Classroom Talk: October 9, 2008, 7:00 pm
"Falling Man: the American Novel in the Age of Terrorism" by Dr. Walt Muyumba, Associate Professor of English, UNT
Centraltrak, 800 Exposition Ave., Dallas, 75226

Can fiction produce critical thinking about the present? Can the novel inspire political agency? Dr. Muyumba will discuss the relationship between the literary novel and American society as he examines the possibilities (or lack thereof) of literary art spurring critical discourses about war and politics in the age of Terror and terrorism. He will focus on novels by Don DeLillo and John Wideman.

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Acting ‘Chops’ Cut Here
UT Dallas Theater Program Prepares Grads for First Jobs in the ‘Real World’
UT Dallas News Center, Oct. 3, 2008

Students spend a considerable amount of resources trying to get in to the colleges of their choice. They may not spend as much time planning for what happens when they get out.

The theater program in the School of Arts & Humanities is helping students prepare for the “real world” by giving them practical experience with working industry professionals, on campus and around town.

Students engaged in professional experience need state-of-the-art, professional equipment and space in which to work. A new dimming system, robotic lighting and a new sound system with over 25,000 watts of power provide a best-in-class structure in which to hone their craft.

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