Archive for November, 2010
Columbus State Community College Supports 2 by 2012
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
 |
Columbus State is helping lead the pack in a new city-wide effort to promote bicycling. On a blustery January day about a half dozen staff and students joined a group of bicyclists arriving for the promotion's launch.
The plan was unveiled inside the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. It's called 2 by 2012 — an ambitious concept to encourage central Ohioans to bike two days a month by 2012. Not leisure biking — but biking to work or on errands. Along with Mayor Michael Coleman and other area business leaders, Columbus State President David Harrison was among the first to formally sign to have the college support the plan. Dr. David Harrison, CSCC President: When you consider thousands of students, faculty and staff come to our campus every day, If just a few of them take a day or two a month to ride their bike, that's going to make a big, cumulative impact over time. Avid cyclists such as Rich James already surpass the 2 By 2012 goal. The coordinator in H.R. bikes to work from his home in Clintonville nearly every work day. Rich James, CSCC H.R Coordinator: There's a lot of research that shows the importance of exercising and being active and how that contributes to learning and being productive. So it's just another way of encouraging our students and employees to be highly productive and successful. The 2 by 2012 kickoff was just the start. At least 60 business and employers have signed on so far. And Columbus State isn't stopping with 2 By 2012. Watch for educational opportunities and a biking webpage in coming months that will support the many biking options downtown and around campus. |
Views:
208  0
ratings |
| Time: 01:32 |
More in Education |
GOP Says Committee Will Meet Tuesday To Discuss Senate Bill 5
Monday, November 8th, 2010The Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee plans to meet on Tuesday to continue considering Senate Bill 5, which would restrict collective bargaining for state and local government workers.
www2.nbc4i.com – Govt_politics
CCAD Junior Wins AICUO Sculpture Design Contest
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
2011 AICUO Scultpure Design Contest Winner
Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) junior Caleb Boller is the winner of the 2011 AICUO Sculpture Design Contest. The design contest is hosted by the Association for Independent Colleges & Universities of Ohio (AICUO) as a supplement to the organization’s Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts. The winning design is used to make the awards presented at the awards reception.
For the next step of the Sculpture Design Competition, Caleb will be working with a professional local sculptor (to be announced) to bring his pieces to life. Attend the 2011 AICUO Awards Reception on April 13 for the unveiling of the final sculptures.
Boller is an Industrial Design major and focuses much of his energy on ceramics. Ever since a high school program that he took in his hometown of Roanoke, IN, Caleb has had an interest in all things 3D. A renowned CCAD ceramics instructor, Bill Hunt, drew Caleb to the college. Boller is the recipient of a silver portfolio Scholastics scholarship and a CCAD scholarship.
View more of Caleb’s work on his Coroflot account.
Three CCAD students are nominated for an Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts.
NOTE: this news was first announced in the blog post written for AICUO by Noel Ang, a CCAD senior majoring in Illustration, who is an AICUO intern and art awards coordinator.
Columbus College of Art & Design Blog
Infants on Antibiotics Experience a Big Increase in Their Risk of Developing Asthma
Thursday, November 4th, 2010Even if neither parent had asthma, introducing antibiotics to a child less than six months of age produced a big increase in the risk that he or she would develop asthma five and a half years later. Do antibiotics prevent the establishment of bacteria in our gut that help us recognize good from bad in the outside world and modulate our immune system’s response or do antibiotics nuke our gut microflora dysregulating our immune systems? Read all about it (free online) in "Antibiotic Exposure by 6 Months and Asthma and Allergy at 6 Years: Findings in a Cohort of 1,401 US Children" in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Midday open thread
Thursday, November 4th, 2010-
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) isn’t just standing in solidarity with protesters in Wisconsin, he’s helping to feed them:
Congressman Ellison noted that “the rights of workers to collectively bargain for fair wages and decent working conditions are under assault,” and asked individuals to chip in a few bucks towards pizzas for those camped out at Wisconsin’s state Capitol.
In an incredible show of solidarity and support for Wisconsin’s working families, over 100 individuals contributed. By the end of the week, Congressman Ellison’s campaign raised enough money to purchase 146 pizzas, which were delivered by Ian’s Pizza the afternoon of Friday, February 25.
Ian’s Pizza confirmed that this was their largest order ever. “It was all due to the strong sense of solidarity our supporters have for workers not just in Wisconsin, but around the country,” said Congressman Ellison.
- Two U.S. airmen were shot and killed today in Frankfort, Germany:
Two United States airmen were killed and two injured on Wednesday when a gunman opened fire on an American military bus at the Frankfurt airport, according to American military officials in Europe.
The names of the dead were being withheld pending notification of the families, the officials said.
In Washington, President Obama said he was “saddened and outraged” by the attack. “We will spare no effort in learning how this outrageous act took place,” he said, “and in working with German authorities to ensure that all of the perpetrators are brought to justice.”
- Proving once again that spending cuts have nothing to do with budgetary concerns and everything to do with promoting rightwingnuttery, Rep. Steve King (IA), on why Planned Parenthood needs to be defunded:
“Planned Parenthood,” King said gravely, “is invested in promiscuity.”
