Monday, August 2, 2010
Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University
Your tired, your poor, your huddled lawyers, yearning to earn fees
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is appealing U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton’s decision to block parts of the controversial immigration law Brewer signed into law. Brewer contends the state had to take action because the federal government has not done its job in stemming the flow of undocumented aliens over the border. Dr. John Vile, dean of the University Honors College and Constitutional law expert, says, “There is a chance that the (Bolton) decision will backfire, actually increasing concerns for undocumented immigrants among those who are voting for individuals running for state and federal offices and thus leading to even more repressive legislation. Federal courts will ultimately have to decide whether Congress (in pursuit of its power over interstate and foreign commerce and naturalization) has completely occupied the field in regard to immigration issues or whether it intends for states to play a subsidiary role.”
Contact Vile at 615-898-2596.
“I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox.”—Sargent Shriver
After the slandering of U.S.D.A. employee Shirley Sherrod, liberals squandered an opportunity to discredit one of their most nettlesome enemies—Fox News. That’s the view of Dr. Robb McDaniel, political science. McDaniel says, “The conservative movement long ago took a structural approach to battling liberalism: attack the institutions of liberalism and of rational discourse and you weaken your opposition. Hence the endless attacks on unions, universities, Social Security, the establishment media, etc. It doesn’t matter if the complaints are true; just repeat the grievance and eventually the narrative will sink in. Liberals, maybe because of their greater ideological sympathy for pluralism, free speech and fair play, haven’t had much stomach for reciprocity in that kind of battle.”
Contact McDaniel at 615-904-8245.
rmcdanie@mtsu.edu
Some turntablists, the hip-hop DJs whose varieties of scratches on turntables are part of the music, seek to be taken seriously as artists, just as vocalists or musicians are considered serious artists. One way turntablists seek legitimacy is to through the notation of their scratch styles. Dr. Felicia Miyakawa, music, writes, “Tablists and their music are relatively obscure even within hip-hop culture, and few musicians outside of hip-hop culture equate turntablism with musicianship. The novelty here is the search for an audience who will better appreciate turntablism because it is written down. Indeed, despite their different approaches to notation, these DJs share central assumptions about the power of notation to legitimize the instrument and reach out to new audiences.”
Contact Miyakawa at 615-904-8043.
miyakawa@mtsu.edu
TR EXTRA
“A HEALTHY STATE ENCOURAGES MANY VOICES—AND LOTS OF LISTENING.”—HHS SECRETARY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS--Expressions of confidence, faith, defiance, togetherness, satire and sobriety characterize the second edition of Voices We Haven’t Heard, a publication of MTSU’s June Anderson Center for Women and Nontraditional Students. The latest Voices is larger than last year’s edition, and it includes feminist poetry and prose nestled between glossy, colorful covers. Center Director Terri Johnson says the magazine empowers students by providing them with a creative outlet for their observations on racism, sexism, classism, homophobia and other forms of oppression. Voices We Haven’t Heard is free and available from the June Anderson Center in its new home, Room 320 of the Keathley University Center. For more information, call 615-898-5989 or go to www.mtsu.edu/jac.
I’M PLAYING WITH MY BOOKS, MOMMY.--“Books and Children in the 19th Century: A Small Portrait” is the theme of an exhibit on display now and throughout this summer in the fourth floor Special Collections area of MTSU’s James E. Walker Library. The purpose is to show the variety of ways children and the adults around them engaged with books in the 1800s and early 1900s. The works available for viewing are indicative of the children’s book as an object of moral and educational value. The idea behind the books is to teach values and build character. Entertainment techniques are employed strictly to attract the children and hold their interest. Highlights include several movable books, which are books that contain text or illustrations that the child can manipulate. Pop-up books are one such type of movable book. Many items in the display have never been exhibited previously. Call the James E. Walker Library at 615-898-2772.
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