LIKE MEDIA STUDIES? LIKE HIP HOP?
Then Monday just might be your lucky day...

"Dig This: Distinction within Hip Hop DJ Culture"

Lecture by Michael Barnes
Candidate in Media Studies & Sociology

Monday, November 27
4:15 pm, Hahn 108

Barnes might be hired at Pomona, depending on how students and faculty feel about this lecture... so please come and give your feedback. Your opinion will help determine whether or not he will teach here!!

We're hiring a new Media Studies / Sociology professor, and the first candidate is coming to campus TOMORROW! Come hear his job talk:

"Exploding the Myth of the Black Rapist: Racial Formation and Collective Memory from the Anti-Lynching Movement to the Scottsboro Nine"

Dr. Jonathan Markovitz
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego

Monday, November 6
4:15 p.m., Carnegie 107

I'm on the committee for hiring a new Media Studies prof, and we really need to get student feedback when the candidates visit campus. Please attend the first lecture in the series! Details below...

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THIS YEAR, POMONA COLLEGE IS HIRING A NEW PROFESSOR IN MEDIA STUDIES & SOCIOLOGY. THREE CANDIDATES WILL BE VISITING CAMPUS DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

YOUR OPINION COULD HELP DETERMINE WHO GETS HIRED!!!

THE FIRST CANDIDATE VISITING CAMPUS IS:

Dr. Jonathan Markovitz
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego

Lecture: "Exploding the Myth of the Black Rapist: Racial Formation and Collective Memory from the Anti-Lynching Movement to the Scottsboro Nine"

For tomorrow's discussion, the presenting group (Caitlin, Cristina and myself) is bringing wine and cheese/crackers for everyone to munch on. There will also be a non-alcoholic option for people who don't wish to drink our cheap wine. Anyway, point being... everyone should try to remember to bring $2 or $3 to help pay for it, please!! I promise some wine and munchies will enhance everyone's experience, although our presentation will also be intriguing and wonderful.

Ok, thanks... see you tomorrow night and enjoy finishing Hamlet on the Holodeck (especially Section 4!)

Something some people might have interest in that I saw... GUSTER and the LEE VEES will be playing and it's a great opportunity to due some community service without too big of a commitment.

-Just for a Day is happening November 12th. Join 1000 Students in LA for a day of community service and a night of sweet tunes by GUSTER and the LEE VEES! Everyone is welcome so tell all of your friends! Sign up at: http://www.justforaday.org/ also check out: http://groups.myspace.com/lahillelalumni and JFADs facebook group! Want more information? How about a free lunch? Wednesday (10/25) one of the organizers for Just for a Day (JFAD) will be speaking at a luncheon at McAlister Center (noon-1). Come find out more information, eat some good food (veggie and vegan options available), and find out how you can win an ipod shuffle! RSVP to LISAS@CUC.CLAREMONT.EDU!

Come to our discussion TONIGHT...
South Meeting Room in Scripps Dining Hall,
6:00 pm. Everyone is welcome.

We'll be talking about FCC deregulation and other topics relating to media legislation. Come to voice your opinions, figure out how to raise awareness about these issues around the 5Cs, or just to learn more. Here's some info from http://www.stopbigmedia.com:

"The Federal Communications Commission is once again taking up the issue of media ownership and deciding how media ownership rules should be changed. As FCC Commissioner Michael Copps has warned: 'They screwed it up once. Believe me, they're 100 percent capable of screwing it up again.' That's why it's crucial for the public to weigh in now. Here's what's at stake:

I'm hoping I'll be able to make it to at least one of these... I've heard the movie is life-changing, and Merion Estes' work is absolutely beautiful. Be sure to visit the websites if you have a chance.

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MEET THE ARTIST

A Sea of Possibilities: Paintings by Merion Estes 1971 to 2006

http://www.merionestes.com/
http://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/

Wednesday, October 4 at 4:15 p.m.
Pomona College Museum of Art

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FILM SCREENING

Who Killed the Electric Car?
USA, 2006, 92 min

http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/

OK, so this isn't really media related... but BEN HARPER will be there performing and it's a really good cause if anyone can make it. There are free buses there and back.

TODAY AT 4:30 PM THERE WILL BE A RALLY FOR IMMIGRANT WORKERS' RIGHTS. HERE IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE EVENT. We're meeting at 10th and Columbia in front of Scripps Admission at 2:30. Please bring yourself and whoever else is willing to rally for this cause!

Join us on September 28th as immigrant workers begin a new stage of the immigrant rights movement by demanding that the hotels along Century Corridor provide good jobs that pay living wages and allow immigrant workers to rise out of poverty. Our march on Century Blvd. will culminate in hundreds of immigrants, workers, community members, clergy, students and other activists protesting in one of the largest acts of non-violent civil disobedience in the history of Los Angeles.

It's tomorrow night!! Don't forget...

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Media Studies Fall Fete: Karaoke Under the Sky
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 5:30-8:30pm

Fountain Patio, Smith Campus Center

Join IMS students, faculty and staff to sing karaoke, eat snacks, win prizes and discuss the new Intercollegiate Media Studies major.

For a list of the karaoke songs that will be available, visit http://www.karaokeforyourparty.com/losang/songlist.htm (15,000 songs).

Prof. Larsen in Russian Studies has asked me to tell people about this talk, and since it relates to Media Studies, I figured that the blog would be a good place to start...

CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND THE SOVIETS

A presentation by Yuri Tsivian (William Colvin Professor in the Humanities, University of Chicago)

Tuesday, September 26, 4:15 pm, Hahn 108

This lecture will address the reception of Charlie Chaplin as image and idea by Soviet artists and filmmakers in the 1920s; Soviet perceptions of Chaplin as a "Taylorist" performer; and Soviet attributions of at least one film to Chaplin that Chaplin never made. This is the first in a series on "Borrowed Icons: Pop Culture and Cultural Politics in Russia, Europe, and the United States."