06 November 2002
Nine Students Took the Challenge.
Congratulations to Elizabeth, Susan, Casey, Cynthia, Sarah, Stacy, Blane (M.), Brad, and Misty for taking the Challenge and earning those Bonus Points. A new Challenge will appear mystically sometime in the near future.
Bonus Point
Challenge Three Answers.
DADA.
1. What three cities are noted as being centers of the Dada movement?
Answer: Weimar, Zürich, and Paris.
2. Where did the word "Dada" come from?
Answer: It's a French word for "Hobby horse" and was chosen randomly.
3. Who founded the Kabarett Voltaire in Zürich?
Answer: Hugo Ball.
4. Which newspaper was given to Hitler as a birthday present in 1940?
Answer: Die Frankforter Zeitung.
5. Why did the Hessler family migrate to the US?
Answer: A family member shot a deer on an aristocrat's estate and got in trouble.
6. Which poet created the Dada manifesto?
Answer: Tristan Tzara.
7. Which artist turned everyday objects into something extraordinary?
Answer: Marcel Duchamp.
Oral Presentations This Week.
Dana Cheek and Misty Williams present on Wednesday, and DeMario Smith and Jeremy Wheeler are scheduled for Friday.
More Thoughts on Writing.
As I mentioned in class on Wednesday, I am going to revise the syllabus for the next four weeks of class. We are on the home stretch, and with so little time, I will consider how to make the most effective and efficient use of the these last few classes.
Final Essay.
Your final essay has been cancelled. You will write three "quick writing" (journal) compositions instead. More information on this on the revised syllabus.
*This is the first step toward THE One World Language.
Tritt Sechs. Step Six: Conjunctions in Caligari's Cabinets!
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