DUE: Tuesday, February 17, 8:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time LENGTH: 600-1000 words (ordinarily, this would print out to 3-5 pages, double-spaced, with normal margins and type sizes) HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER: Please submit your paper as a file attached to an e-mail message. Step-by-step instructions are available on-line by clicking here. If you have never done this before, send me a test file as an attachment to an e-mail message several days ahead of the deadline, so we can verify that it worked and troubleshoot until you are comfortable doing this. As soon as possible after you have sent your paper, I will send you an e-mail message to let you know it arrived safely; please check back on your e-mail to verify that it was transmitted successfully, in case you need to re-send it. When you name the file on your paper, please give it a name distinctive to you: e.g., smith.wp or jones.doc Please do not name it Paper or 361 or a name others in the class are likely to use. The extension on your file name (the last three letters to the right of the period) should indicate the word-processing program you are using (.wp = WordPerfect, .doc = Word, .txt = text, etc.) CONTENT: Please pick one (and only one) of the following things on the list below (#1-7). For the one you pick, include all of the following in your essay:
Your essay should adhere to good standards for composition. Check spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Grading will consider the comprehensiveness of your discussion, the range of reasons discussed, your demonstrated understanding of the material in Unit I, and the variety of properties of the thing in question that you explore. 1. "Bicycle Wheel" by Marcel Duchamp NOTE: This work by Serrano has been called "offensive" and "blasphemous" by some. You are not required to look at it and should not do so if you think it might upset you. 4. Egyptian Pyramids NOTE: To listen to the Cage audio clip, you need to use a computer equipped with a sound card and speakers. To hear this on campus, please go to the North Library computer lab and ask the attendant for help. They have earphones so you can listen to the audio. 7. Pairs Figure Skating at the 1998 Olympics NOTE: In addition to using the material in these two Web sites, you also must watch the Olympic broadcast of this event, Sunday, February 8th (short program: CBS, 8-11 p.m.) and Tuesday, February 10th (long program: CBS, 8-11 p.m.) GRADING: This paper is worth up to 12 points ASSIGNMENT OF POINTS:
LATE PAPERS: Late papers will be accepted for up to 48 hours after the deadline, but will receive an automatic 4 point deduction. As I will be posting excerpts from some of the papers (without names!) for our class discussion, no papers will be accepted after February 19, 8:00 p.m. PST. TECHNICAL EMERGENCIES: Please plan ahead. The Internet is full of surprises, not all of them happy ones.
CAMPUS LABS: The entire campus will be closed on Monday, February 16 for President's day, including the library and all computer labs. Campus facilities will be open on Saturday and Sunday that weekend. The campus computers will still be running on the holiday, so you can send and receive e-mail and get Internet access from home, but the campus telephone help lines won't be available.
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