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Welcome to ENGL 250 Course Blog!

Submitted by alice on Thu, 2006-07-27 17:17.

Welcome to ENGL 250: Great American Books! This site will be our "classroom outside of the classroom," so to speak, where we will converse on the texts we're 
reading in class. Here, you will be responsible for responding to the posts that I create on the blog as well as responding to your fellow students' posts. You will also 
occasionally be asked to create your own posts using the "story" function. Each week you should respond to the class posts as well as four other students' posts. Your 
responses should be thoughtful and should reveal a growing consciousness of the critical evaluation of a literary text. You are also welcome to post on texts that you are 
currently reading that you wish to share with the class. The posts and responses will count as a significant portion 
of your participation grade.

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THIS...IS...JEOP---um. right.

Submitted by alice on Sat, 2006-12-09 02:56.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest meets "A Good Man is Hard to Find" meets The Haunting of Hill House meets Invisible Man

Alex and his guests...Eleanor from The Haunting of Hill House and the Grandmother from "A Good Man is Hard to Find" (oh, and Pitty Sing)

a commercial break

Skin whitening cream (by L'Oreal)

BAD!

Joined by Randall P. McMurphy (before he runs out of HEAV 101's window)

a guest appearance by The Misifit

as usual...

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I can say "meow". I can say "moo". For twenty bucks, I'll call the guy a "chicken $*#(&er".

Submitted by alice on Sat, 2006-12-09 02:35.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (and about 16 animal violations)

Catz rule, dogz ... um marry weird guys in bad 70s cartoon outfits (and Randall P. McMurphy is flipping in his grave. So is Ken Kesey, I think)

Mc-Anti-Hero offers Scooby the 'good stuff.'

so scary....

Ratched and Meow's surgical policy

so many kitties. so few litter boxes.

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TRL gone AWOL

Submitted by alice on Sat, 2006-12-09 02:12.

Invisible Man, The Bluest Eye, Light in August, Lenny Kravitz, Michael Jackson, and City Bus

Meeting Michael Jackson: Black or White (you tell us)

What the hell WAS this?

An Interview with Invisible Man

Being mean to Pecola

Lenny Kravitz got shorter

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Bull Goose Loonies: Satires and Bookbashings

Submitted by alice on Fri, 2006-12-01 22:30.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Light in August, The Bluest Eye, Autobiography of My Mother, and "A Stroke of Good Fortune" (we think!)

Forcing William Faulkner to eat his own words.

A Cuckoo's Nest session gone awry.

Billy Bibbitt, back from the dead. And a really messed up Ruby.

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Sock Puppet Mania: Satires of Almost Every Book We've Read

Submitted by alice on Fri, 2006-12-01 22:23.

Their Eyes Were Watching God, Autobiography of My Mother, The Bluest Eye, Light in August, and probably everything else

Janie and Teacake from Their Eyes Were Watching God

Joe and Joanna from Light in August

Xuela from The Autobiography of My Mother

Pecola in The Bluest Eye

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Class Monday November 20

Submitted by alice on Mon, 2006-11-20 05:26.

Hi all,

I've decided to cancel class for Monday November 20 (tomorrow) (lucky you). On the Monday we return, we will be finishing Autobiography of My Mother and reviewing for Wednesday's essay exam. Try to work towards your own analyses of the text in answering the exam questions, and come to class prepared to discuss them. I have attached a copy of the exam questions for those absent on Friday. If you have specific questions about the exam questions, please email them to me over break. Remember, you have to do a little research for the second question.

I've also decided to randomly choose groups to present their films (please make sure they are on DVD/DVDR:

Friday December 1
Groups 3, 5

Monday December 4
Group 2

Wednesday December 6
Group 1

Friday December 8
Group 4 (and any make-up groups)

Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a safe and productive break!

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Apropos?

Submitted by alice on Sat, 2006-11-11 20:13.

'Cuckoo's Nest' hospital investigated for abuse

POSTED: 7:42 a.m. EST, November 11, 2006

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PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Federal investigators are looking into patient care at the hospital made famous in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," where there have been reports of abuse, short staffing and overcrowding.

The Oregon State Hospital is one of the oldest and most dilapidated state mental institutions in the nation. The movie was filmed there in 1975.

Justice Department officials are expected to visit the hospital next week. The department alerted Gov. Ted Kulongoski in June that it would investigate whether patients' constitutional rights were violated.

The facility is at the center of discussions about reforming mental health care in Oregon. Reports of abuse and other problems led lawmakers to reassess the hospital's future.

Lawmakers have proposed replacing it with two separate hospitals and two residential facilities at an estimated cost of at least $324 million.

It's unclear how long the investigation could take. Justice Department spokeswoman Cynthia Magnuson said she could not discuss the timeline or details of the investigation.

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Movie/Pizza Night - Tuesday Oct. 17, 2006 - 8:30PM

Submitted by alice on Tue, 2006-10-03 21:34.

We've decided that our movie analysis/pizza night will be on Tuesday October 17, 2006, at 8:30PM in the third-floor Heavilon Grad. Lounge (right at the top of the middle set of stairs on the third floor). Please RSVP by commenting to this site, and please include what "brand" of pizza/drinks you want and which toppings by Friday October 6.

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Pizza Night?

Submitted by alice on Tue, 2006-09-26 14:36.

Everyone seems to concur that Tuesday nights sound best, just after 8:15 or so. Does this work?
Is there a particular Tuesday night that DOESN'T work?

Hi all,

Since everyone's brains are so taxed by Faulkner, we'll skip the blogging assignment this week (said to great cheers and much rejoicing). Anywho,
yesterday I mentioned holding a pizza/movie night. I will buy the pizzas and crap, and we'll all vote on what movie to watch. Is anyone interested?
If so, respond to this post a.s.a.p and we'll set up a night that works for everyone. None of this, though: