Sunday, January 10, 2010

“Philosophy studies broaden RIT experience - Democrat and Chronicle” plus 4 more

“Philosophy studies broaden RIT experience - Democrat and Chronicle” plus 4 more

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Philosophy studies broaden RIT experience - Democrat and Chronicle

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 01:55 AM PST

A laptop computer with a printer is about as high-tech as Brian Schroeder gets in his office at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Schroeder is chairman of a philosophy department that, with 12 full-time faculty members, exposes RIT students to the world of ideas in an institution of higher learning known for its technical expertise.

But with the number of full-time philosophy faculty doubling since Schroeder joined RIT in 2001, philosophy has taken on a higher profile.

Schroeder, 50, who holds a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a doctorate in philosophy from State University of New York at Stony Brook, is also bringing a more global perspective to the department by putting a focus on Italian philosophers.

"Many of these people regularly appear on television, are frequently writing editorials in major newspapers and are interviewed in the news all the time," Schroeder said. "People are really interested in what philosophers have to say about world events."

Italy, he added, is uniquely situated — at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia — to provide a more cross-cultural approach to issues.

Schroeder has teamed up with another member of the philosophy department, Silvia Benso — who happens to be his wife — as co-editors of a State University of New York Press series on contemporary Italian philosophy.

"I think Italian philosophy, exactly because it is capable of processing and filtering influences from various political backgrounds — the French tradition, the German tradition — has a chance in this multicultural, global environment," Benso said.

A native of the Piedmont region of Italy, Benso, 46, earned her doctorate in philosophy at Penn State in 1993 and has been based in the United States since then.

But the research that she and her husband do necessitates strong ties to Benso's homeland.

"We're back quite frequently," Schroeder said, who noted that they spent 15 months on research grants in Italy in 2007 and 2008.

Schroeder and Benso met at a philosophy conference near Florence in 1994. They were married in 1999 and have a 7-year-old son, Erik.

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New hire explains philosophy - Jackson Clarion-Ledger

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 01:55 AM PST

Jackson State offensive coordinator Earnest Wilson will make $75,000 a year while he attempts to retool a unit that scored just 13.9 points a game in 2009 and ranked No. 109 in the Football Championship Subdivision.

The newest addition to the staff held his first interview Friday since being hired Tuesday afternoon and talked all things football. Wilson was relaxed as he cracked jokes and explained his philosophy inside the JSU Student Center.

"We want to run the ball well, throw the ball accurately and threaten with option," Wilson said. "I think we've got to be more of an attacking offense. ... Defense should be backing up. Offense should be attacking."

Wilson brings a long resume that includes internships with the Indianapolis Colts and Minnesota Vikings and a graduate assistant position at Penn State. He said he learned his running game and play-action practices from Joe Paterno and Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz. The passing tendencies will feature "Air Raid" principles developed by former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach and former Kentucky coach Hal Mumme, who Wilson worked under at New Mexico State.

"The bottom line is if you're doing things right and you're fundamentally and technique sound," Wilson said. "And the kids understand what they're doing when they hit the football field. If they don't understand it, you're going to lose.

"I have a high expectation of myself. I'm here to instill that into the young men that I coach - to have a high expectation of themselves."

Wilson said he has poured through tapes of the first three Jackson State games of 2009 and plans to do so for every game. He's impressed at the talent on the team and excited about the youth.

One of the biggest tasks for Wilson, however, will be the development of sophomore quarterback Dedric McDonald and other players at the position. A criticism of former coordinator James Woody was the quarterbacks didn't show much growth during their time at JSU.

"In the future, my quarterback has to have football IQ," said Wilson, who has been impressed with McDonald. "He has to prepare and be able to study. I want him to have a quick release - if you see it, he has to trust what he's seeing. Quick feet and be able to make something out of nothing.

"No matter what offense you have you have to keep the quarterbacks throwing and the running backs running. We have to develop a consistency here."

Some have worried about the fact that Wilson held seven different coaching positions between 1994-2004 before a five-year stint at New Mexico State. Wilson thinks he was able to increase his breadth of knowledge about the entire game by being in several different situations - something that JSU athletic director Bob Braddy also saw as a positive.

"He's a positive guy with extensive work at upper level programs," Braddy said. "He's been tested. He brings a variety of experience from all levels."

