Spring Break
Students read for fun in club
MATTHEW QUINN
Issue date: 2/27/07 Section: Variety
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Drugs. Syphilis. The Mafia. Big Bird. All these things are coming to the SLC Jittery Joe's today.
Are the casts of "Sesame Street" and "The Sopranos" going on a field trip?
Discussing "The Tipping Point"
When: 3:30 today
Where: SLC Jittery Joe's
Nope.
The Bulldog Book Club will be meeting at 3:30 PM to discuss Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point."
According to the author's Web site, gladwell.com, Gladwell uses a model in this book based on disease epidemics to examine social trends, such as the fall of crime in New York City in the mid-1990s, unknown authors writing best-selling books and the increased rate of youth smoking at a time when more than ever is known about the dangers of cigarettes.
Frances Teague, Meigs Professor of English at the University, founded the book club last fall.
"I thought it would be great for students to have a faculty member they could sit with and talk about books," she said.
She said she hopes the club will encourage students to read for pleasure.
"The University of Georgia doesn't teach people for four years, we teach them for the rest of their lives. Someone who has fun reading today is more likely to have fun reading forty years from now."
Griffin Parrott, a senior from Lovejoy, became involved in the book club last October after she spotted a flyer in the SLC. She enjoys reading, so she ordered that month's book, read it and attended the next meeting.
"My favorite thing about the book club is its laid back style," she said. Professor Teague does not pressure members to contribute their opinions on the book, and she respects the opinions of all who do.
"It is such a refreshing experience from college English courses, whose styles are strict and ho-hum."
"The Tipping Point" is particularly interesting to Parrott, owing to her background as a psychology major.
"There are a lot of explanations of how findings in psychology and sociology aid with marketing strategies that have been used in the past," she said.
Students who cannot attend Tuesday's meeting will have other opportunities this semester. More "Tipping Point" discussion will take place on March 7 at the Student Lounge in the Main Library.
Other books to be discussed this semester are Bram Stroker's "Dracula" in late March and J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" in early April. The book club's meetings are Blue Card events.
Are the casts of "Sesame Street" and "The Sopranos" going on a field trip?
BULLDOG BOOK CLUB
Discussing "The Tipping Point"
When: 3:30 today
Where: SLC Jittery Joe's
Nope.
The Bulldog Book Club will be meeting at 3:30 PM to discuss Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point."
According to the author's Web site, gladwell.com, Gladwell uses a model in this book based on disease epidemics to examine social trends, such as the fall of crime in New York City in the mid-1990s, unknown authors writing best-selling books and the increased rate of youth smoking at a time when more than ever is known about the dangers of cigarettes.
Frances Teague, Meigs Professor of English at the University, founded the book club last fall.
"I thought it would be great for students to have a faculty member they could sit with and talk about books," she said.
She said she hopes the club will encourage students to read for pleasure.
"The University of Georgia doesn't teach people for four years, we teach them for the rest of their lives. Someone who has fun reading today is more likely to have fun reading forty years from now."
Griffin Parrott, a senior from Lovejoy, became involved in the book club last October after she spotted a flyer in the SLC. She enjoys reading, so she ordered that month's book, read it and attended the next meeting.
"My favorite thing about the book club is its laid back style," she said. Professor Teague does not pressure members to contribute their opinions on the book, and she respects the opinions of all who do.
"It is such a refreshing experience from college English courses, whose styles are strict and ho-hum."
"The Tipping Point" is particularly interesting to Parrott, owing to her background as a psychology major.
"There are a lot of explanations of how findings in psychology and sociology aid with marketing strategies that have been used in the past," she said.
Students who cannot attend Tuesday's meeting will have other opportunities this semester. More "Tipping Point" discussion will take place on March 7 at the Student Lounge in the Main Library.
Other books to be discussed this semester are Bram Stroker's "Dracula" in late March and J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" in early April. The book club's meetings are Blue Card events.
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