, Islamophobia, and the Madrassa,” was published with the November 2007 Advocate web-only content and is reprinted in this issue on page 11. Defending Wiesenfeld That you would allow such slander and defamation of a person without even giving the credentials of Adem Carroll. It is obvious from the way […]
The Rhetoric of Demonization
by Advocate Staff
“We will deliver justice to our enemies.” — George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 28th, 2008 From The Editor’s Desk As Oscar Wilde once wisely remarked “a man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies,” and President Bush’s most recent state of the union address offered a frightening example, once again, of how […]
