October 23, 2015 Identifying Rape Culture: Feminist and Queer Analysis of Media Messages

 Brad Gangnon, Faculty in Communications, presenting:

Identifying Rape Culture: Feminist and Queer Analysis of Media Messages 

This presentation offers a clear definition of American rape culture and offers two analytical tools (feminism and queer theory) to help students recognize and reject sexual violence in memes, music videos, television, and movies. The presentation includes images and video clips connecting mainstream American culture to a culture of sexual violence and rape. 

October 9, 2015 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Minnesota and Their Growing Impact on the Environment

 

 

 

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in Minnesota and Their Growing Impact on the Environment

 

Presenters: Sonja Trom Eayrs & Brian Wolff

 

Sonja Trom Eayrs is an attorney with the law firm of Lindquist & Vennum LLP in Minneapolis.  Sonja grew up on a farm in Dodge County in southeastern Minnesota.  Following installation of the 11^th swine feedlot in a 3-mile radius of the Trom family farm, the Trom family said enough!  Sonja’s parents filed a lawsuit against Dodge County and the feedlot operator.  The Trom family has been at ground zero of Minnesota’s groundwater crisis for the past year.  Sonja has gained extensive knowledge and information regarding industrial agriculture, the easy permitting of feedlots, and the detrimental effects on the environment.  Come and learn about Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) – the  facts, the regulatory framework and concerns for Minnesota residents. 

 

Brian Wolff is a biology instructor at Normandale and an environmental biologist interested in agriculturally-driven environmental problems.

October 2, 2015 Under the Influence: Modernism and Dada. James Joyce's Influence on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Writing; Dada's Influence on the Writing of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Friday, October 2, 2015, from noon-12:50 p.m. in C-1016, a colloquium will be presented by Dan Darling and Patrick O’Donnell, faculty in English, on the following topic:

Under the Influence: Modernism and Dada. James Joyce's influence on F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing; Dada's influence on the writing of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

The course of Modernism was influenced by many diverse forces both literary and artistic.  Dadaism was one of those formative forces that broke new ground in Modernism and paved the way for many innovations in literature and the visual arts, particularly the writing of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Likewise, there are parallels between James Joyce and F. Scott Fitzgerald that were seminal influences on Modernism as well as on their individual creative works.