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Philosopher and Poet Ronnie Lee Releases His Newest Guidebook for ... - PR-USA.net

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 02:16 AM PST

 Poet and philosopher Ronnie Lee has just released his seventh book, Philosophy: Back to Basics, published by Outskirts Press. Written in his unique form of narrative free verse poetry so appropriate to simplify the subject matter, Lee's newest book offers an insightful philosophy to help anyone live a better life. By helping individuals, the author hopes to help society as a whole.

By exploring the underlying dynamic of power in life, Philosophy: Back to Basics provides a philosophical springboard from which the reader can understand the many different elements of life which are often so confusing. In this comprehensive volume Lee grapples with the underlying truth of politics, business, psychology, religion and spirituality.

The topics of his chapters span from the age old and traditional, such as "Parental Honor" and "Women: the Truth of Love," to the contemporary and problematic, such as "Drugs and Delusion." In his segment on politics, for instance, he explores "Middle East Structure" and "Middle East Dilemmas" in order to help elucidate for his readers the long historical track of upset and commotion in that part of the world.

Philosophy: Back to Basics is the broadest of guidebooks to life and includes discovering the source of sexual attraction and learning the motivation of each gender, acknowledging the purpose and the place of fear in life, and heightening one's sense of spirituality. Not only are the philosophical and the abstract addressed, however, but so too are the practical rigors of life: the dynamics of race relations, wise business practices, the paradox of money.

As with Ronnie Lee's previous works, the message that runs through Philosophy: Back to Basics is that an individual can improve himself by becoming more philosophically aware and by adopting the most encompassing of spiritual outlooks in life, and that by so doing, he improves the society, and therefore the world, as a whole.

ISBN: 978-1-4327-4814-2 Format: 6 x 9 paperback cream SRP: $31.95
Genre: Poetry/General

About the author:

Ronnie Lee is a thirty-eight year old Chinese male who has been writing poetry and philosophy for over nine years. Born in Hong Kong, he emigrated to Portsmouth, England, with his family when he was two. He studied there and in London and now continues to commute back to Hong Kong for his work.

In this, his seventh published book, Ronnie continues to work on his goal of creating a grand, unified and whole theory of philosophy.

For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/philosophybacktobasics.

About Outskirts Press, Inc,: Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.

Observations: Lutz keeps strict philosophy - CharlotteObserver.com

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:34 PM PST

Charlotte coach Bobby Lutz is a stickler on his rule that if a player picks up two fouls early in the first half, he likely will spend the rest of the half on the bench.

Such was the case Saturday night when starters An'Juan Wilderness (two minutes) and Chris Braswell (10 minutes) saw limited action.

On the Bonnies' first possession, Chris Matthews made what appeared to be a 3-pointer - it was signaled as such by the closest official - but more than four minutes later the referees told the official scorer it was a two-pointer. Given the game wasn't televised and no replay available, it's perplexing what forced the change.

Before the game, several St. Bonaventure fans, who had taken seats on the lower level but without tickets for that location, were escorted out of that area.

The Charlotte student section had been heckling them.

Charlotte will take to the road Wednesday to play at Xavier. The 49ers split their two games with the Musketeers last season, with their upset win at home against Xavier the highlight of Charlotte's five conference wins.

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Radical theologian Mary Daly, 81, dies - LoHud.com

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:21 AM PST

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Daly exulted in what she called the "courage to sin."

"The word 'sin' is derived from the Indo-European root 'es-,' meaning 'to be.' When I discovered this etymology," she wrote in a 1996 New Yorker article, "I intuitively understood that for a woman trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, 'to be' in the fullest sense is 'to sin."'

Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Oct. 19, 1928, Daly was the only child of working-class Irish immigrants who encouraged her education. She was aware from an early age of the inequality of the sexes, recalling in the New Yorker story how she burned with "unquenchable" rage at the male classmate who gloated over the fact that he was an altar boy and that she, as a girl, could never "serve Mass."

She earned a bachelor's degree from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y., in 1950 before completing a master's in English at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1952. She wanted to teach theology but Catholic women were not allowed to teach or study theology, so she obtained a doctorate in religion from Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Ind., in 1952.

When the University of Notre Dame refused to admit her to its doctoral program in philosophy — "solely on the basis of my sex," she said — she went to the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, which could not exclude women because it was government-supported. She stayed for seven years and earned doctorates in philosophy and theology.

In 1966, she became the first woman to teach theology at Boston College. But two years later, after gaining prominence as an audacious church critic with the publication of "The Church and the Second Sex," the college gave her a one-year contract, in essence firing her. The decision did not play well in an era of student empowerment: 1,500 people — mostly male students because the college was not yet coeducational — marched in support of Daly.

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