Meeting: Saturday, September 23, 2006

The issue of 2006-09-04, published 2006-08-28

LETTER FROM DURHAM
BIG MEN ON CAMPUS
by PETER J. BOYER
The lacrosse furor and Duke's divided culture.

http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060904fa_fact

ANNALS OF THE WEST
The Searchers
by Dana Goodyear
How progressive is Deep Springs College?

IN THE KITCHEN
The Lunchroom Rebellion
by Burkhard Bilger
Ann Cooper's bid to improve school food.

A CRITIC AT LARGE
Learning the Score
by Alex Ross
Bringing Brahms back to the classroom.

A REPORTER AT LARGE
The Baby Lab
by Margaret Talbot
What infants' brains tell us about our own.

OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS
Deerfield in the Desert
by Nick Paumgarten
A prep school goes to the Middle East.

SKETCHBOOK
"What I Learned"
by Roz Chast

Books
BOB ON BOB
by LOUIS MENAND
"Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews"

http://www.newyorker.com/printables/critics/060904crbo_books
http://www.newyorker.com/printables/archive/060904fr_archive01

Cartoons:
http://www.cartoonbank.com/search_results_category.asp?section=prints&topic=all&pubNY=1&advanced=1&pubDateFrom=09/04/2006&pubDateTo=09/04/2006

Talk of the Town:
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/index/060904ta_index

The Critics:
http://www.newyorker.com/critics/index/060904cr_index

Meeting: Thursday, July 20, 2006

In Recent issues:

The issue of 2006-04-24, published 2006-04-17

GETTING THERE
by NICK PAUMGARTEN
The science of driving directions.
http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060424fa_fact

Q. Did we only study geography in school in order to read a map? What does digital mapping add to society? What will we lose?

The issue of 2006-07-10, published 2006-07-03

A REPORTER AT LARGE
The Agent
By LAWRENCE WRIGHT
How 9/11 might have been prevented.

Q. What practices might have prevented the attacks of 9/11 and the USS Cole?

LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA
Blue-Collar Gold
By TAD FRIEND
The humor Hollywood doesn't find funny.

Q. What makes Blue-Collar humor different from typical Hollywood comedy? How are the Blue-Collar comedians different from typical television and movie comics, professionally and personally? Since it is a success and sells product, why the resistance?

DRESSED TO KILL
"The Devil Wears Prada."
by DAVID DENBY

Q. If you've seen the movie, do you agree with Denby's assessment? What's most delicious about it? If not, did his review change your mind about wanting to see it?

Cartoons:
http://www.cartoonbank.com/search_results_category.asp?section=prints&topic=all&pubNY=1&advanced=1&pubDateFrom=07/10/2006&pubDateTo=07/10/2006

Talk of the Town:
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/index/060710ta_index

Nattering Nabobs
Ready, Set, Rample
Giving Away My Fortune
Barefootin'
Too Much Information

Q. Comments on "Talk"? Strong pieces, weak ones?

The Critics:
http://www.newyorker.com/critics/index/060710cr_index