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Next Semester Courses
*All courses are 3 credits except where noted*
[updated 4-08-16]
We have an interest in providing experience that permits students to examine social forms of life, and at the same time explore their values and beliefs. One of our interests is to help students begin to participate in the public domain. We will do this by assisting students in identifying coursework, internships, research, and other intentional experiments that can provide the fundamental theoretical and research tools for roles in intervention.
SOCI 10100-01, -02 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY [Theme: Power and Justice] LA SS 1
INSTRUCTOR: Sergio Cabrera, 307 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-7968, firstname.lastname@example.com
ENROLLMENT: 30 students per section
PREREQUISITES: None
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Sociology as a field of study examines human social behavior, the causes and consequences of these social behaviors, as well as social change. Sociologists examine how social structures shape our daily interactions, while also exploring how society constructs social categories and cultural meanings. The course will introduce the relationship between sociological perspectives and the way society is structured by investigating forms of oppression, crime, race/ethnicity, work, war, intimacy, gender, inequality, health, families and "deviance." The course encourages students to be interested in and critical of the world they live in by exploring major theoretical perspectives connected to issues and activities encountered in everyday life.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture/discussion COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Your grade will be based upon your papers, examinations, and participation.
SOCI 10100-03 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY [Theme: Power and Justice] LA SS 1
INSTRUCTOR: Joslyn Brenton, 112 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-7384, firstname.lastname@example.com
ENROLLMENT: 30 students per section
PREREQUISITES: None
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Sociology is the scientific study of human social behavior. In this course you will be introduced to sociological theories, methods of inquiry, and concepts that will help you cultivate a sociological perspective—the ability to see how your personal experiences are shaped by the way your society is organized. Together we will identify and examine how durable patterns in the organization of daily life give us freedom to act as we want, but also constrain our behaviors (for example, do you ever wonder why you do not see boys wearing skirts to class?). In this course we will focus on how multiple inequalities along the lines of race, class, gender, and sexuality shape our experiences and understanding of the self as well as the reproduction of inequality. It is my hope that the topics and readings discussed in this course will complicate some of your prior assumptions and knowledge about the social world, as this is part and parcel of the learning process. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Discussion, films, and small group activities, creative activities COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Papers, exams, group discussion, and research project.
SOCI 10100-04, -05 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY [Theme: Power and Justice] LA SS 1
INSTRUCTOR: Sarah Grunberg, 111 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-7717, firstname.lastname@example.com ENROLLMENT: 30 students per section
PREREQUISITES: None COURSE DESCRIPTION: Sociology as a field of study examines human social behavior, the causes and consequences of these social behaviors, as well as social change. Sociologists examine how social structures shape our daily interactions, while also exploring how society constructs social categories and cultural meanings. The course will introduce the relationship between sociological perspectives and the way society is structured by investigating forms of oppression, crime, race/ethnicity, work, war, intimacy, gender, inequality, health, families and "deviance." The course encourages students to be interested in and critical of the world they live in by exploring major theoretical perspectives connected to issues and activities encountered in everyday life. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture/Discussion. COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Your grade will be based upon your papers, examinations and participation.
ICSM 10500-35 IF YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, I'M PIZZA: EXPLORING FOOD IN EVERYDAY LIFE M 12:00-12:50 PM AND TR 1:10-2:25 PM INSTRUCTOR: Joslyn Brenton, 112 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-7384, firstname.lastname@example.com ENROLLMENT: 22 students per section PREREQUISITIES: None COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will explore our experiences with food, at the individual level of consumption and at the larger level of food production. Food is necessary for survival, an important symbol of our identity, and it is also big business in the United States, with lots of players. Throughout the semester we will examine our own histories and experiences with food. How does what you eat say something about who you are? In this course we will learn about the personal and social dimensions of the contemporary food landscape. We will look at the social, environmental, and economic aspects of food, asking questions like: Who are the winners and losers in the modern eating world, and what are the steaks? (pardon the pun). We will explore these topics through reading, discussion, film, reflective writing, debate, and sharing our personal stories. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Seminar, discussion, film, food diaries, reflection papers COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: A willingness to engage and become part of a learning community. This process requires your commitment to attending class, doing 100% of the reading before you come to class, and a willingness to listen, share, and develop your critical thinking skills. Students learning is assessed from written work, projects, and class discussion.
INSTRUCTOR: Alicia Swords, 109 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-1209, email@example.com ENROLLMENT: 22 students per section PREREQUISITES: None COURSE DESCRIPTION: Stories make us who we are. Some stories are so powerful that telling them can change how people treat each other. This course asks how people use stories to change the world. Students analyze mainstream and alternative narratives that shape our society and learn techniques for telling their own stories in written and oral form. We practice gathering stories through interview techniques and media analysis. We examine and reflect on how stories shape public opinion and government policies, from the marketing of cars and toothpaste to testimonies of human rights violations. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Seminar COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Essays, midterm, in-class exercises, homework, projects and participation.
SOCI 13000-01, -02 YOUTH AND YOUTH CULTURES 1 LA SS [Theme: Identities] MWF 9:00-9:50 AM (01); MWF 11:00-11:50 AM (02) INSTRUCTOR: Jim Rothenberg, 108 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-1251, firstname.lastname@example.com ENROLLMENT: 30 students per section PREREQUISITES: None STUDENTS: Freshmen and sophomores only COURSE DESCRIPTION: The transition to adulthood in western societies has become protracted, and a clearly defined social category, youth, clearly emerged after World War II. Though a transitional status, youth nonetheless has come to be a quite distinctive social category, often evincing distinctive norms and politics. In this course we focus on the forces that have shaped and are continuing to shape the current generation of youth as well as the different experiences that youth have based on variations in social class, gender, race and ethnicity. We also examine the forces that shape student life in colleges and universities and the political activities of contemporary youth. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Discussion, lecture and student presentations. COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Based on the quality of assigned papers and projects.
SOCI 20300-01, -02 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY LA SS [Theme: Power and Justice]
INSTRUCTOR: Jonathan Laskowitz, 327 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-3520, firstname.lastname@example.com
ENROLLMENT: 25 per section
PREREQUISITES: One 100-level sociology course
STUDENTS: Those in social sciences, other disciplines and areas of related interest, i.e., PreLaw/Counseling/Psychology/ Sociology/Youthwork/Education/Human Services
COURSE DESCRIPTION: We study juvenile delinquency as intimately connected to the social, political, and economic shape of society. Our critical analysis suggests that juvenile delinquency is a process involving both the behavior of youths and responses of official state and federal agents (i.e., the law, police, courts) who administer social services and punishment.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Discussion/participation, student-led analyses, films and guest discussants.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Participation in class discussions and doing all the reading. Analytic essay, mid-term and final examinations. In-class student-led analysis. You have three unexcused absences in our 14 weeks together; on the fourth absence you will be dropped from our class. Grading is based upon participation, exams and analysis: quality not quantity.
