tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22582879445451398802024-02-18T18:14:43.190-08:00Touro Communication ClubThe Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-69995602494671930152013-12-08T11:26:00.000-08:002013-12-08T11:26:20.260-08:00<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Berlin Sans FB Demi","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">This will be last Club conversation until the beginning of the 2<sup>nd</sup> semester. Practice your “conversating.”<u></u><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr></wbr></span>blogspot.com</a> – Meeting #201 – 7<sup>th</sup> year</b><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">1. This week’s conversation – 12/10 -“The 316 Group Project” II<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">2. Next week’s conversation – “Current Events” followed by “Fake It Til You Make It”<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">3. Last conversation:- 12/3 – 16<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Andy; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This Week<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 20pt;">1. The Touro Communication Club #201 – 7<sup>th</sup> Year</span></b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Find past conversations on:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr></wbr></span>blogspot.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_212219425" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Tuesday, December 10, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Room 316 – Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Baveuse; font-size: 32pt;">“The 316 Group project” II<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">The process of forming an action group began on November 19<sup>th</sup>. <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">There was no agenda. People talked about what they thought this group could do.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;"> Ideas flew.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">The consensus was to form a group that had as its mission – “To help.”<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">“To help what or whom?”<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">People felt that this group could provide services to a community.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">People began to list the variety of services that should be provided.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Then came the idea of a community center where all these services could be provided in one place.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">That took nearly the entire two hours.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Several things happened.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">The group began to coalesce into a like-minded group.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">An informal leader or two asserted themselves.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a different kind of energy among the participants – <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">We were creating something from scratch , something larger than themselves.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">Now with this conversation, the hard part starts.<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">● Reigniting the energy of the first meeting.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">● Reconstructing and confirming the direction of the group.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">● Begin to create a consistent structure.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">● Discover what everyone MUST do to make the group successful.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell Condensed","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">See you <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_212219426" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Tuesday</span></span></span>! Bring your sense of purpose!<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell Condensed","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Find it in your friends and bring them! </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell Condensed","serif"; font-size: 8pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Baveuse; font-size: 20pt;">Can We Walk Our Talk?<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Andy; font-size: 20pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">NEXt WEEK <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 20pt;">2. The Touro Communication Club #202 – 7<sup>th</sup> Year</span></b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Find past conversations on:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr></wbr></span>blogspot.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Bodoni MT Black","serif"; font-size: 28pt;">Date to be announced<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 28pt;">“Current Events”<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Andy; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Last Week<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 20pt;">3.</span></b><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 22pt;"> <u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Bernard MT Condensed","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 22pt;"><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Bernard MT Condensed","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 22pt;">Touro Speech and Communication </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 24pt;">Department<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 18pt;">Proudly Presents Our<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 48pt;">16`<sup>th</sup> Speech Tournament<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bodoni MT Black","serif"; font-size: 20pt; text-transform: uppercase;">Tuesday December 3, 2013 <u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bodoni MT Black","serif"; font-size: 20pt; text-transform: uppercase;">@ <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_212219427" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">2:00</span></span></span> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bodoni MT Black","serif"; font-size: 20pt; text-transform: uppercase;">pm</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bodoni MT Black","serif"; font-size: 20pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 22pt; text-transform: uppercase;">Room 316,</span></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 22pt; text-transform: uppercase;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 22pt; text-transform: uppercase;">Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 22pt;">FINALISTS – FUN - FOOD<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #1f497d; font-family: Broadway; font-size: 20pt;">COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR FUTURE LEADERS</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Broadway; font-size: 20pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 18pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Prize $100.00 - 2nd Prize $75.00 - 3rd Prize $50.00</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 30pt; letter-spacing: -2pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 26pt;">27-33 W. 23<sup>rd</sup> Street - Main Campus </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 32pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Entire list of finalists will be posted at the beginning of the 2<sup>nd</sup> semester.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Contest prize winners:<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">FIRST PRIZE $100 – Chana Cohen – “Caffeine”<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">SECOND PRIZE $75 – Sarah Alayev – “Effects of Color”<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">THIRD PRIZE $50 – Amarel Levy – “My Moment of Truth”<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Judges; Mr. Sol Russo, Library; Ms. Adriana Jimenez, Career Services; Ms. Shoshana Yehuda, Campus Security.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><i>New faces:</i> Eseka Usungu, Chana Cohen, Sarah Alayev, Giselle Virgil, Nadine Zigelman, Amarel Levy, Joshua Kessler. <i>Familiar Faces: </i>Karen Peraltz, Thyshall Black, Talisha Vasquez, Steve Gradman, David Fletcher, Miriam Eiyassion, David Nussbaum, Timothy Taylor, Daniel Khaniov (sp?), Ivette Gonzales, Roland Inguina, Akini Crews, Richard Cohen, Gena Bardwell, Richard Green, George Backinoff, Leon Perkal, Hal Wicke.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Andy; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Menu of possible Conversations <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Possible Topics</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">“Political Speech” “Right & Wrong,” “Equality,” “Free Speech,” ‘’Literacy,” “Binary Thinking,” “What is Reality?” “Turning off Your Mental Editor” “Confidence,” “Needing approval,” “What is ‘Work?' “Getting Your Life Together,” “Work and the Work Ethic” ”Dealing with Disrespect,” “Authority,” “Negotiation,” “Gun Control,” “Accountability<span style="text-transform: uppercase;">” </span>“Reparations,” “Ghettos of the Mind,” “Assumptions,” “Social Justice,” “Free Will,” “Terror/Terrorism,” “Celebrity,” “Think Globally, Act Locally,” “Winning vs Losing,” “Trayvon Martin’s Murder Trial”, “Being Alone & Loneliness,” “Fake It Until You Make It,” “Garden Variety Politics,” ”The Social Contract,”<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">How-To Series</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Money Matters II<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Current Events</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">: </span><span style="font-size: small;">An occasional review.<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Communication Skills</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> –</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Reading Literature Aloud, Interviewing, Elevator speeches, SPAR Debate, </span><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Communication Strategies</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">– “Getting to YES,” “Shooting from the Lip,” “Schmoozing”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Films </span><span style="font-size: small;">– </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">“RECOUNT,” “The Great Debaters,” “Wag the Dog,” “My Fair Lady,” “Animal Farm”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Faculty Showcases</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">– Carlisle Yearwood on Toni Morrison, Roberta Jackson from HR<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Student Showcases </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">– T.B.A.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Student Clubs</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> –</span><span style="font-size: small;">T.B.A.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Plus your suggestions!<span class="HOEnZb"><span style="color: #888888;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="HOEnZb"><span style="color: #888888;">Hal Wicke<br />
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<span class="HOEnZb"><span style="color: #888888;">Speech & Communication Dept</span></span></div>
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<span class="HOEnZb"><span style="color: #888888;">Touro College</span></span></div>
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<span class="HOEnZb"><span style="color: #888888;">New York, NY 10010</span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-19095023107159699082013-11-30T15:36:00.001-08:002013-11-30T15:38:10.737-08:00<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr></wbr></span>blogspot.com</a> – Meeting #199 – 7<sup>th</sup> year</b><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Contents:<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">1. This week’s conversation - 12/3 – 16<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">2. Next week’s conversation – “The 316 Group Project” II<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">3. Last conversation:- 11/26 - Money Matters<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Andy; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This Week<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 20pt;">1.</span></b><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 22pt;"> <u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Bernard MT Condensed","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 22pt;"><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Bernard MT Condensed","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 22pt;">Touro Speech and Communication </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 24pt;">Department<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 18pt;">Proudly Presents Our<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 48pt;">16`<sup>th</sup> Speech Tournament<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bodoni MT Black","serif"; font-size: 20pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2045390700" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Tuesday December 3, 2013</span></span></span> <u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bodoni MT Black","serif"; font-size: 20pt; text-transform: uppercase;">@ <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2045390701" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">2:00</span></span></span> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bodoni MT Black","serif"; font-size: 20pt; text-transform: uppercase;">pm</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bodoni MT Black","serif"; font-size: 20pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 22pt; text-transform: uppercase;">Room 316,</span></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 22pt; text-transform: uppercase;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 22pt; text-transform: uppercase;">Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 22pt;">FINALISTS – FUN - FOOD<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 36pt;"><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 36pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></b><br /></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 8pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: #1f497d; font-family: Broadway; font-size: 20pt;">COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR FUTURE LEADERS</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Broadway; font-size: 20pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 18pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Prize $100.00 - 2nd Prize $75.00 - 3rd Prize $50.00</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 30pt; letter-spacing: -2pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 26pt;">27-33 W. 23<sup>rd</sup> Street - Main Campus </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 32pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Andy; font-size: 20pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">NEXt WEEK <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 20pt;">2. The Touro Communication Club #201 – 7<sup>th</sup> Year</span></b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Find past conversations on:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr></wbr></span>blogspot.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2045390702" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Tuesday, December 12, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Room 316 – Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Baveuse; font-size: 32pt;">“The 316 Group project” II<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">The process of forming an action group began on November 19<sup>th</sup>. <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">There was no agenda. People talked about what they thought this group could do.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;"> Ideas flew.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">The consensus was to form a group that had as its mission – “To help.”<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">“To help what or whom?”<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">People felt that this group could provide services to a community.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">People began to list the variety of services that should be provided.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Then came the idea of a community center where all these services could be provided in one place.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">That took nearly the entire two hours.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Several things happened.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">The group began to coalesce into a like-minded group.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">An informal leader or two asserted themselves.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a different kind of energy among the participants – <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">We were creating something from scratch , something larger than themselves.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">Now with this conversation, the hard part starts.<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">● Reigniting the energy of the first meeting.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">● Reconstructing and confirming the direction of the group.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">● Begin to create a consistent structure.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">● Discover what everyone MUST do to make the group successful.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell Condensed","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">See you <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2045390703" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Tuesday</span></span></span>! Bring your sense of purpose!<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 20pt;">3. The Touro Communication Club #199 – 7<sup>th</sup> Year</span></b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr></wbr></span>blogspot.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Tuesday, November 12, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Rockwell","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Room 316 – Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Bernard MT Condensed","serif"; font-size: 72pt;">“Money Matter$”<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Financial Literacy is not often taught in school. Items like budgeting, managing money, <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">investing, paying your bills on time. saving money.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Most people live from paycheck to paycheck. <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Some wonder what they’re going to do when their welfare check runs out.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">We have invited Ms. Jana Woodhouse to join the Communication Club members<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;"> to share her many years of knowledge and experience about money matters.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;"> In the recent past, she has discussed various money matters with two Touro audiences.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Ms. Woodhouse is a certified financial planner, registered securities broker, options trader<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;"> and tax consultant. She is the Manhattan Branch Manager and an investment Advisor <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Representative for Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Ranked in the top 1% of fully licensed insurance and investment brokers, <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Ms. Woodhouse is in an elite class of 12,000 agents who provide financial services to clients.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">In 1983, Ms. Woodhouse became one of the first African-American women to work on Wall Street <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">as a full service broker and options trader.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">In 2011, Ms. Woodhouse launched a Financial Literacy campaign which produces seminars<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;"> in the New York tri-state area.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">After a short presentation, Ms. Woodhouse will answer your questions.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Bernard MT Condensed","serif"; font-size: 24pt;">Find Out More About Money! <u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Bernard MT Condensed","serif"; font-size: 24pt;">Bring your Questions! Bring Your Friends!<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">New Faces: <b>Adriana Jimenez, Jana Woodhouse, George Brown, David Fletcher, Daniel Rhnina (sp?), Kristen McGill, Simmone Joseph,</b> Familiar Faces: <b>Ian Smith, Charles Mason, Miriam Sylla, TalishaVasquez, Joslyn Williams, Roland Iguina, Lorinda Moore, Autumn Burgess, Ivette Gonzales, Margarita Yakubov, Jabari Buckner, Aminique Kirnon, Karen Peralta, Yakini Crews, Leon Perkal, Carlisle Yearwood, David Nussbaum, Michael Garvin, Jabari Buckner and Hal Wicke.<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Andy; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Menu of possible Conversations <u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Possible Topics</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">“Political Speech” “Right & Wrong,” “Equality,” “Free Speech,” ‘’Literacy,” “Binary Thinking,” “What is Reality?” “Turning off Your Mental Editor” “Confidence,” “Needing approval,” “What is ‘Work?' “Getting Your Life Together,” “Work and the Work Ethic” ”Dealing with Disrespect,” “Authority,” “Negotiation,” “Gun Control,” “Accountability<span style="text-transform: uppercase;">” </span>“Reparations,” “Ghettos of the Mind,” “Assumptions,” “Social Justice,” “Free Will,” “Terror/Terrorism,” “Celebrity,” “Think Globally, Act Locally,” “Winning vs Losing,” “Trayvon Martin’s Murder Trial”, “Being Alone & Loneliness,” “Fake It Until You Make It,” “Garden VAriety Politics,” ”The Social Contract,”<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">How-To Series</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Money Matters II<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Current Events</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">: </span><span style="font-size: small;">An occasional review.<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Communication Skills</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> –</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Reading Literature Aloud, Interviewing, Elevator speeches, SPAR Debate, </span><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Communication Strategies</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">– “Getting to YES,” “Shooting from the Lip,” “Schmoozing”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Films </span><span style="font-size: small;">– </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">“RECOUNT,” “The Great Debaters,” “Wag the Dog,” “My Fair Lady,” “Animal Farm”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Faculty Showcases</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">– Carlisle Yearwood on Toni Morrison, Roberta Jackson from HR<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Student Showcases </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">– T.B.A.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">1. This week’s conversation – “Massacre in CT” – replacement topic – last meeting of 2012<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">2. The next conversation in February 2013 – ‘Current Events”<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Last week’s conversation – “14</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Speech Contest”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif; font-size: 20pt;"> Last Club meeting for the fall – Back in February, 2O13<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: 18pt;">1. The Touro Communication Club<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tuesday, December 18, 2012<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: 14pt;">2-4 pm – Room 316<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Stencil; font-size: 36pt;">“Massacre in ConnecticuT”<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The tragedy of last week in Connecticut has been repeated too often in Oregon, Colorado, Wisconsin, Virginia, Texas and many other states. These mass murders do not include the thousands of individual shootings that occur daily in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and other urban areas.<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">President Obama calls for “meaningful action.”<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mayor Bloomberg calls for “immediate action.”<br /><br /><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">So where’s the action?<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">After President Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady, was shot and paralyzed in 1981, there was a flurry of interest in gun control that led to the Brady Law. But like many important issues, attention flags and soon becomes background noise competing with every other issue that Americans have to deal with.<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Soon, gun control will no longer the flavor of the month<br /> until the next massacre appears.<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">We will try to discuss why this happens over and over again.<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">And what we can do about it.<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif; font-size: 18pt;">Since many of us may have experienced t<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif; font-size: 18pt;">the effects of a lack of gun control,<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif; font-size: 18pt;">we will probably have some strong feelings.<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tuesday, February 12, 2013<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: 14pt;">2-4 pm – Room 314<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif; font-size: 48pt;">“Current Events”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Many wonderful and awful things will no doubt have occurred since<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> our last meeting in December.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Holidays and happiness, tragedies and sadness, successes and failures seem to be<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">the continuing menu we experience daily.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">If we approach “Current Events” as a way to look at our own lives,<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">we may be able to perceive a pattern which will help us<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> to gain perspective on the parallel between our own lives and the larger world.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">As literary people know, the microcosm is reflected in the macrocosm as well as the reverse. We can always find the universal in the particular as well as the reverse.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Like the changing of the seasons, we can discover a rhythm to our world that<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> helps us to strategize more effectively. Crashing into invisible walls that<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">we could have seen is a daily challenge.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">As we learn to strategize more effectively, we learn to connect the dots and<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Know that we can make better decisions.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Making better decisions allows us to communicate in more<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">effective and competent ways.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">By the time February comes around, without doubt there will be another blurb.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">New Faces included: <b>Richard Lewis, Jahira Tide, Isaac Bardos, Dr. Frances Baer, Dr. Catherine Barksdale, Eseka Usunyu, Esmeralda Pena, Sam Fragin, Jesse Ahmed, Yoseph Mandel</b>. Familiar faces included: <b>Lorinda Moore, Karen Peralta, Joslyn Williams, Denise Rodriguez, Orhsy Garcia, Roland Iguina, Michael Moronta, Chanaia Curry, Charles Mason, Sabrina Bryant, Dr. Jules Heyman, Charnay Murphy, Yoko Ono McCullock, George Backinoff, Gena Bardwell, Richard Green </b>and<b> Hal Wicke.<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">December 11, 2012<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Name<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Title of Speech<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Instructor<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Course/Site<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Rank<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">1. Isaac Bardos<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“<span style="font-size: 11pt;">How To’s of a Great Caribbean Vacations”</span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 100 - Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">1<sup>st</sup> Prize<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">2. Jesse Ahmed<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“Non-verbals in Public Speaking:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 215 –<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">3.Esmeralda Pena<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“Multiple Sclerosis”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 215 –<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">4.Michael Moronta<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“The Obedience Experiment:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 215 –<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Honorable Mention<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">5. Samuel Fragin<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“Everyong Belongs”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 101 – Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Finalist<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">6. Richard Lewis<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“J-Z – A <span style="font-size: 11pt;">Business<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">State of Mind”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">7. Yoseph Mandel<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 100 - Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 101 - Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">9. Jahira Tide<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 100 - Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“<span style="font-size: 11pt;">How To’s of a Great Caribbean Vacations”</span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 100 - Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">1<sup>st</sup> Prize<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">2. Jesse Ahmed<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“Non-verbals in Public Speaking:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 215 –<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">2<sup>nd</sup> Prize<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">3.Esmeralda Pena<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“Multiple Sclerosis”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 215 –<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">3<sup>rd</sup> Prize<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">4.Michael Moronta<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“The Obedience Experiment:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 215 –<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Honorable Mention<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">5. Samuel Fragin<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“Everyong Belongs”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 101 – Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Finalist<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">6. Richard Lewis<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“J-Z – A <span style="font-size: 11pt;">Business<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">State of Mind”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 100 - Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Finalist<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">7. Yoseph Mandel<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“Lucid Dreaming”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 100 - Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Finalist<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">8.Yoko Ono McCullock<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">GCA 101 - Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">“Shopaholic”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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1. This week’s conversation – “Showcase of Student Speakers”' The next conversation – </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ‘”14<span style="vertical-align: 6pt;">th </span>Speech Contest”<br />
3. Last week’s conversation – “Leadership”<br />
4. Upcoming conversations
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. The Touro Communication Club #176
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday, December 4, 2012 – 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Room 316 – Midtown</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black';">“Showcas</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black';">e of </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black';">Student Speakers”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black';"></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black';"> Featured Speakers include:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Ms. Karen Peralta, Class of 2016
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<span style="font-family: 'Biondi'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“Marine Boot Camp isn’t a Bad Place”
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Ms. Denise Rodriguez, Class of 2014
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<span style="font-family: 'Biondi'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“My First Time in America”
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Ms. Joslyn Williams, Class of 2014
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<span style="font-family: 'Biondi'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“Should the U.S. Legalize Marijuana?”
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Joslyn Williams Class of 2014, has put together this first showcase. In her new capacity as president of the
Communication Action Team, Joslyn has gathered a number of students who are willing to take the major leap of
speaking in front of a friendly group. We hope this will be the first of many student programs.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Some of these speakers will have taken a Communication course. Others are presenting their talk as a personal challenge.
All of these speakers are speaking about a topic that is important to them
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">Public speaking is an important skill to practice as often as possible. And now Joslyn has provided a brand-new option for
Touro students to polish these skills.
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Cheer these students as they practice
an important leadership skill!
Bring a friend!
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<span style="font-family: 'Rockwell,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Tuesday, November 27, 2012 </span><span style="font-family: 'Rockwell,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">– </span><span style="font-family: 'Rockwell,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">2:00 </span><span style="font-family: 'Rockwell,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">– </span><span style="font-family: 'Rockwell,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">4:00 pm
Room 316 </span><span style="font-family: 'Rockwell,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">– </span><span style="font-family: 'Rockwell,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Midtown</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black';"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Leadership”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">During the recent Presidential campaign, the topic of “Leadership” was thrown
about by both sides. “My opponent showed no leadership etc.”
</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">Charges were made. Were they true? Was it a horse of a different color?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 8.000000pt;">`<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">The American Dream tells us that we can be anything we want. What does that mean?
Becoming a Leader? Is that an empty promise?<br />
Or have we bought an illusion, a mirage?
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">Supposedly our college education prepares us for leadership. Does it?
Does having a title or a degree automatically make us a leader?
</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">Maybe “Followership” is better than “Leadership.”
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">During this conversation, we will try to define “Leadership.”
</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">Is leadership a positive concept? Should we aspire to leading?
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">Why would we want to be leaders? More money? Prestige? Being famous?
Being on TV? Making a difference? And so many more issues.
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">Put on your thinking cap and turn the mirror on yo</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14.000000pt;">urself as we ask “What is Leadership?”
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Bring your friends!!