- My, my, look who’s acting all journalistickie:
Effective today, March 2nd, Fox News has suspended its contributor arrangements with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, both of whom have signaled possible runs for the president. The suspension is effective for 60 days, then on May 1st their contracts will be terminated unless they notify Fox that they are not running for president.
- Well, if Chris Christie says so:
Chris Christie says he is sure he could win the presidency, though he still insists he will not run in 2012.
- Crappy political environment or not, you can’t play if you’re not in the game:
The Hotline reports Democrats “failed to get a single candidate on the ballot for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, or auditor in Mississippi, after the state’s filing deadline arrived Tuesday.”
- Former Senator Chris “no lobbying, no lobbying” Dodd is now:
… Hollywood’s new chief lobbyist.
The Motion Picture Assn. of America said Tuesday that Dodd will become the new chief executive of the MPAA, the lobbying arm for the main studios that also oversees the film ratings system.
- Heh:
Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel is going to meet his Twitter alter-ego Wednesday to give him a check for ,000.
Emanuel will meet with the author of the fake @MayorEmanuel Twitter account, which became a sensation during Chicago’s mayoral race for its vulgar and almost mythical storyline satirizing the former White House chief of staff. Taking on an almost comic-like storyline, the fake Emanuel went on adventures with former White House adviser David Axelrod, their duck Quaxelrod and their other pet sidekick, Hambone the dog.
Just before the election, Emanuel promised to donate ,000 to the charity of the author’s choice if he came forward.
- Dumb and dumber:
Sarah Palin is hailing conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart as an “invaluable asset” to the movement in a blurb for his new book.
- Skyrocketing health care costs won’t be a problem for this former Blue Cross CEO:
Cleve L. Killingsworth, who abruptly resigned last March as chief executive of the nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, collected .6 million in compensation from the state’s largest health insurer in 2010.
- Mazel tov:
Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ, tackling one of the most controversial issues in Christianity in a new book.
Natalie Jeremijenko: Tuesday, February 23 4:30pm, Wexner Film & Video Theater
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Department of Art at The Ohio State University
Human Rights: Confronting Images and Testimonies March 4-5, 2010
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Human Rights: Confronting Images and Testimonies
March 4-5, 2010
Organized by The OSU Department of English and Department of Art Living Culture Initiative, with the Wexner Center for the Arts
March 4 Thursday
STUDENT FORUM: WITNESSING AUTHORSHIP 1:30-3:00 Denney Hall 311
Students will examine theoretical, ethical, and methodological issues of witnessing as they relate to several contemporary human rights narratives. Presenters include: Cassandra Gamboa, Jen Herman, Annie Mendenhall, Kate Parker, Erika Strandjord, and Julia Voss.
COCO FUSCO: OPENING KEYNOTE 4:00 Wexner Film/Video Theater
Torture, the Feminine Touch:
Exploring Military Interrogation as Interculture Performance
Fusco is a performance artist, writer, and Associate Professor in the Fine Arts Program at the Parsons School for Design.
March 5 Friday
CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM 9:00 Wexner Film/Video Theater
Welcome, Valerie Lee, Interim Vice Provost of Minority Affairs
PANEL #1 QUESTIONS OF EVIDENCE 9:30-11:30
Moderated by Amy Shuman (Professor, English/Folklore OSU)
Andrew Herscher (Professor University of Michigan) will discuss architecture in presentations of atrocity and the visualization of humanity in distress
Sam Gregory (Project Director at WITNESS) will discuss video documentary and new media in the human rights campaigns of Witness Andrea Geyer, Sharon Hayes Ashley Hunt, Artists, will discuss their project Combatant Status Review Tribunals held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo. Amy Horowitz (Jerusalem Project) will discuss music in disputed territory
RATNA KAPUR: KEYNOTE SPEAKER 11:30-12:30
W(h)ither Human Rights: A Critical Reflection. Kapur is the Director of the Centre for Feminist Legal Research in New Delhi; she will examine how the human rights project has been based on assumptions about difference produced partly in and through the colonial encounter.
