It’s not every day that our city gets picked to be featured in a national magazine. In recent years, Memphis has had a reputation for being a city knocked down, winded, on the ropes; in that phrase, ”reputation” is the operative word, because this city’s citizens know differently. The outsiders tend to be so focused on the knockdown that [...]
The Blount Auditorium at Rhodes College’s Buckman Hall was packed with people last Friday afternoon for the much-anticipated “Green Shakespeare” symposium. The opening lecture by Dr. Robert Watson, an English professor at UCLA , was entitled “The Ecology of Self in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Watson presented a thought-provoking perspective that looked at the play as a “prescient [...]
If you haven’t been paying attention the Memphis Grizzlies this season, you’ve missed a lot. Despite a serious lack of depth and a roster that is among the youngest in the NBA, the Griz are fighting hard for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, four games behind 8th-place Portland. They need our support at the FedExForum [...]
The Rhodes College English Department invites you to attend the symposium “Green Shakespeare” on March 26, 2010. For this symposium on eco-critical approaches to interpreting Shakespeare, Robert Watson (UCLA) will give a keynote lecture, exploring what he calls “the ecology of self” in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Watson is the author of the recent book [...]
“The Memphis job is the perfect job in the perfect place for me,” said Larry Porter when he was hired as the new head football coach of the University of Memphis back in November. “I understand the Memphis brand. I believe in it unconditionally. I have a conviction, a passion about it, and a vision [...]
