Cover jinx?
Posted by David Harding
Cover jinx?
Posted by: David Harding (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: August 10, 2007 09:12PM
Land on the cover of CAM [cornellalumnimagazine.com] and look what happens to you [www.news.cornell.edu].
At least we still have the best motto. [www.news.cornell.edu]
At least we still have the best motto. [www.news.cornell.edu]
Re: Cover jinx?
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.nyc.res.rr.com)
Date: August 11, 2007 07:22PM
First a hockey player from RPI, now a dean from us. Poaching assholes.
Re: Cover jinx?
Posted by: ftyuv (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: August 11, 2007 10:27PM
I found this a bit odd from the CAM article:
I bet a couple of you would disagree, but to me, there's something odd and creepy (in the "sigh, the more academics change the more they stay the same" kind of way) in identifying a problem with Cornell being too stuck on its ivory throne, and then turning around and saying the thing you want to improve is the school's status among intelligentsia for contemporary art.
Followed by:
I think that the reality of urban situations, where the competition and the everyday reality and hardship are a little more physical, is maybe not a bad thing--especially in this field. We're not doing theoretical physics here; we're dealing with subjects that are deeply rooted in the world.
Is there a specific area in which you would like AAP to be stronger than it has been in the past?
I would like us to be known as an important intellectual center for the production of contemporary art.
I bet a couple of you would disagree, but to me, there's something odd and creepy (in the "sigh, the more academics change the more they stay the same" kind of way) in identifying a problem with Cornell being too stuck on its ivory throne, and then turning around and saying the thing you want to improve is the school's status among intelligentsia for contemporary art.
Re: Cover jinx?
Posted by: ugarte (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: August 12, 2007 09:17AM
My read is that the first question was about the first A (or maybe the P) and his answer to the second question dealt with the second A.ftyuv
I found this a bit odd from the CAM article:
Followed by:
I think that the reality of urban situations, where the competition and the everyday reality and hardship are a little more physical, is maybe not a bad thing--especially in this field. We're not doing theoretical physics here; we're dealing with subjects that are deeply rooted in the world.
Is there a specific area in which you would like AAP to be stronger than it has been in the past?
I would like us to be known as an important intellectual center for the production of contemporary art.
I bet a couple of you would disagree, but to me, there's something odd and creepy (in the "sigh, the more academics change the more they stay the same" kind of way) in identifying a problem with Cornell being too stuck on its ivory throne, and then turning around and saying the thing you want to improve is the school's status among intelligentsia for contemporary art.
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Re: Cover jinx?
Posted by: ftyuv (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: August 12, 2007 10:15AM
ugarteMy read is that the first question was about the first A (or maybe the P) and his answer to the second question dealt with the second A.ftyuv
I found this a bit odd from the CAM article:
Followed by:
I think that the reality of urban situations, where the competition and the everyday reality and hardship are a little more physical, is maybe not a bad thing--especially in this field. We're not doing theoretical physics here; we're dealing with subjects that are deeply rooted in the world.
Is there a specific area in which you would like AAP to be stronger than it has been in the past?
I would like us to be known as an important intellectual center for the production of contemporary art.
I bet a couple of you would disagree, but to me, there's something odd and creepy (in the "sigh, the more academics change the more they stay the same" kind of way) in identifying a problem with Cornell being too stuck on its ivory throne, and then turning around and saying the thing you want to improve is the school's status among intelligentsia for contemporary art.
I agree that that's what he was probably thinking, but it's still off for me. To identify a problem with the kind of elitist isolation we have, but then not identify that as the thing you want to improve in AAP, is exactly what I'm talking about. Academics make lip service about making their studies relevant to the world at large, but when it comes down to it, their priorities are still focused around being seen as the top dog among fellow elite academics.
Re: Cover jinx?
Posted by: ugarte (38.136.14.---)
Date: August 13, 2007 10:25AM
I suppose that he would disagree and say that contemporary art is not exclusively a snooty ivory tower pursuit.ftyuv
I agree that that's what he was probably thinking, but it's still off for me. To identify a problem with the kind of elitist isolation we have, but then not identify that as the thing you want to improve in AAP, is exactly what I'm talking about. Academics make lip service about making their studies relevant to the world at large, but when it comes down to it, their priorities are still focused around being seen as the top dog among fellow elite academics.
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