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SPARACIO | Where Did All The English Majors Go?
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Ten years ago approximately 100 students majored in English and within the past few years, the number has oscillated between 50 and 60 students pursuing the major.
Columns
DO | On Studying the Humanities
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As of sometime last week, I am officially a humanities major. My switch to English from Human Biology, Health and Society was a move that 2020 Noah would never have expected, given my high school background in math and science. Before this column, writing was never a hobby of mine, let alone something I’d be willing to commit my college education to.
I have to admit that as a pre-med, I am only really taking on half the burden of a humanities track. My worries about employability are at least temporarily assuaged by the comparably hand-holdy structure of applying for medical school (granted, the extreme levels of competition makes that process scary in its own right). The skeptical confusion that people get when I tell them my major at least turns into mildly doubtful fascination when they learn I’m still on the pre-med track.
Even if I’m sort of two-timing the liberal arts crew, I still feel I am uniquely qualified to comment on the division that seems to exist between sciences and humanities.
Department of Literatures in English
Department of Literatures in English Plans to Change Major Requirements
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The Department of Literatures in English continues efforts to decolonize the discipline and will be introducing a new set of major requirements.
Orbisculate
Stand Clear of the Squirting Fruit: ‘Orbisculate,’ Coined by Late Alum, Forges Path to the Dictionary
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Neil Krieger ’62 created the word “orbisculate” during his first year at Cornell. Now, more than 60 years later, his family is campaigning for the word to be featured in the dictionary.
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Board of Trustees Approves Name Change for Department Of Literatures in English
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After months of advocacy and a department vote, the Board of Trustees approved renaming the Department of English to the Department of Literatures in English.
Arts & Culture
PERATI | It’s Not Enough to Change the English Department Name
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We should be encouraging a push in requirements to deliberately include literature that interacts with race, racism, gender, sexuality and colonialism.
Culler
Renowned English Prof. Jonathan Culler to Retire After More Than 50 Years
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Since coming to Cornell, Culler has written and edited a total of 16 books; over 200 articles, essays, and translations. He has also been awarded multiple fellowships and was elected a fellow at renowned humanities research institutes such as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. One of this books, “Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction”, has been translated into 27 languages worldwide.
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Literary Critic, Longtime Yale Professor Harold Bloom ’51 Dies, Aged 89
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Harold Bloom ‘51, an English professor at Yale University and literary critic, died at the age of 89 on Oct. 14 in New Haven. He taught his last class at Yale University on Oct. 10.
Arts & Culture
Cornell Celebrates Prof. Robert Morgan
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Morgan’s oeuvre is worth being read, discussed and critiqued now more than ever. His voice is remarkably American, and his wisdom is profound.
Columns
LEE | A Non-American’s American Dream
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Prior to coming to the United States for university, I regarded the American Dream as a far-fetched ideal that had little to do with my personal life. Taking part in Ellis Island role-play simulations in middle school and reading about Willy Loman’s despairs in Death of a Salesman made me aware of the disillusionment associated with the so-called land of opportunity. While I was able to appreciate the sentiments and discussions that revolved around this ideology that has shaped much of the U.S., I saw it as a distant concept as a non-immigrant foreign student expecting to leave the country after my student visa expires. But over the past two and a half years, I, too, have developed my own American Dream. Lively discussions across campus about social mobility and success have ignited a desire to work hard to improve my circumstances, who I am and who I strive to become.