tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70617710206037259702011-07-26T13:49:12.842-04:00A blog of events, issues, and ideas dealing with the subject of war and the 2008-2009 First Year Book, <br> "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning," by Chris HedgesFirst Year Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226159741036498525noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061771020603725970.post-48551623796809506182008-12-03T10:50:00.002-05:002008-12-03T10:51:26.619-05:00Stay tuned for more exciting First Year Book events after the break! Use the comments to suggest an idea for an event.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7061771020603725970-4855162379680950618?l=firstyearbook.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>First Year Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226159741036498525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061771020603725970.post-85805546828395704292008-11-11T10:13:00.000-05:002008-11-19T10:15:17.407-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nsexCQgWe2A/SSQtfnzpG2I/AAAAAAAAADo/NBukuYkLxJk/s1600-h/noend.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nsexCQgWe2A/SSQtfnzpG2I/AAAAAAAAADo/NBukuYkLxJk/s320/noend.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270387485215103842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:arial;" >November 18 at 8pm Hoff Theater, STAMP - FREE Admission</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Take time to think about the following questions:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">What does it mean to believe in something so much that you are willing to lay your career on the line, your life on the line?<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">What happens when you find out that you’re wrong?<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">What obligation do you have to speak out?<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Did the people in the film do enough or should they have done more?<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">What would <span style="font-style: italic;">you </span>do?</span></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7061771020603725970-8580554682839570429?l=firstyearbook.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>First Year Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226159741036498525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061771020603725970.post-21658847598328878402008-10-30T08:47:00.005-04:002008-11-03T09:13:42.868-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nsexCQgWe2A/SQ8HEKb5nKI/AAAAAAAAADY/cXgYCYRICDw/s1600-h/hedges2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nsexCQgWe2A/SQ8HEKb5nKI/AAAAAAAAADY/cXgYCYRICDw/s320/hedges2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264434257521646754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:arial;" >October 29 at 4pm Colony Ballroom - STAMP<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Were you at the lecture Wednesday afternoon? What are your thoughts on the lecture? What most surprised you? What questions would you like to have asked Hedges?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7061771020603725970-2165884759832887840?l=firstyearbook.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>First Year Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226159741036498525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061771020603725970.post-59960336334609098222008-10-06T08:00:00.007-04:002008-10-21T09:02:32.490-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://firstyearbook.umd.edu/warisaforce/images/redacted.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 163px;" src="http://firstyearbook.umd.edu/warisaforce/images/redacted.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>October 22 at 7pm Hoff Theater, STAMP</strong></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong> - FREE Admission<br /><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Premiered at the 2007 Venice Film Festival, where it earned a Silver Lion "best director" award. Based on the Mahmudiyah killings, the gang-rape, murder, and burning of Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi, a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in March 2006 by U.S. soldiers who also killed her parents and her younger sister, the film is a montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of media covering the war.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">Selected readings:</span><br /></span><ul style="font-family:arial;"><li>From Hedges' <span style="font-style: italic;">War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning</span> - Introduction and Chapter 4: The Seduction of Battle and Perversion of War.<br /></li><li>From The New Yorker - "Annals of War: exposure: Behind the Camera at Abu Ghraib," 3.24.2008. </li></ul><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">Questions to think about:</span><br /></span><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>Once we know the truth, what is the value of war and the worth of all its tragedies?</li></ul> <ul style="font-family: arial;"><li> Why does one document the war?</li><br /><li> What does the lens of media filter out?</li><br /><li> Why is the spiritual damage to those who experience war generally downplayed?</li><br /><li> What is heroism?</li></ul><object width="249" height="230"><param name="movie" value="http://www.redactedmovie.com/clip1.swf"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.redactedmovie.com/clip1.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="249" height="230"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7061771020603725970-5996033633460909822?l=firstyearbook.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>First Year Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226159741036498525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061771020603725970.post-10601887749668868232008-09-23T08:44:00.002-04:002008-10-06T08:25:52.909-04:00<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nsexCQgWe2A/SNjk6I7pJrI/AAAAAAAAACI/g0dGnKqIvbw/s1600-h/fogofwar.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nsexCQgWe2A/SNjk6I7pJrI/AAAAAAAAACI/g0dGnKqIvbw/s320/fogofwar.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249197053181503154" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>September 25 at 7pm Hoff Theater, STAMP</strong></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong> - FREE Admission</strong></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial;" ><br />Synopsis</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"It is the story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. One of the most controversial and influential figures in world politics, he takes us on an insider's view of the seminal events of the 20th Century. Why was this past century the most destructive and deadly in all of human history? Are we doomed to repeat our mistakes? Are we free to make choices, or are we at the mercy of inexorable historical forces and ideologies?" (Errol Morris)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">* Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >More questions to think about: </span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"> </span>What are the lessons from McNamara from the Vietnam war? Would you add any more lessons?<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Are there lessons from our engagement in Iraq? Afghanistan?<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Is the "fog of war" an adequate excuse?<br /></span></li></ul><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.sonyclassics.com/fogofwar/_media/pdf/lessonPlanFOG.pdf">Teacher's Guide for the Fog of War</a><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.sonyclassics.com/fogofwar/indexFlash.html">Fog of War Official Site</a><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.errolmorris.com/film/fow.html">Director Errol Morris' Site</a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7061771020603725970-1060188774966886823?l=firstyearbook.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>First Year Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02226159741036498525noreply@blogger.com0