By Michael Stelzer Jocks, History Faculty. Anyone who knows Peter Stern, knows that he has a way with words. As you can tell from many of his Turtle posts, and as many of his coworkers would readily admit, Peter can be quite loquacious. But, that does not mean Peter is not wisely pithy when it […]
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Thus Spake Peter Stern.
Posted: December 23, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: History Faculty, Humor, Michael Stelzer Jocks, Paul Gaszak, Peter Stern
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Six Degrees of Peter Stern
Posted: April 15, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: Hannah Arendt, Michael Stelzer Jocks, Peter Stern, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Six Degrees of Separation
By Michael Stelzer Jocks, History Faculty. I’m sure you have all heard of “Six-Degrees of Kevin Bacon.” That is the game in which you attempt to connect Kevin Bacon to any other actor in Hollywood history. Six Degrees of Bacon posits that the Footloose star has been in so many movies, that every actor is […]
THE 5,000 POUND GORILLA
Posted: April 6, 2015 in UncategorizedTags: Chicago, Chicago Mayoral Race, Jesus Garcia, Peter Stern, Rahm Emanuel
By Peter Stern, Philosophy Faculty. This year’s mayoral election must be one of Chicago’s strangest with but one more day left. What’s so strange? Well, we’re having our first run off in a long time, though most experts felt the incumbent would easily win in the first round. Obviously they were wrong. Also strange is […]
RAHM BOMBS
Posted: March 2, 2015 in UncategorizedTags: Chicago, Peter Stern, Philosophy Faculty, politics, Rahm Emanuel
By Peter Stern, Philosophy Faculty. Rahm’s bombs fail to hit their intended target–the four challengers running to unseat him and become the next mayor of Chicago. Instead they hit Rahm himself causing considerable damage to his carefully crafted image while significantly enhancing the fortunes of Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Rahm’s most formidable opponent. Thus the obvious […]
“Put Down Your Smart Phones – Please!”
Posted: February 24, 2015 in UncategorizedTags: Cossacks, Education, Ellen Mannos, Michael Stelzer Jocks, Peter Stern, Socrates, technology
By Ellen Mannos, Career Management Faculty/Curriculum Chair. Dear Students, In ancient Greek times, learning existed in the streets of Piraeus where you would have found Socrates roaming around encouraging youthful inquiring minds to think, question and argue. A more modern day version of this collective gathering would have existed, for example, during the 60’s and […]
A New Project for a New Course.
Posted: May 20, 2014 in UncategorizedTags: Composite Faces, Google Earth, History Faculty, Michael Stelzer Jocks, Race, Teaching
By Michael Stelzer Jocks, History Faculty. Summer 1 quarter is my time off from teaching. But, as my esteemed colleague Peter Stern stated in his Turtle profile, “teaching is what life’s all about. Everyone’s on this great green globe to teach and learn and/or to learn and teach.” Or, perhaps to put it another way: You can […]
Don’t Rush Your New Year’s Resolutions
Posted: January 10, 2014 in UncategorizedTags: free will, New Year's Resolutions, Peter Stern, Philosophy Faculty, Resolutions
By Peter Stern, Philosophy Faculty Don’t! Don’t rush into writing out your New Year’s Resolutions just yet–and it’s already January the 10th. That’s right: don’t rush into this annual very momentous occasion. For writing resolutions ain’t that easy. Not if you really take doing resolutions seriously. And if you don’t, why do it at all, […]
My Life in Sports.
Posted: December 16, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: Peter Stern, Philosophy Faculty, Sports, YMCA
By Peter Stern, Philosophy Faculty. My life in sports! Where to begin? “Begin at the beginning,” you marvelously faithful Turtles intone to yourselves in unison, despite all manner of post and even pre modern distractions. OK, sure. But not so fast. Don’t you see: there’s a rub here. For where exactly is the beginning? Who […]
The Flâneur's Turtle 