Oakland Journal Number 16: Winter 2009
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Statement of Purpose
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)Oakland Journal Issue 16 statement of purpose -
Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Presidential Politics in 2008 and 2009
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)In this article, as the title suggests, we will take a brief look back at the 2008 election and consider why it turned out the way it did, and look ahead to 2009 and beyond to consider the prospects for the new Obama ... -
He Dressed the Part
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)He dressed the part of the consummate English professor, but more than that, he lived the part and taught me most of what I know that really matters about what makes great teaching, what is important for students and how ... -
Hello Sociology
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)The story of all success is typically sprinkled with good fortune—being in the right place at the right time or knowing the right people who can help. But prior to being in that right place and time, there has been a ... -
Memoir Construction
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)Advice on writing memoirs, and reflections on the author's own memoir, created as a response to a survey. -
Brushes and Rushes
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)My wife reminds me, whenever I mention my brushes with the famous, that I am “star struck.” It’s her way of keeping me from making too much of myself or parlaying my brief encounters, my space and timeshare with some ... -
Deconstructing Collaboration
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)Corporations acknowledge that products and solutions generated collaboratively are often successful because team players must consider diverse opinions and options from an array of contributors. The reaping of these same ... -
A Teacher’s Reflections on Artistic Intelligence
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)An essay on the relationship between various forms of artistic expression. -
RachThree Rocks Meadowbrook: A Retrospective Review
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)If aesthetic experiences ever come up in a conversation (and they do occasionally), I am ready to recount my greatest one of all. It happened at the Meadowbrook Music Festival, August 30, 1969, and it was hearing and seeing ... -
Cosmology, Doom, and Gloom: Some Copernican, Anthropic, and Malthusian Musings
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)If population growth is unchecked, or not sufficiently checked, there are any number of things that could cause a catastrophic collapse and extinction of the human species. These include (but are not limited to) worldwide ... -
Poems: Olives, Oil, and Bread, On Becoming, Peaceful Complexity, Spicy Spaces
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)Poetry -
In Memorian: Robert G. Hoopes
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)Memorial tribute to Robert G. Hoopes, long time faculty member of the Department of English at Oakland University. -
William F. Buckley’s Dangerous Moment at OU
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)In the early 1970’s, when Vietnam was still raging, as were most of the students, William Buckley, then at the height of the first flush of his fame, came to Oakland University and spoke to a large assemblage in the old ... -
Review of American Cultural Rebels: AvantGarde and Bohemian Artists, Writers, and Musicians from the 1850s though the 1960s
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