Monthly Archives: March 2007

Gonna Make you Sweat

Posted on March 30, 2007 by

The library is upgrading one of the air handlers that affects the Information Commons on Monday and Tuesday, April 2 and 3. Ultimately, this airflow upgrade is expected to improve circulation within the Commons rooms and help with temperature control. … Continue reading →

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Glossy Paper Deficit

Posted on March 28, 2007 by

[Update: We're back in business with all the glossy paper you could ever need.] We’re all out of glossy paper for the poster printer. We’ve ordered more (5 rolls, in fact, so we won’t run out again for the rest … Continue reading →

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College House Film Festival 2007

Posted on March 21, 2007 by

The 2007 College House Student Film Festival is still seeking submissions. There’s a $500 prize, so I’d say it’s worth entering. You can even submit a film that you made for a class in the last calendar year. Maybe you … Continue reading →

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34th Street Cover

Posted on March 16, 2007 by

Our very own Keith McKnight created the cover for this week’s 34th Street insert in the Daily Pennsylvanian. Keith made it in Photoshop, right here in the Digital Media Lab. Congrats, Keith! We have the issue of 34th street, along … Continue reading →

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Lab will be unavailable…

Posted on March 11, 2007 by

Hey guys. We’re holding some classes in the lab over the next couple weeks, so it will be unavailable: Tuesday, 3/13 from noon-2pm Wednesday, 3/14 from 10am-n00n Thursday, 3/15 from noon-1:30pm Tuesday, 3/20 from 1:30pm-3pm Thursday, 3/22 from 3pm-4:30pm Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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Advanced Film/Video class takes on Mashup Contest (5/1/07)

Posted on March 1, 2007 by

Fine Arts faculty member Dr. Nadia Hironaka has assigned creating entries for the Mashup Contest as a spring 2007 extra credit assignment for her Advanced Film/Video students. Students are creating parody trailers for commercial films by editing and/or creating new … Continue reading →

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Cinema Studies and Narrative Studies courses use WIC Seminar Room (5/1/07)

Posted on March 1, 2007 by

After teaching for the past two semesters in the WIC Seminar Room, Dr. Valerie Ross, Director of the Critical Writing Program, summarizes her experience, “The Information Commons is a superb space for collaborative learning. The resources are phenomenal, and the … Continue reading →

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Garage Band and William Burroughs (3/1/07)

Posted on March 1, 2007 by

English faculty member Mara Mills brought her “Sound Studies” class to the Media Lab for a lesson in audio sampling and mixing with GarageBand. Students remixed a cut-up by William Burroughs as part of their unit on the history and … Continue reading →

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More iMovie Workshops

Posted on March 1, 2007 by

The first set of iMovie workshops were so successful that we’ve decided to hold a few more, hoping to meet the demand. You’ll create and edit your own movies, right here in the lab. You’ll be learning to capture video … Continue reading →

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