Fall Semester
The fall semester starts tomorrow. I’ll be taking these classes:
- Hi 612: British Empire and Imperialism
- Hi 502: Renaissance
- Hi 503: Europe in the 19th Century
The Backward Glance is the blog of Lincoln and Abby Mullen. Lincoln Mullen is a reference librarian at Bob Jones University's Mack Library and a student of history. Abby Mullen is a master's student in English at Bob Jones University. She teaches freshman English at BJU. [Read more »]
Recommended Reading
- Longitude Forged
"Most people know something of the events in 1714 when the British government instituted a prize for the discovery of a successful way to find longitude at sea. . . . Dava Sobel gave new life to this episode in her bestselling book, Longitude: The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time (1995) . . . . All these versions place at their centre the heroic figure of John Harrison and his struggles to perfect a clock which would finally carry off the prize of £20,000. Meanwhile, an early rival who figures in the tale has gone down in history as another projector from Yorkshire, named Jeremy Thacker. Unfortunately Thacker never existed and his proposal now emerges as a hoax." From TLS. - Popular College Courses : NPR
There's at least one on every campus: a class so popular, a professor so inspiring that there's a waiting list to get in. As students head back to class after winter break, NPR surveys some of the hottest courses on the nation's campuses. - The Odds That Your Vote Will "Make a Difference"
"A new paper has calculated the probability that you — yes, you — will cast a deciding vote this election." From Economix. - Winston Churchill: Secret conversations reveal views on Stalin and Gandhi
While researching his new book, Andrew Roberts discovered extraordinary secret documents recording every Cabinet conversation of our wartime prime minister. From the Telegraph. - Visualization as an Introduction to Text Mining?
Visualization of texts. The second diagram is particularly fascinating. From Edwired by Mills Kelly.
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Posted 30 Aug. 2006 at 1:12 am | Permalink
What an intellectual lightweight. I’m taking two of those three classes, plus another twelve credits besides. You getting weak on us, Mullen? :-)
Posted 30 Aug. 2006 at 4:06 pm | Permalink
Lucky you! I have 15 credits! Any advice for Hi 101/111?
Posted 30 Aug. 2006 at 4:09 pm | Permalink
18 for me! The real question is, who among Kellen, Lincoln, and I will get the best grade in Hi 502?
Posted 30 Aug. 2006 at 5:32 pm | Permalink
To answer your question Abby, you will obviously get the best grade….cause girls are smarter than boys!
Posted 30 Aug. 2006 at 6:02 pm | Permalink
I don’t know about that–I think Lincoln got a better grade than me in History of England.
Posted 30 Aug. 2006 at 8:34 pm | Permalink
Abby, I’m sure you let him beat you–right? :)
Posted 30 Aug. 2006 at 8:53 pm | Permalink
Why don’t you ask him? :) He knows the truth.
Posted 30 Aug. 2006 at 11:15 pm | Permalink
Good Luck!!!!!!
Posted 31 Aug. 2006 at 12:33 am | Permalink
History of England was one of the several classes which I did well in only because Abby graciously e-mailed me the notes for the days that I was missing or barely coherent. So whatever success I had in that class is attributable to Abby’s notes.
Posted 31 Aug. 2006 at 11:56 am | Permalink
Isn’t there some saying along the lines of: Behind every great man there’s a great woman? (That’s probably not exactly right, but my brain is in corporate tax mode right now, which I think is a good excuse for not thinking clearly!)
Posted 1 Sep. 2006 at 3:56 pm | Permalink
I agree with that. :)