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">New faces included </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Autumn Burgess </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">and </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Anthony Perez</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">. Familiar faces included </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Roland Iguina, Karen
Peralta, Denise Rodriguez, Joslyn Williams, Michael Moronta, Dean Leon Perkal and Hal Wicke.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Topics </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“Political Speech” “Right & Wrong,” “Equality,” “Free Speech,” ‘’Literacy” “Binary Thinking</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">”
“What is Reality?” “Turning off Your Mental Editor” “Confidence,” “Needing approval,”</span><img alt="page4image744" height="13.800000" src="file:///page4image744" width="0.479980" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">How To Series </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">– </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">How to Study, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“The </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Cost of Money,
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Current Events</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">: </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">An occasional review
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Communication Skills </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">– </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Reading Literature, Interviewing, Elevator speeches, etc.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Communication Strategies </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">– “Getting to YES</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">” “Shooting from the Lip,”
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Films </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">– “RECOUNT” Replay, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“The Great Debaters,” “Wag the Dog,” </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Emmy Winning </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">“Game
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Change.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">”</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">(Available January 2013)
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Faculty Showcases </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">– </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Colloquy III - Professor Yearwood on Jane Austen </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">”Persuasion”
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Student Showcases </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">– Liana Perez, ‘14 on “Nutrition and School”<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">Student Clubs </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">– </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">T.B.A.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">1. This week’s conversation – ““Leadership”<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;">1. The Touro Communication Club #175</span></b><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;"> Tuesday, November 27, 2012 – 2:00 – 4:00 pm</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: large;">Room 316 – Midtown</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">During the recent Presidential campaign, the topic of “Leadership” was thrown </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">about by both sides. “My opponent showed no leadership etc.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Charges were made. Were they true? Was it a horse of a different color?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">`</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The American Dream tells us that we can be anything we want. What does that mean? Becoming a Leader? Is that an empty promise?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Or have we bought an illusion, a mirage?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Supposedly our college education prepares us for leadership. Does it?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Does having a title or a degree automatically make us a leader?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Maybe “Followership” is better than “Leadership.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">During this conversation, we will try to define “Leadership.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Is leadership a positive concept? Should we aspire to leading?</span><sub><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></sub></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Why would we want to be leaders? More money? Prestige? Being famous?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Being on TV? Making a difference? And so many more issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Put on your thinking cap and turn the mirror on yourself as we ask “What is Leadership?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Blue Highway Linocut';"><span style="font-size: large;">After the election, this conversation should be really interesting!</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Blue Highway Linocut';"><span style="font-size: large;">Bring your friends!!</span></span></i><i style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Blue Highway Linocut'; font-size: 36pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ms. Karen Peralta, Class of 2016<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Biondi;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Marine Boot Camp isn’t a Bad Place”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ms. Denise Rodriguez, Class of 2014<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ms. Joslyn Williams, Class of 2014<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Biondi;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Should the U.S. Legalize Marijuana?”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Joslyn Williams Class of 2014, has put together this first showcase. In her new capacity as president of the Communication Action Team, Joslyn has gathered a number of students who are willing to take the major leap of speaking in front of a friendly group. We hope this will be the first of many student programs.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Some of these speakers will have taken a Communication course. Others are presenting their talk as a personal challenge. All of these speakers are speaking about a topic that is important to them<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Public speaking is an important skill to practice as often as possible. And now Joslyn has provided a brand-new option for Touro students to polish these skills.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Cheer these students as they practice<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">an important leadership skill!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the 2012 Election Campaign”</span><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Most of us know about elections from what we see in the media.<br />Virtually everything we know about elections is filtered through the eyes of someone else.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">through the eyes of talking heads, Facebook and Twitter, TV advertisements, candidate visits on<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The View, Jay Leno, David Letterman and The Daily Show.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rarely do we get a chance to get glimpse from behind the scenes, in the trenches.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Is it as glamorous as it seems on television?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is it exciting? Or boring? If it’s boring why do you do it?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can you make money working on a political campaign?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you have to support the candidate to work for him/her?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What can you learn from working on a political campaign to apply to your daily life?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And on and on and on.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">This one promises to be an exciting conversation!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Be prepared to ask questions!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Topics</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">“Political Speech” “Right & Wrong,” “Equality,” “Free Speech,” ‘’Literacy” “Binary Thinking,” “What is Reality?” “Turning off Your Mental Editor” “Confidence,” “Needing approval,” “What is ‘Work?' “Getting Your Life Together,” “Work and Work Ethic” ”Dealing with Disrespect,”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Current Events</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">: </span><span style="font-size: small;">An occasional review<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Communication Strategies</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">– “Getting to YES,” “Shooting from the Lip,”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Films </span><span style="font-size: small;">– “RECOUNT” Replay, </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">“The Great Debaters,” “Wag the Dog,” Emmy Winning “Game Change.”(Available January 2013)<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Faculty Showcases</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">– Colloquy III - Professor Yearwood on Jane Austen ”Persuasion”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Student Showcases </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">– Liana Perez, ‘14 on “Nutrition and School”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b>1. This week’s conversation – “Behind the Scenes in the 2012 Election Campaign””<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b>3. Last week’s conversation – “Election Debriefing”<u></u><u></u></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: 16pt;">1. The Touro Communication Club #17<u>4</u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the 2012 Election Campaign”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Most of us know about elections from what we see in the media.<br />Virtually everything we know about elections is filtered through the eyes of someone else.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>through the eyes of talking heads, Facebook and Twitter, TV advertisements, candidate visits on</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>The View, Jay Leno, David Letterman and The Daily Show.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Rarely do we get a chance to get glimpse from behind the scenes, in the trenches.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>how our democratic process works.<u></u><u></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Today we will ask these questions and try to find some answers.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Can you make money working on a political campaign?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Do you have to support the candidate to work for him/her?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>What can you learn from working on a political campaign to apply to your daily life?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Join us!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This one promises to be an exciting conversation!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Be prepared to ask questions!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Joslyn Williams Class of 2014, has put together this first showcase. In her new capacity as president of the Communication Action Team, Joslyn has gathered a number of students who are willing to take the major leap of speaking in front of a friendly group.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Public speaking is an important skill to practice as often as possible. And now Joslyn has provided a brand-new option for Touro students to polish these skills.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why do you think (not believe) President Obama won?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why do you think (not believe) Governor Romney lost?<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This Election has so many possibilities to discuss. Let’s see where it goes.<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">New faces: <b>Alex Maurice </b>and <b>Sabrina Bryant</b>. Familiar faces: <b>Joslyn Williams, Karen Peralta, Anahy Antara, Lorinda Moore, Charles Mason, Michael Moronta, Orhsy Garcia, Carlisle Yearwood, Denise Rodriguez </b>and <b>Hal Wicke.<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is your emotional response to the election outcome?<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Share why you feel the way you do.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why do you think (not believe) President Obama won?<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Analytical – What should each campaign do differently next time?<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Most of us know about elections from what we see in the media.<br />Virtually everything we know about elections is filtered through the eyes of someone else.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">through the eyes of talking heads, Facebook and Twitter, TV advertisements, candidate visits on<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rarely do we get a chance to get glimpse from behind the scenes, in the trenches.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today we will ask these questions and try to find some answers.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Is it as glamorous as it seems on television?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is it exciting? Or boring? If it’s boring why do you do it?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can you make money working on a political campaign?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you have to support the candidate to work for him/her?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What can you learn from working on a political campaign to apply to your daily life?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And on and on and on.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Be prepared to ask questions!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold', sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Oh, yes! Bring your friends!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Andy;"><span style="font-size: large;">LAST Week</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: 16pt;">3. The Touro Communication Club #171<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Tuesday, October 23, 2012 – 2:00 – 4:00 pm<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif; font-size: 16pt;">Room 314 – Midtown<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;">This discussion replaced the showing of RECOUNT which was not available at the time. It will be shown later</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: Rockwell, serif;">.<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arnprior; font-size: large;">“</span></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Presidential Election Preview”</span><span style="font-size: 48pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seven Days until the big day!<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This Presidential Election horse race seems to see-saw back and forth.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you follow the polls, one day Obama is ahead, the next day Romney is ahead.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The last debate is now over.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Al Smith dinner when the two Obama and Romney took humorous pot shots at<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">each other is history.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Charges of voter fraud and voter suppression are flying about.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Will there be an “October Surprise?”<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We now start counting the projected vote margins in swing states.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Strategists are scrutinizing the uniquely American Electoral College.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The pundits are saying that everyone has made up their minds.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The undecided voters – less than 10% are the focus of the media ads.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In these last days before the election, voter turnout is crucial.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Teams from both parties are knocking on doors in the swing states.<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is YOUR view? Which candidate is more attractive?<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What will the deciding factors among the voters?<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif;">Bring a Friend!<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif;">This Is Another Conversation You Don’t Want To Miss!<u></u><u></u></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">All familiar faces participated today including <b>Karen Peraltz, Joslyn Williams, Ian Smith, Anahy Antara, Roland Iguina, Steve Gradman, Charaia Curry, Michael Moronta, Michael Mattocks, Denise Rodriguez, Carlisle Yearwood and Hal Wicke.<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Topics</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">“Leadership,” “Political Speech” “Right & Wrong,” “Equality,” “Free Speech,” ‘’Literacy” “Binary Thinking,” “What is Reality?” “Turning off Your Mental Editor” “Confidence,” “Needing approval,” “What is ‘Work?' “Getting Your Life Together,” “Work Ethic” ”Dealing with Disrespect,”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">How To Series</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">– How to Study, “The Cost of Money,<u><u></u><u></u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Current Events</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">: </span><span style="font-size: small;">An occasional review<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Communication Skills</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> –</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Reading Literature, Interviewing, Elevator speeches, etc.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Communication Strategies</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">– “Getting to YES,” “Shooting from the Lip,”<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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</span></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-2298343259669991192011-12-18T18:54:00.000-08:002011-12-18T18:58:10.069-08:00<div class="nH"><div class="hj"><div class="hk" role="button" tabindex="0"><span id=":8c"><img class="gZ" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif" title="In new window" alt="In new window" /></span><span id=":8b"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:180%;color:black;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a> – Meeting #151</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FYI - Comm Club #151 - "Conflict and Emotion" - Tuesday, 12/20/11 - 2 pm - Room 314 - Midtown - Last Conversation of 2011</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:130%;color:black;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"></a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div id=":8t"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">1. This week’s conversation – “Conflict and Emotions” <i>– </i><b><i><u><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt">LAST CONVERSATION OF 2011</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt"></span></i></b></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">2. 12<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest results – Club meeting #150</span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">3. The next conversation – <span> </span><span> </span>The 2012 Election</span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">4. Last week’s conversation – Student Showcase – Antoinette Miller, Class of 2010 </span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">5. Upcoming conversations</span></span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Andy;FONT-SIZE:20pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This Week </span></span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:1pt;PADDING-LEFT:1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:4pt;MARGIN-LEFT:0in;BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt solid;MARGIN-RIGHT:9pt;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in"> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">1. The Touro Communication Club #151</span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Bernard MT Condensed','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:20pt">Last Conversation of 2011<br /><br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Bernard MT Condensed','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt"></span></i></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">Tuesday, December 20, 2011- 2:00 p- 4:00 pm </span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">Room 314 – Midtown</span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:10pt"> </span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:22pt">“</span></b><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Goudy Stout','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:22pt">Conflict</span></i></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Goudy Stout','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:22pt"> </span></b><b><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:22pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">and </span></span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Chiller;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:36pt">Emotions</span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:22pt">”</span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Although both topics are studied and applied by specialists, neither topic is often </span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">part of general conversation. Yet each day we often find ourselves in </span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">emotional states because of one or more conflicts.</span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Since conflicts and the resultant emotional turmoil are part of our daily communication life, we will try to dissect the interaction of both from </span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">a layman’s viewpoint.</span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This conversation will be neither a psychological nor a philosophical examination We are looking at conflict and emotions through a practical Communication lens.</span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:14pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">By the way, we are having some spectacularly interesting conversations. Some people have commented that they feel comfortable enough to share their feelings without a fear of judgment or reprisal. We hope to continue to create a supportive Communication atmosphere. </span></span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Stencil;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:20pt">Join us! Bring a friend! </span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Stencil;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:20pt">Observe what we are all about!</span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Stencil;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:20pt">Best of all, share your thoughts!</span></b></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Andy;FONT-SIZE:20pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">2. Touro Club Meeting #150<br /></span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:20pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">12<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest –Fall, 2011</span></span></b></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">December 15, 2011</span></span></b></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></div> <table style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#cccccc;BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Name</span></b></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#cccccc;BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Title of Speech</span></b></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#cccccc;BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Instructor</span></b></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#cccccc;BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Course/Site</span></b></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#cccccc;BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Rank</span></b></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1.Lauren Siletsi</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“The Wonderful Skill of CPR”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bakeoff</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">First Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">2. Precious Coleman</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Illicit Blood Diamonds”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bakeoff</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Second Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">3. Violetta Ostarkhova</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“What is Love/”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Cline</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Third Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">4..Vera Buniak</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Alcohol”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Honorable</span></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mention</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">5. Kerry Castellon</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Male Breast Cancer”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">6. Orel Dolev</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Body Language”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Cline</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">7. Tricia McPherson</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“”Domestic Violence”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 215<br />Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">8. Anasia Maison</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Child Abuse”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">9. Lygia Mitchell</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Trafficking of Children in U.S.”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">10. Soon Sarah Park</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Street & How to Deal with It”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Gaffigan</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GTA 215</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Flushing</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Flushing</span></div> </td></tr> <tr style="min-height:57.1pt"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;min-height:57.1pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">11. Fatema Rahman</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;min-height:57.1pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Am I in Control of Street or is Stress in Control of Me”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;min-height:57.1pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Cleveland</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;min-height:57.1pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;min-height:57.1pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">12. Nydia Soto</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“ADHD in Children</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 215</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">13.Michele Waugh</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Sexual Harassmant”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Gaffigan</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 215</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Flushing</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:86.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">14. Edward Hu</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:88.6pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">”Martial Arts”</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.7pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="114"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Gaffigan</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:87.8pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="117"> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Flushing</span></div> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:#f0f0f0;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;WIDTH:85.1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#f0f0f0;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in" valign="top" width="113"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Judges: Dr. Marcella Bullmaster-Day (Graduate Education); Dr. Robert Fardon (Physics); Mr. Ian Smith (Advisement).<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Andy;FONT-SIZE:20pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Next Week’s Conversation</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:1pt;PADDING-LEFT:1pt;PADDING-RIGHT:4pt;MARGIN-LEFT:0in;BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt solid;MARGIN-RIGHT:9pt;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:0in"> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">3. The Touro Communication Club #151</span><span style="COLOR:black"></span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">Tuesday, February 14, 2011- 2:00 p- 4:00 pm </span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">Room 314 – Midtown</span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt"> </span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Goudy Stout','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">Progress report on</span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Goudy Stout','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:20pt">The 2012 Election</span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This blurb is being written in December. Who knows what will have happened when we next meet in February?</span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">There are now six Republican candidates arguing with each other with lots of noise from Donald Trump. In the latest yo-yo polling, Newt Gingrich is leading the pack. There is talk of a third party candidate. President Obama is counterattacking Republican charges.</span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">In short, everything is mess. mixed up. Who is leading the Republican horse race </span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">will become clearer toward the summer.</span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">You might think that a Presidential election is far away from your experience. </span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">You avoid these issues at your peril. <b>Health care</b> is a hot issue. <b>Immigration</b></span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="COLOR:black"><span> </span>issues </span></b><span style="COLOR:black">are on our doorstep. And <b>voter registration</b> affects whether you or your relatives can vote. And there are many more than these three issues.</span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Bodoni MT Black','serif';COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;">Our conversations are never boring. We surprise ourselves at how many different opinions we have. Share yours and change someone’s mind – maybe.</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Bodoni MT Black','serif'"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> </div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Andy;FONT-SIZE:20pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Andy;FONT-SIZE:20pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Last Week’s Conversation </span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:1pt;PADDING-LEFT:4pt;PADDING-RIGHT:4pt;MARGIN-LEFT:0in;BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:1pt"> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">4. <b>The Touro Communication Club #149</b></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i><u><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">SPECIAL TIME!</span></u></i></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">Tuesday, December 13, 2011<u>- 3:30 pm</u><br />Room 314 – Midtown</span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Rockwell','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt"> </span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:16pt">Student Showcase</span></i></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Bodoni MT Black','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:24pt">Antoinette Miller, Class of 2010</span></b></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Bodoni MT Black','serif';COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:24pt">“My Journey”<br /></span></b><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The Communication Department’s first Work Study, Antoinette returns to share her adventures since graduation from Touro as a Human Services major.</span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;TEXT-ALIGN:center;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="COLOR:black"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Antoinette is currently employed as a CASAC-T Substance Abuse Counselor in training at the Methadone Clinic at Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan. She is pursuing her Masters of Social Work in the Touro Graduate School of Social Work.</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">As a Touro undergraduate Ms. Miller graduated Magda Cum Laude and was a Work Study for the Communication Department where she produced Touro’s first Jazz Concert.<span> </span></span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Her appearance is jointly sponsored by the Touro Communication Club and the Human Service Department, :Professor Cynthia Bangura, Deputy Chair. Refreshments will be served.</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> </div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Andy;FONT-SIZE:20pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">5. UPComing Conversations</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-LEFT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:1pt;PADDING-LEFT:4pt;PADDING-RIGHT:4pt;BORDER-TOP:windowtext 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:windowtext 1pt solid;PADDING-TOP:1pt"> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt">Films </span><span style="font-size:100%;">–</span></b><span style="font-size:100%;">“The Great Debaters,” “Wag the Dog,”</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt">Student Showcases</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"> – </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt">T.B.A</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt">Faculty Showcases</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">– Prof. Gary Sheinfeld, Prof. Carlisle Yearwood</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt">Student Clubs</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"> - </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Science, Namaste</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt">Topics</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"> –</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> “Leadership,” “Gender Communication”, “Political Speech”</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt">Current Events</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">– The 2012 Election updates</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt">Communication Skills</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"> –</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Presenting Literature, Interviewing, etc.</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt">Communication Strategies</span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:100%;">– “Getting to YES,” “Shooting from the Lip”</span></span></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Plus your suggestions!</span></span></div> </div><br /><span style="color:#888888;"><br /> <div style="CLEAR:both">Hal Wicke </div></span></span></div>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-89579744507275797972011-05-23T08:04:00.000-07:002011-05-23T08:06:42.811-07:00<span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"><div style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a> – Meeting #139</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Contents:</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. This week’s conversation - “Conspiracy Theory & Critical Thinking”</span></div> <div style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. <span> </span>The next conversation – until Fall, 2011 “Your Summer Communication Lesson Plan”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Last week’s conversation - postponed until Fall, 2011</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Andy; font-size: 20pt;">This Coming Week – Final program for this semester</span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt; font-family: arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">1. The Touro Communication Club #139</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">Tuesday, May 24, 2011- 2:30 p- 4:00 pm – Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 20pt;">“Conspiracy Thinking vs. Critical Thinking”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;">The assassination of Osama Bin Laden on Sunday, May 1, 2011, has produced the inevitable outbreak of people who don’t believe that bin Laden still lives. In recent years it has always become a predictable “fact” that some people will deny any facts that are presented in support of an action or a position.</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;">To be simplistic, for a change, let us group these kinds of people as “Conspiracy Theorists.” The basic pattern of this thinking is to deny any set of facts as untrue. Examples abound: .</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black;">“The end of the earth</span></b><span style="color: black;"> will arrive on Saturday, May 21, 2011” is only the most recent, or</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black;">President Obama’s birth certificate</span></b><span style="color: black;"> has been a favorite or</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black;">Global Warming</span></b><span style="color: black;"> (or climate change as it is now called for the politically correct), or</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black;">Was Lee Harvey Oswald President Kennedy’s killer? </span></b><span style="color: black;">or</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black;">Unidentified Flying Objects, </span></b><span style="color: black;">or</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;">and, most dangerously<b>, the Holocaust</b>.</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;">Other everyday circumstances of the denial of factual evidence show up when</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;">Someone calls you a liar, (Congressman Joe Wilson to President Obama) or</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;">Someone continues to lie despite the evidence (a current court case), or</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;">A student shouts at a teacher, “You’re wrong!” among others.</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;">We will attempt to identify these and other issues which are conducive to “Conspiracy Thinking” and examine how “Critical Thinking’ can aid in understanding what and why this occurs. Perhaps a bit of Freud might help, too.</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Join us in Thinking Outside the Box!</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">(</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">Or Just Thinking!)</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;">The Next Conversation – Until Fall, 2011</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; font-family: arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">2. Your Summer Communication Lesson Plan</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">During the summer, you are on your own to develop your repertoire of communication skills. It’s a 24/7 job – if you want to sharpen your mind. “A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste,<b><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;">according to the iconic slogan of the United Negro College Fund.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Keep in mind “You cannot not communicate.” Some messages are obvious. Many are not.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">There is much to “look” for with your eyes, ears and the pit of your stomach (that’s Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Crap Detector.”) Watch and listen to the language people use. Watch and listen to their gestures and body language. </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Then connect the dots. What does this individual data mean? What does it mean in context? Ask yourself, “Is that the only intended meaning? Or are there other possibilities?” This is not being paranoid. This is analysis.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">That was the easy part. Now do the same for what comes out YOUR mouth. Words. Gestures. Body Language. Your dress. This is more difficult because you have to be pro-active, not passive. Think before you speak. Pause a fraction of a second before reacting.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Your Communication Tool Box begins with awareness – inside and outside. As you gather data, look for patterns. Verify the patterns. Once you’ve observed the general outlines, then begin to look for nuances.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Then give your mind a rest. Until the next time.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Last Week’s Conversation – postponed until Fall, 2011</span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">. The Touro Communication Club #138</span></b></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">Tuesday, May 17, 2011- 2:30 p- 4:00 pm – Room 223</span></b></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">Midtown</span></b></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; color: black; font-size: 16pt;">Student Showcase I – Ms. Lorinda Moore</span></u></b></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyone who has been around the Midtown site will know Lorinda Moore. Officially, she is Dean Perkal’s Administrative Assistant in Room 301. But she brings a lot to the table besides her million-dollar smile and her helpful, gracious manner. Lorinda is a 2010 Touro graduate who received last year’s Special Recognition Award. She’s now working on her MBA degree at Touro. But there’s much more that you can discover about Lorinda on Tuesday when the Communication Club presents its first Student Showcase.</span> </span></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; color: black;">Discover the inspiring accomplishments of Touro students</span></b><i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; color: black;">!