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yes. when you are that removed, picking a piece of s*** "looks shiny" movie is about as hip as you can imagine.

I would bet some stones that avatar wins best picture. The oscars like to seem hip, hence crash winning best picture.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 6, 2010 -> 03:52 PM) Wow. That's pretty rare, I would think. Can I ask a stupid question (sure, I do it all the time!!! ) - did you know your major right away? Was that part of it? I guess I'm fishing here because it seems to me that when I think back to my program, I was geared toward business and finance stuff even my soph. year. Of course, I had to take music, philosophy, etc. And even though I hated philosophy, and the biggest hippie ever taught it, I can clearly understand why that was in the curriculum, looking back. Back then, I thought, WTF am I having to do THIS CRAP for? But it's a way to create critical thought and diversity. well, okay.. let me do the math 0/5 first semester 1/5 second semester *bulls*** j class 1/5 first semester 2/5 second semester 1/4 first 2/5 2/5 1/5 those are all the j classes. Now granted for journalism they might make us take more electives because there are only so many j classes you can take before it's redundant, and one "three hour" course, the newspaper one, has you actually workinga t the paper for 25-40 hrs. a week. So with that, I think they were too inflexible. I would have rather taken a s*** ton more humanities (for writing) and upper level sciences (for logic) than having to deal with sociology and psychology courses. I "minored" in polisci but i didn't even bother to actually put it on my degree b/c who the f*** cares.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Feb 6, 2010 -> 06:31 PM) I was a little young when it went down, but I'm pretty sure the White Sox got the state to pay for most of the stadium then got an awesome lease agreement with them. you are speaking of modern day u.s. cellular field, we are talking about spring training facilities.

after i saw the happening I swore i would never watch another m. knight movie ever again.

QUOTE (beck72 @ Feb 6, 2010 -> 02:39 PM) See post #334. If SD is intent on trading Gonzalez--which is very much implied by the fact that they cannot afford a long term deal like the Twins and Mauer--then the sox can't be overlooked because of KW's history of dealmaking and the sox need for a bat like Agon. So nothing's changed, got it.

i'm glad you bumped this just to let me stare at your sig for hours. By the way what up BDDDDD

Is this renewed "we're gonna trade from Agon" talk coming from any news or just the burning desire to feel like our administration does care about not losing.

2 years of geneds = 50%, then 6/15 hrs electives for 2 years...is probably about 70% if not more.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 6, 2010 -> 03:49 AM) Chicken. But seriously, can you not see what I was trying to get to there? Is it fair to say that you learned a lot of your critical reasoning in the late stages of high school and early college? I understand that "life" teaches you that as well. But purely from a "learning what you don't know" standpoint and the ability to reason through something, I would say that general curriculum helps with that. Maybe, we're saying the same thing, I don't know. I'm not saying that gen-eds are useless, I'm saying that they are overdone. I don't think that they should take up 70% of the education, and really, they do. They are also very inflexible about what you need, when I think ....basically i'm just really pissed I got capped off on econ classes and had to waste 2000.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 6, 2010 -> 01:19 AM) Ok, I buy that... but where or how did you learn it? This is a memoir answer.

and you can make the argument for all of the policies and rulings that have been made as well. The constitution is the basic structure of gov't, it was never to be the end all be all frozen in time moment.

did they say that corporations were people in the federalist papers?

Cormier is a piece of s***, I hope he gets brutally injured and can never play again.

Before you do you should probably re-read the constitution and then realize you are wrong.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Feb 5, 2010 -> 03:28 AM) Go listen to Kicking Television again and then tell me where the band is "pleasant/boring". And then tell where you think Nels sounds "disgusting and Kenny G-esque." kicking television is nearly all songs crafted before they had kenny g at guitar. go to 1:55

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 5, 2010 -> 04:29 AM) The point isn't about what classes you take, it's your ability to adapt and learn something that's not the subject that you're in. The point also is to be able to think critically about a subject you might not be an expert in. bmags, I'll try to use an example. What guides your philosphy on global warming? Should you be guided on some scientific theories you might have learned in some science class, or should you be guided by some journalist who doesn't know a damn thing about it? I'm not mocking you here, I'm trying to ask a question that might make you see why sometimes a BIO1000 or a SCI1000 or whatever might become relevant. A journalist is probably covering the thousands of scientists over decades who have published their work in peer reviewed journals over the subject, whether or not the journalist had bio1000 at some point in his life, he probably learned how to think critically in college. You don't need knowledge in every area to understand flaws. I know how to read reports. I know how to read statistics. It doesn't matter the topic.

this is pretty rich, douchebag senator from a douchebag state doing douchebag policies to get some douchebag projects becomes the democrats fault for completely unrelated reasons.