SOCI 20700-01 RACE AND ETHNICITY LA SS 1, h [ICC: Diversity / Theme: Power and Justice]
INSTRUCTOR: Phuong Nguyen, 101 Center for Health Sciences (CHS), 4-1158, email@example.com
PREREQUISITES: One course in the social sciences or sophomore standing
STUDENTS: Individuals who are serious about the subject matter of this course, and who want an increased awareness about living in a society where race is a primary organizing category.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will provide an introduction to concepts, theories, and current research on race & ethnicity on the United States. We will approach the subject through various perspectives including assimilations and pluralist. Race & ethnicity will be examined as dimensions of social stratification and social control. We will examine, analyze and challenge concepts, such as: prejudice, discrimination, institutional racism, internal colonization and ethnic identity.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, discussions, films COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Lecture, discussions, films
SOCI 20700-02, -03 RACE AND ETHNICITY LA SS 1, h [ICC: Diversity / Theme: Power and Justice] TR 10:50 AM-12:05 PM AND 1:10-2:25 PM INSTRUCTOR: Sarah Grunberg, 111 Mueller Faculty Ctr., 4-7717, email@example.com ENROLLMENT: 25 PREREQUISITES: One course in the social sciences or sophomore standing STUDENTS: Individuals who are serious about the subject matter of this course, and who want an increased awareness about living in a society where race is a primary organizing category. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Critical analysis of race and ethnic relations in the United States from assimilationist, pluralist, and Marxist perspectives. Comparative analysis of black, Latino, and white racial/ethnic experiences. Examinations of race and ethnicity as dimensions of social stratification and control. Specific concepts include prejudice, discrimination, institutional racism, internal colonialism, and ethnic identification. This course counts toward the inequality core area requirement for sociology majors and minors. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, discussions, films COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Your grade will be based upon you papers, examinations, engagement with the course readings, and participation.
SOCI 20800-01 SOCIAL CHANGE SS 1 H LA [Theme: Power and Justice] TR 9:25-10:40 AM INSTRUCTOR: Alicia Swords, 109 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-1209, email@example.com ENROLLMENT: 25 PREREQUISITES: SOCI 10100 or SOCI 10200 STUDENTS: This is a sociology foundations course. COURSE DESCRIPTION: How do societies change? This course studies social changes in historical context, examining industrialization, urbanization, innovation and technology, colonialism, the creation of wealth and poverty, demands for rights, international development, global health epidemics, and protest. We examine debates about social change through case studies, historical accounts, biographies, ethnographies and film. We reflect on the possibilities and limitations on our own involvement in making changes. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, discussion, in-class interactive exercises, films, and guests. COURSE REQUIREMENTS/GRADING: A-F, only 3 absences allowed.
SOCI 21700-01 MENTAL HEALTH IN HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS LA SS [ICC: Diversity]
INSTRUCTOR: Katherine Cohen-Filipic, 113 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-5122, firstname.lastname@example.com
ENROLLMENT: 25 per section
PREREQUISITES: One 100-level sociology course or PSYC 10300
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Explores the historical and contemporary contexts of mental health and distress from both sociological and psychological perspectives. Examination of the social construction of mental health through time, and consideration of how social and cultural factors such as race, class, and gender intersect with diagnostic paradigms and clinical treatment models employed by practitioners. Cross listed as PSYC 21700. Students may not receive credit for PSYC 21700 and SOCI 21700.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, discussions, small group activities.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: A wide variety of learning activities, including papers, presentations, exams, and class participation.
SOCI 22000-01 SOCIOLOGY OF AGING LA SS [ICC: Diversity] TR 10:50 AM-12:05 PM INSTRUCTOR: Elizabeth J. Bergman, 216 Job Hall, 4-3859, firstname.lastname@example.com ENROLLMENT: 25 PREREQUISITES: One 100-level Sociology course or 100-level Gerontology Course. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course presents the prominent sociological theories and research about aging and the ways in which the experience of aging is socially constructed. Cross-listed with GERO 22000. Students may not receive credit for both SOCI 22000 and GERO 22000. This course counts toward the social institutions and organizations core area requirement for sociology majors and minors. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Two examinations, paper, brief assignments, participation.
INSTRUCTOR: Julian Euell, 114 Muller Faculty Ctr., ext. 4-3522, email@example.com
PREREQUISITES: One course in the social sciences
COURSE DESCRIPTION: We are interested in sociologically imagining, inquiring into sociology as art and craft. We are to develop a cultural therapeutic through ways of thinking about social things. Relationships are the essence of the living world. We need a language of relationship to understand and to inquire into 'making as thinking'. One of the best ways to do so is through making 'story' that reveal relationships between social things. We will use methods of illustration, photography, model building, making things that are a series of experiments, in methods of thinking about and revealing practices of everyday life or 'operations' of living. We are going to utilize methodologies that include visual projections. We will employ injunctions to discover and uncover forms of relational bridges so that we might re-imagine these through metaphorical statements of the explicit and implicit or latent meanings between human beings. We will be interested in social forms and how communal representations of them establish loops of meaning. We ask 'what does it mean to discern things, to make story?" What can be said that words cannot say? How may socially oriented projections aide in or to continue community discourse? You will wonder about the qualities of intentionality. Consciousness contains both an act of consciousness and the products of consciousness and through the activity of consciousness, 'a' world is possible. We will inquire about awakened knowing by exploring the ways in which artfulness and empiricism can meet. We will engage in poiesis. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: We will do projects that will center on topics of social concern or community importance. This course is project oriented and less paper oriented. We will explore different ways of connecting social descriptions and representations to community discourse and cultural therapeutics. COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Project based—grades will be based on portfolio.
SOCI 23502-01, -02 SELECTED TOPICS IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS: SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION TR 1:10-2:25 PM (01); TR 2:35-3:50 PM (02) INSTRUCTOR: Jessica Dunning-Lozano, 115 Mueller Faculty Ctr., 4-7490, email@example.com ENROLLMENT: 25 students per section PREREQUISITES: One social science course COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces students to key theoretical and empirical work in the sociology of education. Sociology of education is a broad field of research that covers a variety of themes. Ours will be a selective inquiry into the U.S. educational context where we will examine classical and contemporary theories in sociology of education and focus on educational opportunity and school access, educational achievement, and school effectiveness. We will approach schools as key institutions of socialization, social reproduction, and gender, race, and class stratification. In the current era of zero tolerance disciplinary school policies, we will also consider how schools operate as institutions of punitive social control. In addition to the main theoretical and research frameworks in the field, each week we will discuss and connect course readings to contemporary issues in education, such as the impacts of the No Child Left Behind Act; controversies surrounding the Common Core Standards Initiative; staggering rates of resegregation in public schools across the country that rival pre Brown v. Board of Education Levels; and the "militarization" of public schools. Lastly, we will examine how schools can operate as sites for social change, equality, and justice. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Discussion/ Lecture COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Your grade will be based upon your papers, examinations, engagement with the course readings, and participation.