</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold'; color: black; font-size: 20pt;"></span></span></div> </div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-size:130%;color:#888888;" ><br /> <div style="clear: both;">Hal Wicke </div></span></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-19992647541671953842011-05-08T08:22:00.000-07:002011-05-08T08:24:17.135-07:00<span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a> – Meeting #137</b></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Contents::</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">1. This week’s conversation: Debate</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">2. <span> </span>The next conversation – “Conspiracy Theory & Critical Thinking”</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">3. Last week’s conversation: “Abbott and Costello” & list of attendees.</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;">This Coming Week:</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">1. The Touro Communication Club # 137</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">Tuesday, May 10, 2011- 2:30 pm – Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;font-size:24pt">Debate – What is it? </span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;font-size:24pt">Plus a few useful skills</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">As an example of what is expected in debate, <b>Michael Zacharias</b>, Junior in Political Science and a Finalist in the Speech Contest, will demonstrate a 3-part legal brief. He will portray the Judge, the Prosecutor and the Defense in a property damage suit. You will be the jury </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">At the recent Speech Contest, the idea of having a debate team was mentioned. If you are interesting in finding out more, come and have some fun.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">If you like to argue, this session is for you! Learn how to argue <i><u>effectively</u></i> and not just shout over the other person.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">Academic debate has been called “intellectual combat.” Compared to what is called “debate” in the political arena, academic debate is exacting and challenging. In politics, you can shoot your mouth off without evidence. In academic debate, you will regret that. </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">Academic debate teaches every academic skill you need plus the excitement of thinking on your feet in the moment. The old debate adage is that “A debate is won in the library.” That means you’d better do your homework or you’ll be shot out of the water.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">We’ll experiment with instant SPAR debate we often use in our classes and then switch sides.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;font-size:20pt">Work out at the Brain Gym with Debate!</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt"></span></div> </div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Andy;font-size:20pt">The Next Conversation </span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">2. The Touro Communication Club #138</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">Tuesday, May 17, 2011- 2:30 p- 4:00 pm – Room 223</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">Midtown</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;font-size:20pt">“Conspiracy Thinking vs. Critical Thinking”</span></b></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black">The assassination of Osama Bin Laden on Sunday, May 1, 2011, has produced the inevitable outbreak of people who don’t believe that bin Laden still lives. In recent years it has always become a predictable “fact” that some people will deny any facts that are presented in support of an action or a position.</span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black"> </span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black">To be simplistic, for a change, let us group these kinds of people as “Conspiracy Theorists.” The basic pattern of this thinking is to deny any set of facts as untrue. Examples abound: </span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black">President Obama’s birth certificate</span></b><span style="color:black"> is the most recent, or</span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black">Global Warming</span></b><span style="color:black"> (or climate change as it is now called for the politically correct), or</span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black">Was Lee Harvey Oswald President Kennedy’s killer? </span></b><span style="color:black">or</span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black">Unidentified Flying Objects, </span></b><span style="color:black">or</span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color:black">and, most dangerously<b>, the Holocaust</b>.</span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black"> </span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black">Other everyday circumstances of the denial of factual evidence show up when</span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color:black">Someone calls you a liar, or</span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color:black">Someone continues to lie despite the evidence, or</span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: black;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color:black">A student shouts at a teacher, “You’re wrong!” among others.</span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black"> </span></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black">We will attempt to identify these and other issues which are conducive to “Conspiracy Thinking” and examine how “Critical Thinking’ can aid in understanding what and why this occurs. Perhaps a bit of Freud might help, too.</span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;font-size:18pt">Join us in Thinking Outside the Box!</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;font-size:18pt">(</span></b><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;font-size:14pt">Or Just Thinking!)</span></b></div> </div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Andy;font-size:20pt">Last Week’s Conversation</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">3. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">Tuesday, May 3, 2011- 2:30 pm – Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:14pt">Critical Listening Institute III: Comedy</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:18pt">Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?”</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">F<span style="font-size:130%;">or those who don’t know this famous comic routine, you are in for a treat! </span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">“Who’s on First?” is a part of the rich American popular culture. First performed in the 1944 film “The Naughty Nineties,” the routine became the signature act of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Products of<span> </span>burlesque and vaudeville in 1930s and 1940s, the comedy team were successful in radio and over 30 movies. The routine is part of the permanent exhibit at Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.</span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt"> </span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">This is the third in the Critical Listening series. Martin Luther King’s “I have</span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">a Dream Speech” was the focus of the first session. The second session was Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero.”</span></span></div> </div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"> </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The topic attracted an attentive and enthusiastic people of 19 with many new faces. They included: <b>Yanchen Lama, Jean Missial, Vlad Konyshev, David Davidov, Logunshvili Nicki </b>(sp?)<b>, Omer Gurbuzer, Bahadirhan Keles </b>(sp?),<b> Jean Bonne-Année, Tian Yuan Chen, Richard Green </b>(many thanks for handling the DVDs<b>), Nabila Ellithy, Rashmi Hirani, Lorinda Moore </b>(thank you for the flyers)<b>, Hong Huang, Htinshu Way, Gena Bardwell, Robert Bohr, Charles Mason, Carlisle Yearwood </b>and<b> Hal Wicke</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#888888;"><br /> <div style="clear:both">Hal Wicke </div></span></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-31045512738030275612011-04-30T16:40:00.001-07:002011-04-30T16:45:27.622-07:00<span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a> – Meeting #136 -#2</span></span></b></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Copperplate Gothic Bold';">The April 12 meeting was canceled because of a “safety incident” at Midtown which brought a dozen fire engines, ambulances and Haz-Mat trucks. All in the rain. No one was hurt – just a terrible odor. We will try again after spring vacation on Tuesday, May 3.</span></b></span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Contents::</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. This week’s conversation: Abbott and Costello</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. Eight Quotations about Comedy</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. The next conversation - after vacation: <span> </span>“Debate – What is it? Plus a few skills”</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Last week’s conversation: The results of the 11<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Andy;">This Coming Week: (Attempt #2)<br /><br /></span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">1. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Tuesday, May 3, 2011- 2:30 pm – Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Critical Listening Institute III: Comedy</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">For those who don’t know this famous comic routine, you are in for a treat! </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">“Who’s on First?” is a part of the rich American popular culture. First performed in the 1944 film “The Naughty Nineties,” the routine became the signature act of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Products of<span> </span>burlesque and vaudeville in 1930s and 1940s, the comedy team were successful in radio and over 30 movies. The routine is part of the permanent exhibit at Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">This is the third in the Critical Listening series. Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream Speech” was the focus first session.<br /></span></div> </div><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 9pt 0pt 0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;"> </span></div><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><br />2. Eight Quotations about Comedy</u></b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich,</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>a tragedy for the poor.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sholom Aleichem, pen name for Solomon Rabinovich (1859-1916), a leading Yiddih author and playwright.</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“God writes a lot of comedy. The problem is, he’s stuck with so many bad actors who don’t know how to play funny.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Garrison Keillor, American writer and broadcaster</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Moliere (1622-1673), French actor and playwright</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Christopher Fry (1907-2005), English writer and playwright</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Life is a tragedy when seen close-up, but a comedy in long shot.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), English silent film actor and film director</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“We participate in tragedy; at a comedy we only look.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), English writer, best known for his novel, <i>Brave New World</i></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>“Comedy is tragedy plus time.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Carol Burnett, American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and writer</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Life is a comedy for those who think…and a tragedy for those who feel.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Horace Walpole (1717-1797), English art historian and man of letters</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> </div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Andy;"><br />The Next Conversation </span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">3. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Tuesday, May 10, 2011- 2:30 pm – Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;">Debate – What is it? </span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;">Plus a few useful skills</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">As an example of what is expected in debate, <b>Michael Zacharias</b>, Junior in Political Science and a Finalist in the Speech Contest, will demonstrate a 3-part legal brief. He will portray the Judge, the Prosecutor and the Defense in a property damage suit. You will be the jury </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">At the recent Speech Contest, the idea of having a debate team was mentioned. If you are interesting in finding out more, come and have some fun.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">If you like to argue, this session is for you! Learn how to argue <i><u>effectively</u></i> and not just shout over the other person.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">Academic debate has been called “intellectual combat.” Compared to what is called “debate” in the political arena, academic debate is exacting and challenging. In politics, you can shoot your mouth off without evidence. In academic debate, you will regret that. </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">Academic debate teaches every academic skill you need plus the excitement of thinking on your feet in the moment. The old debate adage is that “A debate is won in the library.” That means you’d better do your homework or you’ll be shot out of the water.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">We’ll experiment with instant SPAR debate we often use in our classes and then switch sides.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;">Work out at the Brain Gym with Debate!</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Andy;"><br />Last Week’s Conversation</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">4. Touro Communication Club</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">This Week’s Conversation:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">The 11<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">Tuesday, April 5, 2011</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">2:30-4:30 pm – Room 314 – Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;">The Speech Contest is Touro’s longest running student event, now in its 11<sup>th</sup> semester since Spring 2007. Finalists are chosen from three Communication classes to represent their classmates.<b> </b>The quality of the performances is consistently rather impressive. Cash prizes ($100, $75, $50) await the top three winners chosen by a panel of judges who are made up of Touro staff. Refreshments are available during the wait for the judges’ decision.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;">The judges for this contest are <b>Mr. Richard Jong</b> (Advisement), <b>Ms.Sharon Little</b> (Compliance), <b>Mr.</b> <b>Robert Babsky</b> (Operations)</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">Discover The Future Leaders of America Here!</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">11<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest – Spring, 2011</span></b></span></div><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">April 5, 2011</span></b></span></div> <table style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-collapse:collapse;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;background:#cccccc;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0in" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Name</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;background:#cccccc;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0in" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Title of Speech</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;background:#cccccc;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0in" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Instructor</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;background:#cccccc;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0in" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Course/Site</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;background:#cccccc;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Rank</span></b></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1 Dena (Tira) Bluestone</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Learning the ABC’s of Yoga”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101/ Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">First Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">2. Jediaiah Cohen</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Facebook”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100/</span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Taino/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Second Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">3. Simon Bae</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“The New Culture”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101/ Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Third Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">4. Elana Davrayev</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">“The Jewish Law of Married Couples Abstaining from Physical Intimacy during the Menstrual Cycle”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101/Dov Revell/SCAS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Honorable Mention</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">5. Hope Dublin</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Malrotation and Volvulus”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100 Taino/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">6. Jeffrey Ebin</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“The Peg System”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Cleveland</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100/ Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">7. Anzhelika Leviyeva</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Texting While Driving”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101/Dov Revell/SCAS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">8. Diana Starayeva</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Job Interviewing”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101/Dov Revell/SCAS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">9. Luxi Wang</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Gaffigan</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100/ Flushing/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">10.Michael Zacharias</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">How Does the U.S. Debt Affect You?”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 215/ Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Judges: Mr. Richard Jong (Admissions), Mr. Robert Babsky (IT), Prof. Carlisle Yearwood (English)</span><br /><br /></div> </span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-55567524927336270732011-04-09T16:45:00.001-07:002011-04-09T16:54:31.843-07:00<b><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"></a></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a> – Meeting #136 </span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Contents::</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. This week’s conversation: Abbott and Costello</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. Eight Quotations about Comedy</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. The next conversation - after vacation: <span> </span>“Debate – What is it? Plus a few skills”</span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Last week’s conversation: The results of the 11<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest</span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Andy;">This Coming Week:</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">1. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Tuesday, April 12, 2011- 2:30 pm – Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Critical Listening Institute III: Comedy</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border- padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;color:-moz-use-text-color;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">For those who don’t know this famous comic routine, you are in for a treat! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border- padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;color:-moz-use-text-color;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">“Who’s on First?” is a part of the rich American popular culture. First performed in the 1944 film “The Naughty Nineties,” the routine became the signature act of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Products of<span> </span>burlesque and vaudeville in 1930s and 1940s, the comedy team were successful in radio and over 30 movies. The routine is part of the permanent exhibit at Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border- padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;color:-moz-use-text-color;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border- padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;color:-moz-use-text-color;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:black;">This is the third in the Critical Listening series. Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream Speech” was the focus first session.<br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 9pt 0pt 0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>2. Eight Quotations about Comedy</u></b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><b><u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich,</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>a tragedy for the poor.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sholom Aleichem, pen name for Solomon Rabinovich (1859-1916), a leading Yiddih author and playwright.</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“God writes a lot of comedy. The problem is, he’s stuck with so many bad actors who don’t know how to play funny.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Garrison Keillor, American writer and broadcaster</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Moliere (1622-1673), French actor and playwright</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Christopher Fry (1907-2005), English writer and playwright</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Life is a tragedy when seen close-up, but a comedy in long shot.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), English silent film actor and film director</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“We participate in tragedy; at a comedy we only look.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), English writer, best known for his novel, <i>Brave New World</i></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>“Comedy is tragedy plus time.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Carol Burnett, American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and writer</span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Life is a comedy for those who think…and a tragedy for those who feel.”</b></span></div> <div style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Horace Walpole (1717-1797), English art historian and man of letters</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> </div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Andy;">The Next Conversation – after vacation</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">3. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Tuesday, May 3, 2011- 2:30 pm – Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;">Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;">Debate – What is it? </span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;">Plus a few useful skills</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:11pt;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:black;">At the recent Speech Contest, the idea of having a debate team was mentioned. If you are interesting in finding out more, come and have some fun.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:black;">If you like to argue, this session is for you! Learn how to argue <i><u>effectively</u></i> and not just shout over the other person.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:black;">Academic debate has been called “intellectual combat.” Compared to what is called “debate” in the political arena, academic debate is exacting and challenging. In politics, you can shoot your mouth off without evidence. In academic debate, you will regret that. </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:black;">Academic debate teaches every academic skill you need plus the excitement of thinking on your feet in the moment. The old debate adage is that “A debate is won in the library.” That means you’d better do your homework or you’ll be shot out of the water.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:black;">We’ll start with instant SPAR debate we often use in our classes and then switch sides.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Britannic Bold';color:black;">Work out at the Brain Gym with Debate!</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Andy;">Last Week’s Conversation</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">4. Touro Communication Club</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">This Week’s Conversation:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">The 11<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">Tuesday, April 5, 2011</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">2:30-4:30 pm – Room 314 – Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Speech Contest is Touro’s longest running student event, now in its 11<sup>th</sup> semester since Spring 2007. Finalists are chosen from three Communication classes to represent their classmates.<b> </b>The quality of the performances is consistently rather impressive. Cash prizes ($100, $75, $50) await the top three winners chosen by a panel of judges who are made up of Touro staff. Refreshments are available during the wait for the judges’ decision.</span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The judges for this contest are <b>Mr. Richard Jong</b> (Advisement), <b>Ms.Sharon Little</b> (Compliance), <b>Mr.</b> <b>Robert Babsky</b> (Operations)</span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">Discover The Future Leaders of America Here!</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">11<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest – Spring, 2011</span></b></span></div><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">April 5, 2011</span></b></span></div> <table style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-collapse:collapse;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;background:#cccccc;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0in" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Name</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;background:#cccccc;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0in" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Title of Speech</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;background:#cccccc;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0in" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Instructor</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;background:#cccccc;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0in" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Course/Site</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;background:#cccccc;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0in" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Rank</span></b></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1 Dena (Tira) Bluestone</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Learning the ABC’s of Yoga”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101/ Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">First Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">2. Jediaiah Cohen</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Facebook”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100/</span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Taino/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Second Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">3. Simon Bae</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“The New Culture”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101/ Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Third Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">4. Elana Davrayev</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">“The Jewish Law of Married Couples Abstaining from Physical Intimacy during the Menstrual Cycle”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101/Dov Revell/SCAS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Honorable Mention</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">5. Hope Dublin</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Malrotation and Volvulus”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100 Taino/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">6. Jeffrey Ebin</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“The Peg System”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Cleveland</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100/ Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">7. Anzhelika Leviyeva</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Texting While Driving”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101/Dov Revell/SCAS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">8. Diana Starayeva</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Job Interviewing”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101/Dov Revell/SCAS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">9. Luxi Wong</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Gaffigan</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100/ Flushing/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:87.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">10.Michael Zacharias</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:90.7pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="121"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">How Does the U.S. Debt Affect You?”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.9pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="116"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:91.5pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="122"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 215/ Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:#ebe9ed;padding-bottom:0in;background-padding-left:5.4pt;width:86.35pt;padding-right:5.4pt;border-top:#ebe9ed;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:0incolor:transparent;" valign="top" width="115"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Judges: Mr. Richard Jong (Admissions), Mr. Robert Babsky (Operations), Prof. Carlisle Yearwood (English)</span><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="clear:both">Hal Wicke </div></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-4121061246519278992011-04-03T14:05:00.001-07:002011-04-03T14:05:46.697-07:00Hal Wicke <span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a> – Meeting #135 </span></span></b></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b>This coming week</b>:</span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt">Touro Communication Club</span></u></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt">This Week’s Conversation:</span></u></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt">The 11<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest</span></u></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt">Tuesday, April 5, 2011</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt">2:30-4:30 pm – Room 223 – Midtown</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Speech Contest is Touro’s longest running student event, now in its 11<sup>th</sup> semester since Spring 2007. Finalists are chosen from three Communication classes to represent their classmates.<b> </b>The quality of the performances is consistently rather impressive. Cash prizes ($100, $75, $50) await the top three winners chosen by a panel of judges who are made up of Touro staff. Refreshments are available during the wait for the judges’ decision.</span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:100%;">The judges for this contest are <b>Mr. Richard Jong</b> (Advisement), <b>Ms.Sharon Little</b> (Compliance), <b>Mr.</b> <b>Robert Babsky</b> (Operations)</span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:14pt">Discover The Future Leaders of America Here!</span></b></div> </div> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Next week’s conversation</span></span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">The Touro Communication Club</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">Tuesday, April 12, 2011- 2:30 pm – Room 223</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:16pt">Midtown</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:18pt">Critical Listening Institute III: Comedy</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;color:black;font-size:18pt">Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?”</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">For those who don’t know this famous comic routine, you are in for a treat! </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">“Who’s on First?” is a part of the rich American popular culture. First performed in the 1944 film “The Naughty Nineties,” the routine became the signature act of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Products of<span> </span>burlesque and vaudeville in 1930s and 1940s, the comedy team were successful in radio and over 30 movies. The routine is part of the permanent exhibit at Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.</span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:black;font-size:11pt">This is the third in the Critical Listening series. Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream Speech” was the focus first session w</span></div> </div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></b></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Last Week’s conversation</span></span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:windowtext 1pt solid;border-left:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:4pt;padding-right:4pt;margin-left:0in;border-top:windowtext 1pt solid;margin-right:9pt;border-right:windowtext 1pt solid;padding-top:1pt"> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt">Touro Communication Club</span></u></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt">Last <span> </span>Week’s Conversation:</span></u></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt">“Job Interview Preparation Workshop”</span></u></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Andy;font-size:16pt">New Day - </span></b><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt">Tuesday, March 29, 2011</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Andy;font-size:16pt">New Time</span></b><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:16pt"><span> </span>3 -4:30 pm – Room 223 – Midtown</span></b></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:100%;">Communication Professors <u>George Backinoff</u> and <u>Gena Bardwell</u> will share their extensive experience in polishing the interview skills of job applicants. What questions do you ask? What kinds of non-verbal behavior send the right message? Coping with nervousness? How do you sell yourself? These and many other topics will be covered in the workshop. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Office of Advisement and Counseling.</span></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Arial Black'">“It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear That Counts!</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:center;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">This is one discussion you should not miss!</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana"></span></span></div> </div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">What happened at the Job Interview Seminar</span></span></u></b></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Professors <b>George Backinoff </b>and<b> Gena Bardwell</b> led an exciting workshop with enthusiastic participation of <b>Emmanuel Boy, Laura LaChica, Ismael Aidara, Bai, Xia, Gen Gelsonino, Vlad Konyshev, Dilyara Iafiasova, Anzhelika Leviyeva, Dena (Tira) Bluestone </b>and familiar faces <b>Robert Bohr, Lorinda Moore</b> and <b>Sophia Volfson</b>.</span></div> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt">The Touro Career Interview Preparation Workshop took place on Tuesday, March 29, </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt">2011, at 3:00pm.<span> </span>The workshop was a successful collaboration between Career Services, the Communication Department and Advisement. </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt"> </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt"> The facilitators included Adriana Jimenez of Career Services, Professor Gena Bardwell </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt">and Professor George Backinoff of the Communication Department. </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt"><span> </span>Additionally, Sofia Volfson of Advisement contributed support. </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt"> </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt">Eleven motivated students attended.<span> </span>They responded with positive enthusiasm and </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt">seemed genuinely impressed by the information and instruction that was delivered.<span> </span>The </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt">Workshop included the planning, preparation, content and delivery needed for an </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt">effective job interview which could lead to career employment. </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt"> </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt">This is an excellent example of the Touro community working together to produce </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt">positive results.</span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt">- George Backinoff</span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;font-size:12pt"> </span></tt></pre><span style="color:#888888;"> <div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span></div><br /><br /> </span></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-56803953928243430062010-12-12T18:51:00.000-08:002010-12-12T18:55:57.503-08:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>The Touro Communication Club Notes - #132– December 15, 2010</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">tourocommunicationclub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>BREAKING <a href="news:-" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">NEWS! -</span></a> Winners of the</b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> <b>10<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest</b>!! The entire list of winners and finalists is listed below from last week’s highly successful contest. Find your friends! </span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Blog Contents:</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Ten Quotes about “WikiLeaks and Secrecy”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. 10<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest Results</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. <b>UPCOMING CLUB PROGRAM</b>: - “WikiLeaks and Secrecy”<b> </b>Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 223.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Logical Fallacy of the Week # 21 – “Post hoc ergo propter hoc”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">5. Professor Geo’s Communication Thought of the Week</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">6. Note to Communicators: “Nobody’s interested in communicating during the Battle of the Sexes”</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">7. .<b>NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC: The Club will be on hiatus until early February after the beginning of the Spring term. Enjoy finals and the holidays!</b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">8. Upcoming Conversations - please add your topic to the list</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">9. What happened last week: “Talking to Guys/Talking to Girls:” (Lorinda’s poem, “Her Search.”<span style="font-size:180%;">)</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>1. Ten Quotations about WikiLeaks & Secrecy</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;" class="MsoNormal"><em><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:black;" > </span></em></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><b><span style="font-style: normal;color:black;" >“We open governments.”</span></b></em></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;color:black;" >Slogan on Wikileaks website, founded by Julian Assange</span></em></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;color:black;" > </span></em></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><b><span style="font-style: normal;color:black;" >"The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops."</span></b></em></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JSHKUG0.htm" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">John Perry Barlow</span></a><span style="color:black;">, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation:</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:black;" > </span></em></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><b><span style="font-style: normal;color:black;" >"Not since President Richard Nixon directed his minions to go after Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg and New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan -- "a vicious antiwar type," an enraged Nixon called him on the Watergate tapes -- has a working journalist and his source been subjected to the kind of official intimidation and threats that have been directed at Assange and Manning by high-ranking members of the Obama Administration.... It is dispiriting and upsetting for anyone who cares about the American tradition of a free press to see Eric Holder, Hillary Clinton and Robert Gibbs turn into H.R. Haldeman, John Erlichman and John Dean."</span></b></em></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;color:black;" >David Samuels, The Atlantic Magazine</span></em></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">We are all bracing for what may be coming and condemn WikiLeaks for the release of classified material. It will place lives and interests at risk. It is irresponsible."</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">PJ CROWLEY, U.S. State Department spokesman on the impending Wikileaks' release of cables </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">“</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.</span></b><b><span style="color:black;">”</span></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), French clergyman, noble and statesman</span></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:10pt;" > </span></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Bill Moyers, American journalist and commentator. Served as White House Press Secretary until President Johnson.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">“<b>Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Edward Teller (1908-2003), Austro-Hungarian/American theoretical physicist, </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">known as “the father of the hydrogen bomb.”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>and to secret proceedings.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), 35<sup>th</sup> President of the United States</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“What is told in the ear of a man is often heard 100 miles away.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Chinese saying</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“My life is an open book. I just hope some of the pages stick.