Benedictine University

• COM 150-01 (intro to mass. comm.), 1-1:50 p.m., Dawson 220. Same as COM 150 below.
• COMM 207-41 (editing for publication). 1-2:15 p.m. TR, D220
• COMM 337-20 (advanced journalism writing), noon to 12:50 p.m. MWF, D220
• COMM 297-20 (BenU internship)
• COMM 337-20 (beyond reporting), noon-12:50 p.m., D220
• COMM 393-20 (senior portfolio). TBA.

 Springfield College

• COM 150-01 (intro to mass. comm.), 1-1:50 p.m., D220. Same as BenU course COMM 150 above. 
• HUM 223-01 (roots music). 10-10:50 MWF, D220.

Weblogs we visit in class --

Much of the class discussion in my courses is electronic, and I rely on electronic communication to get messages to students when we are snowed out or noteworthy news events take place between classes. Here, for your convenience, are links to a message board and Weblogs (or "blogs") I maintain.

• Teaching B/LOG is both a blog for online student discussion and my teacher's log with posts on the courses I teach and the faculty committee I chair. I'll post questions in class, and you'll discuss them by posting answers in the comments field.
• The Mackerel Wrapper is my weblog on mass media, mass communications theory, advertising, public relations, newspapering and writing in general. Sometimes we'll comment on items in this blog, too.
• Hogfiddle, my other weblog, has posts on the Appalachian dulcimer, folk hymns, traditional music, cultural studies and the arts. Some HUM 221 class discussion posts, too, especially in Spring '07.
• Our message board. Sometimes we post comments to the board in class. I also post copies of midterms and final exams (which are usually take-homes) in case you need to find them in a hurry.

My SCI/Benedictine publications --

• Click here to go to The Sleepy Weasel, SCI's literary magazine. I edit it, and I'm always looking for work from students, faculty and friends of the SCI/Benedictine community.
• Click here to go to Nuts & Bolts, a faculty newsletter on assessment. (standardized testing and other academic quality control measures) that I also edit.

What makes a good newspaperman? The answer is easy. He knows everything. He is aware not only of what goes on in the world today, but his brain is a repository of the wisdom of the ages. He is not only handsome, but he has the physical strength which enables him to perform great feats of energy. He can go for nights on end without sleep. He dresses well and talks with charm. Men admire him; women adore him; tycoons and statesmen are willing to share their secrets with him. He hates lies and meanness and sham, but he keeps his temper. He is loyal to his paper and to what he looks upon as the profession; whether it is a profession, or merely a craft, he resents attempts to debase it. When he dies, a lot of people are sorry, and some of them remember him for several days.

-- Stanley Walker, city editor, New York Herald Tribune, 1924