SOCI 29300-01 INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS LA SS 1 [Theme: Power and Justice]
INSTRUCTOR: Jim Rothenberg, 108 Muller Faculty Ctr., Ext. 4-1251, firstname.lastname@example.com
PREREQUISITES: One course in the social sciences or sophomore standing or above
COURSE DESCRIPTION: We live much of our lives surrounded by social institutions and within organizations. Institutions are social arrangements which, more or less effectively, serve the interests of one or more groups of people. Social institutions include political, economic, health care and religious systems as well as the family and formal education. Organizations are the structural arrangements by which individuals encounter these institutions. Students in this course explore the parallels and differences between various types of institutions and organizations. They examine issues of power and ideology that affects institutional and organizational actors, including those with formal authority, subordinates, and clients.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, discussion, and exercises.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Based on papers, exams, class participation.
INSTRUCTOR: Jonathan Laskowitz, 327 Muller Faculty Ctr., Ext. 4-3520, email@example.com
PREREQUISITES: One 100-level sociology course; two additional courses in the social sciences; sophomore standing
STUDENTS: This is a course offering recommended to those whose interests are in law, politics, human services and criminal/juvenile justice studies.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: With a critical imagination we analyze the social meaning and problem of crime and law, patterns of criminal behavior, the political reality of crime, and the criminal justice system (police, arrest, trial, and punishment). Law, crime, and responses to them are examined as phenomena intimately connected to and sculpted by historical moment.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Discussion, student-led analysis.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Analytic essays, student-led discussions, final research paper. Grading based on quality of work and participation.
1.5 creditsTR 4:00-5:15 PM INSTRUCTOR: Belisa Gonzalez, 112 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-3921, email@example.com ENROLLMENT: 30 PREREQUISITES: Three courses in the social sciences. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Practicum in Social Change I: Urban Mentorship Initiative is an academic mentorship program that offers students the opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary, coursework and field-based service-learning aimed at supporting disadvantaged youth's pursuit of higher education. COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Grades will be assigned based on a series of reflection papers and a final group project.
INSTRUCTOR: Katherine Cohen-Filipic, 113 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-5122, firstname.lastname@example.com
PREREQUISITES: Three courses in sociology and/or political science and/or psychology
STUDENTS: Individuals thinking about or intending to enter "helping" or public service professions. Also some para-professionals and volunteers from local helping organizations.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: To learn some theories about how people grow and change while attempting to increase your own awareness of how you grow, act and react in a counseling or "helping relationship." We are also concerned with how concepts in helping people relate to broader societal political issues and how we connect in a political way to the larger society when we engage in a counseling or helping relationship.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture, discussions, small group activities.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: A wide variety of learning activities, including papers, presentations, exams, and class participation.
SOCI-31900-01 CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY LA SS MWF 9:00-9:50 AM INSTRUCTOR: Julian Euell, 114 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-3522, firstname.lastname@example.com ENROLLMENT: 25 PREREQUISITES: Introduction to Sociology (SOCI-10100) or Contemporary Social Issues (SOCI-10200) and two additional social science courses or waiver by the professor. COURSE DESCRIPTION: How is culture understood, appears and practiced in groups. We will offer some understanding of the ways culture inhabits social institutions and why culture is difficult to change. This course is an inquiry into how social worlds are constructed and how these acts as habituated environments of action. Mostly the concern this semester will be the idea that culture is behavioral and systematic, individual and collective and are forms of practice This is a two-module course. The first module will focus on how beliefs, values and collective agreements become social agreements that have implications for the planet. The second module will focus on a cultural turn to that might be called the "Symbiocene era". We will specifically explore an emergent cultural turn to the Symbiocene, a culture that generates collaboration and cooperation with multi-species. Is it possible that a new cultural emergence via culture of bio -mimicry, permaculture and multi-species understanding will be a new way of human society? How might we go about developing a cultural sociology after the Anthropocene era? The Anthropocene era is one in which culture, or habituated social worlds and practice have ushered a challenge to us all to become aware of the rest of nature. The Anthropocene era is when humans have had a direct effect on the planetary processes. How might we initiate a cultural shift by understanding how culture is made and performed and then consciously evolve a new culture. Is culture rational or is it non- rational? What is the culture of 'slow food', alternative cuisine culture movements, bio mimicry, permaculture, my co-culture and community? How might "symbiosis" rather than "competition, and individualism" become our new meta-culture of social practice? What are the implications of a transition sociology that is already present as underground? We need to inspire a matrix of revolutionary imagination and prefigure livable futures and to inspire generative approaches to imaginative horizons. We will use sci fiction, Afro-futurism, current practices, and current proposals for alternative cultures and other means to investigate tactics to create memes for counter-culture of the Anthropocene era. We will go into inquiries of ways culture inhabits social institutions and why culture is difficult to change. This course is for students who are willing to expand both their theoretical or philosophy of culture and to develop a correlation between that and practice. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: I would like students to inquire how cultures are perspectives constructed in/as situations. We will read Richard Sennett's "The Craftsman", Elijah Anderson's "Code of the Streets", Michele Lamont's "The Dignity of Working Men", Erving Goffman's "Frame Analysis" and Joseph Gusfield's "The Culture of Public Problems: Drinking-Driving and the Symbolic Order". COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Application projects in the form of injunctions and thought.
INSTRUCTOR: Jessica Dunning-Lozano, 115 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-7490, firstname.lastname@example.com
PREREQUISITES: One 100-level sociology course; two additional social science courses
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Forty years ago prominent criminologists predicted the inevitable decline of the prison system in the United States. However, the U.S. now comprises 25% of the world's prisoners despite accounting for only 5% of the world's population, making it by far the world's most incarcerating nation. The primary objective of this course is to bring context to this drastic shift from a trajectory toward de-incarceration to the current era of mass incarceration. The course is designed to aid you in the development of a nuanced and multifaceted understanding of the social, political, and economic factors that have brought about this punitive turn in the criminal justice system. We will examine how prisons as social institutions operate as important sites for the (re)production of class, racial, and gender inequality in an ostensibly egalitarian U.S. society. While the course is sociologically centered, we will also engage works in education, history, geography, and ethnic studies to enhance our sociological understanding of the phenomenon of mass incarceration. We will examine the prison as a physical site of confinement and punishment and investigate the enduring social and economic consequences associated with incarceration, such as limited labor market options, felony disenfranchisement, and the extension of the punitive activities of the criminal justice system into the families and communities of the incarcerated.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Discussion/ Lecture
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Your grade will be based upon you papers, group presentations, engagement with the course readings, and participation.
INSTRUCTOR: Luca Maurer, B16 Hammond Health Center, 4-7394, firstname.lastname@example.com
PREREQUISITES: One 100-level sociology course; two additional social science courses
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores the intersections of sexuality and health and focuses on both as social concepts. We will investigate the manner in which sexuality and health are shaped by individual, social and cultural factors and how ideas about our bodies and our sexuality are related to ideas about our health. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Discussion/ Lecture COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Based upon class participation, mid-term and finals; group projects; and other assignments.
