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Kevin McGinnis — Nov 5, 2006 - 10:32pm

I need to read more of them, but my first instinct is to say that we shouldn't categorize them by the person for whom the eulogy is given. Since our focus is more on the giver/the audience/the socio-political aspects, etc., which in contrary to most eulogy anthologies, then maybe we should think about categorizing them differently.

Strom

Brendan Babish — Nov 1, 2006 - 8:13pm

Unfortunately Trent Lott's comments about Strom Thurmond were actually given at Strom's 100th birthday party, not his funeral. Oops. Well, here's Cheney's eulogy for Strom.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/07/20030701-8.html

Tookie Williams (by Jesse Jackson)

Brendan Babish — Nov 1, 2006 - 7:31pm

Pretty interesting stuff. Very political.

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/2/2005/1653

Joseph Stalin eulogy by Paul Robeson

Brendan Babish — Nov 1, 2006 - 7:27pm

This is a prety meaty eulogy. A lauditory eulogy for Stalin written by Paul Robeson. Says quite a bit about Robeson, no?

http://www.northstarcompass.org/nsc9804/robeson.htm

Nixon II

Brendan Babish — Nov 1, 2006 - 7:23pm

Contract this with Bob Dole's remarks at Nixon's funeral.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/watergate/dole.speech.html

Richard Nixon

Brendan Babish — Nov 1, 2006 - 7:21pm

Here's a great eulogy of Nixon written by the great Hunter Thompson.

http://teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au/history/hsty3080/StudentWebSites/Nixon%20Obits/source9

Eulogy links

Brendan Babish — Oct 25, 2006 - 7:27pm

Hey guys:

Okay, here are links to 11 eulogies, including the ones I brought in today:

Graham Chapman

http://www.geocities.com/fang_club/chapman_memorial.html

Sacco and Vanzetti (poem by John Dos Passos)

http://www.historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4984/

Istanbul

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/OTTOMAN/EULOGY.HTM

Eulogy of a Gambler

http://www.nevadaweb.com/ghp/riley1.html

Julius Caesar (by Shakespeare)

http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/friends-romans-countrymen.htm

Pericles' Funeral Oration

http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/friends-romans-countrymen.htm

Robert Kennedy (given by Ted Kennedy)

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ekennedytributetorfk.html

The Challenger victims (given by Ronald Reagan)

http://www.eulogywriters.com/challenger.htm

Eulogy for the Martyred Children (given by Martin Luther King)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/speeches/Eulogy_for_the_martyred_children.html

Marilyn Monroe

http://www.eulogywriters.com/marilyn_monroe.htm

Old Drum (by his owner, George Graham West)

http://www.warrensburg.org/old_drum%20vc.htm

Also, I think we should have is an:

Introduction - explaining some unifying theory of eulogies, and how they've changed over the centuries and decades

Foreward - an explanation of what we were aiming to do with this anthology, what we are exploring, etc.

Conclusion - The current state of eulogies, and the future of eulogies (?)

I'm pretty solid on the first two, maybe one of you guys can flesh out the conclusion.

Feedback on Midterm project for Group 3:

Tyler Reeb — Sep 29, 2006 - 10:50am

First off, I think you guys have compiled a nice proposal for what would likely prove to be a spirited/controversial class. What you have written is solid and complete. (A very petty proof: in line two of your course description short term should be hyphenated.) However, I think you are missing two elements that should be easy for you guys to pull together.

1. Be sure to add an itemized summary of expenses, presented in column format with a total at the bottom.

2. Consider adding an “Explanation of Transdisciplinary Nature” section. Given that this is the bread and butter of the whole T-course initiative, I would not hold back any of your insights. I realize that you guys touch on these aspects throughout your proposal, but you can only help your case by hammering these points home in one dedicated section.

If you have any further questions, feel free to e-mail me (tyler.reeb@cgu.edu) or meet Tom and I at Hagleburger’s this Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Once again, nice work.

Cheers,

Tyler

Hillcrest

Kevin McGinnis — Sep 20, 2006 - 6:48pm

1. A description of the project to be supported (course)

2. Plan of activities and goals for the academic year

3. list of committed participants with a description of their own research agenda

4. summary of anticipated expenses

5. an explanation of the transdisciplinary nature and contribution of the project.

Proposals must include a CV for each participant