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Seas, Trees, and Sawdust: The Artful Dodger with Peter Stillman
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Today’s post comes from Deborah Steinberg, class of 2014 and Art Center Student Docent.
On February 22, Professor Peter Stillman kicked off our Artful Dodger series this spring with a discussion of two photographs that expanded upon the course he taught last semester around the Sawdust Mountain exhibition at the Art Center.
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The Pain and Pleasure of Good Learning
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In high school, my favorite class was AP Calculus. During class, our teacher peppered his lectures with humorous examples. One day he asked us, “If a boy and a girl are interested in each other and each moves towards the other by dividing the distance in half each time, will they ever touch?” At night and on weekends, I sat in front of the most impossible problem sets, the blank page of lined loose-leaf sitting there under the glow of my desk lamp, taunting me, egging on my growing confusion and frustration.
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Post-War Culture of the Defeated
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At the conclusion of World War I, Germany suffered terrible financial and social backlash from the rest of Europe. Veterans and civilians alike struggled to pick up the pieces and move on from wartime.
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A Day with Dr. Vandana Shiva
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On Wednesday, March 6th 2013 the Vassar community has the opportunity to spend the day with Dr. Vandana Shiva, a renowned EcoFeminist and Activist.
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Strange things happen when you have a midterm the next day
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What is it about having a midterm that leads to all kinds of strange events that make it impossible for students to do it on time?
The evening before a big midterm exam in a science class….everyone should be putting the finishing touches on their study sessions. Notecards have been written, class notes have been pored over, highlighted passages of readings have been reviewed, study groups have finished swapping practice questions.