SOCI 33802-01 SELECTED TOPICS IN INDIVIDUALS, CULTURE & SOCIETY: HUMOR: WAY OF SOCIAL CRITIQUE TR 10:50 AM – 12:05 PM INSTRUCTOR: Julian Euell, 114 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-3522, firstname.lastname@example.com ENROLLMENT: 20 PREREQUISITES: Maturity COURSE DESCRIPTION: We will seek an aesthetic for social change. We will engage and challenge the authority of all discipline and will seek to undermine through a resurrection of the metaphorical power and inevitable authority of an act or actor in comic play--, as a humorist, or a comic. We shall challenge the drudgery of seriousness with the serious purpose of the anti- structure provided by the funnyman or woman. How does the 'way of humor' crash through immunities or resistance to change. We will investigate the role of laughter and awareness and compassion. Every social community develops ideas of environments at risk, and persons who risks. Pollution rules and meaning and their control are attempts to avoid existential crisis. These are mediated culturally through ideas of apocalypse or tragedy and propitiated through humor. These rules and meanings respond to incongruities of explanation and experience. These ideas focus on the incongruities of life and the disparity between the way things are and the way things should be. We will explore the relationship between patterns of the apocalyptic story, and comedy and the social and cultural settings within which they occur. Much of the time all we let ourselves see is our make believe constructions of reality, may it be a tragic or an apocalyptic sense of reality or a comic sense of reality. Ideas of the apocalyptic or tragedy suggests that we overcome and solve them through pursuit, battle with, and techniques of prevention. Comedy, "encourages emotional disengagement from our own problems... and playfulness and laughter are comic paradigms for responding to real-life incongruities. "The paradoxes of our lives are revealed in comedy. We will inquire about social uses of paradox, the social opportunities in the fantastic, in opposition to or in relationship to left-brain' evidence. We will inquire into the nature of the right brain evidence in parody, humor and apocalyptic stories. How is and when is comedy taken so seriously that it is viewed as defilement? Is defilement slander? What jokes, jests are taken to be not so funny? We will look at cases whereby a joke "went too far". What are secret jokes? What is insider's humor? We will look at such characters for example, Charlie Chaplin, Dick Gregory, Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, Saturday Night Live, Key & Peele show, Zen Clowns, ethnic humor such as Black humor, Jewish humor and Red neck humor. We will seek to understand the cultural sociology of humor, the uses of the joke as derision, and as enlightenment and as educational devices. We will ask: How has/does humor offer or reveal opportunities for social transformation and cultural therapeutics? How may humor and the apocalyptic reveal deeper constructions of reality and how may these cultural mirrors of make believe jolt us into awareness of manifest and latent varieties of hate, rules and their perversions. How may indignity of humor have liberatory effects? I have always been interested in the funnyman, the trickster, the life of doubleness exhibited by such human beings. Cumulatively students will discover a pattern of work for social change practice--a public sociology. We will uncover the ontological implications to be on call as a trickster, a satirist, a political gadfly or political disrupter, or even a healer through humor. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lab/workshop/seminar participatory activities in and outside the course. COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: This course is for those who are willing to investigate humor as remedy for sorrows of a tragic sense of life and as a tactic or oblique strategy for social change. Please plan if you should choose to participate, to be engaged, to be performative, to be able to clown a bit, so and sometimes be silly to enact your ideas. Passivity is not possible. Sitting by is not possible either. This is for students who are willing to be satirical, not cynical, flamboyant but and interested in social effectiveness. You will be required to play and to inquire about humor as effective practice by moving into doubleness as public sociology. Absolute attendance will be necessary. This is a lab or workshop type of course in which presence is our most prized attribute. You will be required to assemble small projects in a portfolio.
SOCI 35300-01 RESEARCH METHODS I LA SS TR 1:10 PM-2:25 PM INSTRUCTOR: Stephen Sweet, 107 Muller Faculty Ctr., Ext. 4-3910, email@example.com ENROLLMENT: 20 PREREQUISITES: One 100-level sociology course; two additional sociology courses STUDENTS: Primarily sociology majors; others who need an equivalent research course COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduces students to the research methods used by sociologists. Topics include theories about causation; quantitative and qualitative methods of collecting and analyzing data; and the ethics and politics of social science research. Students conduct several small research projects to practice each of the methods introduced in the course. They also are introduced to basic statistical and quantitative analysis. Students take the first steps in conducting an original research project by formulating a research question and reviewing the relevant literature. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: TBA
SOCI 35400-01 RESEARCH METHODS II LA SS [Quantitative Literacy]
TR 9:25-10:40 AM INSTRUCTOR: James Rothenberg, 107 Muller Faculty Center, 4-1251, firstname.lastname@example.com ENROLLMENT: 20 PREREQUISITES: SOCI 35300; passing score on QL readiness exam STUDENTS: Primarily sociology majors; others who need an equivalent research course. COURSE DESCRIPTION: The second half of a two-semester sequence, this course involves collecting and analyzing data from both qualitative and quantitative sources. A major part of the course is the student's individual research project involving a proposal, data collection, data analysis, and presentation of research results. After completing this course a student will be able to:
- Analyze existing survey data, using a computer statistical package;
- Prepare a research plan including protection of human subjects, instrument design, and sampling plan;
- Collect original data, probably using an anonymous paper and pencil survey;
- Analyze original data, including frequencies, percentage tables, correlations, and statistical tests;
- Write a formal research report and present in a public symposium using slides and tables;
- Demonstrate the ability to manipulate data by recoding, constructing scales or indexes, and performing bivariate and multivariate analysis;
- Understand the theory and application of probability sampling and tests of statistical significance; and
- Understand the logic and be able to demonstrate data analysis using linear and logistic regression and the elaboration model.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: The course meets in a computer lab and about half the time is spent on the individual student research projects. In addition, students learn theory and practice and carry out a qualitative study and learn to analyze quantitative data in a more sophisticated way than in their own projects. COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Reading, attendance, writing and research.
INSTRUCTOR: Jonathan Laskowitz, 327 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-3520, email@example.com
ENROLLMENT: 15 PREREQUISITES: One 100-level sociology course; three upper-level sociology courses
STUDENTS: This is a 400 level seminar for those whose interests are in politics, philosophy, law, human services and criminal justice studies.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Police and policing are studied as a 'window' that reveals our culture and its arrangements and a 'mirror' that reflects our lives inside our social order.
COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Seminar. Reading, research and discussion. Analytic essays, student led classes and a research paper.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Quality of written work and participation.
SOCI 42400-01 GLOBAL SOCIOLOGY LA SS g
INSTRUCTOR: Alicia Swords, 109 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-1209, firstname.lastname@example.com
PREREQUISITES: One 100 level sociology course; three courses in the social sciences with at least one at level 3; junior standing or above
STUDENTS: This course is a senior seminar for students who are interested in advanced study about global issues and how global social forces shape our society, our lives, and the future.