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Jack Benny (1894-1974), American comedian, vaudevillian and actor for radio, television and film</span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 9pt 0pt 0in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style=";font-size:16pt;color:black;" > </span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>2. Results of the 10<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest – Fall,<br />December 7 2010,<br /></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></div> <table style="border: medium none; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% gray;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Name</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% gray;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Title of Speech</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% gray;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Instructor</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% gray;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Course/Site</span></b></div> </td> <td style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.6pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% gray;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Rank</span></b></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1. Malka Fusilov</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Hand Hygiene”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA101</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Dov Revel SCAS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">First Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">2. Domanique Conyers</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">:”Feng Shui & Romance</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Second Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">3. Anna Indelicato</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Effective Management”<br /> <br /></span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Turney</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Third Prize</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">4. Malka Sulimanov</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Protecting Ourselves from Weapons of Mass Destruction"</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">”</span></span></span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Dov Revel</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">SCAS/</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Honorable Mention</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">5.. Eric Hawkins</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">"YouTube And You"<br /> <br /> </span></span> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/ SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Special Recognition</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">6. Abayev, Elizabeth</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">"The Truth About Reality TV"</span></span></span> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 215</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">7. Noam </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Basher</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Bullying”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Green</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">8. Husni Chana Yosupov</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Diamonds”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">9. Netu Goberdhan</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Issues of Rape”`</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Green</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">10. Edwin Izaguirre</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“The U.S. Marine Corps”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">11. Jennifer Johnson</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Teenage Pregnancy”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Turney </span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">12.<span> </span>Manuel Oquendo</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">”Motivation”</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Green</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">13. Avichai Pleshtiyev</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">“Weight Management”<br /> <br /></span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Bardwell</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 101</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Dov Revell</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">SCAS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">14. Vanessa </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Rodriguez</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Becoming a College Student"</span></span></span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Backinoff</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">15. Ester Rubinova</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">"Improving Your Conversation Skills"</span></span></span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prof. Wicke</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">GCA 100</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Midtown/SGS</span></div> </td> <td style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(235, 233, 237) windowtext windowtext rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0in 5.4pt; background-color: transparent; width: 88.6pt;" valign="top" width="118"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Finalist</span></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span><br /></div></span></div></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;"><br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;">2. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;">Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 2 pm – Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;">Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>“WikiLeaks and Secrecy”</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In recent days, there has been a torrent of secret American diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks, a self declared arbiter of secrecy founded in 2006 by Australian journalist Julian Assange. Some 250,000 documents that purport to describe the behind the scenes diplomatic exchanges by the United States and some 274 of its allies have been released. Unlike the 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg which was a single event, these Wikileaks actions stem from philosophical position of anarchy and are based on its slogan, “We open governments.” The banks are next. We will explore the latest in the WikiLeaks actions and compare the concept of secrets between governments, institutions, personal relationships and individual acts. We’ll ask, “Is secrecy necessary? Is transparency impossible or dangerous? What about self-disclosure?” Tune in for what should be a lively discussion.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">This conversation will be the last one for 2010. We will resume in February, 2011 in the early part of the Spring semester.</span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;"> </span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><br />3. Logical Fallacy of the Week #21:</u></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“Argument from Authority”</span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">I would argue that plagiarism stems from a person’s misunderstanding of authority. In a feverish attempt to complete an assignment, the person lifts a portion of a document and inserts it into his document without reference to the source.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">The person who unknowingly plagiarizes is probably not conscious that authorship of a document gives a certain authority to the writing. To the naïve plagiarizer, the plagiarized portion is just a bunch of words and all words are interchangeable with another. He’s just buying another shirt at the store. The rise of the Internet has promoted an ethos that everything is free – so why not take something free and put it in your writing?<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">The plagiarist is not confident in his own writing and searches for something that sounds like it is authoritative that will bolster his perceived weak writing.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">Authority is power. With authority comes presumed credibility. Authority comes from the letters after your name (BA, MA, PhD), the rank on your shoulder, the badge you’re wearing. All externals.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">The plagiarist doesn’t feel confident in his own work. So, thinking that all writing is free, he takes what he needs.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">When we feel in an inferior position, we appeal to authority to gain a balance in the relationship.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">If we believe in the power of the external authority – uniforms, rank, titles, degrees, celebrity position - we gain (buy?) self-esteem. In the presence of the authority, we gain reflected glory. “I have John Lennon’s autograph.” “Here’s my picture with President Obama.” “Do you want to see my Picasso?”<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">In Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III,” the manipulative power hungry Duke of Gloucester surrounds himself with “two pillars of virtue” (Bishops of the Catholic Church) to give the citizens to impression that he is a pious man and worthy of the crown. Richard knows that to be credible to the groundlings he must appear to respect the church, a major political power of the day.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">Ultimately, however, all authority is internal. Internal authority is hard won and often tested. The trappings of external power are just theatre, empty gestures appearing real. When we focus on the externals, we build an empty box to put under the Christmas tree.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">This fallacy appears often in our discussion. Authoritative phrases begin with “The Bible says…”; The Pope says…”; The President says…”; “Father (or Mother) says…”; The Professor says…”. “Sarah Palin says…” (Oops! But then, who knows?)<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">For the student who is building her own knowledge base, appealing to authority is useful and <i>does</i> give credibility to the students’ work. Students need to be reminded that their own authority informs the frame of reference of their work, but does not demonstrate a wider knowledge beyond the narcissistic bubble.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">The intellectual thinking is that the beginner needs external support for his thinking, but as she matures and demonstrates increasing command, he becomes his own credible authority.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">In conclusion, the “Appeal to Authority” is a mixed bag, useful in some occasions, empty in others. The Communicator needs to recognize the difference.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">4. Professor Geo's Thought of the Week #10:<br />A comment from Garrison Wynn, motivational speaker, “It does not matter how smart you are if nobody knows what you are talking about." </span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br />5. <u>A Note to Communicators:</u></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>Secrecy and Transparency</u></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">These two concepts are opposite impulses in the world of personal and political discourse. The degree of disclosure has a variable yardstick, depending on the situation and the person. Some want total secrecy. Others, like Julian Assange, want total transparency.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In the personal realm, it is unlikely you will share your most private thoughts with anyone. But you may selectively share certain aspects of your history with people you trust. The word “trust” conjures simultaneous naiveté and wily behavior. To the trusting individual, secrets are shared to bond with another. To the Machiavellian, secrets are planted for conspiratorial purposes. A history of trust between two people is violated when one betrays the secrets of another.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">On the job, personal information is privileged beyond the basics. Yet co-workers and bosses are eager to learn of any negative history - scrapes with the law, family indiscretions and physical conditions. These might have an impact on work performance or the inevitable jockeying for political position.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In the business, corporate and political worlds, secrecy is the predominant behavior. Such is a wise strategy since competition, not cooperation, is the way of the world. Win-lose strategies are prevalent; win-win strategies are for the most enlightened and wary. Trust is a commodity is low supply. Any agreement needs constant due diligence for Murphy’s Law.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">What makes Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks’ effort such a threat is that, as an anarchist, he espouses the destruction of government, <b>all government. </b>His philosophy is beyond that of a Libertarian whose beliefs in the purist form argue for little government.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In all relationships, everyone has different definitions of secrecy and transparency. To assume that your partner’s definition is the same as yours at the beginning of a relationship is both naïve and ego and ethnocentric.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In international business, surface behavior is often not what it seems. A student in one of my Touro MBA Communication classes several years ago made a business deal with a Japanese company. He was very careful in gaining agreement on every detail. Three months later, when he returned to Japan, he discovered to his dismay, there was no deal. The Japanese were merely in the early phases of getting to know and trust him. He never got any deal.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Even though we may be conscious of what we are doing, often our emotions are governing our decisions. In romance, we are blinded by surging eroticism. Even after the honeymoon period passes, one can always discover discrepancies in another’s behavior that can throw doubt on the relationship.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The glass would always be half empty if we conclude that all relationships must be regarded with suspicion. Yet, with wearing the most optimistic mask, we would be foolish to believe every word and action as true and accurate to your definitions.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">To the enlightened communicator, juggling a balance between secrecy and transparency is the norm.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" > </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">6. Next week’s Conversation:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">The Communication Club will be on hiatus until the early part of the Spring, 2011, <span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">Keep your eyes and ears open!</span></u></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></span></u></b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><br />7. UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>What about one of these topics?</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Repetition”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Meaning”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Heroism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Concentration”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Coping with Adversity”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Student Poetry showcase</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Empathy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Connecting the Dots”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Role play of Cynical people</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Cold Calling in Sales</b>”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“He’s Just Not That into You”</b></span></div> </div></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-73132838366201909002010-12-05T18:30:00.001-08:002010-12-05T18:41:22.074-08:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>The Touro Communication Club Notes - #131–December 8, 2010</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">tourocommunicationclub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br />NEWS:</b> <b>10<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest</b> is on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 2 pm in Room 314 – Midtown. Finalists from the Communication classes will compete for $100 First Prize, $75 Second Prize, $50 Third Prize. Judges are <b>Adriana Jimenez</b>, of the Career Placement Office; <b>Simone Joseph</b> of the Midtown Site Directors office; and <b>Dr. Brent Cutler</b>, Director of the Paralegal program. Join us!<br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Blog Contents:</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Ten Quotes about the Battle of the Sexes</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. <b>UPCOMING CLUB PROGRAM</b>: - “Talking to Guys/Talking to Girls<b>” Again! </b>Wednesday, December 8, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 223.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week # 21 – “Post hoc ergo propter hoc”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Professor Geo’s Communication Thought of the Week</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">5. Note to Communicators: “Nobody’s interested in communicating during the Battle of the Sexes”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">6. .<b>NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC: “</b>Wikileaks and Secrecy”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">7. Upcoming Conversations - please add your topic to the list</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">8. What happened last week: Professor Carlisle Yearwood discusses T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>1. Ten Quotations about the Battle of the Sexes<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb...</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>and I also know that I'm not blonde.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dolly Parton, American country singer, songwriter and actor<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>a smart woman with a dumb guy.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Erica Jong, American author and teacher<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">“<b>Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There’s too much fraternizing with the enemy.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and political advisor<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“I think -- therefore I'm single.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lizz Winstead, American comedian and blogger<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">"<b>When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping.</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Men invade another country."</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Elayne Boosler, American comedian<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man;</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>If you want anything done, ask a woman."</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister,<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Timothy Leary (1920-1996), controversial American psychologist, advocated research into psychedelic drugs. President Nixon called him "the most dangerous man in America.” (cf. Wikipedia)<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gloria Steinem, American feminist, journalist, founder of MS magazine<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Spanish Proverb<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent."</b><br /> <span>Eleanor Roosevelt, civil rights advocate and First Lady from 1933-1945<br /><br /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 9pt 0pt 0in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style=";font-size:16pt;color:black;" > </span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 9pt 0pt 0in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style=";font-size:16pt;color:black;" > </span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";color:black;" >2. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";color:black;" >Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 2 pm – Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";color:black;" >Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><i><span style=";font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';" >Let’s Try Again!</span></i></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';" >“</span></u></b><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';" >Talking to Guys/Talking to Girls”<br /><br /></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">In the last four years, we’ve talked about this topic at least three times in one form or another. The academic term for conversation between the sexes is “Gender Communication.” John Gray’s 1992 bestseller “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” codified the communication difficulties between the sexes in the popular mind. For centuries, the conflict has been called ‘The Battle of the Sexes.” Going beyond sexual attraction to attempt building a relationship is an ongoing challenge for everyone. Some have answers. Others are searching. We’ll share our questions and conclusions.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;font-size:16pt;" > </span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;" >3. Logical Fallacy of the Week #20:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >“Post hoc ergo propter hoc”<br /><br /></span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">President Obama is experiencing this Latin mouthful as we speak. Roughly translated the phrase means “<b>After this, therefore because of it.”</b> This fallacy makes the erroneous assumption that if “A” occurred after “B” then “B” must have caused “A.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In this fallacy of “B” causing “A,” the current political atmosphere has painted the picture that President Obama’s policies are now responsible for the current economic situation. In fact, so says the propaganda strategy, Obama has made this situation worse. “B” has made “A” worse.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Knowing that voters have a very short memory and will always ask “what can you do for me now?” the Republicans have been exceedingly successful in shifting the blame for the economic crisis from President Bush to President Obama. Bush’s actions are forgotten as Obama’s efforts to correct the situation appear futile Obama’s attempts to demonstrate that his accomplishments, though not entirely successful, have begun to right the sinking economy. Combined with the parallel strategy of saying “No” to everything, this fallacy makes for powerfully effective politics.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Take another example: the American Indian “rain dance.” There is a drought; the crops are dying. The tom-toms beat; the men dance and the rains come. The clever medicine man has noticed that there are dark clouds occurring on the horizon and tells the chief to do the rain dance. The tribe does – and the rain comes. Everyone assumes that the dance caused the rain.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Imagine the frustration of doing a rain dance on a series of dry blue skies.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Here’s a literary variation of the fallacy: If you remember Mark Twain’s <i>“A Connecticut Yankee in King Author’s Court</i>,” this fallacy is crucial to the success of the hero, Hank Morgan. After a blow to the head, he finds himself in King Arthur’s court. He is an outcast. Merlin, the court magician is suspicious of him and arranges for Hank to be burned at the stake. Now Twain stacks his deck in favor of his hero. Coincidentally, Hank was somewhat of an astronomer in his former life and remembers that his date of execution in 528 coincides with the date of a solar eclipse.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Twain manipulates the connection imaginatively as he writes that Hank announces that he has special powers. He claims that at the moment of his execution, he will blot out the sun permanently. The event comes to pass. As the sun begins to disappear, Hank announces he has the powers to bring back the sun. King Arthur is fearful. Merlin is discredited and Hank is freed and made the principal advisor to King Arthur. Now Hank is known as “The Boss.” Twain’s charming tale continues through many other fascinating twists.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In our every day life, other examples of <i>post hoc ergo propter hoc </i>occur. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">We fail an exam; we say the test is too hard when we haven’t studied.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">We are late to class; the cause of the lateness is that the subways were running late, not that we got up late.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">We are late for a date; we make up an excuse when the reality is that we forgot.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The best one I’ve heard for lack of preparation for class was when the student said that his culture forced him to drink all night and therefore he could not study.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I have stopped taking out my violin when I hear these feeble statements to avoid responsibility for our actions.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The effectiveness of the fallacy in Obama’s world of politics requires a more immediate and forthright denunciation of the tactic.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">.</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>4<u>. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week #9:</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>The smart remark or insult has a long history in communication. Sir Winston Churchill had many storied encounters with Lady Astor, Here is one pungent exchange.</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" ><span> </span>Lady Astor: “If you were my husband I'd give you poison," </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" ><span> </span>Churchill: "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><br />5. .<u>A Note to Communicators:<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>Nobody’s interested in communicating during the Battle of the Sexes<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">After searching for credible quotations about the communication process between the sexes, I’ve come to the conclusion that neither sex is really interested in bridging the gender gap. Positions are staked out; barbs are thrown; funny linguistic twists are invented, but most everyone takes the “Battle of the Sexes’ as a given.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">To try to bridge that gap is dull and boring and, most of all, takes the hilarity out of the endless possibilities of deriding the behavior of the other sex. Men feel wonderful when they can slice up a woman. Women take pleasure in puncturing the male ego.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">So who wins? Nobody. The arguments start with light frivolity and end mean and hurtful. The back-and-forth quickly becomes circular – an enthymemic syllogism where no one agrees to the basic premises of the disagreement.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In the 1990s, John Gray made the male/female communication difficulties into catchy stereotypes of labeling the dichotomy as “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus.” Simultaneously, linguist Deborah Tannen explored the difficulties in a more even-handed manner, beginning with her 1990 “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Their discussions faded into the background. Even with wider knowledge of how the sexes are wired (Dr. Luann Brizendine’s “The Female Brain” (2006) and “The Male Brain” (2010), there remains a chasm in emotional and intellectual understanding between the sexes.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Why is disappointing? The cliché works in all aspects of life – everything takes time. With every birth, there is another mind to stimulate to awareness. With every culture, there are embedded codes of behavior that resist change.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">But, perhaps, as the French would have it, “<i>le plus le change, le plus le meme chose.” </i>The more things change, the more they stay the same.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';" >6. Next week’s Conversation:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';" >Wednesday, December 8. 2010 – Room 223 – Midtown</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';" >“Wikileaks and Secrecy”<br /><br /></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In recent days, there has been a torrent of secret American diplomatic documents released by Wikileaks, a self declared arbiter of secrecy founded in 2006 by Australian journalist Julian Assange. Some 250,000 documents that purport to describe the behind the scenes diplomatic exchanges by the United States and some 274 of its allies have been released. Compared to the 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg which was a single event, these Wikileaks actions stem from philosophical position of anarchy and are based on its slogan, “We open governments.” The banks are next. We will explore the latest in the Wikileaks actions and compare the concept of secrets between governments, institutions, personal relationships and individual acts. We’ll ask, “Is secrecy necessary? Is transparency impossible or dangerous? What about self-disclosure?” Tune in for what should be a lively discussion.<br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';font-size:16pt;" ><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';" >7. UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><br />What about one of these topics?<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Repetition”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Meaning”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Heroism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Concentration”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Coping with Adversity”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Student Poetry showcase</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Empathy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Connecting the Dots”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Role play of Cynical people</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Cold Calling in Sales</b>”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“He’s Just Not That into You”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Critical Listening Institute III: “Abbott & Costello’s ‘Who’s On First?’”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Criticism – Giving and Receiving”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Logical Fallacies”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Freedom II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>“Gender Communication II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“SPAR Debate”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Distraction II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Negotiation II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Imagination II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Rodney King: ‘Can’t We Just Get Along?’ II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Political Savvy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Emotions: Anger II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Identity Politics”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Human Rights”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Capitalism and Socialism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Illusions”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Parenting”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>And dozens of others!<br /><br /></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 9pt 0pt 0in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Compare the notice of the session with what <i>really</i> happened!</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>8. <u>What happened on<span style="letter-spacing: 2pt;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>Wednesday, December 1, 2010 </u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>2 pm – Room 223 -Midtown</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>Faculty Colloquy I: </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>Professor Carlisle Yearwood discusses</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>T.S. Eliot’s poem “<i>The Waste Land</i>”<br /><br /></b></span></div> </div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.1in;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>This event is a milestone in the four year history of the Touro Communication Club. We introduce a traditional university event called a “Faculty Colloquy.” A universal collegiate tradition, a scholar shares his/her serious research with colleagues for discussion and feedback.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>That is our goal today. <b>Professor Carlisle Yearwood</b> of Touro’s English Department will share his analysis of the first several stanzas of T.S. Eliot’s landmark poem, “The Wasteland.”<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>A native of Barbados and a published poet, Professor Yearwood has degrees from Pace University and City College of New York (CUNY). He has owned two bars and a nightclub which focused on talent development in Harlem and was involved with the Civil Rights movement with CORE and created an after school English and business skills program in Harlem. He is a member of the Blind Beggar Press.<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Thomas Stearns Eliot</b><span> (1888-1965) was an American-born English poet, playwright and literary critic, arguably the most important English language poet of the 10<sup>th</sup> century. “<i>The Wasteland</i>’ was written in 1922. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.<br /><br /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />There was a respectable audience of over 15 who came to hear Professor Yearwood share his thoughts on Eliot. <span> </span>New faculty members include <b>Carol London, Jane Heil, Willie Evans</b> and<b> Walter Turney</b> joined familiar faculty faces including <b>Gary Sheinfeld, Charles Mason, Steve Gradman, Dean Timothy Taylor, Markus Vayndorf, Richard Green </b>and<b> Hal Wicke</b>. New student faces included <b>Marie Constant, Simone Joseph, Grace Gibson </b>and <b>Matthew Nwozuzu</b> as well as old timers <b>Pamela Sheppard</b> and <b>Myrtho Leon</b>. Dean <b>Leon Perkal</b> stopped by for a moment. Several students observed the event without signing the club attendance sheet.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Richard Green videoed the event, about one hour and 15 minutes, It will eventually be posted on the club blog.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">As the audience gathered, Hal passed out a copy of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” along with a photo of the author. He introduced the event, briefly describing the background of Professor Yearwood and the object of the study.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I won’t detail here Professor Yearwood’s in comparable monumental feat, other than to say he combined information about Eliot’s with his literary techniques of fragments from other English literature as he deconstructed the entire five stanzas of the poem.<br /><br />As he read sections of the poem, he pointed out line references for the audience to follow.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Aside from the academic and intellectual skills Professor Yearwood demonstrated, his extraordinary use of his mellifluous voiced added unusual impact to the power and passion of his presentation.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Post lecture questions focused on Eliot’s plays and the context in which the poem was written.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Comments included:</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“I am speechless.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“I was blown away.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“Brain stimulating.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“The first intellectual event in my 13 years at Touro.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In short, Professor Yearwood raised the intellectual bar for club discussions and for public scholarship at Touro. With the palpable ease with which he handled the various elements in the poem, he gave us both a model and a standard for intellectual discourse.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We thank you, Professor Yearwood, for showing us what first-rate intellectual scholarship looks like and how to achieve it.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">---</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We always have a great time exploring these issues. So often our daily life never focuses on these Communication issues. If you have something you want us to discuss please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Next time bring a friend. The Communication Club is always an open discussion, limited only by time. Everyone gets a chance to speak. All opinions are welcome.<br /><br />Here is an opportunity for students to challenge professors’ views outside the class without any homework or assignments. You just have to show up and listen and talk if you want.<br /><br />Hal Wicke</span></div></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-46999054041600418692010-11-28T13:17:00.001-08:002010-11-28T13:46:12.343-08:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>The Touro Communication Club Notes - #130–December 1, 2010</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://ourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tourocommunicationclub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Contents:</b></span></div></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;color:black;" > <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">1. Quotes by T.S. Eliot and about poetry</div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">2. <b>UPCOMING CLUB PROGRAM</b>: - “<b>“</b>Professor Yearwood discusses T.S. Eliot’s poem “<a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html">The Waste Land</a>” Wednesday, December 1, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 233.<br /></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week # 20 – “Burden of Proof”</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">4. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week”</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">5. Note to Communicators: “The Poetic Impulse”</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">6. .<b>NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC: Let’s try again! </b>”Talking to Guys/Talking to Girls”</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">7. Upcoming Conversations - please add your topic to the list</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">8. What happened last week: no report<br /><br /></div></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=""> </span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>1. Quotations by T.S. Eliot and about Poetry</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>T.S. Eliot’s Quotations<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords.</b><b>”<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.</b><b>”<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="">“</span></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Humankind cannot bear very much reality.</b><b>”<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="">“</span></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.</b><b>”<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="">“</span></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?</b><b>”<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Quotations about Poetry:<br /><br /></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a home sickness, a love sickness.</b></span><span style="font-size:130%;">”<br />Robert Frost (<span lang="EN">1874 – 1963), American poet and winner of four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.</b></span><span style="font-size:130%;">”<br /><span lang="EN">Marianne Moore</span><span lang="EN"> (1887 –1972), American Modernist poet<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.</b><b>”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dr. Samuel Johnson (<span lang="EN">1709-1784), English poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.</b><b>”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="EN">Jean Cocteau</span><span lang="EN"> (1889 –1963), French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, artist, filmmaker.<br /><br /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 9pt 0pt 0in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style=";font-size:16pt;color:black;" > </span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;"><br />2. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;">Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 2 pm – Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;">Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="">Wednesday, December 1, 2010 </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="">2 pm – Room 223 -Midtown</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">Faculty Colloquy I: </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">Professor Carlisle Yearwood discusses</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">T.S. Eliot’s poem “<a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html"><i>The Waste Land</i></a>”<br /><br /></span></b></span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">(</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tqK5zQlCDQ">Click here to listen to T.S. Eliot's reading of the poem</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=""><br /></span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.1in;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />This event is a milestone in the four year history of the Touro Communication Club. We introduce a traditional university event called a “Faculty Colloquy.” A universal collegiate tradition, a scholar shares his/her serious research with colleagues for discussion and feedback.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;">That is our goal today. <b>Professor Carlisle Yearwood</b> of Touro’s English Department will share his analysis of the first several stanzas of T.S. Eliot’s landmark poem, “<a href="http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html">The Wasteland</a>.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A native of Barbados and a published poet, Professor Yearwood has degrees from Pace University and City College of New York (CUNY). He has owned two bars and a nightclub which focused on talent development in Harlem and was involved with the Civil Rights movement with CORE and created an after school English and business skills program in Harlem. He is a member of the Blind Beggar Press.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Thomas Stearns Eliot</b><span> (1888-1965) was an American-born English poet, playwright and literary critic, arguably the most important English language poet of the 10<sup>th</sup> century. “<i>The Wasteland</i>’ was written in 1922. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.