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Updated
2/22 Yoga readings revised
2/26 Week 10 schedule revised
2/29 Evaluation templates posted in week 10
ALL WRITING ASSIGNMENTS AVAILABLE HERE. You should run out these assignments and keep them with you.
DUE: every day Morning Pages
Fall Quarter week-by-week schedule still available.
WINTER QUARTER
WEEKS: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Week 1 (January 7)
| Lectio
In Class: Self evaluation (see evaluation handout) and Academic Advising form.
Bennett, Uncommon Reader
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Yoga
(room change: meets in CRC 316)
Arrive on time. Wear comfortable clothes. Read the page on yoga paying close attention to equipment matters. Always do the yoga readings (check here closer to the beginning of the quarter) before coming to class.
Reading: All readings for the quarter available here. Make a copy for future reference. For today:
30 Essential Yoga Poses, pp. 55-65
Light on Life: Preface and Introduction pp. ix – xxii |
| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Program business
Form groups |
Seminar
Bennett, Uncommon Reader |
Week 2 (January 14)
Lectio
Duncan, God Laughs & Plays
DUE: Mind Map |
Yoga
Reading: 30 Essential Yoga Poses, pp. 31-35
Light on Life: Chapter 1 pp. 3- 19
DUE at 8:30 AM: Answers to questions |
| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Style: Lesson 7 (now is your chance to expurgate “very” from your writing—now or never); Artful Sentences: Chapter 5
Guest: David Wolach |
Seminar
Duncan, God Laughs & Plays |
Week 3 (January 21)
Campus Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no class)
Lectio
Buber, pp. 17-19, 41-46 (plus the commentary on pp. 9-10), 54-61
Cayley/Illich, chs. 8, 9, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22.
Hoinacki, ch. 1, 6, 12.
Full list of readings here.
DUE: Mind Map |
Yoga
Reading: 30 Essential Yoga Poses, pp. 179-183 and, 191-193
Light on Life: Chapter 2 pp. 21-64
DUE at 8:30 AM: Plagiarize This! |
| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Style: Lesson 8; Artful Sentences: Chapters 6-10, 12 |
Seminar
Buber, pp. 17-19, 41-46 (plus the commentary on pp. 9-10), 54-61
Cayley/Illich, chs. 8, 9, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22.
Hoinacki, ch. 1, 6, 12.
Full list of readings here.
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Week 4 (January 28)
Lectio
Goebel, Torture the Artist
DUE: Mind Map |
Yoga
Reading: 30 Essential Yoga Poses, pp. 79-83 and pp. 85-89
Light on Life: Chapter 3 pp. 65-105
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| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Style: Lesson 9; Artful Sentences: Chapter 14 |
Seminar
Goebel, Torture the Artist |
Week 5 (February 4)
DUE: Mid-quarter self evaluation.
MONDAY: Portfolio review. Use portfolio review checklist to prepare your portfolio and to review three colleagues' portfolios.
| Lectio
Presentations |
Yoga
Reading: 30 Essential Yoga Poses, pp. 103-107
Light on Life: Chapter 4 pp. 107-146
DUE at 8:30 AM: Mid-quarter self evaluation. See evaluation handout.
DUE at 8:30 AM: Writing assignment modeled after Duncan. |
| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Presentations |
Seminar
Presentations |
Week 6 (February 11)
Lectio
McCarthy, The Road
DUE: Mind Map
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Yoga
Reading: 30 Essential Yoga Poses, pp. 115- 119
Light on Life: Chapter 5 pp. 147-186
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Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Style: Lesson 10-11; Artful Sentences: Chapter 13 |
Seminar
McCarthy, The Road |
Week 7 (February 18)
Campus Holiday: Presidents' Day (no class)
Lectio
Rosen, "Virtual friendship...," "Are we worthy of our kitchens?," "Romance in the information age," "The age of ego-casting"
DUE: Mind Map |
Yoga
Reading: 30 Essential Yoga Poses, pp. 127-131
Light on Life: Chapter 6 pp. 187-225
DUE at 8:30 AM: Writing assignment modeled after Duncan. |
Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Style: Lesson 12 |
Seminar
Rosen, "Virtual friendship...," "Are we worthy of our kitchens?," "Romance in the information age," "The age of ego-casting" |
Week 8 (February 25)
DUE: Final self evaluation available for peer review. See evaluation handout.
Lectio
Doctorow, Billy Bathgate
DUE: Mind Map |
Yoga
Reading: 30 Essential Yoga Poses, pp. 139-143 and pp. 145-149
Light on Life: Chapter 6 pp. 187-225
DUE at 8:30 AM: Final Projects to faculty
DUE at 8:30 AM: Editorial letter. See writing assignments. |
Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Style: Appendix on punctuation |
Seminar
Doctorow, Billy Bathgate |
Week 9 (March 3)
DUE: Final self evaluation to faculty: (1) hard copy along with colleague reviews and (2) email as attachment (make sure the attachment is compatible with MS-Word, i.e., that the file has a .doc suffix). See evaluation handout,
Lectio
Harmon, "Cancer free at 33"
Taubes, "Do we really know what makes us healthy?"