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SOCI 43605-01 SELECTED TOPICS IN SOCIAL CHANGE: THE MORAL LIMITS OF MARKETS TR 9:25-10:40 AM INSTRUCTOR: Sergio Cabrera, 307 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-7968, firstname.lastname@example.com ENROLLMENT: 13 PREREQUISITES: One 100-level sociology course; three additional courses in sociology; permission of instructor. COURSE DESCRIPTION: The moral limits of markets refer to the cultural boundaries beyond which paying for a good or service becomes unnerving—beyond which buying and selling becomes taboo. The cultural intersections between markets and morals are an interesting place. By inquiring into why we feel comfortably buying and selling some things and not others we gain insights into a profoundly sociological dimension of contemporary social life: the socially constructed and politically contested nature of our collective values and of the moral categories we use to determine right from wrong and good from bad. The course leads students to explore the ethical implications of markets and commodification for both groups and individuals. We will ask, debate, and explore, for example: Should families be run like corporations, or vice versa? Can market metaphors help us understand religious preferences? How should we think about the role of money be in politics, romantic relationships, and higher education? Should markets for babies, drugs, sex, human body parts, or genetic material be regulated, and if so how and by whom? Is Kanye's self-declared war on music pirating justified? How do groups decide whether, when, and how much "pirating" is acceptable? Should you continue to shop at Hobby Lobby? Can and should ethnic or sexual identities be commodified, bought, and sold? Students should expect to leave the course with a nuanced understanding of the relationship between markets, morality, and social life. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Lecture/Discussion COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Class Participation; Reflection Papers; Exams SOCI 49801-01 INTERNSHIP IN SOCIOLOGY COURSE NLA (Credits vary) M 3:00-3:50 PM INSTRUCTOR: Katherine Cohen-Filipic, 113 Muller Faculty Ctr., 4-5122, firstname.lastname@example.com ENROLLMENT: 1 PREREQUISITES: Counseling minors and permission of instructor COURSE DESCRIPTION: Students in this course arrange for internships in local agencies. Students meet as a group each week to share their experiences and report on their progress. Students meet individually with the course professor on a regular basis to discuss their work. Internship sites should be obtained before the end of the fall semester. COURSE FORMAT/STYLE: Internship in local agency, including some direct work with clients, weekly internship seminar COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING: Participation in internship setting and during seminar, weekly journaling, reflective paper


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Nomination Status: Doubtful. But it would be well-earned.
In His Favor: I went back and forth and back and forth on this one between Wayans and Adam Pally. In Pally's favor were the polarizing bear episode and Mandonna. In Wayans' favor? The trip to the dentist set to "Kick in the Head" and Brad & Jane's Spring Smackdown. The tie-breaker? Wayans was in the pilot for "New Girl" and not only couldn't they recast him, but they struggled all season to fill the void. Pally was in the pilot for "Best Friends Forever" and NBC just found a Poor Man's Adam Pally. Neither of them is going to get an Emmy nomination, but either one of them would be plenty worthy..
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Recently, a duo by the name of Cruz + Jacob released an short documentary about a niche of concert photography known as EDM Photography. EDM, short for electronic dance music, has swept up the top music charts and its popularity is spreading quickly. The filmmaking duo snuck into this year's ULTRA, one of the biggest EDM festivals in the US, and did a pretty good job at showing what it's like to be an EDM photographer or videographer.


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Here. The fourth of five postings at Samizdata today, so far.
So today, I did two Samizdata postings: this and this. And that was going to be it here, for today.
Except that just now I came across this bizarre bridge, in Poole, of all places:
Amusing Planet amuses again.
City A.M. Is so excited that the headline writer, as of now, has decided that there is only one i in ambitious:
That headline is recycled here in case they correct it. Thereby establishing that the (more) mainstream media behave just as I do, when it comes to correcting their mistakes. Or else, alerting you to a permanently wrong headline, whichever. And I'm guessing that even if they do correct the headline, they may feel obliged to keep the link spelling as it started out.
But more to the point, this ambtious plan refers to driverless flying cars, driverless flying cars that look like this:
When I first set eyes on that picture, my reaction was: That's not a car, that's a drone. City A.M. agrees:
The futuristic, if slightly terrifying sounding vehicle, has been unveiled by Chinese tech company Ehang and manages to combine the top two trends predicted to dominate this year's biggest tech show - drones and driverless cars - and claims to be the first Autonomous Aerial Vehicle in the world. Or, in other words, a driverless flying car.
Are you sceptical? I am. But City A.M. continues:
Ehang claims the 184 is already at the point of becoming a commercially selling vehicle, albeit with a £130,000-£200,000 price tag. Belive it or not, it's not just a concept - it's already preparing for pre-orders and plans to ship to customers this year.
Well, I'm not sure that I do "belive" it, but I would be fascinated to be proved wrong.
Bizarre new forms of transport are definitely the Thing of the New Year, here at BrianMicklethwaitDotCom. I haven't been especially looking for such things. They have merely presented themselves to me. But now, perhaps (although I promise nothing), I will start looking for such things. Anyone come across any other crazy transport stuff lately?
LATER: I googled "ambtious", and was informed of a horse called "Ambtious Dragon". So, some kind of Chinese neologism? But it turned out that this was a headline misprint also.
... causing them to stay stuck inside my head for ever.
That's it really. Provided something can get out of hand inside a head.
What I am talking about, in the event that you don't already recognise the syndrome, is that you think of something to put on your blog, and start seeking out links, and you find highly pertinent links to add, but at the far end of them, you find further highly pertinent things to add to the original posting, until it ceases entirely from being the piece of fun that blogging ought mostly to be, and becomes a giant piece of homework that never gets done.
One of my favourite buildings that I've never seen is the recently completed (quite recently completed - 2008) Oslo Opera House, which looks like this:
Sooner or later, some big public building was bound to be built like this, with a roof that doubles up as a big public open space, where you can walk to the highest spot on the building's roof, without once having to go indoors.
Oslo Opera has become a new landmark for the city and proved an instant success with both locals and tourists.
And of course, that roof doesn't have to be the bland and featureless desert that this one is, in this picture. Sooner or later, it will acquire roof clutter! Perhaps it already has.
As entire cities compete with one another for tourists, buildings like this, with walkabout roofs, will surely become ever more common, as ever more tourists search, as I search, for places up in the sky from which to take tourist snaps. It is no accident that I found the above picture and quote at a site called Visit Norway. (Although sadly, this Visit Norway site fucks with the links and causes them not to work, and these fucked links also fuck with subsequent links which are none of Visit Norway's damn business. This caused me major problems, until I just stripped out all Visit Norway linkage, at which point sanity was restored. So if you care, you'll have to find the damn place for yourself. I think Visit Norway was trying to help. It failed. Norway, sort this out.)
Even as I praise this building, I make no judgement about what goes on inside it. The point of these "iconic" buildings - horizontal Big Things - you might say, is that they are fun to visit, regardless of their mere indoor contents. See also: Tate Modern. After all, one of the advantages of a roof like this is that the roof can be enjoyed even as the inside of the building can be entirely ignored.