Lunch Break 12:30-1:30
PANEL #2 NARRATING ATROCITY 1:30-3:30 Moderated by Wendy Hesford (Associate Professor, English OSU)Brenda Brueggemann (Professor, English/Disability Studies OSU) will discuss cinematic representations of disability from a human rights perspective) Carroll Bogert (Associate Director, Human Rights Watch) will discuss the role of testimony and personal narrative in the activist work of Human Rights Watch Amy Shuman (Professor, English/Folklore OSU) will discuss cultures of silence and atrocity narratives in the political asylum process
A PUBLIC READING 4:00-8:00
OSU Thompson Library, West Reading Room
Combatant Status Review Tribunals, pp. 002954–003064: A Public Reading
A collaborative project by David Thorne, Katya Sander, Ashley Hunt, Sharon Hayes, Andrea Geyer is a four-hour public reading of unedited transcripts from 18 Combatant Status Review Tribunals held at the U.S. military prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, between July 2004 and March 2005. A part of the larger collaborative work, 9 Scripts from a Nation at War, which premiered at Documenta 12 in 2007, this performance stages a 118-page excerpt from a massive collection that documents 558 tribunals, all of which were released on the Internet in 2007 by the U.S. Department of Defense in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Conference Wrap-Up 8:00-9:00 (buffet dinner provided)
Sponsored by The OSU College of Arts and Humanities, The Multicultural Center Collaborative Programming Grant, The Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities, The Institute for Women, Gender, and Public Policy, The Mershon Center for Public Policy, Project Narrative, Rhetorical Visions Fund, Center for Folklore Studies, The Department of Women’s Studies, Women in Development, Disability Studies, Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Sexuality Studies, and the Folklore Students Association
Coordinated by Ann Hamilton, Wendy Hesford, and Amy Shuman
If you have questions concerning access, wish to request a sign language interpreter or other accommodations for a disability please contact Amy Shuman at Shuman.1@osu.edu. Early requests are encouraged; a week will generally allow us to provide seamless service
Department of Art at The Ohio State University
A Public Reading: Combatant Status Review Tribunals pp. 002954 – 003064
Monday, November 1st, 2010For Immediate Release
Combatant Status Review Tribunals, pp. 002954 – 003064
A public reading
A part of 9 Scripts from a Nation at War
OSU Thompson Library, West Reading Room
Friday, March 5, 2010, 4 – 8 p.m.
The conference, Human Rights: Confronting Images and Testimonies, at the Wexner Center for the Arts and the Thompson Library on March 4 and 5, presents “Combatant Status Review Tribunals, pp. 002954 – 003064,” a four-hour public reading of fifteen tribunals held at the U.S. military prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, between July 2004 and March 2005. Featured are approximately 110 pages of tribunal transcripts, a small fraction of the material generated by 558 tribunals. This performance is part of the artwork “9 Scripts from a Nation at War” by David Thorne, Katya Sander, Ashley Hunt, Sharon Hayes, and Andrea Geyer.
After the United States Supreme Court ruled in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld that prisoners held at Guantánamo had certain minimal rights, the Department of Defense set up The Combatant Status Review Tribunals, or CSRTs, to provide the appearance of a Habeas Corpus procedure while, in accordance with Article 5 of the Geneva Conventions, allowing detainees to contest their status as “enemy combatants.” During each tribunal, the U.S. government presents unclassified accusations against the detainee, and the accused is then permitted to rebut these specific charges. The detainee is given personal representation but not legitimate legal counsel; he is not allowed to see, or therefore rebut, classified information, and since the bulk of the evidence that provides the basis for “enemy combatant” designation is usually classified, prisoners are effectively kept from making their cases.
The sheer volume of transcripts released on the Internet by the Department of Defense has effectively obscured them from public view. “Combatant Status Review Tribunals, pp. 002954 – 003064” stages an excerpt of these proceedings as a gesture of making these tribunals public, with all their fabrications, inconsistencies, and contradictions.
“Combatant Status Review Tribunals, pp. 002954 – 003064” was originally performed on March 11th, 2007 at Judson Memorial Church in New York presented in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Arts and Politics at the New School, New York.
The reading at OSU is part of the conference: Human Rights: Confronting Images and Testimonies, at the Wexner Center for the Arts on March 4 and 5. The reading will take approximately 4 hours including breaks. Readers in Columbus are Shelia Bock, Patty Cunningham II, Joel Diaz, Joseph Ferguson, Katie Gonzalez, Elaine Householder, Theresa Lee, Lucy Ramos, Cormac Slevin, Danielle Terrance, and Liza Toher.
“9 Scripts from a Nation at War” is a collaborative project developed over the past three years by David Thorne, Katya Sander, Ashley Hunt, Sharon Hayes, and Andrea Geyer.
Ashley Hunt, Sharon Hayes and Andrea Geyer will be at OSU to participate in the conference and will be present for the reading and the discussion that will follow.
Featuring multiple media, “9 Scripts from a Nation at War” responds to the new questions and changed conditions that have arisen since March 2003. The project considers the processes by which we become, are placed into and/or refuse to be certain kinds of “individuals”—artists, soldiers, students, journalists, prisoners, detainees, citizens, Iraqis, Europeans, Americans, and so on.
The reading is organized by the OSU Department of English and Department of Art Living Culture Initiative, with the Wexner Center for the Arts and realized with the support of The OSU College of Arts and Humanities, The Multicultural Center Collaborative Programming Grant, The Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities, The Institute for Women, Gender, and Public Policy, The Mershon Center for Public Policy, Project Narrative, Rhetorical Visions Fund, Center for Folklore Studies, The Department of Women’s Studies, Women in Development, Disability Studies, Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Sexuality Studies, and the Folklore Students Association
If you have questions concerning access, wish to request a sign language interpreter or other accommodations for a disability please contact Amy Shuman at Shuman.1@osu.edu. Early requests are encouraged; a week will generally allow us to provide seamless service .
Department of Art at The Ohio State University