Posted: October 15, 2009 at 10:46 pm | Tags: Detroit, detroit opera house, detroit orientation institute, wayne state
Today I did the first of three days as part of the Detroit Orientation Institute. You can learn more about it here, and if you get the chance I highly recommend doing it sometime.
Anyways, we were in the Opera House for a tour and a panel discussion on the Arts, and while in the lobby I snapped this shot of a chandelier in the lobby. It really shows how amazingly colorful the place is, and standing there is an experience in itself.
A Chandelier at the Detroit Opera House
Posted: September 13, 2009 at 2:05 pm | Tags: Apple, college, country, Girls, History, HP, Job, Markets, oakland university, opencourseware, picture, Pictures, profiles, public, school, st. john, university, wayne state, work
I was recently discussing the issue of the Oakland University strike with someone. While the pay and benefits are obviously big factors in collective bargaining agreements, something else came up. One of his talking points for supporting the strike, well, stuck me. He was the notion of intellectual property in the classrooms and who it actually belongs to: do the lessons belong to the professors or the University.
Well, he wasn’t the least bit pleased about the idea of putting lessons online for people to see. He didn’t think it fair that “some kid in Oklahoma” could view the lessons and “learn for free”. Realistically, if schools like Yale, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, etc. all do this and see no threat, than Oakland University has absolutely no argument and no reason to be threatened. Lets take a look at why.
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Posted: September 7, 2009 at 2:34 pm | Tags: Detroit, HDR, old main, school, university, wayne state
Here is a new one that I’m very happy with. The ghosting looks much better than some of my earlier works. This was taken before school started so it’s the calm before the storm of the Fall 2009 semester. The shot is taken from atop the parking garage behind the bookstore.
Old Main at Wayne State University, Detroit MI