What got me writing about this Oslo building was a recent posting at Dezeen, featuring another proposed building by the same architects, Snohetta (which has a forward slash through the "o") which uses the same trick, of people being able to walk up to the top in a big zig zag. This time it is a museum in Budapest:
And oh look, I went to the Sn o-with-forward-slash hetta website, and here is another Snohetta proposal, using the same trick, for another opera house, this time in Busan, South Korea:
With the design of the Busan Opera, the opera is no longer a passive playground for the elite but becomes interactive, democratic space, responding to the public's ambitions and interests.
This is architect speak for:
People can walk about on the roof and take photos without having to sit through some stupid damn opera.
And oh look, again. Snohetta have also proposed that a new media centre in Vienna should look like this:
Look again, and you encounter the Barack Obama Presidential Center:
These last two are not so zig zag, but the principle is the same.
London awaits you, Snohettans.
The other day, I forget which one, I worked something out that had been confusing me. Why, given all the fun I get out of photography and given all the time I spend doing it and thinking about it, have I not immersed myself in all the technicalities of photography? Why is it that the only setting on my camera that I regularly use is the one called "Automatic"? Why am I no nearer to understanding manual focussing than I was a decade ago?
The answer is that it is the point-and-shoot sort of photography that strikes me as the most interesting sort of photography now happening. Not in art galleries where the latest black-and-white photos of plague victims or under-age African soldiers are on display, in photos that cost more to buy than paintings and took more trouble to produce. That is all so twentieth century, and even, actually, nineteenth century. What counts now, for me, are the photos you can take with your mobile phone camera, or with the jumped-up mobile phone camera that I use, and the sort of photos that regular people are now able to take, of regular stuff rather than of foreign catastrophes that someone will pay them to take art-gallery standard photos of.
In short, I take point-and-shoot pictures because I like to be part of history, and this is where the history of photography now is. (If you disagree, realise that what you are reading is not an argument. It is a description of a feeling.)
What I have is called a "bridge" camera, but all that this means is that it is a bog-standard point-and-shoot camera that takes somewhat better photos when you go click, and which has a twiddly screen, and a lens that can go from close-up to mega-zoom without any faffing about with multiple lenses. I have the best cheap camera that I can get, rather than the cheapest proper camera. Oh, you can set my camera on manual and go all Real Photographer with it. But if you want to do that, you should have a proper Real Photographer camera, not a bridge camera, and you should have a rucksack full of lenses, each perfect for each oh-so-carefully-taken shot. What "bridge" means is the best camera you can have without having to give any thought to "photography". Instead, you just think about the picture. More precisely, you think about what you see and which of the things that you see are the most interesting, and why.
My camera is not really any sort of "bridge". Bridge suggests that I am going somewhere with it, somewhere different, as in different from the technical point of view. But I'm not. Technically, I am staying right where I am. If I am getting better at photography, it is because I am getting better at choosing what to point my camera at.
A bridge camera is rather like "crossover" music in that respect. Crossover music is not for people who are actually doing any crossing over, from one sort of music to any other sort of music. Crossover music is its own sort of music. The people who like crossover music (and there's nothing wrong with that) are people who like crossover music and who will continue to listen to crossover music, with no actual crossing over from any other sort of music to any other sort of music happening at all.
No links, because I thought of this all by myself.
Nothing from me here today, but something at Samizdata (which makes a change), in the form of a remarkable song lyric from the 1920s by Cole Porter. Pure libertarianism. They maybe did not have the word back then (I don't know), but they certainly had the thing itself:
Live and let live, and remember this line:
Your business is your business,
And my business is mine.
Here is a London picture, with the River Thames turned into a floor, very badly carpeted with very bad carpet tiles:
It's Google Maps's 3D-isation of London.
Despite the bad river carpeting, I would like to explore this Virtual London. But none of the reports I read of this exciting new virtuality tell me how can do this. Can I? And if I can, will I have to pay?
I love this, from AndrewZ at Samizdata, commenting on this piece by Natalie Solent, which quotes a couple of particularly demented pieces of writing in the Guardian, about cupcake fascism (this phrase should never be forgotten) and about the horrors of tourism. (Natalie has been agreeably busy at Samizdata of late.)
Says AZ:
The online edition of any newspaper that isn't behind a paywall relies on advertising to generate income and this depends on maximising the number of page views. The simplest way to do that is to publish outrageous and provocative opinions that will attract links from elsewhere and start a blazing row among the regular commenters. The great liberal newspaper of old is now little more than a group blog that trolls its own readers for advertising revenue.
No link from here to the original pieces, about cupcake fascism or tourism. Oh no. BmdotCOM is not falling into that trap.
Now that I have read the rest of them, I can report that all the comments at Samizdata on this posting are pretty good and worth a look.
One of the rules I have developed for my own photographic activities is to try always to take pictures, in among all the merely nice pictures, which tell me where I was and what these nice pictures were of.
I do not always follow this rule. Rules are like that. The ones you follow all the time, automatically, don't have to be rules. It's the rules you often break which are nevertheless good which have to be rules, to persuade you to follow them more than you would otherwise.
Here, for instance, is a fun snap:
That was taken on June 29th 2007, 5.38pm (plus 30 seconds), a fact which I now know because my camera automatically recorded it. I called the photo ArtHasItsUses, as this young guy is demonstrating. But, where are we? I have two other snaps of the same scene, but none of them include any information about exactly where we are, like a street name. Nor did I photo the plaque at the bottom of the sculpture, as I often do. This would likewise have given me some useful words to google, and offered me the opportunity to supply a link to other works by the same artist. But I did neither of these sensible things.
I tried following the phone number that you can see behind the Thing, but before anything would tell me anything about that (maybe) then the anythings in question demanded to know all kinds of things about me, and I gave up.
I understand that many cameras nowadays automatically record exact place of shot along with exact time of shot. Mine is not such a camera.
A vague clue is that, judging by other photos taken somewhat earlier, I appear to have been in the general vicinity of Islington, North London. But where? And what is this rather agreeable Thing? Who did it? Anybody?
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The link in the above email is to an entire month of postings here, so it took me a while to find the offending link in question. I was half hoping I wouldn't find it, so I could send a sarky email back saying: Be more specific. Which posting? No such luck. It's in this posting, where is says "November". Worth following that link because it is to one of my very best ever (I think) photos.
I don't understand what a "nofollow tag" is or how to make such a thing work, so I just removed the link.
My link originally went "http(semicolon)//stpancras.eurostar.com/en-gb/why-we-moving" (I've changed ":" to "(semicolon)" there to stop this version causing more grief). Trying StPancrasDotEurostarDotCom now gets Google saying:
Oops! Google Chrome could not find stpancras.eurostar.com. Did you mean: www.eurostar.com/stpancras
Interesting that Google omits the question mark there, I think.
So, presumably this is a case of an old Eurostar website that they no longer want anyone reading.