Hall, "Small and thin" (handout)
DUE: Mind Map |
Yoga
Reading: 30 Essential Yoga Poses, pp. 151-155 and pp. 169 – 173
Light on Life: Chapter 7 pp. 227-266
Light on Life: Asanas for Emotional Stability (reference) pp. 267-270
DUE at 8:30 AM: Self evaluation, hard copy; send an e-copy to your seminar leader before this time.
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| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
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Seminar
Harmon, "Cancer free at 33"
Taubes, "Do we really know what makes us healthy?"
Hall, "Small and thin" (handout) |
Week 10 (March 10)
PORTFOLIO REVIEW this week.
Faculty may return comments on self evaluations by Monday.
DUE: Final self evaluation due at your evaluation conference. See evaluation handout.
MONDAY.
11 AM - 1 PM Portfolio Review
Week 10 portfolio review checklist
12 noon - 3 PM
Optional Final Presentations to the Program: See Will Rockwell for a time slot. Tell him how much time you need. He will schedule people as time allows.
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Yoga
Light on Life: Chapter 7 pp. 227-266
Light on Life: Asanas for Emotional Stability (reference) pp. 267-270
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| 3:30 - 5:30 PM Evaluations |
10:00 AM - Closing time in CRC 316 (Kumbaya)
Evaluations: scheduled with your seminar leader. Please be sure to review the faculty's evaluation template:
Template for students continuing from fall
Template for students new in winter |
Fall Quarter
WEEKS: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Week 1 (September 24)
| Lectio
Program Introductions
Buber, Meetings, "The Horse" and "Books and Men"
Cayley, Rivers North, chs. 10 (School), 11 (Friendship), 13 (Age of Systems), 22 (Gratuity) See note on readings.
In Class: Self evaluation (see evaluation handout) and Academic Advising form
Handout: Solnit, "Finding Time"
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Yoga
Arrive on time. Wear compfortable clothes. Read the page on yoga paying close attention to equipment matters. Always do the yoga readings (complete list available here) before coming to class.
Reading:
30 Essential Poses, pp. 1-12 |
| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Program business
Form groups |
Seminar
Buber, Meetings, "The Horse" and "Books and Men"
Cayley, Rivers North, chs. 10 (School), 11 (Friendship), 13 (Age of Systems), 22 (Gratuity) See note on readings and check back here later for files.
Hoinacki, Dying is not Death, READ ONLY TWO of chs. 2 (An afternoon's gift), 4 (Jerry in the Evening), and 11 (To encircle death). |
Week 2 (October 1)
| Lectio
Lethem, “The Ecstasy of Influence” and follow-up letters.
Sontag, “Against Interpretation.”
Riding, “Read It?”
DUE: Mind Map |
Yoga
Reading:
30 Essential Poses, pp. 195-198 and beyond (for reference)
Living Your Yoga, pp. xv-xxv
DUE at 8:30 AM: First paragraph assignment.
DUE at 8:30 AM: Answers to questions |
| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Sara on Style and Artful Sentences
Chris Mercogliano, director of the Albany Free School and author of In Defense of Childhood.
Reading: "Children: An Endangered Species?"
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Seminar
Lethem,"The Ecstasy of Influence" and follow-up letters.
Sontag, “Against Interpretation."
Riding, “Read It?”
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Week 3 (October 8)
| Lectio
Wolff, Old School.
DUE: Mind Map
“The Yes Men” (Video) |
Yoga
Reading:
30 Essential Poses, Mountain Pose pp. 13-17, Tree Pose, pp. 19-23
Living Your Yoga, Ch. 1 Spiritual Seeking, Ch. 2 Discipline
DUE at 8:30 AM: Plagiarize This assignment. |
| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Style lessons 1-4, p. 3-73; Artful Sentences Chapter 1, pp. 9-34 |
Seminar
Wolff, Old School. |
Week 4 (October 15)
| Lectio
Lapham, “Notebook”
Metcalf, “On Simple Human Decency”
Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”
DUE: Mind Map |
Yoga
Reading:
30 Essential Poses, Reclining Leg Stretch Pose pp. 163-167, Child’s Pose, pp. 175-177, Basic Relaxation Pose pp. 185-190
Living Your Yoga, Ch 3 Letting Go, Ch. 4 Self Judgment
DUE at 8:30 AM: First entries in Writing Rules Peer Group Competition |
| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Style lesson 5, pp. 74-90; Artful Sentences Chapters 2-5, pp. 37-122 |
Seminar
Lapham, “Notebook”
Metcalf, “On Simple Human Decency”
Orwell, “Politics and the English Language” |
Week 5 (October 22)
DUE: Mid-quarter self evaluation.
MONDAY: Portfolio review. Use portfolio review checklist to prepare your portfolio and to review three colleagues' portfolios.
| Lectio
Presentations |
Yoga
Reading:
30 Essential Poses, Downward Facing Dog, pp. 67-71, Warrior 1 pp. 37-41
Living Your Yoga, Ch. 5 Faith, Ch. 6 Perspective, Ch. 7 Courage
DUE at 8:30 AM: Mid-quarter self evaluation. See evaluation handout.