</span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;"> </span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 5pt 1pt 0in;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style=""><br />3. Logical Fallacy of the Week #20:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="">“Fallacy of the Burden of Proof”<br /><br /></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">As do all good debaters, let us define our terms – ‘burden of proof.” In a model courtroom, if a person is accused of a crime, the prosecutor is charged with collecting adequate evidence to prove the guilt of the defendant “beyond reasonable doubt.” This traditional “burden of proof” is on the prosecutor to prove guilt, not the defendant to prove his innocence.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">However, some use this fallacy in ways that violate this universally accepted concept of justice. The fallacy of the burden of proof has switched the responsibility from the prosecutor to the defendant. The person who does the accusing need not prove his case. The accused must prove his innocence. This court is called a “Kangaroo court.” The Soviet “show” trials of the mid-20<sup>th</sup> century are an example.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Outside the best court system, this fallacy persists in various manifestations.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Injustice is the twisted theme of this perverted “system,” To maintain power, the dictator, the Nazi, the Communist, the Southern redneck and Joseph McCarthy create empty rituals of “justice” devoid of its traditional moral structure. A fearful atmosphere targets a scapegoat as the cause of all ills experienced by the predator. Then charges are invented, a pro-forma “show” trial is held and the punishment is ordered.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The accuser does not have to prove anything. The mere accusation is adequate to indict, convict and execute the victim. The defendant must prove himself innocent. The victim of the rapist must prove her purity. The wounded must prove the shooter guilty. The embezzler must prove his prey at fault. The victim is at fault.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In this atmosphere, the suspicion of guilt, (gossip, hearsay, stereotyping) is adequate to prove guilt. An institutionalized prejudice provides the presumption of guilt without evidence. Witches were burned at the stake based on hysterical accusations. Blacks were lynched on no evidence. Jews were herded into ovens because they were considered the source of all the world’s sins. Americans of Japanese ancestry were put on reservations on suspicion of collaborating with Japan.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">When the “burden of proof” is now redefined, “proof” exists only in the eyes of the beholder. It is no as an unbiased, irrefutable set of facts. Merely to say someone is guilty is adequate proof. Resurrecting echoes of 1950s American “Red Scare,” the recent rise of a group of Americans during the run-up to the Mid-Term Elections, created a reality mirage out of their belief systems, invented facts and turned their opinions into facts. Josef Goebbel’s and his “Big Lie” strategy continues to work.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Holocaust deniers and the global warming opponents are among the latest manifestations of this ubiquitous fallacy.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Since we are human, we are subject to bias, to prejudice. That trait makes us human and fallible. However, unchallenged repeated bias and prejudice becomes embedded and institutionalized in our thinking and our culture. Undoing ingrained bias and prejudice is ultimately the province of the heart, not the mind. Until then, the mind must be alert constantly to challenge “facts” and logical fallacies that sound good but undermine any common sense of reality.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">.</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>4<u>. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week #7:</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“<u>Argument is the worst sort of conversation,</u>”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>observed Jonathan Swift, (1667-1745), Irish satirist and author of <i>Gulliver’s Travels</i> and <i>A Modest Proposal</i></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br />5. <u>A Note to Communicators:</u></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>The Poetic Impulse</u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Our daily life is populated with the prose of mundane tasks that keep us functioning. Poetry, on the other hand, transcends our quotidian existence and attempts to make sense of it. Poetry seems to make it okay and worthwhile Poetry is <i>l’esprit de la vie.</i></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In 1807, English poet William Wordsworth captured the dismal nature of life with this quatrain</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The world is too much with us; late and soon,<br />Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;<br />Little we see in Nature that is ours;</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The poem continues to document the depressing and hopeless state of mind in which Wordsworth finds himself. Yet merely to have described his mental condition, the poet, one can argue, has transcended it. His poetic expression of the prosody of daily existence transforms it into a moment of universal wonder.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">So it is with the poetic impulse. Moments of insight can generate joyous transcendence, offering sustenance to survive. We can no longer contain our emotions so we burst into song, into poetry. We dance with excitement.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Poetry is compressed experience that bursts from its prose context. Language is heightened. A rhyme scheme enforces a ritualistic progression of thought.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Prose is soft; poetry is hard,</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Prose walks; poetry dances.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Prose crawls; poetry flies.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Prose can let the mind wander; poetry demands attention.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Prose is constant; poetry is momentary.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">One drop of poetry slakes the thirst of prose.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Back to the mundane.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="">6. Next week’s Conversation:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="">Wednesday, December 8. 2010 – Room 223 – Midtown</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="">“Talking to Guys/Talking to Girls”</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="">Let’s Try Again!</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />In the last four years, we’ve talked about this topic at least three times in one form or another. The academic term for conversation between the sexes is “Gender Communication.” John Gray’s 1992 bestseller “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” codified the communication difficulties between the sexes in the popular mind. For centuries, the conflict has been called ‘The Battle of the Sexes.” Going beyond sexual attraction to attempt building a relationship is an ongoing challenge for everyone. Some have answers. Others are searching. We’ll share our questions and conclusions</span>. </span></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';font-size:16pt;" ><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><br />7. UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="">What about one of these topics?</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Repetition”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Meaning”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Heroism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Concentration”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Coping with Adversity”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Student Poetry showcase</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Empathy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Connecting the Dots”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Role play of Cynical people</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Cold Calling in Sales</b>”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“He’s Just Not That into You”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Critical Listening Institute III: “Abbott & Costello’s ‘Who’s On First?’”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Criticism – Giving and Receiving”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Logical Fallacies”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Freedom II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>“Gender Communication II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“SPAR Debate”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Distraction II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Negotiation II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Imagination II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Rodney King: ‘Can’t We Just Get Along?’ II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Political Savvy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Emotions: Anger II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Identity Politics”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Human Rights”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Capitalism and Socialism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Illusions”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Parenting”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>And dozens of others!</b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 9pt 0pt 0in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br />Compare the notice of the session with what <i>really</i> happened!</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""><br />8. <u>What happened on<span style="letter-spacing: 2pt;"> </span></u></span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="">Wednesday. November 24. 2010 – Room 223 – Midtown</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="">“<u>Talking to Guys/Talking to Girls</u>”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />In the last four years, we’ve talked about this topic at least three times in one form or another. The academic term for conversation between the sexes is “Gender Communication.” John Gray’s 1992 bestseller “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” codified the communication difficulties between the sexes in the popular mind. For centuries, the conflict has been called ‘The Battle of the Sexes.” Going beyond sexual attraction to attempt building a relationship is an ongoing challenge for everyone. Some have answers. Others are searching. We’ll share our questions and conclusions.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Nothing happened today because no one showed up. The club meeting should have been canceled on the day before Thanksgiving. People voted with their feet. We’ll try it again on Wednesday, December 8, 2010. See you then.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">---</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We always have a great time exploring these issues. So often our daily life never focuses on these Communication issues. If you have something you want us to discuss please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Next time bring a friend. The Communication Club is always an open discussion, limited only by time. Everyone gets a chance to speak. All opinions are welcome. Here is an opportunity for students to challenge professors’ views outside the class without any homework or assignments. You just have to show up and listen and talk if you want.<br /><br />Hal Wicke<br /></span></div></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-65516655380571975392010-11-22T15:11:00.000-08:002010-11-22T15:20:38.972-08:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>The Touro Communication Club Notes - #129–November 24, 2010</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://ourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tourocommunicationclub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Contents:</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. No quotes about Communication between the sexes.</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. <b>UPCOMING CLUB PROGRAM</b>: - “Talking to Guys/Talking to Girls”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wednesday, November 24, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 233.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week # 19 – “Appeal to Pity”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">5. Note to Communicators: “The Longest Running War in History”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">6. .<b>NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC: “</b>Professor Yearwood discusses T.S. Eliot””</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">7. Upcoming Conversations - please add your topic to the list</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">8. What happened last week: ““Ravel’s Bolero”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><br />1. No Quotes about Communication between the Sexes</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Sorry, despite my fairly extensive research, I did not find any quotes worthy of repeating on the topic of communication between the sexes. I thought I would find many, but, alas, none seemed to work. Lots of quotes about communication and sexist communication. The gender communication quotes were about the difficulties women face in communication, a worthy topic for another time.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">If you have any quotations that you think fit this description, write them at the bottom of the blog.<br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";color:black;" ><br />2. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";color:black;" >Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 2 pm – Room 223 – Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>“Talking to Guys/Talking to Girls”<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In the last four years, we’ve talked about this topic at least three times in one form or another. The academic term for conversation between the sexes is “Gender Communication.” John Gray’s 1992 bestseller “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” codified the communication difficulties between the sexes in the popular mind. For centuries, the conflict has been called ‘The Battle of the Sexes.” Going beyond sexual attraction to attempt building a relationship is an ongoing challenge for everyone. Some have answers. Others are searching. We’ll share our questions and conclusions.<br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;"> </span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 5pt 1pt 0in;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><br />3. Logical Fallacy of the Week #19:</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>“Appeal to Pity”<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I’m almost embarrassed to look at this logical fallacy. My comments will sound so unfeeling and lacking in empathy that I will be considered a dastardly stone. However, duty calls. Reason must prevail over emotion; else the “logical” of logical fallacy fails.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">So many people use this fallacy to gain sympathy for their position regardless of other factors. Students have told me:<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">My dog ate the homework.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">It is the custom in my country to get drunk when everyone is having a good time, so that’s why I’m unprepared for the exam.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">There was a train fire.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">My alarm didn’t go off.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I can’t get an earlier train.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I lost my textbook.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I couldn’t take the exam because I had to go to my grandmother’s funeral.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I couldn’t come to class because I had to go on vacation.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I couldn’t call anyone because I didn’t have their phone numbers.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I didn’t have money to get to school.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The list is endless and becomes more creative, the greater the avoidance of responsibility. I am supposed to feel sorry for the person and forgive the transgression and allow a make-up.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Then there is the area of “adults” of any category. The technique is to distract the person in charge from giving a rebuke.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I got lost.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I forgot.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">My mother (wife, child) is in the hospital.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I got sick so the report isn’t finished.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">And so forth. There are millions of diamonds in this mine.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">But the most effective use of this fallacy comes around holiday time. Its purpose is to emotionally blackmail people into giving to one of a thousand charitable causes. You’ve seen the sad picture of the emaciated child or poorly dressed mother and child. Your pity turns into guilt because you feel that you have more than these people.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Many years ago, my performers were doing a television benefit for a muscular dystrophy charity. The singers sang the numbers amidst the crippled children. In the control room, the director said to the camera man, “Zoom in on the crutches. Catch the sad faces. Make the audience cry.” The money poured immediately following the segment. Pity sells.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Finally, a reversal on the appeal to pity: On 23<sup>rd</sup> Street recently, a homeless man in rags sat on the cold concrete with a sign that said, “I need a beer. I won’t lie to you. Your contribution will help support my habit.’</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">.</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>4<u>. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week #6: </u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="line-height: 125%;">President Woodrow Wilson asks, “If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.”</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><br />5. .<u>A Note to Communicators:<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>The Longest Running War in History<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We continue to have shooting wars. We continue to have conflicts about civility. We continue to have saber rattling preludes to wars. We pray for peace but prepare for war. History suggests that war is an inevitable result of not trying hard enough to live in peace.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">However, the battle of the sexes has raged since Adam and Eve were just glimmers in the eye of the Creator. “We can’t live with them and we can’t live without them,” says the barroom philosopher.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Psychologist John Gray went a long way to popularize the difference between men and women in his 1992 “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.” Deborah Tannen is probably the leading researcher in this area, with her 1990 best seller, “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation.” A recent entry in gender studies is a neuro-analysis of gender relationships by Louann Brizendine’s “The Female Brain,” which was followed by “The Male Brain.’<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The short of these studies is that women and men are wired differently. Not surprisingly, they behave differently. Yet both sexes often expect the opposite sex to behave like him/her. Somehow we know intellectually we are different, yet emotionally we want everyone to behave like us.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Since these observations are not yet part the general popular imagination, the battle of the sexes continues.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The circumstance is further aggravated by the increasing narcissism that if fed by the media and social networking. We are the center of the universe and expect everyone to cater to our every whim. With popular models like Kanye West to follow, it is not surprising that power in any form – money, position, influence – continues to prevail as it always has.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In such a communication climate, listening is a rare commodity. We are too important to listen. We are too preoccupied with our own importance to listen. We are too rushed to listen. We have to fake it until we make it. Fame and celebrity is the coin of the marketplace. It’s all about me.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">So why should I bother to listen? Listen is hard. It takes concentration. It takes understanding. It takes an ability to set aside my wants and listen to another’s situation.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Pseudo-listening is on the rise. In my Graduation Education Communication class several years ago, I asked casually if they faked listening. Everyone in the class was married. Everyone admitted freely that they faked listening all the time. Does your partner ever notice it? No, not really, most said.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I was shocked. And these were teachers.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Just one more piece of the communication puzzle fell into place. We are different, yet we think we are the same. We pretend to listen even though we are more interested in ourselves.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I guess the longest running war in history will continue. Sometimes I wonder why anyone even bothers with this Sisyphistic undertaking.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>6. Next week’s Conversation:</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>Wednesday, December 1,2010 </u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>2 pm – Room 223 -Midtown</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>Faculty Colloquy I: </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>Professor Carlisle Yearwood discusses</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>T.S. Eliot’s poem “<i>The Waste Land</i>”</b></span></div> </div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0.1in;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />This event is a milestone in the four year history of the Touro Communication Club. We introduce a traditional university event called a “Faculty Colloquy.” A universal collegiate tradition, a scholar shares his/her serious research with colleagues for discussion and feedback.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;">That is our goal today. <b>Professor Carlisle Yearwood</b> of Touro’s English Department will share his analysis of the first several stanzas of T.S. Eliot’s landmark poem, “The Wasteland.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A native of Barbados and a published poet, Professor Yearwood has degrees from Pace University and City College of New York (CUNY). He has owned two bars and a nightclub which focused on talent development in Harlem and was involved with the Civil Rights movement with CORE and created an after school English and business skills program in Harlem. He is a member of the Blind Beggar Press.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Thomas Stearns Eliot</b><span> (1888-1965) was an American-born English poet, playwright and literary critic, arguably the most important English language poet of the 10<sup>th</sup> century. “<i>The Wasteland</i>’ was written in 1922. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.<br /><br /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';font-size:16pt;" ><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';" >7. UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><br />What about one of these topics?</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Repetition”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Meaning”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Heroism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Concentration”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Coping with Adversity”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Student Poetry showcase</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Empathy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Connecting the Dots”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Role play of Cynical people</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Cold Calling in Sales</b>”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“He’s Just Not That into You”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Critical Listening Institute III: “Abbott & Costello’s ‘Who’s On First?’”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Criticism – Giving and Receiving”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Logical Fallacies”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Freedom II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>“Gender Communication II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“SPAR Debate”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Distraction II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Negotiation II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Imagination II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Rodney King: ‘Can’t We Just Get Along?’ II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Political Savvy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Emotions: Anger II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Identity Politics”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Human Rights”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Capitalism and Socialism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Illusions”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Parenting”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>And dozens of others!</b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br />Compare the notice of the session with what <i>really</i> happened!<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>8. <u>What happened on<span style="letter-spacing: 2pt;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>Wednesday. November 17. 2010 – Room 223 – Midtown</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>Critical Listening Institute II – Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero”<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In this second session of our effort to sharpen our listening skills, we turn to a famous piece of music, a one-movement orchestral piece by French composer Maurice Ravel, premiered in 1928. “Bolero” gained universal attention when it was commandeered for the 1979 Blake Edwards film comedy, “10” starring Dudley Moore, Bo Derek and Julie Andrews. We are going to listen to the piece twice, once for a general impression followed by a discussion. Then we close with a second hearing. It should be fun to understand how the structure of this particular piece of music created such notoriety.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Last spring, the first Critical Listening Institute program was on Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. The third Critical Listening Institute program will be on Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On First’ routine.”<br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />This week, most of the club members voted with their feet. Two students, <b>Miriam Sanon </b>and <b>Moche Bengio</b> shared their thoughts with faculty members <b>Charles Mason, Markus Vayndorf, Richard Green, Steve Gradman, Carlisle Yearwood </b>and <b>Hal Wicke. Lorinda Moore </b>stayed long enough to sign the attendance roster.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Most of those present did not know Bolero, although some recognized the tune when Richard played the video of the London Philharmonic conducted by Christoph von Eschenbach – with the video off the first time.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">After we listened to the video in the dark, we began to discuss the experience.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Miriam said her favorite music was by C.C. Winans, a famous gospel singer. She finds gospel uplifting and makes her “committed to do the right thing.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Charles suggested Webster Lewis, the jazz performer, as an important musician in his life.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Rap music has a regular insistent beat similar to Bolero.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Markus pictured an equation (not surprisingly since he is a mathematician.) with short/long sections. The tempo and the repetition of the melody line were gripping. The control of the percussion repeating exactly the same series of notes seemed to be an incredible feat.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Other people thought of music as meditation. Having no words to listen to was important. The mind could wander.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Richard saw in Bolero an image of the progression of birth ritual culminating in its loud climax.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The second time we saw the picture as well as the sound of the video. What was so startling about von Eschenbach’s performance was his stillness. To cue the musicians he would blink or raise his eyebrows or quickly nod his head while his hands were perfectly still. His body was tense as he leaned into certain section of the piece. As Bolero approached its climax, von Eschenbach’s hands came to life in a furious display of a conductor’s histrionics.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The session was interesting in a number of ways;</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">We have a long way to go to introduce Touro students and faculty to different kinds of music.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">It is hard to listen to new and different music with an open heart and mind.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Music can be used more actively than for background music (Elevator music or Hindemith’s “Furniture Musik”)</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">If the topic is unknown, the audience stays away because we like what we are familiar with.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Everyone is busy.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">After the video was played a third time for Professor Yearwood who came in late, the discussion veered in a number of directions. Fragments included:</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Contrariness</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Elementary skills build foundations</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Different abilities</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Balancing energies</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Patterns in life, work in life</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Music and math</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The vibration goes deeper and ultimately pleases the ear.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Music as mediation- displaces the darkness of the self.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">No longer the person you are.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The majesty of the butterfly – changes are simultaneous</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The Grand theme uniting exterior and exterior</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The story of psychiatrist Viktor Frankl – “Man’s Search for Meaning”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Hegel – thesis, antithesis, synthesis</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">---</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We always have a great time exploring these issues. So often our daily life never focuses on these Communication issues. If you have something you want us to discuss please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Next time bring a friend. The Communication Club is always an open discussion, limited only by time. Everyone gets a chance to speak. All opinions are welcome. Here is an opportunity for students to challenge professors’ views outside the class without any homework or assignments. You just have to show up and listen and talk if you want.</span></div> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /> <div style="clear: both;">Hal Wicke </div></span></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-26203598254950646532010-11-14T19:03:00.000-08:002010-11-14T23:33:35.235-08:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>The Touro Communication Club Notes - #128–November 17, 2010</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">T</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://ourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ourocommunicationclub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Contents:</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Eight Quotes about Music by Maurice Ravel and 2 poets, one saxophonist and one philosopher.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. <b>UPCOMING CLUB PROGRAM</b>: - “Critical Listening Institute: Ravel’s ‘Bolero’”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>Wednesday, November 17, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 2233.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week # 18 – “Misleading Vividness”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">5. Note to Communicators: “Listening to Music”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">6. .<b>NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC: “</b>Talking to Guys/Talking to Girls””</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">7. Upcoming Conversations - please add your topic to the list</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">8. What happened last week: ““Money”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><br />1. Four Quotes about Music by Maurice Ravel</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=""> </span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“The only love affair I have ever had was with music.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“I begin by considering an effect.”<br />“I did my work slowly, drop by drop, I tore it out of me by pieces.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>Four Quotes about Music</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Without music, life would be a mistake.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), 19<sup>th</sup> century German philosopher</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Music was my refuge. I could craw into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Maya Angelou, (b. 1928), American writer and poet, author “Father Together in My Name<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Charlie Parker, (1920-1955), ”Bird” was an American Jazz saxophonist and composer.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music.</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American expatriate poet and critic<br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;"><br />2. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 2 pm – Room 223 – Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="">Critical Listening Institute II – <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8po7FZonP-I">Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero”</a><br /><br /><br /></span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In this second session of our effort to sharpen our listening skills, we turn to a famous piece of music, a one-movement orchestral piece by French composer Maurice Ravel, premiered in 1928. “Bolero” gained universal attention when it was commandeered for the 1979 Blake Edwards film comedy, “10” starring Dudley Moore, Bo Derek and Julie Andrews. We are going to listen to the piece twice, once for a general impression followed by a discussion. Then we close with a second hearing. It should be fun to understand how the structure of this particular piece of music created such notoriety.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Last spring, the first Critical Listening Institute program was on Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. The third Critical Listening Institute program will be on Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On First’ routine.<br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 5pt 1pt 6pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style=""><br />3. Logical Fallacy of the Week #18:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="">“Misleading Vividness”<br /><br /></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style=""><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Although this is technically not a “logical’ fallacy, it gives evidence of how our brain works. We are drawn to the shiniest objects. We are draw to the prettiest person or thing. We are drawn to the most sensational visual effect. Fireworks always draw a crowd. Vividness is a magnet for our eyes and ear.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">And we are fooled.- often. :”All that glistens is not gold,” Shakespeare reminds us in “The Merchant of Venice.” Yet we still are magnetized by the package. People come out of a movie stunned by the visual effects. Who cares about the plot or characters? Great effects = a great movie. We come out of the theatre, whistling the scenic effects.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The fallacy points out how we are affected by sensation. We buy a newspaper for its sensational headline. Celebrity gossip tells us that pretty people have problems, too. As the holiday season appears, the child in us imagines a pretty experience, yet many of us have memories of difficult times during a holiday season.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We learn to “fake until you make it.” So we “Dress for Success” and we learn that we have nothing to say when we open our mouth. The pretty box is empty inside.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Political rhetoric of the campaign is always suspect.. The candidate wants to be elected so he/she speaks inflated poetry. We want our latest political savior to come on his white steed and sweep down a rescue us from jaws of reality.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">As long as we recognize our child-like aspirations are just wish-fulfillment, we can operate in a world of sugar plum fairies just so long.. We have to keep in mind, “Fool me once shame on me; fool me twice shame on you.” But <span> </span>then I have to recognize the carnival mirror image as it happens. Sometimes it’s hard and we can get fooled – again.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>4. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week #6: </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Ernest Hemingway comments, “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” </b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br />5. .<u>A Note to Communicators:<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Listening to Music”</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I spent nearly a decade in the music department of the University of Buffalo, doing opera - producing, directing, designing, building and painting scenery, designing and hanging lights and sweeping the theatre. I was a misfit. I was a theatre person, not a musician. I tried to absorb the ethos of what a classical musician is and does. I hung and focused the lights for famous musicians and watched them perform and argue among themselves. I inhaled music.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">On the subway and on the street, I watch people nodding their heads or humming along to their iPods. I can only guess how people listen to music with their iPods because I don’t have one and don’t want one. What I think most people do with their iPods is to let the sound wash over them, engulf them, letting the sound transport them to another plane.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I am the opposite. My theatre and opera experience has conditioned me not to “appreciate” music, but rather to study it as I listen to it. What are the instruments playing now? What is time signature? What are the musical themes and their pattern of<span> </span>repetition? What is the range of the acoustical and rhythmic dynamics? How is the piece constructed to achieve the effect the composer seems to be trying to achieve? My mind is never quiet.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The matter of “like” and “dislike” in music – and most of the arts – is irrelevant. I am working as I listen though no one is likely to be aware of what I am doing inside my head.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I don’t mean to imply that I don’t get absorbed with music. I do. However, that emotional absorption is never complete; my mind is always operating analytically to some degree all the time.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Why should you or anyone care how I listen to music? What I do is ultimately of no concern to you. You are interested in you. I offer this brief reflection on what happens when I listen to music because there might be someone out there that listens to music – or any arrangement of sound – in a different manner.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Please comment.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style=""><br />6. Next week’s Conversation:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="">Wednesday. November 24. 2010 – Room 223 – Midtown</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style=""><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="">“Talking to Guys/Talking to Girls”<br /><br /></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;">In the last four years, we’ve talked about this topic at least three times in one form or another. The academic term for conversation between the sexes is “Gender Communication.” John Gray’s 1992 bestseller “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” codified </span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the communication difficulties between the sexes in the popular mind. For centuries, the conflict has been called ‘The Battle of the Sexes.” Going beyond sexual attraction to attempt building a relationship is an ongoing challenge for everyone. Some have answers. Other are searching. We’ll share our questions and conclusions.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';font-size:16pt;" ><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><br />7. UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="">What about one of these topics?</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Repetition”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Meaning”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Heroism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Concentration”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Coping with Adversity”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Student Poetry showcase</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Empathy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Connecting the Dots”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Role play of Cynical people</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Cold Calling in Sales</b>”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“He’s Just Not That into You”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Critical Listening Institute III: “Abbott & Costello’s ‘Who’s On First?’”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Criticism – Giving and Receiving”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Logical Fallacies”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Freedom II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>“Gender Communication II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“SPAR Debate”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Distraction II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Negotiation II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Imagination II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Rodney King: ‘Can’t We Just Get Along?’ II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Political Savvy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Emotions: Anger II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Capitalism and Socialism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Illusions”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Parenting”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>And dozens of others!</b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br />Compare the notice of the session with what <i>really</i> happened!</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="">8. <u>What happened on<span style="letter-spacing: 2pt;"> Wednesday,</span></u></span></b><b><span style=""> November 10, 2010?</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="">“Money”<br /><br /></span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Expect this topic to promote lots of heat. Although money is often invisible in many of our daily activities, its presence or lack of it can provoke the most extreme human behavior. Money can be a measure of self-esteem, a tool for measuring accomplishment, a springboard for greed, a sacrament of poverty, a replacement for love, and on and on. Everyone has a different relationship to money which may be conscious or not. Let’s start the discussion with “The love of money is the root of all evil.”<br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />An exciting new group of students found the topic attractive. Maybe they thought there would be free samples. They included <b>Braudlee Dupuy, Roberto Moel</b> (sp?) and <b>Ladaya Thomas. Robert Gilmore, Peter Bryan </b>and<b> Jamal James </b>had joined us for the Jazz film. Among the familiar faces were <b>Myrtho Leon, Moche Bengio, Miriam Sanor, Gary Sheinfield, Charles Mason, Lorinda Moore, Carlisle Yearwood</b> and<b> Hal Wicke.<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The entire discussion was quite spirited with everyone offering their viewpoints and disagreeing in a professional manner. As usual, Hal asked what money meant to each person.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Money is a necessity. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“I need it all.” </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“I want a lavish style of living.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">There is an emotional attachment to money.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“I have a debate in my mind all the time about money. Should I spend? Why not?”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“I have money worries.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“Money is just paper. I worked in a bank and money is just money. It doesn’t stand for anything.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“The value of money is in your mind.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“Money is the accept system in America. There is 5% poverty world wide.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“Money is a way to exchange goods.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“Money = stability.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“As long as I have $3000 cash in my pocket, I feel okay.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“No money, no happiness.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Moche: “In France there is less money than now. Everything has been <br /> Americanized.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“In America, you need money.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“You want money to be happy.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Money represents more than money itself – it represents value</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">America is so materialistic.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Everyone is right – the collective need vs. the individual desires.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“Money is not going to buy happiness.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“Money can buy the illusion of happiness. You want more things.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Gary – “When you talk about money, you talk about everything.”<br /><br />How many of you are “money driven”?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>Yes – 3</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>No – 5<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Robert - “I don’t need money. I have a free public library card.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The discussion followed a number of directions – masks, scheming for money, symbols of success, individual greed, demands of society, what’s reality?, etc.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“Why can’t you be you?” Without masks – between 2 worlds</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Money as evil.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Money clouds the mind.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">“The minority culture does not support itself.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tyler Perry’s new film “For Colored Girls” is an important film and different from his previous films.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">---</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We always have a great time exploring these issues. So often our daily life never focuses on these Communication issues. If you have something you want us to discuss please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Next time bring a friend. The Communication Club is always an open discussion, limited only by time. Everyone gets a chance to speak. All opinions are welcome. Here is an opportunity for students to challenge professors’ views outside the class without any homework or assignments. You just have to show up and listen and talk if you want.</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Hal Wicke<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-21198055512501731652010-11-07T14:44:00.001-08:002010-11-07T14:53:52.416-08:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>The Touro Communication Club Notes - #127–November 10, 2010</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://ourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tourocommunicationclub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Contents:<br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Ten Quotes about “Money”</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. UPCOMING CLUB PROGRAM: - “Money”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>Wednesday, November 10, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 223</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week # 17 – “The False Dilemma”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">5. Note to Communicators: “Money Issues”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">6. .NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC Critical Listening Institute: Ravel’s “Bolero”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">7. Upcoming Conversations - please add your topic to the list</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">8. What happened last week: ““Midterm Elections”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><br />1. Ten Quotes about Money<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Donald Trump, author, <i>“Trump: Art of the Deal</i>,” American real estate developer</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">“<b>My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Errol Flynn (1909-1959), Hollywood movie actor</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Lack of money is the root of all evil.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright and socialist</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“For the love of money is the root of all evil.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69);font-size:130%;" >1 Timothy 6:10, New Testament, The Bible, King James’ version</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69);font-size:130%;" > </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything,</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>money is handy.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Groucho Marx (1890-1977), actor, comedian with the Marx Brothers</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Money can’t buy happiness, but neither can poverty.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Leo Rosten (1908-1997), Jewish humorist and Yiddish lexicographer</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Money makes the world go round.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Song lyric from 1966 musical “Cabaret”, book by Joe Masteroff, music and lyrics by</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>John Kander and Fred Ebb, later made into a film.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Woody Allen, American comedian and filmmaker</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“Money often costs too much.”</span><br /><br /></span></b></div> </div> <div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);font-size:9;" > </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;"><br />2. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;">Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 2 pm – Room 223 – Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">“Money”<br /><br /></span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Expect this topic to promote lots of heat. Although money is often invisible in many of our daily activities, its presence or lack of it can provoke the most extreme human behavior. Money can be a measure of self-esteem, a tool for measuring accomplishment, a springboard for greed, a sacrament of poverty, a replacement for love, and on and on. Everyone has a different relationship to money which may be conscious or not. Let’s start the discussion with “The love of money is the root of all evil.”</span><br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16;"> </span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 5pt 1pt 6pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=""><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week #17:</span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=""><span style="font-size:180%;">“False Dilemma”</span><br /><br /></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">You’ve no doubt heard this sneaky fallacy during the recent Midterm elections. You’ve probably heard it used in an argument where the emotions are so high that reason doesn’t have a chance to breathe.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">“Am I right or wrong?” “I can either cheat or fail the exam.” “S/he didn’t treat me right so I stole his/her money.” “If I don’t leap a tall building at a single bound, I’m a failure.” “My way or the highway.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The dichotomy derives from black and white thinking. For this person, there are only two options: yes/no, good/bad, success/failure; light/dark, on/off, beautiful/ugly, either/or. B&W thinking simplifies life: You don’t have to worry about grays. Everything is one way or the other. Nothing is nuanced.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">As the media noise increases in American political elections, the politicians must try to break through the din to reach the voter. Simple wins. Complex loses. Bumper sticker thinking works because people remember “simple.’ Like students in class, voters zone out with complex ideas.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The False Dilemma is the perfect tool for creating instant voter response for or against an issue by reducing complex ideas to only two options which are often misrepresentations of the actual situation. Arguments about cutting Social Security, Medicare and the national debt are fraught with False Dilemmas to enhance one position over another.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The same fallacy is often used by parents to give their children a false choice: “Either you eat your dinner or you get smacked.” “Be quiet or I’ll give you something to cry about.” The child does not have the reasoning skills yet to neutralize parental authority and since parents are physically larger than children, the fear of unknown consequences forces the child to obey.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">To allow more options than two forced by the False Dilemma, you need to be calm and understand that most of the time, life is about many options. It’s just that the person who uses this fallacy cannot think of them or is using it as an intimidation technique.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">In one of the famous comedy sketches of radio comedian Jack Benny, a robber accosts him and says, “Your money or your life.” Benny would pause, look at the audience, put his right hand to his check and say, “Well…..”</span><br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">.</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>4. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week #5: </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 125%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="line-height: 125%;">American poet Adrienne Rich reminds us that “Lying is done with words and also with silence.” </span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><br />5. .<u>A Note to Communicators:<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Money Issues”</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The quotations above are only a tiny fraction of the number of opinions about money from the dawn of time to the present moment. Both the lack of money and the excess of money can pose problems for many people. Money, like Mark Twain’s weather, is something people talk about, but do nothing about it.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Why is money talked about so much? We need to identify the several levels on which money operates.<br /><br /></span></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:arial;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">There’s the concrete level – the area which can be measured.</span></li></ul> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">How much is in your pocket now?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Do you have enough money to pay your bills?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">How much is in your bank account?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The amount of money has no connection to self-worth</span></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:arial;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Then there’s the psychological level – the associations people bring to money.</span></li></ul> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I am a failure when I have no money.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I am a success when I have lots of money.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I need more money because I am afraid of failure.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I need more money because I have to prove I am superior to everyone else.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I believe money buys happiness.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">When I have money, I feel powerful. Etc.</span></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:arial;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Then there’s the symbolic level – what money represents to the individual and to society.</span></li></ul> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Lots of money equals power and influence</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">o<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Little or no money equals poverty and indigence</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">There’s the billionaire’s view of money, quoted by Donald Trump above. “Money is a way of keeping score” in the win/lose game of money.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wealth or the lack of it is, I believe, a state of mind. If one is focused on externals – things, position, power – then money is an important barometer of success. This person has an external locus of control. Objects and rank are markers for success. Society conditions us, like Pavlovian dogs, to go shopping. Or as one student told me the other day, “I just came back from shopping therapy.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">If one is focused on internal values – an internal locus of control – then money is unlikely to rule thoughts of external success. The internal measures of success are set by the individual’s goals, not society’s.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">To identify and establish one’s own internal values - and act on them productively – is a constant challenge. For the most part, external values seem to be the norm while internal values are invisible and cannot be measured by external tools.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Someone like a religious ascetic or a nun or monk in a monastery withdraws from the external world to contemplate internal values. There are few distractions in an environment of reduced stimulation.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Most of us try to balance our internal with our external values in the street world of money and power. It is a difficult juggling act and sacrifices have to be made. Often someone is hurt.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">From exploring what money represents to each of us we can learn much. Like any universal symbol – the bris, the bar/bas mitzvah, the wedding ring, the funeral – money carries many layers of meaning, different for each of us.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Next time you want to have an unpredictable conversation, ask, “What do you think about money?” Be prepared.<br /></span><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="">6. Next week’s Conversation:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">Critical Listening Institute II – Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">In this second session of our effort to sharpen our listening skills, we turn to a famous piece of music, a one-movement orchestral piece by French composer Maurice Ravel, premiered in 1928. “Bolero” gained universal attention when it was commandeered for the 1979 Blake Edwards comedy, “10” starring Dudley Moore, Bo Derek and Julie Andrews. We are going to listen to the piece twice, once for a general impression followed by a discussion. Then we close with a second hearing. It should be fun to understand how the structure of this particular piece of music created such notoriety.<br /><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';">7. UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=""><br />What about one of these topics?</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Repetition”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Meaning”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Heroism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Concentration”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Coping with Adversity”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Student Poetry showcase</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Empathy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Connecting the Dots”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Role play of Cynical people</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Cold Calling in Sales</b>”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“He’s Just Not That into You”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Critical Listening Institute III: “Abbott & Costello’s ‘Who’s On First?’”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Criticism – Giving and Receiving”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Logical Fallacies”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Freedom II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Faculty Colloquy I: T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>presented by Professor Carlisle Yearwood</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Gender Communication II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“SPAR Debate”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Distraction II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Negotiation II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Imagination II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Rodney King: ‘Can’t We Just Get Along?’ II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Political Savvy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Emotions: Anger II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Capitalism and Socialism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>And dozens of others!</b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br />Compare the notice of the session with what <i>really</i> happened!<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">9. <u>What happened on<span style="letter-spacing: 2pt;"> Wednesday,</span></u></span></b><b><span style=""> November 3, 2010?</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“The 2010 Midterm Election Results”<br /><br /></span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;color:black;">We are changing this week’s topic to the most heated subject in the news these days. What will happen on Tuesday, November 2, 2010? By the time we have this discussion we’ll know the winners and losers. This year’s elections are remarkable for several reasons::*the emergence of a divisive Tea Party which has so many aspects it is hard to get a handle on its position(s); * the diminished power of the Republican party as it has been seemingly dominated by the Tea Party; *the dubious influence of President Obama on the Democratic candidates; *the timid nature of the Democrats to brag about their accomplishments in the last two years; * the importance of money and media in the election; * and the coarsening of the political dialogue between candidates where opinions become facts and facts are invented. For Communicators to cast an informed vote, you really have to sharpen your critical thinking and listening skills. There is so much to learn about Communication and the lack of it just a casual observer of what’s going on. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">MAKE SURE YOU VOTE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2!</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Two new faces, <b>Moche Bengio</b> and <b>Matthew Nwozuzu</b>, joined <b>Steve Gradman</b> and <b>Ian Smith</b> who hadn’t visited in a while. Familiar participants included <b>Markus Vayndorf, Richard Green, Mathew Mattocks, Charles Mason, Hal Wicke</b> and one young woman whose name I could not decipher on the sign in list.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">As expected, there were many divided opinions about yesterday’s elections. Several thought Obama deserved to lose, but others reminded them that the election was not about Obama but about the House and Senate. Yet several people felt that what Obama did or did not do influenced the election.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Moche, born in France, felt that “politics is a game.” Demonstrating his extensive knowledge of British, French and European government, he felt that America’s legislative structure produces its own difficulties.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The success of British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was that he was able to be all things to all people. People called him, “Bush’s Poodle.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">There was an extended discussion about capitalism and socialism and the roles both belief systems play in American government. The topic was so juicy that we will have a stand-alone conversation about both points of view.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Another extensive discussion focused on the Tea Party as a new force in American politics. We tried to define what it was.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We also noted how many Tea Partiers were women – Sarah Palin, Christine O’Donnell, Michele Bachman, Sharron Angle – versus more typical Republican women like Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Leadership is about the ordering of priorities. Was Obama tactically wrong to push for healthcare before jobs? Most people thought it was and that was a major cause of the Democrats losing the House.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Other topics were briefly touched on: Glenn Beck, Liberal media (MSNBC) vs Conservative media (Fox), Libertarianism, the impact of political advertising because of the Citizen’s United decision of the Supreme Court.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Finally, Hal asked, “What is the one trait you look for in a political candidate? The answers were revealing:<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2 -One who keeps the people in mind.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1- One who is intelligent.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2 -One who has a plan.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1 -One who has poise – JFK’s “Grace under pressure.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1 – Competence</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1 - Pass</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">---</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We always have a great time exploring these issues. So often our daily life never focuses on these Communication issues. If you have something you want us to discuss please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Next time bring a friend. The Communication Club is always an open discussion, limited only by time. Everyone gets a chance to speak. All opinions are welcome. Here is an opportunity for students to challenge professors’ views outside the class without any homework or assignments. You just have to show up and listen and talk if you want.<br /><br />Hal Wicke</span><br /></span></div></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-34787880551891393912010-11-02T04:47:00.001-07:002010-11-02T05:36:53.393-07:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>The Touro Communication Club Notes - #126–October 27, 2010</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://ourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tourocommunicationclub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Contents:</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Five Quotes about “Politics and Elections”</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:100%;">Change of program!</span></b></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">2. <b>UPCOMING CLUB PROGRAM</b>: - “Midterm Elections 2010”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span> </span>Wednesday, October 20, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 223</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week # 15 – “ The Bandwagon Fallacy”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">4. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">5. Note to Communicators: “In Politics, We Get What We Deserve”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">6. .<b>NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC</b> “Money”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">7. Upcoming Conversations - please add your topic to the list</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">8. What happened last week: ““Civility”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>1. Seven Delicious Quotes about Politics </u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">“<b>Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”.</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Oscar Wilde, (1854-1900), Irish poet, novelist, dramatist and critic.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Any 20-year-old who isn’t a liberal doesn’t have a heart, and any 40-year-old who isn’t a conservative doesn’t have a brain.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Attributed to Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), <span lang="EN">British politician and statesman known</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;">for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the World War II. </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span lang="EN">“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;">Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925, British politician and Prime Minister</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span lang="EN">“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and then misapplying </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span lang="EN">the wrong remedies.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;">Groucho Marx (1890-1977), American comedian, actor and “singer”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span lang="EN">“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span lang="EN">those who are dumber.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;">Plato (425BCE-348 BCE), Ancient Greek Philosopher</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">“<b>Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span><span> </span>Ronald Reagan</span><span> <span lang="EN">(1911-2004), 40<sup>th</sup> American President (1981-1989</span></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span lang="EN">“Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span lang="EN"><span> </span>and the unpalatable.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;">John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006), American economist and diplomat</span></div> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;" > </span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >2. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 2 pm – Room 223 – Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >“The 2010 Midterm Election Results”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: left; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >We are changing this week’s topic to the most heated subject in the news these days. What will happen on Tuesday, November 2, 2010? By the time we have this discussion we’ll know the winners and losers. This year’s elections are remarkable for several reasons::*the emergence of a divisive Tea Party which has so many aspects it is hard to get a handle on its position(s); * the diminished power of the Republican party as it has been seemingly dominated by the Tea Party; *the dubious influence of President Obama on the Democratic candidates; *the timid nature of the Democrats to brag about their accomplishments in the last two years; * the importance of money and media in the election; * and the coarsening of the political dialogue between candidates where opinions become facts and facts are invented. For Communicators to cast an informed vote, you really have to sharpen your critical thinking and listening skills. There is so much to learn about Communication and the lack of it just a casual observer of what’s going on. </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">MAKE SURE YOU VOTE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2!</span></b></span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;font-size:16pt;" > </span></b></div> </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt 1pt 6pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week #16:</span></u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"> </div><div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=""><span style="font-family:arial;">“Appeal to Emotion”</span></span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;">With just a few days to go before Tuesday, November 2<sup>nd</sup>, the</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Midterm Elections have reached a fever pitch. Both parties plus the new Tea Party are dumping everything they can into an unprecedented a media blitz fueled by bags of money from all measure of individual and new corporate sources.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In such a heated campaign, all pretense to logical and rationality virtually disappears. When reason disappears, our emotional nature runs amok without any guidance system.<span> </span>The candidates become hoarse in their shouting to their slogans. The speakers whip their audiences into the fervor of a mob in their attempts to persuade their supporters to their side and, more importantly, motivate them to vote. </span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Theatrical strategies like banners, marching bands, patriotic tunes, buckets of thanks to everyone, booming sound systems are among the techniques to create and build emotion. Observe the similarity between 2010 elections and the films of Adolf Hitler haranguing his Nuremberg audiences in 1935. There is a frightening similarity. With different tools, a horror picture or a movie thriller manipulates its audiences to capture its audiences.</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">All kinds of logical fallacies reappear again and again. Name calling (A<i>d Hominum</i>) is always a favorite. Making dubious statements (<i>Slippery Slope</i>) compete with each other. Labeling (Vague abstractions (<i>Glittering Generalitie</i>s) are standard tools. “Take Back Our Country!” “Change We Can Believe In!” are choice slogans, representative each side.</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Even with an awareness of how the media and the candidates manipulate their audiences to get them to vote, we can get drawn into the emotional excitement. It remains a constant challenge to every individual to operate in the emotional world and the world of reason at the same time. </span></div> </div> <div style="font-family: arial;" align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none rgb(235, 233, 237); padding: 0.75pt;color:transparent;" width="671"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In his poem, “If,” Kipling asks his young mentor “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…”, then he – we - can function effectively in this hurly burly world.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <br /> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>4. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week #3: </b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>Epictetus (AD 55-AD 135) reminds us, “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”</b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>5. .<u>A Note to Communicators:</u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Is Civility An Impossibility?</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sometimes I wonder. I suppose if I took a view of the several millennia, perhaps. You might argue there is some improvement in civility when we move from animal skins for clothes to Gucci and Northface. We don’t burn witches any more in America that I know of, but the threat of stoning is prevalent in other parts of the world.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The targeting of minority for discrimination seems to have changed. Historically, Jews have been the personification of scapegoating, which reached its ultimate horror in the Holocaust. Yet discrimination remains – more clever, less immediately visible.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In America, blacks have moved from outright discrimination with slavery to subtler institutional racism. Since the 2008 Presidential election, racism has taken on other costumes – denial of legitimacy, the refusal to cooperate, the invention of facts, among other masks.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Women remain a target for uncivil behavior. Despite passage of the 19<sup>th</sup> Amendment in 1920 and the women’s liberation movement of the 1970s, women’s rights continue to be challenged through exclusion and wage discrimination. Women’s rights are an international issue as well.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Human kind seems not to want to give up its instinct to diminish those who we think are less than we are. Reaction boils over when these minority groups seek equality. Asians, gays, Arabs, Mexicans are just the latest groups who are different who are on someone’s short list to discredit.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Even being “P.C.” (politically correct) has limited long term impact. Yes, we’ve added “Ms” to our vocabulary, but not much more.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The criterion for incivility remains the same: Any person who is different from me is a potential target.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">If I am male, the female is fair game. Tradition says the male must prevail; the woman is inferior.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">If I am white, someone who is a different color can be a target. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">If I am straight, my discomfort with someone with a different sexual orientation can lead to violence.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">If I believe in one religion, a person of another faith is automatically suspicious.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">If I am American, my culture is the best and I will do my best to Americanize the world – and make a few bucks in the process.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The tactics of communicating incivility remain the same.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Labeling and other ad hominum behavior is an early tool of incivility.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Avoidance, isolation and shunning are informal strategies.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Ghettoizing the minority – redlining real estate - becomes a more formal technique.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The creation of myths about the minority which become stereotypes are clever devices.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Intimidation tactics like fire-bombing and burning crosses are effective tools.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Negative phone calls and now threatening emails are among the technological tools.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">With the recent suicide of Rutgers’ student Tyler Climenti off the George Washington Bridge, a new form of incivility – cyber bullying – raises incivility to a new level.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In the short term, I am beginning to think civility is an impossibility. Nobel laureate William Golding’s 1954 allegory, “Lord of the Flies,” is a not so unrealistic example of man’s inhumanity to man.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">So do we give up? “Denzel Washington’s “The Book of Eli” offers a dreadful future for civilization.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Or do we adopt the Sisyphistic view of doing our best to create a civil society with baby steps. The “Chinese water torture” strategy is my strategy for changing our immediate uncivil environment – Drip, drip, drip.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Then teach people to pay it forward. If you’ve learned anything, then teach two other people to do the same. </span></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="">6. Next week’s Conversation:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">“Money”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 2 pm, Room 223- Midtown.</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Expect this topic to promote lots of heat. Although money is often invisible in many of our daily activities, its presence or lack of it can provoke the most extreme human behavior. Money can be a measure of self-esteem, a tool for measuring accomplishment, a springboard for greed, a sacrament of poverty, a replacement for love, and on and on. Everyone has a different relationship to money which may be conscious or not. Let’s start the discussion with “The love of money is the root of all evil.”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';">7. UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">What about one of these topics?</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Repetition”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Meaning”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Heroism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Concentration”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Coping with Adversity”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Student Poetry showcase</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Empathy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Connecting the Dots”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Role play of Cynical people</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Cold Calling in Sales</b>”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“He’s Just Not That into You”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Critical Listening Institute II – Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Critical Listening Institute III: “Abbott & Costello’s ‘Who’s On First?’”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Criticism – Giving and Receiving”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Logical Fallacies”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Freedom II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Faculty Colloquy I: T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>presented by Professor Carlisle Yearwood</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Gender Communication II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“SPAR Debate”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Distraction II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Negotiation II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Imagination II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Rodney King: ‘Can’t We Just Get Along?’ II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Political Savvy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Emotions: Anger II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>And dozens of others!</b></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Compare the notice of the session with what <i>really</i> happened!</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">9. <u>What happened on<span style="letter-spacing: 2pt;"> Wednesday,</span></u></span></b><b><span style=""> October 27, 2010?</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="">“Civility”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Since the 2008 Presidential election, civility has been in the news. People shouting at one another at town meetings. Certain cable news attacking each other, using <i>ad hominum</i> language. The President being called a "liar” during his Congressional presentation. Attacks on Islam with the almost burning of the4 Qu’ran. Hate crimes such as the video that caused the suicide death of Rutgers’ student Tyler Climenti who jumped off the George Washington Bridge recently.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">A large crowd of over 20 people participated in this extremely valuable film and discussion. Newcomers, many from Touro’s DMX program, included <b>Floralba Leomeli, Jeannette Febus, Gabriela Rassi, Shamir Plummer, Natalie Scarborough, Emmanuel Shemilov, Lettie Lachirca, Robert Gilmore, Jamal James, Tan Smith, Marcus Bryant, Ajenis Mercedes, Peter Bryan, Steve roman, Cassandra Deen, Alan Steinberg. </b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Familiar faces included <b>Yi Cai, Pamela Shephard, Carlisle Yearwood, Lorinda Moore, Rich Cohen. Sara Tabaei, Carneil May, Richard Green </b>and <b>Hal Wicke</b>.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Our special guests were <b>Ben Barenholtz</b>, the filmmaker, jazz drummer <b>Bob Schuller</b> (son of Gunther Schuller, one of the later moving forces of the Music Inn who appeared in the film as an infant and young child) and <b>Vladimir Spitzberg</b>, of the DMX program, who made the program happen.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hal introduced Vladimir who in turn introduced Ben Barenholtz. Ben spoke for a few minutes about his involvement in the film and introduced Bob Schuller, a live “artifact” of the years of the Music Inn.