Or is it? I don't know. Can anyone tell me more about what just happened?
To me, it all has a slightly objectionable taste to it. The link to our site no longer works, so you must remove your link to it. Why? Why can't the link just not work any more? Does it clog up the internet, or something, with repeated attempts to make the link work? Is that what this is about?
Yes, I'm afraid I've been doing rather a lot of quota posting of late.
So anyway, here's the link.
And here is the quota photo:
That's actually one of my more favourite recent photos. It was taken just before Christmas, in Twickenham, where Patrick Crozier lives, through the window of a shop where they sell … things like that.
I like the water on the window.
Incoming from Simon Gibbs re the Rob Waller Sermon that I SQotDed Samizdata, while getting in a muddle with fonts. It turns out there was also a muddle with dates:
You were not slow. I am in the habit of arranging blog posts on a daily schedule, but fumbled the date and 19 became 9 so it appeared to be ancient when it was in fact early.
You must have seen it rather quickly, I'm flattered.
Actually what I saw quickly was the automatic email that I automatically got from Libertarian Home about the latest posting there. I clicked on it, read the Sermon, was impressed, shoved it up at Samizdata, then blogged about the process here. In among all that, I noticed that the posting was dated Feb 9th, and mentioned that I had been rather slow to notice it in the posting here, but not there. All this in the space of about an hour and a half.
The upshot of which is a posting that now declares itself to have arrived at Libertarian Home on Feb 19, but which has meanwhile already become the SQotD for Feb 18.
A while back, I wrote here, at the start of a posting about Manx Cats, this:
Inevitably, this blog, if it persists much longer, will become more and more concerned with the experience of getting old, ...
That posting was about the thing of "sort of" knowing stuff, as you get older. I "sort of" knew that Manx cats don't have tales. You vaguely remember having once known something. That kind of thing.
This posting now is also about that aging process. Because, when the above email arrived, I should have realised that something bizarre was happening over at LH with regard to dates. I mean, if this Rob Waller Sermon had really been up for the last ten days, how come I had missed it all that time, even though I regularly visit LH? And how come I was only now receiving an automatic email about it?
I never consciously thought it through, but my "sort of" thought process was that either LH was confused or I was, and I just assumed without thinking about it that the confusion must be mine, on account of me having now entered the years of frequent and soon perpetual confusion, about everything. You are now reading prose written by a man who has started to forget, while in the bath, whether he has stood up and washed his private parts yet, or not yet, and who has hence started to do this either twice or not at all. Simon Gibbs, on the other hand, is a smart young guy. He has a smart young wife and a smart young home. He has a paid job and a life. That he might have got his blog posting dates in a muddle just did not occur to me.
I spent all my blogging time today concocting this posting, which is very long (being a review of my past year) and has twelve of my photos in it (one from each month). Enjoy.
ls Happy Old Year right? As in: hope you had one. I rather think it might be, for today. Anyway, I hope you did.
I have categorised this under, among other things, "Friends", because if you are reading this today, or at all frankly, then you are.
Quite often I start a BrianMicklethwaitDotCom posting, but when I've nearly finished it, I realise that it will do as a Samizdata posting. This happened today, twice.
So instead, here is a link to a story, from April 2011, about Copenhagen's Sperm Bike. How did I miss this? Probably because the site is called Treehugger, and peddles stuff about the need to screw up Western Civilisation because of the weather getting too hot if we don't.
This is what the Sperm Bike looks like:
If you are wondering about how the steering works, I think this explains it.


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Chestnut Tower Apartments
121 W Chestnut St
Chicago, IL 60610
13 Google user reviews
Mark Lipson
6 months ago
I lived here for 4 years and it was a great experience. The staff is amazing and the location is great. The building has a nice community feel to it. I highly recommend it.
Lindsey Goldberg
2 years ago
Chestnut Towers is a great place to live. I lived there for 3 years and absolutely loved my time. The apartments are very nice and BIG and each apartment has an in unit washer/dryer. You won't find the in unit washer/dryer at this price anywhere else in this neighborhood. Not only are the apartments great but the staff is also amazing - they are so accommodating and very responsive getting back to you extremely quickly with fixing any maintenance requests or answering any questions. I would definitely recommend to anyone to live here.
Katie Nicholls
2 years ago
Chestnut tower is a great place to live. I've been here five years and love it. The staff is friendly, helpful, and responsive and handles requests quickly. They work hard to keep the building fresh and modern with recent renovations to the lobby, fitness center, and hallways. I have a great east facing view, big walk-in closet, large bathroom, and spacious kitchen. I have also gotten upgrades with lease renewals -accent wall painting, cabinetry, and bathroom renovations. Highly recommend this building!
Scott McFarland
2 years ago
Moved in back in April and have loved every minute of it. The staff is great and has made us feel right at home. Being a student, the business center provides a great spot to study; free wi-fi, printing and coffee are a huge plus. Couldn't be happier about our one bedroom unit. It has plenty of space for two, stainless steel GE appliances and a great view of the Hancock Building. The 36th floor patio is another added bonus; it's perfect for those warm evenings or hosting parties. Great experience so far and I highly recommend it!
Cris D.
2 years ago
I just renewed my lease at Chestnut Tower, after living here for 4 years. I absolutely love living here! The location can't be beat (close to the Brown and Red lines, close to 3 bus routes and walking distance from grocery stores and gyms). I love that I'm so close to downtown, yet Chestnut is a tree-lined street that has a quiet, neighborhood feel. The staff in the leasing office is fantastic! They greet you with a smile, are always willing to help with requests and they throw great social events for the residents. The Holiday party, the summer bash in the rooftop (which has the best view of Chicago!), and the happy hours for the residents are a few examples. The building has great amenities: the business center with the coffee machine, the fitness center, and access to packages are all 24-hours. The only one that closes at 6:30 pm is the dry cleaners (who also does sewing services), and she provides very good service. The covered parking is very convenient too. Maintenance is incredible in this building. They are super-quick and attentive when you place a request. I needed my fridge replaced and they brought me one within an hour. The doormen and the maintenance guys are super-friendly and they make it a point to remember your name. The washer-dryer inside the apartments is just great! And the closet space for a studio is way more than average: a double coat closet, a linen closet and a walk-in... love it! I highly recommend Chestnut Tower, it's a great place to call home!
Karly Piontkowski
2 years ago
Awesome experience from initial apartment viewing, to signing the lease and finally moving in. Mary and Amanda in the leasing department were beyond helpful during my March move-in. Their response time to my questions and concerns were fast and timely. I received several follow ups from Mary regarding how my move-in is going and if I need any assistance. I am super happy with the services at Chestnut Tower and would recommend this building to any future Chicago resident.
Matthew H. Beckley
2 years ago
Great experience from start to finish. The staff in the building is very friendly and the leasing staff is super helpful. The building is a great quality and the location is fantastic. We have nothing but good things to say about Chestnut tower and the staff.