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| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Presentations
Sara's sentences |
Seminar
Presentations |
Week 6 (October 29)
| Lectio
Cayley, Rivers North, ch. 1 (Gospel), ch. 2 (Mysterium), chs. 3 & 4 (Contingency), and chs 18 (Tools to Systems) & 19 (Embodiment...)
Illich, “Philosophy … artifacts… friendship,” plus the glossary.
Hoinacki, Dying is Not Death, ch. 3 ("Dying is not death") pp. 33-66 and ch. 7 ("The moral beauty of no"), pp. 121-140.
DUE: Mind Map
DUE (noon): Yoga Questionnaire, two copies via email or printed (see instructions).
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Yoga
Reading:
30 Essential Poses,Warrior 2 pp. 43-47, Extended Side Angle Stretch, pp. 49-53
Living Your Yoga, Ch. 8 Compassion, Ch. 9 Control, Ch. 10 Fear
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Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Style lessons 6-7, pp. 91-130; Artful Sentences Chapters 6-7, pp. 125-153
“Disrobing the Emperor,” video about Gustavo Esteva
Sara's sentences |
Seminar
Cayley, Rivers North, ch. 1 (Gospel), ch. 2 (Mysterium), chs. 3 & 4 (Contingency), and chs 18 (Tools to Systems) & 19 (Embodiment...)
Illich, “Philosophy … artifacts… friendship.”
Hoinacki, Dying is Not Death, ch. 3 ("Dying is not death") pp. 33-66 and ch. 7 ("The moral beauty of no"), pp. 121-140.
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Week 7 (November 5)
| Lectio
Manning, “The Oil We Eat” (download .pdf file: 4MB or get it from TESC library)
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Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma
OR
Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
DUE: Mind Map |
Yoga
Reading:
30 Essential Poses, Triangle pp. 25-29, Standing Forward Bend, pp. 73-77
Living Your Yoga, Ch. 11 Patience, Ch. 12 Attachment and Aversion, Ch. 13 Suffering
DUE at 8:30 AM: Different Times/Different Places assignment (hard copy, with all attachments, and an e-copy to your seminar leader)
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Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Bill on program pedagogy, "Paying attention"
Style lesson 8, pp. 131-159; Artful Sentences, Chapter 8, pp. 155-169
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Seminar
Manning, “The Oil We Eat”
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Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma
OR
Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle |
Week 8 (November 12)
DUE: Final self evaluation available for peer review. See evaluation handout.
| Lectio
Greenberg, “Manufacturing Depression”
Solnit, “The Uses of Disaster”
DUE: Mind Map |
Yoga
Reading:
30 Essential Poses, Lunge Pose, pp. 91-95, Cobra pp. 97-101, Bridge pp. 109-113
Living Your Yoga, Ch. 14 Impermanence, Ch. 15 Greed, Ch. 16 Service
DUE at 8:30 AM: Final Projects to faculty
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Tuesday All-Program Meeting
Bill on "Adequatio"
Style lesson 9, pp. 131-159; Artful Sentences Chapter 9, pp. 171-187
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Seminar
Greenberg, “Manufacturing Depression”
Solnit, “The Uses of Disaster” |
THANKSGIVING BREAK: No classes November 19-23.
Week 9 (November 26)
DUE: Final self evaluation to faculty: (1) hard copy along with colleague reviews and (2) email as attachment (make sure the attachment is compatible with MS-Word, i.e., that the file has a .doc suffix).
| Lectio
White, “The Ecology of Work” & “The Idols of Environmentalism”
Lewis-Kraus, “The World in Three Aisles”
Solnit, "Finding Time"
DUE: Mind Map
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Yoga
Reading:
30 Essential Poses, Bound Ankle Pose, pp. 157-161, Simple Seated Twist pp. 133-137
Living Your Yoga, Ch. 17 Connection, Ch. 18 Truth, Ch. 19 Success
DUE at 8:30 AM: Self evaluation, hard copy; send an e-copy to your seminar leader before this time.
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| Tuesday All-Program Meeting
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Seminar
White, “The Ecology of Work” & “The Idols of Environmentalism”
Lewis-Kraus, “The World in Three Aisles”
Solnit, "Finding Time"
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Week 10 (December 3)
PORTFOLIO REVIEW this week.
Faculty may return comments on self evaluations by Monday.
DUE: Final self evaluation due at your evaluation conference.
MONDAY, no meeting, prepare your portfolio.
| 12 noon - 3 PM PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Week 10 portfolio review checklist |
Yoga
Reading:
30 Essential Poses, Elevated Legs up the Wall, pp. 121-125
Living Your Yoga, Ch. 20 Nonviolence, Ch. 21 Love
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| 3:30 - 5:30 PM Presentations of paragraph from independent project and your description of the project from your self evaluation. See the independent project page.
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10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Presentations of paragraph from independent project and your description of the project from your self evaluation. See the independent project page.
Evaluations: scheduled with your seminar leader. Please be sure to review the faculty's final evaluation template.
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