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Using archive film footage, stills and interviews<span> </span>the hour-long film recounted the founding vision of Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts, its attraction of seminal folk and jazz luminaries, its growth into a<span> </span>virtual commercial enterprise in competition with Tanglewood, the venerated classical music festival. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Concluding its final years with the establishment of a music school, the 10-year life of the Music Inn from 1950-1960 became an almost forgotten experience without the efforts of both Schuller and Barenholtz. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The film included performances and comments of folk singer of Pete Seeger as well as Jazz icons of Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Mahalia Jackson, Sarah Vaughan among many others. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The documentary has yet to be released because of music releases that are necessary for commercial distribution of the DVD. There are over 100 hours of film footage which both Ben and Bob indicated could make several films.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Following the film, Ben talked further about his involvement as did Bob, who served as off-camera interviewer of many of the historical figures in the film. Asked about what he was thinking as he watched the video, Ben said he was thinking of ways to further edit the film.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">As Ben pointed out, the most important statement in the film was jazz great Charlie Mingus’ exclamation, “Finally, we have roots!”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">One student exclaimed, “I didn’t know this existed! I was boggled.” Another student asked about jazz performer Josh White’s interest in rap and hip hop.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The entire session was an inspiring experience, providing an almost lost fragment of American music history. With this documentary, Ben Barenholtz has provided a vibrant record of the most innovative American art form for future generations to understand.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">---</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We always have a great time exploring these issues. So often our daily life never focuses on these Communication issues. If you have something you want us to discuss please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Next time bring a friend. The Communication Club is always an open discussion, limited only by time. Everyone gets a chance to speak. All opinions are welcome. Here is an opportunity for students to challenge professors’ views outside the class without any homework or assignments. You just have to show up and listen and talk if you want.</span></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"> </span></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-61504510742290312322010-10-26T16:24:00.001-07:002010-10-26T16:35:47.404-07:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>The Touro Communication Club Notes - #124–October 20, 2010 </b></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tourocommunicationclub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Contents:</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Five Quotes about “Jazz”<br /></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. <b>UPCOMING CLUB PROGRAM</b>: <span> </span>“Music Inn: Making Jazz History”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>A documentary film with comments by its creator, Ben Barenholtz</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>Wednesday, October 20, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 223</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week # 14 –”Fallacy of Composition”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">5. Note to Communicators: “The Magnetism of Music”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">6. .<b>NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC</b> “Civility”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">7. Upcoming Conversations - please add your topic to the list</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">8. <b>COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES</b> – Fall, 2010</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">9. What happened last week: ““Current Events”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>1. Five Quotes about Jazz</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style=""> </span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">”Jazz is a mental attitude rather than a style. It uses a certain process of the mind expressed spontaneously through some musical instrument. I'm concerned with retaining that process.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">Bill Evans (</span><span lang="EN">1929 – 1980), influential American Jazz pianist</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> </strong></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><strong>“Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat.”</strong></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">Carmen McRae </span><span lang="EN">(1920 –1994). One of the most influential Jazz vocalists of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;">composer, pianist and actress.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">:”Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple,</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">awesomely simple, that's creativity.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">Charles Mingus </span><span lang="EN">(1922 –1979), American Jazz musician composer, bass player,</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;">bandleader and civil rights activities, known as “The Angry Man of Jazz”.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >Clark Terry (b. 1020), American swing, bop and Jazz trumpeter, NEA Jazz Masters inductee. </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">”It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >Dizzy Gillespie (1917- 1993), American Jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer and composer,</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span> </span>a major figure in the development of bebop and modern Jazz</span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >2. The Touro Communication Club</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 2 pm – Room 223 - Midtown</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">“Music Inn: Making Jazz History”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">This elegiac documentary film charts the legacy of a special moment in the 1950’s history of American Jazz with in-person comments by its creator, Ben Barenholtz. Through the special efforts of Vladimir Spitzberg of Touro’s DMX program, we are privileged to show this unique documentary film about an extraordinary place in Lenox in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts. Be-Boppers, folk singers, African drummers, blues singers, jazz legends, poets and musicologists gathered to share their converging traditions and go looking for roots to Jazz that most people didn’t think even exist. Jazz icon Louis Armstrong said, “They’re doing wonderful things up there. They’re really helping make music history.” Mr. Barenholtz will share his comments about the making of his film.</span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;font-size:16pt;" > </span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt 1pt 6pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week #14:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“The Fallacy of Composition”</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">This fallacy is insidious. We identify a piece of the whole and then make a fallacious leap to say that the entire whole is also true. In the current political climate, many advertisements take advantage of this mental trick to diminish the candidate. An obvious one is the 10-year-old statements of Christine O’Donnell, Republican candidate for the Senate from Delaware. In an old video clip shown on the Bill Maher show, O’Donnell was said she had “explored witchcraft.” From this statement, Maher and others argued that O’Donnell was a witch, a label she has denied. Part of an old statement is used to characterize the entire current behavior of O’Donnell.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Humor often uses logical fallacies to make its joke. We laugh, but we inadvertently accept the premise of the laugh. In vaudeville, the bulbous nose, the funny face or “black face” (Al Jolson’s “The Jazz Singer) has become an unacceptable way to get a laugh. Some claim that “political correctness” has taken much hilarity about humor. </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">To extend the definition of the Fallacy of Composition, we might argue that <b>Racial Profiling</b> and <b>Stereotyping</b> are siblings of this Fallacy. One physical trait or one behavior pattern of one or several people is used to characterize an entire group of people. This week on the TV program, “The View,”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">TV host Bill O’Reilly claimed that “Muslims caused 9/11.” The inflammatory statement provoked Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar to walk off stage. Later, they returned to apologize. I don’t think that O’Reilly apologized for his statement, however.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Another cousin of the Fallacy of Composition is the visual placement and/or sequence of names, images or plot incidents. Most formulaic police procedurals (“Law and Order,” “NCIS,” “CSI’) always begin with an “inciting incident” (the melodramatic device that initiates the plot action) of someone getting killed followed by the solution of the murder. What would happen if the “inciting incident” occurred later in the plot sequence. Some film directors (“The Usual Suspects”) open with the last scene in the plot line and jump back and forth, often at their peril of audience comprehension.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >.</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">4. Professor Geo’s “Communication Thought of the Week #2”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">When you communicate, focus on your audience: It’s not what you say, it is what people hear.</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;" > </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">5. .<u>A Note to Communicators:</u></span></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></u></b></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>The Magnetism of Music</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“<span style="color:black;">Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >Cornel West is an American public intellectual, civil rights activist and professor of religion at Princeton University where he teacher in the Center for African American Studies.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Professor West captures the essence of why music is often called the universal language. Words are a very limited vehicle for expressing ideas. The arts, and particularly music and dance (the non-verbal performing arts) are able to penetrate the psyche in ways that prose cannot.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">If the arts are tools for communication, they can be used in a variety of ways, from the background Muzak elevator and movie music and propaganda support to orchestral pieces which are front and center in our listening.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Jazz, a major American contribution to the arts, is able to capture our attention and <i>make </i>us listen. Jazz is particularly democratic with its interplay among and between musicians and their instruments who “talk’ to each other.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Improvisation is the soul of Jazz. From the outsider, you make it up as you go along. You “think” on your feet. Beneath this surface “faking it” is a life time of experience in getting the basics right in order to transcend them in performance.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">For me, Jazz works best in a small smoke-filled club on a Saturday night where the audience is absorbed in this evocative atmosphere. The musicians and audience become one, each drawing energy from one another. Their joint acoustical experience transcends our pedestrian daily prose experience to another world. That ephemeral world vanishes in a moment and all we are left with is its imprint on our psyche.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">6. Next week’s Conversation: </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">Civility”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';font-size:180%;" >Wednesday, October 27, 2020 – 2 pm – Room 223 – Midtown</span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Since the 2008 Presidential election, civility has been in the news. People shouting at one another at town meetings. Certain cable news attacking each other, using </span><i style="font-family: arial;">ad hominum</i><span style="font-family:arial;"> language. The President being called a "liar” during his Congressional presentation. Attacks on Islam with the almost burning of the4 Qu’ran. Hate crimes such as the video that caused the suicide death of Rutgers’ student Tyler Climenti who jumped off the George Washington Bridge recently.</span></span></span><br /><div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';">7. UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">What about one of these topics?</span></b></span></div></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Meaning”<br /></span></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;" ><div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Money”</span></b></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"><span> </span>“Repetition”</span></b><br /></div></span><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Heroism”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Concentration”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Coping with Adversity”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">Student Poetry showcase</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Empathy”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Connecting the Dots”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">Role play of Cynical people</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Cold Calling in Sales</span></b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">”</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“He’s Just Not That into You”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">Critical Listening Institute II – Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">Critical Listening Institute III: “Abbott & Costello’s ‘Who’s On First?’”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Criticism – Giving and Receiving”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Logical Fallacies”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Freedom II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">Faculty Colloquy I: T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"><span> </span>presented by Professor Carlisle Yearwood</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Gender Communication II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“SPAR Debate”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Distraction II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Negotiation II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Imagination II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Rodney King: ‘Can’t We Just Get Along?’ II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Political Savvy”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Emotions: Anger II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">And dozens of others!</span></b></span></div> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:Andy;">8. Fall Activities of the Communication Department</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(217, 217, 217);font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(217, 217, 217);"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >1. <strong><u>Job Seminar I</u></strong><u> - Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 2-3:30 pm - Room 223 -Midtown campus</u></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >Resumes and Cover letters - led by Professors <b>George Backinoff</b> and <b>Gena Bardwell</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >Students are encouraged to bring their current resumes and cover letters to the seminar for comments</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >The Job Seminar II in the Spring will focus on Interviewing Techniques.<br />This seminar augments the work covered in the GCA 100 class.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >Co-sponsored by the Advisement Office, Ms. Sophia Volfson, Director</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >2. <strong><u>"Stage Fright" Seminar</u></strong><u> - Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 2-3:30 pm - Room 223 - Midtown campus</u></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >Led by Professor <b>Gena Bardwell</b>, this seminar addresses this major perpetual obstacle of Communication courses in order to demystify the #1 phobia that many people experience. The seminar will include a number of interactive exercises.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >Co-sponsored by the Advisement Office, Ms. Sophia Volfson, Director</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" ><span style=""> </span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >3. <b><u>NYSCAS Faculty Development Day</u></b><u> - Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 9 am - 2 pm</u></span></div> </div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:arial;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">“Using PowerPoint Effectively”</span></li></ul> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>Workshop is led by Professors <b>George Backinoff</b> and <b>Richard Green</b></span></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:arial;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">“The Mind's Ear - Applying Energetic and Effective Listening in the Classroom” </span></li></ul> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>Workshop is led by Professor <b>Jason Carvell</b></span></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:arial;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">“The Teacher as Role Model: Teacher Modeling and Student Engagement”</span></li></ul> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>Workshop is led by Professor <b>Gena Bardwell</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(204, 204, 204);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4<b>. <u>The 10<sup>th</sup> Speech Contest </u></b><u>– Tuesday, December 7, 2010</u></span></div> </div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:arial;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Students present their Information Speeches before judges who are faculty, staff and administration. The Contest Finalists have been chosen by their classmates in three Communication classes. </span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cash prizes are awarded.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Finalists from the lst, 2<sup>nd</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> contests can be viewed on the <b><u><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></u></b></span></li></ul> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(204, 204, 204);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">5. <b><u>The Touro Communication Club</u></b><u> – Wednesdays at 2 pm – Room 223 –Midtown</u></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Now in its 4<sup>th</sup> year with over 120 meetings, The Communication Club is open to anyone – students especially – who is interested in participating in an open discussion about a variety of general topics including: “Current Events,” “Emotions,” “Gender Talk,” “Handling Conflict,” “Student Poetry,” etc. With the underlying purpose of promoting “thinking on your feet,” everyone’s opinion in this setting is welcome. Professor Hal Wicke is the moderator. A record of every meeting is available at </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">TouroCommunicationClub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a> </u></b>and is emailed to all participants.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">Compare the notice of the session with what <i>really</i> happened!</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:'Rockwell Extra Bold';">9. <u>What happened on<span style="letter-spacing: 2pt;"> Wednesday,</span></u></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"> October 13, 2010?</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >Current Events – Summer and Fall 2010</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >The summer was over almost before it began. As school has just started, the swirl of news that will affect us sooner or later has an impact on every one of us. We need to take off our iPods and suspend our Tweets to find out what’s happening outside our bubble. </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >Among the many events on the horizon are the midterm Congressional elections which typically have a small voter turnout. That means clever politicians can slip by sleepy voters who just don’t care who is in government. </span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >All these items should trigger some awareness: BP, NYC mosque, the almost Qu’ran burning, the hottest summer on record, a lousy job picture, a slow economic return, the end of the Iraq war which American soldiers are still getting killed, A Rod hits 500 homeruns, the Tea Party, Tiger Woods isn’t winning any more, , incivility continues with Tyler Climenti’s suicide, the new Nixmary Brown.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none; text-align: center; padding: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=";font-size:130%;color:black;" >Forgive me – I can’t tell you what’s happening in the pop world or WWF or whether Lindsay Lohan is still in jail. You can be our entertainment reporter.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Three newcomers joined the lively discussion. They included <b>Yi Cai</b>, <b>Carneil May</b> and <b>Lillian McCray. </b>Familiar faces included <b>Nina Davila, Richard Green, Markus Vayandorf, Carlisle Yearwood, Charles Mason </b>and<b> Hal Wicke.</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hal put an extensive chart of current events topics on the board under categories: international, national, local, people and general topics.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The inevitable midterm politics dominated the discussion, particularly the Tea Party. Cai was interested in the impact of languages on politics. He is from Mexico and is bi-lingual in Chinese and Spanish. Richard and Cai had a productive interchange in Spanish.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Charles brought up “female circumcism” as a possible topic for discussion. Hal suggested that we should have a separate discussion on the topic and not have it get lost in a general discussion. We might frame it in terms of “Women’s Rights” or “Human Rights.” Lillian reinforced the need to discuss the topic since so few people knew about it. As a member of the National Organization of Women (NOW), she wanted to advocate for women’s issues.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Back to the Tea Party. Since there was no one to play secretary, Hal became so involved with the discussion that he wasn’t able to write and chew gum.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Suffice it to say, the discussion covered the impact of the Tea Party on the election and the various Tea Party candidate, many of whom are running under a Republican flag. Tea Party/Republican Senate candidates include Sharron Angle (Nevada). Christine O’Donnell (Delaware), Joe Miller (Alaska) among others. And, of course, the Republican gubernatorial candidate for New York, Carl Palladino.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Several people were concerned about the kind of issues the Tea Party was promoting and the way they were campaigning. In fact, the consensus was that the language and advertising strategies employed in the campaigning for both parties was very disappointing.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The question raised most often was ‘In view of who is running, who do you vote for?”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">That $64,000 question was left unanswered as we adjourned at 4:10 pm still discussing a number of topics.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">---</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We always have a great time exploring these issues. So often our daily life never focuses on these Communication issues. If you have something you want us to discuss please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Next time bring a friend. The Communication Club is always an open discussion, limited only by time. Everyone gets a chance to speak. All opinions are welcome. Here is an opportunity for students to challenge professors’ views outside the class without any homework or assignments. You just have to show up and listen and talk if you want.</span></div></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-50489662819907627332010-06-29T16:58:00.000-07:002010-06-29T17:05:05.612-07:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>The Touro Communication Club Notes - #122–June 30, 2010<br /> </b><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tourocommunicationclub.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span><br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;" > </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">The 6/30/10 meeting will be our last for the summer. The Club will go on vacation until the Fall semester. Because of the Jewish holidays, our first Club meeting will be on Wednesday, October 13 – same place, same time, new and old people. See you then!</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;" > </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br />Contents:</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Quotations about “Emotions: Anger - Fighting Fury”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. Upcoming Club program: “Emotions: Anger - Fighting Fury”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 223</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week # 12 – “The Red Herring”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4. A Note to Communicators: “Emotions – The Motor of Our Decisions”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">5. Upcoming Conversations</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">6. Possible club topics – please add your topic to the list</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">7. What happened last week: “Getting Organized”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>Six Quotes about Anger<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:8;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">“<b>There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>on whom they wish to vent their spleen.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Alexander Dumas père. 19<sup>th</sup> century French novelist and playwright</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Never write a letter while you are angry. </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Chinese Proverb<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Anger as soon as fed is dead -<br />'Tis starving makes it fat.”<br /></b>~Emily Dickinson, 19<sup>th</sup> century American poet<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gautama Buddha<span style="color:black;">. Ancient Indian spiritual teacher,</span><span> <span lang="EN"><a title="Circa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circa" target="_blank">c.</a> 563 BCE to 483 BCE.</span></span><span style="color:black;"></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">Robert Ingersoll, 19<sup>th</sup> century American orator and political activist</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“Anger is only one letter short of danger.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">Popular saying<br /><br /></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:10;"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></strong></span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" ><strong>The Touro Communication Club</strong></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >2 pm - Wednesday, June 30, 2010– Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >“Emotions: Anger: <span>Fighting Fury”<br /><br /></span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >A</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" >nger</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" > is a familiar emotion to all of us. We may </span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" >recognize</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" > it others, but do we recognize it in ourselves? </span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" >Anger appears in many packages: loud and boisterous, soft and icy, a slowly escalating intensity, etc. </span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >Clues to recognizing triggers of </span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" >anger are present but are often overlooked by the angry person and the target of the emotion - a person, an object or an idea.</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" > We cannot hope to fully understand this emotion</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" > in one session</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >, but we’ll try to discover how many ways the emotion of “anger” manifests itself in ourselves, in others, in the world.</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" > </span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >With luck, this will be a cool and dispassionate discussion about a very hot topic.<br /><br /></span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;font-size:16;" > </span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>Logical Fallacy of the Week #12: “The Red Herring”<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Have you ever noticed that people often don’t answer the question posed? It happens in everyday conversations, in class, in political punditry in the media. </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Most of the time, a “Red Herring” can be unintentional, but in a political situation – a job interview or a television debate –the device can be a deliberate distraction to divert the direction of the discussion or change the topic.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Depending on the question, the response can often be a “Red Herring,” an incredibly frequent logical fallacy which appears in a number disguises:</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">A response that does not answer the question, but changes the topic.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">A response that introduces a different topic, often completely unrelated to the original question</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">A response to another statement that skews the original statement by changing emphasis or introducing weak or irrelevant evidence.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Beyond the question and answer exchange, a Red Herring may be part of a larger point of view which introduces unrelated and dubious statements to support a point of view. Much of the current political discourse on almost any controversial topic – immigration, health care, the financial meltdown, etc.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The media explosion in the last decade with the Internet, radio, television, print has created an unmonitored almost laissez-faire environment in which we the consumers must be aware of what is being thrown at us. The citizen-listener must learn to sharpen their acoustical “crap detector “(source: Ernest Hemingway).</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">With its roots in the Middle Ages, the term derives from a fish, a herring or kipper which has a red cast to its flesh and smells. An acute listener can smell something fishy. When you sense something is “fishy” about a situation, your olfactory senses are at work.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Alfred Hitchcock, the late filmmaker, uses the Red Herring device often to scare his audiences. The tension is slowly building in the scene, the outcome is uncertain and dangerous for the hero and suddenly a car screeches unexpectedly. Audiences lift out of their seats at this clever manipulation of their emotions. We feel sheepish for falling for the trick, yet safe despite being fooled.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:8;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">.<b><u>A Note to Communicators:<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>Emotions – The Motor of Our Decisions<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">As much as our education would to persuade us that we are rational beings, daily empirical evidence and recent research tells us that our emotions are the engine of our lives.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Why do we know so little about emotions? Our education has placed a premium on reason. We can understand reason. It is calm, logical and “reasonable.” If reason is the measure of all things that we value, then emotions are sooooo “unreasonable.” They appear to be unpredictable. We have to put them in a box to control them.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Let me draw an analogy,<br /><br /></span></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:arial;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Our <b>body </b>is the automobiles of our beings;</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Our <b>brain</b> is the driver of our automobile and</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Our emotions are the <b>engine</b> of our reasons.</span></li></ul> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We need the motor of emotion to get us through our daily routines. If we don’t have any emotion about anything or anybody, we begin to atrophy. No passion – think emotional support – for a point of view, the point of view dies. Too much passion and the project dies. Or, passion guided by reason allows for success.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">While emotions are not at the center of our education, they are certainly the core of any entertainment – play, movie or soccer match. We watch, suspend our disbelief and, if we are to believe Aristotle, we become purged of these destructive behaviors. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Now that the soap operas have disappeared, we have to look for our emotions on the reality shows or on American Idol. When Dr. Phil or Tyra Banks have a case to entertain us, we can get embroiled in someone else’s emotions. Because television emotion is safe, we can turn it off and go about making dinner with no consequences.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">This short missive can hardly do justice to the topic of emotions, but it might be instructive to give some context for why we continue give short shift to emotion</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">It’s not surprising that most of the statements about reason are made by men. Sadly, men have controlled everything since the beginning of time. The Greek philosopher, <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Plato, does allow that emotions exist. We should use logic and reason to channel our emotions to create something constructive that leads to truth. </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Rene Descartes, the 18<sup>th</sup> century French philosopher, is in the same camp. He argues, “I think therefore I am.” (“Je pense quand je suis.”) Thinking is the only way to function in a man’s world.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Our education teaches us to ignore emotions and focus on “Critical Thinking.” In our classes we focus on one-third of our learning system – the head. We ignore other two-thirds - the emotions and the body - in our biased learning.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Benjamin Bloom virtually codifies the importance of reason in his famous Taxonomy of Learning with his impressive hierarchy of cognitive learning levels. To his credit, Bloom does acknowledge the Affective and Kinesthetic learning channels, though they are not as nearly well developed.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Emotions have been the province of the arts - theatre, poetry, painting, sculpture – even music. In that contest, the artist could control them. Emotions could be made to appear real, but since they were invented and “pretend,” then serious people could enjoy them at a distance without having to really understand them.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">However, in the latter part of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, a number of authors began to address emotion as a separate entity from reason. Bloom’s own 1956 taxonomy allowed that we did learn three channels, but gave predominant emphasis to Cartesian reasoning – the cognitive function.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sociologist Erving Goffman published his landmark, “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life” in1959 which provided the foundation for understanding how human beings put on a mask to hide their internal emotional life when in public.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Howard Gardner’s 1983 classic, “Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences,” blew apart the rigid SAT-enforced dichotomy of I.Q. as being just math and verbal abilities.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In 1994, psychologist Paul Eckman presents develops his influential<i> </i>“The Nature of Emotion: Fundamental Questions” and goes on identify the 43 muscles in the face that produce emotional affect. His work is now on popular display with the television series, “Lie to Me.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Although reason is still the dominant mode of understanding, emotion receives an enormous boost in 1995 with journalist Daniel Goleman’s “Emotional Intelligence” which<span> </span>provides the intellectual framework for an elementary understanding of emotions.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">That history is fine, but it doesn’t address our need to understand emotions on a daily basis. What do we do when we get angry? How do we cope with being afraid? How do we understand falling in love?<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In future Communication Club discussions, we will explore this emotional thread, looking at one emotion at a time. We begin with one of the most prevalent emotions – anger.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:</u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>See you in the fall!<br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>What about one of these topics?<br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Repetition”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Meaning”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Heroism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Concentration”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Coping with Adversity”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Student Poetry showcase</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Empathy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Connecting the Dots”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Role play of cynical people</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Cold Calling in Sales</b>”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“He’s Just Not That into You”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>“Money”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Critical Listening Institute: Ravel’s ‘Bolero’”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Criticism – Giving and Receiving”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Logical Fallacies”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Freedom II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Gender Communication II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“SPAR Debate”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Distraction II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Negotiation II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Imagination II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Rodney King: ‘Can’t we just get along?” II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Political Savvy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>And dozens of others!<br /><br /></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Compare the notice of the session with what <i>really</i> happened!</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>What happened on<span style="letter-spacing: 2pt;"> Wednesday,</span></u></b><b> June 23, 2010?</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>“Getting Organized: First Things<span style="color:black;"> First”<br /><br /></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="color:black;">How</span></u></b><b><span style="color:black;"> do I prioritize? What rationale do I use? Which system best suits me? How do I measure my improvement? </span></b><b><span> </span>An invisible part of everyone’s life is being organized. As our lives get busier, we need to be organized. No one starts off being organized. Some learn more quickly than others. The business people are usually ones who are very organized without being overbearing. We’ll try to identify the tricks people employ to keep their lives together. What about distractions? We’ll talk about how increased pressure affects our organization. This should be a very practical session.<br /><br /></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Newcomer <b>Yangchen Lama </b>participated vigorously as another newcomer <b>Derek Smith</b> observed the goings-on. Familiar faces included <b>Lorinda Moore, Nina Davila, Warren Kunz, Markus Vayndorf, Jean Missial, Charles Mason, Chui Hing Yau </b>and <b>Hal Wicke</b>.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The question, “what is organization?” got a variety of responses.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I am a Type A person with Type B tendencies</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I must clean up everything before I do anything.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">OCD? (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) – Not really. Things just have to be orderly.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I’m just the opposite. I let things go and only clean up when I have to.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">My father is completely obsessive about arranging everything before he does any.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">My, this is a Psychology club, not a Communication club.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">To the question, “Do you have a plan for your activities and follow that plan?” everybody had an opinion.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Everything is dynamic.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">There is a great impact of being disorganized.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">What about putting up with the disorganization of other people?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Everybody is always rushing about at the last minute.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">What about a wedding? Graduation? A funeral is worse because you can’t prepare for it.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">An anecdote of a sign a printer had put up over his cash register:” An emergency on your part does not necessitate an emergency on my part.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hal handed out a blank piece of paper and asked the group to write down all their thoughts as they occurred. [The exercise comes from the French Surrealist poet Andre Breton who promoted “automatic thinking” in his poetry to bypass logic.]