QUOTE (The Beast @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 11:09 PM) As someone who once was curious about the field of journalism, and believe in what NorthSideSox72 has said, what are you intending to do with your journalism degree? I found out that I hated reporting, designing, taking pictures, deadline pressure among other things. This is why I'm completing a degree in another field. I didn't expect to become such a topic of conversation. First to address NSS, my point is the structure of bachelors degrees are stupidly rigorous. I think it's a terrible idea to require 9 hrs. of social science 9 hours of lab science 9 hours of humanities Why not create a scale system? For instance, I wanted to take as many econ classes as I could because they interest me and would be helpful no matter, but once i hit 3, they were not productive in helping me graduate. I could take them out of curiosity, but curiosity came at a cost of $2000 a semester for another 3 hr. course. So instead I took japanese cinema, because i knew i wouldn't have to go, instead spent my time at the paper working and got 100% because the teacher didn't care. That class was $2000. That was buying GPA. That class made me an "educated person." As for the beast, I loved journalism. I loved working at the paper. I loved the research. I loved finding the question that elicited an answer I didn't expect. I loved finding the question that elicited the answer I needed to have. I hated the story you thought would occur but learned that it was nothing. I loved when the nothing turned into the odd and interesting. And, oddly enough, I hated the writing. I love writing, but it is the absolute final step and you are rushing. The story is everything. However, I will not go into journalism because the structured newsroom they taught me in will not be a reality, copy desks are being eliminated, and the new media is something I don't have a knack for. I don't know what I'll do next, that's why I moved to Brazil. I'm not really worried, I have no doubt I have more ability and curiosity to do well than most everyone who may have chose a more relevant major for whatever job I choose. Business majors were a joke at my school, to me at least. Tex, I get the impression that recently you don't understand how condescending you can come across, so I will tell you that this was condescending. For one, no, before going to a story the editor does not ask, okay, did you ever have bio 1000? You know why? Because if someone thinks they know a damn about biology because they took an entry level class in the course than they are arrogant idiots who will write a terrible story. I knew a lot about education policy and so I covered education. If they needed me to cover a bio story I would and would be effective because I know how to analyze data, and would speak to every relevant person on the subject. And that would be for a quick one up. If an editor picks a journalist to cover a feature on an in-depth biology story because they took bio 101, they should be fired, or at least publicly flayed.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 09:07 PM) When you get out into the full time working world, you will find why this is done. A lot of people end up going into a job that is not exactly what they thought they'd do while an undergrad. Its just what ends up happening. And a field like journalism, where the job market is so bad, that will be amplified. So, its important to get some diverse background while in school. In my view, it makes a ton of sense. If people are too specialized, they play themselves out of too many jobs, and it makes people less able to do something different. Being a journalism major i was already incredibly well rounded. No need to say the difference between me and a college grad was psych 1110 child behavior

QUOTE (The Gooch @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 07:36 PM) I agree that a few general education courses be required. An english course, a speech course, and a math course. If a specific major requires more then a student can take more. There is no reason every student has to take chemistry, biology, geology, art history, , etc. Especially when we have taken a lot of these classes in high school. There is nothing wrong with a semesters worth of general education requirements, but two years worth is just plain ridiculous imo. Exactly, one thing that pissed me off to no end was I had to take 3 extra hours of ANYTHING (meaning 1000 level courses) because I had taken too many journalism classes. I was a journalism major. It was the stupidest s*** I've ever seen.

Damn Mizzou had a hell of a class

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 06:43 AM) I agree with a lot of this is general. Many jobs that require a college degree do not require any particular skills learned in college, but rather, some degree of common sense. Unfortunately, employers often use a college degree as a minimum threshold for common sense, which couldn't be more inaccurate. Very true. GPA doesn't mean much more than, hey this guy/girl is probably a good worker. And that's it. The Bachelors degree really needs to be reformulated. These gen-eds really do need to be toned down.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Feb 3, 2010 -> 10:49 PM) I've never listened to Kenny G, so I wouldn't be able to compare anything to him. I am assuming that you have not heard the band live with Nels, because the shows I've seen with him have been anything but pleasant/boring. I agree on Jay Bennett, Summerteeth is still my favorite album, but if you've seen the movie, its pretty obvious why he got kicked out. I've seen pre nels and post nels and the only difference is the awful nels era's songs I have to listen to. Wooheee he can play a lot of notes.

someone who was lying about what was said.