A Google User
6 years ago
I just moved out of Chestnut Tower after living there for 3 years and the only reason I left was to purchase a condo. I couldn't disagree more with the other reviews, but I guess not everyone is going to have a great experience. I loved the doormen, especially Gandhi. He would always offer a friendly "Welcome Home" greeting and you could tell he actually cared about the residents. The maintenance staff was great as well--they were friendly and quick to fix any issues. Overall, I had a great experience and would recommend to my friends.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Hotel Hungaria Budapest
Worth the money
On the positive side the Hotel was clean, conveniently located to public transport and the rooms were a fair size. On the negative side the staff were cold and unhelpfull, the food was awfull and the area noisy and a bit seedy. However for the price I paid it was good value.
A great stay
After reading mixed reviews I was a little wary of my forthcoming stay, I need not have worried A large clean on-suite room Double bed (single quilt a bit odd but adequate for a single guy) The restaurant was totaly self serve and plenty of good food available for breakfast and the lobby bar reasonable and again friendly. Yes the hotel was out of the centre but with a Budapest card ( 16 for three days did it not matter that a short walk to the left for a metro, or a little bit further to the right for the tram stop. Budapest is a great friendly place and after two short trips I can hardly wait for my next stay in March, In a different hotel due to a good deal I found on the web. Please find out for yourselves and do not worry what other people think it is your holiday enjoy.
Not bad at all
Stayed here in Jan 2005. Was a bit wary after reading some of the reviews, but had an open mind. Was impressed on entering the hotel. Corteous greeting and helpful. Room was fine and clean. Giant bed. Sheets changed daily. Reception and concierge were very helpful with directions etc and anything we required. ordered more pillows and they were there in 10 mins. Do people expect too much. I could not fault the hotel.
I didnt find any of the other problems people had. The smell in the corridors was the same smell you get in the malev planes. Its obviously a cleaning agent and not disagreeable. Stop complaining. Its a damn good hotel and catch a 7, 7a or 78 bus and ur in the heart of Budapest in 5 minutes. They run every two minutes. I would recommend this hotel, dont mind the begrudgers. Dont whatever you do, use Taxis. Complete rip off. Get a Budapest pass in the Hotel for '''''''''12.50 for two days and use the underground trams and buses as often as you want. Airport minibus for 3,600 florints is the best value and prompt and reliable. Use 16 bus to palace and number 2 tram for sights
Really Good
We returned on the 9th jan from this hotel. We had a great time there, it was very clean, you got a good choice of food at breakfast, and we found the staff to be friendly and helpful, we will be returning again in the near future.
A grand time in the Grand Hotel Hungaria
We had mixed feelings about staying here because of the poor reviews, but we struggled finding accommodation in Budapest at New Year, so went ahead and booked it anyway. It was a pleasant surprise to find courteous staff, swift check-in and a perfectly nice, clean, comfortable room with fridge and tv. The price was extremely reasonable, too. We paid $352 US for 3 of us for 4 nights. The breakfasts were excellent, with a huge choice of hot and cold dishes.
As for location, the Keleti Station was just across the road, providing cheap public transport. The underground is easy to use. There were lots of affordable bars and eating places within walking distance of the hotel, so we didn't need to venture far in the evenings. The language didn't seem to be a problem anywhere. Everyone was very patient and nice.
It's a shame some people who put reviews on here are so negative, complaining about decor and the facial expressions of hotel staff!
I think if you've paid a reasonable price and you get what was advertised, then you should be happy. It's no good complaining about the location afterwards. You should do a bit more research beforehand and if you need to be in the middle of the sightseeing bit of the city, book a hotel there.
Just got back
Have just got back from spending four nights at the Grand Hungarian and have really enjoyed it. The Hotel is located near to the Eastern railway station which provides excellent public transport to anywhere in the city. The rooms were warm and clean with a maid service every day. The only down side was that there is no tea/coffee facilities provided. Breakfast was included in the package and was varied and of a high standard. here is traffic noise if you are located at the front of the hotel, but I am sure they would move you to a quiter one if requested.
This hotel is really Terrible
This hotel smells of decaying bodies. The interior and exterior are really out of date and well worn. There were cigarette holes and marks on the carpet in a non smoking room. Staff do not smile and are very cold. Food was aweful. The bar had lot of drunken yobs at the bar. This hotel is used for stag and hen parties too! They cant cook a decent breakfast. They gave me and my wife a twin-room instead of a double. There is a busy highway near by and also this is far from the city centre will cost you alot in cab fares. I went for a massage and the bench collapsed whilst I was lying on it having a massage. This one really BAD hotel!
Too far from the action
My husband and I stayed here for 3 nights in August 2004. The hotel was very clean and comfortable. The hotel staff was acceptable but cold. Although we enjoyed our stay, the location is not convenient for most of Budapest's sights. We took so many cabs that we should have just stayed at a higher priced, better located hotel.
Great hotel shame about the location
We had a lovely suite in the hotel and the staff were helpful and friendly, it is on a busy junction where traffic roafrs past day and night. Close to public transport and the railway station
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Hungry and tired
... kind of fat spring roll stuffed with meat and noddle mush that seems popular and make my way back to my house. I get offered more sex and buy a bottle of water and some milk. The spring roll thing is yummy and I scoff it while I chat to Helen on FaceTime and drink coffee. The milk... No milk here but I picked up Coconut milk which is ok in coffee. However the one I picked up was a yogurt style so I had to stir in in first to make my coffee. It comes out ok though and is really quite ...
... for city expenditure. The hike was well worth it, the views we had of this old city were great, we could easily spot all the main landmarks and attractions as it was quite flat. Also at the peak of the hill was the Citadella, first built in 1851 and had been used for and against the city in Soviet attacks and Nazi strongholds. After taking enough pictures we started our descent in search for cold beverages and the city castle. Cold drinks in hand, we pretty much stumbled onto ...
The hottest day in Budapest
... tours in Ljubljana and Zagreb. The group consisted of two Australian girls from Perth and a Buddymoon group from Melbourne that also included an Irish guy. I can hear you: What is Buddymoon?! Well basically the Irish guy got married to an Australian woman and rather than just going on Honeymoon they decided to take their mates with them! Strange concept but also fun is guess. They did Ireland first and now Budapest before doing a ten day trip of the Balkans. Back to the tour. ...
Our first day of sailing
The conditions were just perfect for the first day of sailing along the Danube, well at least for the first 4 or 5 hours.
We shared real time photos with Casie, Hayley and Kane as we sailed along and it was fantastic receiving their responses almost immediately.
The weather turned very cold and the wind came up later in the day so we kept inside ...
Budapest; is this our new favourite city?
... Soviets occupied the country. The hill itself is named after a man called Gellert who apparently tried to convert Protestants into Catholics and was placed in a barrel full of nails and was pushed down the hill. He is known as the first martyr. So thats our wrap up of our experience in Hungary; absolutely delightful! Would have loved a few more days there to explore the ruin bars and Jewish quarter. Next is a train ride to Vienna Till next time Ann & Jason ...


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