</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">After a few minutes, he has the group what they noticed?<br /><br /></span></div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:arial;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">“I repeat the word ‘need’ a lot.”<br />“I’m all over the place.”</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">“I wrote about the mathematical connection to this discussion.”</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I’ve got to prioritize.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">What about Murphy’s Law? (What can do wrong, will.)</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Murphy is my friend.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Prepare for Murphy.</span></li></ul> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Since Lorinda was in charge of the ushers for last week’s organization, she shared some of her planning for crowd control.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Jean talked about his planning for crowd control for an event for Louis Vuitton who sponsored a birthday party for Kanye West. He was quite blunt with the sudden friends of Kanye who wanted to crash the party.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hal asked, “Are you organized?” Yes or no. No one seemed to give a clear answer. The discussion seemed to drift in a number of directions.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">You’ve got to be prepared for the unpredictable.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">A discussion about healthy food.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">You’ve got to be pro-active.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Some discussion about President Obama’s meeting with General McChrystal that day and what might happen.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Most people thought McChrystal should be fired. [He was.]</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Warren Kunz announced the formation of a Math club in the fall.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I like to come to the Communication Club to explore ideas.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Although the entire discussion was upbeat and energized, the focus seems to blur after about an hour and a half. This is indicated by the frequent change of topic.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">---</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We always have a great time exploring these issues. So often our daily life never focuses on these Communication issues. If you have something you want us to discuss please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Next time bring a friend. The Communication Club is always an open discussion, limited only by time. Everyone gets a chance to speak. All opinions are welcome. Here is an opportunity for students to challenge professors’ views outside the class without any homework or assignments. You just have to show up and listen and talk if you want.<br /><br />Hal Wicke</span></div> </span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-51408233071611584162010-06-22T08:52:00.000-07:002010-06-22T09:05:03.756-07:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:180%;">The Touro Communication Club Notes - #121–June 23, 2010</span></span></b><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> <span style="font-size:130%;">Tourocommunicationclub.</span><wbr><span style="font-size:130%;">blogspot.com</span></a><br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Contents:<br /></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Quotations about “Being Organized”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. Upcoming Club program: “Tomorrow We’ll Get Organized”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 223</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Logical Fallacy of the Week # 10 – “Moving the Goal Posts”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">4. A Note to Communicators: “Tomorrow We’ll Get Organized</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">5. Upcoming Conversations</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">6. Possible club topics – please add your topic to the list</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">7. What happened last week: “Rodney King: Can’t We Just Get Along?”<br /></span><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>Six Quotes about Being Organized</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size:8;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">"</span><span style="color:black;">A place for everything, everything in its place</span></b><b><span style="color:black;">.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:black;">Benjamin Franklin, 18<sup>th</sup> century American author of “Poor Richard’s Almanac</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Tyranny is always better organized than freedom."</b><b> </b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Charles Peguy, 19<sup>th</sup> century French poet and essayist</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“One</span></b><span style="color:black;"> <b>of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."</b></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:black;">A.A. Milne, 19<sup>th</sup> century British author of “Winnie The Pooh”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war, but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:black;">Aristotle, 5<sup>th</sup> century Greek philosopher.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:black;">Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activist</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:black;"> </span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“That’s all nonviolence is – organized love.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Joan Baez, American folk singer and civil rights activist</span><br /><br /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:10;"><strong> </strong></span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >T</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >he Touro Communication Club</span></strong></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>2 pm - Wednesday, June 16, 2010– Room 223</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >“Getting Organized: First Things</span><span style="color:black;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > First”</span><br /><br /></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="color:black;">How</span></u></b><b><span style="color:black;"> do I prioritize? What rationale do I use? Which system best suits me? How do I measure my improvement? </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:130%;"> An invisible part of everyone’s life is being organized. As our lives get busier, we need to be organized. No one starts off being organized. Some learn more quickly than others. The business people are usually ones who are very organized without being overbearing. We’ll try to identify the tricks people employ to keep their lives together. What about distractions? We’ll talk about how increased pressure affects our organization. This should be a very practical session.</span><br /><br /></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16;"> </span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:130%;">Logical Fallacy of the Week #11: “Moving the Goal Posts”</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size:8;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The name of the fallacy comes from a game like soccer or football which has goal posts. In an actual game, it would quite angering if one team decided to change the position of the goal posts. All strategy would change.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>In another context, you might call this fallacy, “Changing the Deal.” You think you have agreed to one set of circumstances and suddenly you find details of the deal have been changed. You find many people moving the goalposts when it benefits them.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:100%;">·</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > <span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Real estate</b> – A tenant agrees to rent an apartment with a refrigerator and stove. When she arrives, she discovers they are not in the apartment and the landlord denies that they were part of the agreement.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Car sales</b> – You think that you are buying a particular car, but find that only the more expensive model is available. (Also called ‘bait and switch.”) This behavior applies to all sales situations.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Academic classes</b> – Your professor changes the criteria on which you thought you were being evaluated. Perhaps a student argues that the professor gave her an A when the professor’s grade book shows a “B.”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Relationships – </b>Either the male or female promises his intended that certain things will happen– a fancy car, a fancy vacation, lots of luxuries and blings - and they don’t, some is mighty angry.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>The TV commercial</b> – two children are promised ponies by a male adult; one gets a toy, the other gets a real one. The jilted child feels cheated because the adult changes the deal.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Product content</b> – the price of the product is kept the same but the amount of the ingredients is decreased<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">There are dozens of situations in which the deal is changed by a shark preying on the innocent. The greatest tragedy is the loss of trust by the deceived party. Trust is fragile to begin with but naïve trust is brutalized by predators. Its extreme is date rape when the woman has one set of expectations and the male has another.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Strategies </b>– Realize that trust evaporates in the face of betrayal. Sad to say, the reality of our learning curve almost demands some level of betrayal in order to toughen awareness at the risk of instilling a permanent fear. Obviously, you need to read the very small print of every contract. Less obvious, you need to listen closely to what is said by the salesperson or the teacher or the love interest.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">.<b><u>A Note to Communicators:</u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>Tomorrow We’ll Get Organized</u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">This is a sign that appeared several years ago, along with another sign “PLAN </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >A</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >he</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >a</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >d</span><span style="font-size:130%;">” Humorous as they might be, they point to the daily challenge each of us has to get our individual acts together.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Personal management is not at the top of the education agenda. We may teach management in business and education, but how each of us manages our own lives is largely left up to our accidental learning in the College of Hard Knocks. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">What are some of the characteristics of organization?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Activities happen on time.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Lateness is not a difficulty.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">In our writing and speaking, our organization is sequential, coherent and understandable. It is “clear.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Planning is only the beginning of being organized.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Monitoring of the process at every step of the way is a vital part of organization.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Follow-through is a vial part of organization.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Organization is an endemic part of process.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">My rule of thumb about someone or something being well organized is that if it looks easy, the person or event has been well organized. If there is sloppiness or mistakes, the organization is a major part of the problem. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a result of poor organization, either accidental or deliberate. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Although the final results of the current financial crisis are not yet conclusive, early returns indicate that deliberate lack of regulation enforcement, an important part of organization.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The perennial lack of an Albany budget is a function of poor organization, derived from conflicting political interests.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The execution of a business plan, any team sport strategy is dependent on good organization.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">A political campaign cannot begin to attract votes without strong organization.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Because organization is invisible, you only know something is wrong when the roof falls in.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Have you ever planned for a trip and didn’t think about what you are going take with you?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Have you not studied during a course and prepared for an exam?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Have you ever gone food shopping without a list?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Have you had guests over for dinner and scrambled to prepare for the meal?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Aesop’s fable of the Grasshopper and the Ant is a comparison of good planning and no planning. While the Ant continues to store away food for the winter, the Grasshopper flits about during the summer. When the winter comes, the Grasshopper doesn’t have any food and dies.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Many projects are very complicated in the number of details. A check list is required to remember them all. My son, who has been a pilot for American Airlines for over 20 years, has a pre-flight check list to execute every time. A surgeon now has a check list to complete before operating. A building engineer has a check list to follow on every construction site.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">A recent New York Times bestseller speaks to the power of organization: “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right” by Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon in Boston, a MacArthur Fellow, a writer for the New Yorker and associate professor at the Harvard Medical School. Taking a cue from the airline pilot’s preflight check list, he writes about incessant surgical mistakes that were dramatically reduced with a checklist of organizational procedures.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">I learned the necessity of being organized from over 300 productions of plays, operas, musicals and experimental theatre pieces. As either producer, director or designer, I learned the hard way that every aspect of a theatre production is deadline driven. Everything has to be rehearsed and ready by curtain time. Despite its careful preparation, even the Metropolitan Opera makes mistakes once in a while, witness the recent crashing down of a piece of scenery.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Despite the best efforts of some people to organize themselves, they may be diagnosed with a learning disability know as “Executive Functioning.” According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, Executive<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> Functioning (EF) difficulties have some of these warning signs:may involve abilities such as: </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" >Difficulty planning and completing projects; </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" >Problems understanding how long a project will take to complete; </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" >Struggling with telling a story in the right sequence with important details and minimal irrelevant details; </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" >Trouble communicating details in an organized, sequential manner; </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" >Problems initiating activities or tasks, or generating ideas independently; and </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" >Difficulty retaining information while doing something with it such as remembering a phone number while dialing.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" > </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" >This EF disability is fascinating because we all share some of these dysfunctional behaviors. For your own research, you have a goldmine of information by just googling “Executive Function disability.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">In order to become better organized, you need to become aware that disorganization is a problem for you. Start with a date calendar and record your appointments and your assignments. Forgetting to do this will add to your disorganization until you decide to make a commitment to becoming better organized.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The only worry about being organized is acquiring O.C.D. (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). But we’ll worry about this when you transform yourself into Adrian Monk. Or, his opposite, Alfred E. Newman, of “What Me Worry?” fame.<br /></span><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';">UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:<br /><br /></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></b></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">June 30, 2010 – Emotions: Anger: <span style="color:black;">Fighting Fury</span></span></u></b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >; <b>Clues to recognizing triggers of rage whether they are people, places or things and ways to overtake them before they overtake you.</b> </span><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">This is a familiar emotion to all of us. We may recognize it others, but do we recognize it in ourselves? We cannot hope to fully understand this emotion, but we’ll try to discover how many ways the emotion of “anger” manifests itself in ourselves, in others, in the world. With luck, this will be a cool and dispassionate discussion about a very hot topic.<br /><br /></span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"> </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">The 6/30/10 meeting will be our last for the summer. The Club will go on vacation until the Fall semester. Because of the Jewish holidays, our first Club meeting will be on Wednesday, October 17 – same place, same time, new and old people. See you then.<br /><br /></span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"> </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>What about one of these topics?<br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Repetition”<br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Meaning”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Heroism”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Concentration”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Coping with Adversity”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Student Poetry showcase</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Empathy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Connecting the Dots”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Role play of cynical people</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Cold Calling in Sales</b>”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“He’s Just Not That into You”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span> </span>“Money”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Critical Listening Institute: Ravel’s ‘Bolero’”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Criticism – Giving and Receiving”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Logical Fallacies”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Freedom II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Gender Communication II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“SPAR Debate”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Distraction II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Negotiation II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Imagination II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Rodney King: ‘Can’t we just get along?” II”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“Political Savvy”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>And dozens of others!</b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Compare the notice of the session with what <i>really</i> happened!</span></span></b></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>What happened on<span style="letter-spacing: 2pt;"> Wednesday,</span></u></b><b> June 16, 2010?</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>“Rodney King: ‘Can’t We Just Get Along?</u></b></span><b><span style="font-size:130%;">”</span><br /><br /></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:100%;">In 1991, Rodney King was the subject of a violent beating at the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department which was videoed and shown around the world<span> </span>We won’t recount here the details which led up to the beating, but the acquittal of the LAPD officers led to the 1992 LA riots. During the riots, King appeared on television, pleading with the rioters, “Can’t we just get along?” His question continues to reverberate in any discussion about peace. We’ll examine the many sides to King’s provocative question.</span></b></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">A quartet of familiar faculty faces, <b>Richard Green, Markus Vayandorf, Dean Donne Kampel</b><b> Hal Wicke, </b>chatted for about an hour on an increasingly wide series of virtual non-sequiturs, some of which related to the topic.<br /><br /></span> and</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We circled around some causes of not getting along with the consensus that many people have difficulty setting aside their own points of view. This observation led to a discussion about the inability of some people to have their point of view challenged.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hal offered that the Communication Department is undertaking a campaign to introduce video recording of student speeches for analysis. Richard has used video in his Communication classes for years.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Political savvy was a term raised in Dean Kampel’s workshop. It will be added to the laundry list of topics.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">At Hal’s request, Markus promised to develop an algorithm for gossip.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lightheartedly, we adjourned.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">---</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We always have a great time exploring these issues. So often our daily life never focuses on these Communication issues. If you have something you want us to discuss please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Next time bring a friend. The Communication Club is always an open discussion, limited only by time. Everyone gets a chance to speak. All opinions are welcome. Here is an opportunity for students to challenge professors’ views outside the class without any homework or assignments. You just have to show up and listen and talk if you want.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Hal Wicke</span><br /></span></div> </span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2258287944545139880.post-15637594212046409162010-06-15T08:48:00.000-07:002010-06-15T08:59:51.231-07:00<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;" > <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>The Touro Communication Club Notes - #120 – June 16, 2010</b></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://tourocommunicationclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Tourocommunicationclub.</span><wbr style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >blogspot.com</span></a><br /><b>Contents:</b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> Quotations about “Getting Along”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2.</span> The Upcoming Club program: “Rodney King: Why Can’t We Get Along” Will Be On Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 2 pm in Room 223</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3.</span> Logical Fallacy of the Week # 10 – “Moving the Goal Posts”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">4.</span> A Note to Communicators: “”Why Can’t We Get Along?””</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">5.</span> Upcoming Conversations</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">6.</span> Possible club topics – please add to the list</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">7.</span> What happened last week: “Imagination”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>Five Quotes about Getting Along</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">Maya Angelou, contemporary American author</span><b><u><span style="font-size:18;"></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">Voltaire, 18<sup>th</sup> century French philosopher</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">“If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how.”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;">Friedrich Nietzsche, 19<sup>th</sup> century German philosopher</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Atticus Finch to his daughter, Scout, in “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee (1960)</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>Indira Gandhi, 20<sup>th</sup> century Indian political leader</span><b><u><span style="font-size:18;"></span></u></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span><span style="font-size:10;"><strong> </strong></span></span></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"><strong><br />The Touro Communication Club</strong></span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">2 pm - Wednesday, June 16, 2010– Room 223</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Rodney King: ‘Can’t We Just Get Along?</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">In 1991, Rodney King was the subject of a violent beating at the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department which was videoed and shown around the world<span> </span>We won’t recount here the details which led up to the beating, but the acquittal of the LAPD officers led to the 1992 LA riots. During the riots, King appeared on television, pleading with the rioters, “Can’t we just get along?” His question continues to reverberate in any discussion about peace. We’ll examine the many sides to King’s provocative question.</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;font-size:16;" > </span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><br />Logical Fallacy of the Week #11: “Moving the Goal Posts”</u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:8;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The name of the fallacy comes from a game like soccer or football which has goal posts. In an actual game, it would quite angering if one team decided to change the position of the goal posts. All strategy would change.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span> </span>In another context, you might call this fallacy, “Changing the Deal.” You think you have agreed to one set of circumstances and suddenly you find details of the deal have been changed. You find many people moving the goalposts when it benefits them.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Real estate</b> – A tenant agrees to rent an apartment with a refrigerator and stove. When she arrives, she discovers they are not in the apartment and the landlord denies that they were part of the agreement.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Car sales</b> – You think that you are buying a particular car, but find that only the more expensive model is available. (Also called ‘bait and switch.”) This behavior applies to all sales situations.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Academic classes</b> – Your professor changes the criteria on which you thought you were being evaluated. Perhaps a student argues that the professor gave her an A when the professor’s grade book shows a “B.”</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Relationships – </b>Either the male or female promises his intended that certain things will happen– a fancy car, a fancy vacation, lots of luxuries and blings - and they don’t, some is mighty angry.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>The TV commercial</b> – two children are promised ponies by a male adult; one gets a toy, the other gets a real one. The jilted child feels cheated because the adult changes the deal.</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Product content</b> – the price of the product is kept the same but the amount of the ingredients is decreased</span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">There are dozens of situations in which the deal is changed by a shark preying on the innocent. The greatest tragedy is the loss of trust by the deceived party. Trust is fragile to begin with but naïve trust is brutalized by predators. Its extreme is date rape when the woman has one set of expectations and the male has another.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Strategies </b>– Realize that trust evaporates in the face of betrayal. Sad to say, the reality of our learning curve almost demands some level of betrayal in order to toughen awareness at the risk of instilling a permanent fear. Obviously, you need to read the very small print of every contract. Less obvious, you need to listen closely to what is said by the salesperson or the teacher or the love interest.</span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">.<b><u>A Note to Communicators:<br /><br /></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>“Why People Can’t Get Along”</u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Like so many positive traits, many people believe that imagination belongs to others. “I don’t have an imagination.” “I couldn’t have thought of that.” “He’s so creative – he’s got a good imagination.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Not true. We all possess imagination in different ways and to different degrees. The imagination of artists is easy to acknowledge. But the stereotype of a scientist or engineer is that of an unimaginative drudge. Einstein’s quotes above demonstrate the opposite.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">How do we recognize imagination at work? Imagination depends on context. If the context is repeated without variation, there is no imagination at work.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The solider is trained not to be imaginative. Who wants an imaginative soldier who must follow a given set of orders under fire?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The bureaucrat has a set of procedures to follow. If he does not follow them, chaos ensues. We are all familiar with the imaginative bureaucrats who give incomplete or wrong information.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The assembly line worker is another person who must follow a series of procedures for the product to work. You may remember the famous skit on “I Love Lucy” where Lucille Ball is sorting tomatoes on an assembly line. She starts questioning her decision of which tomato is good or bad, hilarity follows.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Now when the soldier, bureaucrat and assembly line worker is finished with their assignment, they are free to let their imaginations run wild. Unfortunately, the training to follow orders and not think has taken over all the behavior and imagination is snuffed out.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Since imagination is a precious commodity that needs to survive – and thrive, it needs basic rules to be productive. Imagination can begin several ways.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">It can begin with a dream, often a visual picture. The visualization may be vague at the beginning.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">It may be just an impulse – “There’s something wrong here.” “This has got to be better.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">It may appear by serendipitous accident. Some interruption, an accident, a connection between two unlikely elements.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">The genesis of imagination is the easiest phase. Then next phases are more difficult. Here many people quit. A professor, when asked to follow up on an idea he suggested, said, “My responsibility is to suggest ideas. It is for others to follow up on them.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">If you are to be serious about developing your imagination, you must decide to commit to developing the idea. You must set a deadline for completion. As the adage says, “A dream without a deadline is a fantasy.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Using Thomas Edison’s statement, “Invention is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration” as a model, you need to</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Make a selection as to which idea you want to work on to its completion,</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Next, you will spend a period of time brainstorming the range of possibilities. Here your imagination has unfettered liberty. The crazier the possibilities the better.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Gradually, a constellation of ideas begin to coalesce around a central theme or pattern,</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Once the pattern comes into focus, the idea then starts to be refined again and again.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">After many trials, a final outcome becomes frozen and then is presented to the public.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">This is the creative process, the outcome of imagination. For some it happens quickly. For others, it may take time. For still others, the process is never completed because of intervening factors and events or the creator’s fatigue or disillusionment at the process or the direction of the project or for a hundred other reasons.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">At every turn, imagination and the creative process that imagination engenders is fragile. Distractions, discouragement, all kinds of mental, occupational or domestic obstacles delay, dismantle or destroy imagination and the creative process.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Promiscuity is imagination’s enemy. Like a marriage, you must make a commitment to your idea, despite the obstacles. Otherwise, we end up like Marlon Brando in “On the Waterfront,” saying, “I coulda been a contender.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';">UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS:</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" > </span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">June 23, 2010 - “Getting Organized: First Things<span style="color:black;"> First” How</span></span></u></b><b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" > do I prioritize? What rationale do I use? Which system best suits me? How do I measure my improvement? </span></b><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"><span> </span>An invisible part of everyone’s life is being organized. As our lives get busier, we need to be organized. No one starts off being organized. Some learn more quickly than others. The business people are usually ones who are very organized without being overbearing. We’ll try to identify the tricks people employ to keep their lives together. What about distractions? We’ll talk about how increased pressure affects our organization. This should be a very practical session.<br /><br /></span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"> </span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">June 30, 2010 – Emotions: Anger</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">: <span style="color:black;">Fighting Fury</span></span></b><span style=";font-family:Rockwell;color:black;" >; <b>Clues to recognizing triggers of rage whether they are people, places or things and ways to overtake them before they overtake you.</b> </span><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">This is a familiar emotion to all of us. We may recognize it others, but do we recognize it in ourselves? We cannot hope to fully understand this emotion, but we’ll try to discover how many ways the emotion of “anger” manifests itself in ourselves, in others, in the world. With luck, this will be a cool and dispassionate discussion about a very hot topic.<br /><br /></span></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"> </span></b></span></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">What about one of these topics?</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Repetition”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Meaning”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Why Does History Repeat Itself?”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Heroism”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Concentration”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Coping with Adversity”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">Student Poetry showcase</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Empathy”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Connecting the Dots”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">Role play of cynical people</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Cold Calling in Sales</span></b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">”</span></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“He’s Just Not That into You”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"><span> </span>“Money”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Critical Listening Institute: Ravel’s ‘Bolero’”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Criticism – Giving and Receiving”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Logical Fallacies”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Freedom II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Gender Communication II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“SPAR Debate”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Distraction II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Negotiation II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">“Imagination II”</span></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;">And dozens of others!</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Rockwell;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></b></div> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;font-family:arial;"> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><br />Compare the notice of the session with what <i>really</i> happened!</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u>What happened on<span style="letter-spacing: 2pt;"> Wednesday,</span></u></b><b> June 16, 2010?</b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><b><u><span style="color:black;">Imagination</span></u></b></span></div> <div style="border: medium none ; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding: 0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color:black;">Many people limit this human ability to the arts and artists, but everyone has an imagination which can be the springboard for all kinds of enterprises in business and the professions. We’ll talk about what imagination is and can do. If we’re lucky, we’ll even do some imagination exercises.</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Newcomer <b>Nina Davila</b> joined <b>Richard Green, Gena Bardwell, Carlisle Yearwood</b> and<b> Hal Wicke</b> for a short but discursive yet interesting exchange:<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“What is the root of imagination?”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“Image.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“What is image?”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“The game face we put on when we go out into public.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“How we like to think of ourselves.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“I am an entertainer and I am quite conscious of the image I project.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">In their search for approval from an audience, the actor’s persona mixes with that of the character.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“We put on a mask because we are afraid of failing.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Insecure.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“If you are not a B.I.T.C.H., they’ll eat you out.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“Ego doesn’t mean talented.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Compare Joan Rivers and Sandra Bullock.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Meryl Streep as Julia Childs and Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lucille Ball.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Samuel Coleridge</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Imagination at work</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The poem tells you what to do.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The “I” disappears</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">We see in our mind’s eye.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I like what I like.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Where has the story gone?</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The music business has gone down with the reality shows which make money.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The goal of the music business for age 12-18 is to make money</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Making products, not music</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Alicia Keys’ story</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">“We are the World.” You can repeat perfection</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">E.E. Cummings</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The ability to go back and capture an image</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The remainder of the unfocussed discussion focused on food, PowerPoint, T.S. Eliot, among other topics.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The discussion went in an unanticipated direction. We will reschedule the topic to further examine what imagination is.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Professor Yearwood offered to present a program on T.S. Eliot, the American/English poet of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. The Communication Club will inaugurate a new series called, “Faculty Colloquy” with the Eliot program of Professor Yearwood. He has been working on Eliot’s magnum opus, “The Wasteland.”<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gena Bardwell suggested that the Department create a Communication bibliography. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">---</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">We always have a great time exploring these issues. So often our daily life never focuses on these Communication issues. If you have something you want us to discuss please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Next time bring a friend. The Communication Club is always an open discussion, limited only by time. Everyone gets a chance to speak. All opinions are welcome. Here is an opportunity for students to challenge professors’ views outside the class without any homework or assignments. You just have to show up and listen and talk if you want.<br /><br />Hal Wicke<br /></span></div></span>The Touro Communication Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435287771686995548noreply@blogger.com0