This will be fascinating, I promise

Scrapbooks, Army Surplus, Comics and Other Stuff 

A Conversation with Graphic Storyteller C. Tyler

C. Tyler is the author of You’ll Never Know: A Graphic Memoir. In an illustrated conversation with USC Annenberg’s Henry Jenkins, C. Tyler will talk about comics, family memories, material culture, gender, generations and the stuff that gets exchanged between members of a family.

Thursday, January 31, 2013 : 7:00pm to 11:00pm

University Park Campus
Annenberg Auditorium

Admission is free. Reservations recommended. To RSVP,click here.

Reception to follow.

I've read two out of three volumes of You'll Never Know. It's a real achievement and is beautifully told. If you are interested in the film business and you are not learning everything you can about comics and graphic novels, then you may not really be interested in film. We'll be exploring that further in coming weeks, but for now let me say that any opportunity to hear Henry Jenkins talk about comics shouldn't be missed and Tyler's work is a great example of one of the most interesting comic forms today. Do me a favor and at least read the full description of the event here and then think about reserving a spot. It's not like you can't walk there.

USC MAP

For figuring out where to go on campus, where to eat, etc., this map has lots of resources and options.

Your USC I.D. Card

Now that all of you have I.D. numbers, you'll want to get your student I.D. cards (essential for using USC facilities, libraries, campus health center, etc.) Information as to how, where, etc/ is here.

Internships -- Who you going to call?

Here's the deal on internships. If you need a letter confirming that you're getting course credit you e-mail me with the internship coordinator's name, the company name and address and the fax number or email address. I will then issue said document.

If you have questions about internships, work with me directly. Keep me posted over the next 2 months as to the progress of your search. Once you get an internship, if you have a problem, you report the problem to me directly. I am the person overseeing the internships and I'm the one that gives you your grade. Carolyn is very helpful in administering the program back on campus but the internships take place here and are therefore under my watch. Thanks.

Note: Same applies for USC classes, obviously my classes, etc. I only point this out so that there's no confusion as to who you should be dealing with. If there's a question regarding how Duke is going to charge you, how quickly Duke is going to post your USC grades, etc, that's a Carolyn question, i.e. if it's administrative or if it involves primarily Durham, run it past Carolyn with a cc to me. However, things that take place out here come directly to me. Things that relate to academic concerns, i.e. things that impact your Duke in LA grades, come directly to me. If you have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to ask me.

When do we start?

The 2008 USC calendar is here.
We will have an orientation brunch on Sunday January 13th. There's a possibility that we'll have an alumni event later that evening -- more details to follow.
USC classes start on Monday, January 14th.
Our Duke class meets for the first time on Friday, January 18th.

OASSIS vs. Web Registration

We've confirmed what I thought, which is that you, as limited access students, cannot add/drop via web registration. If your instructor asks you to, you have to explain to him/her that it's not an option.

OASSIS, on the other hand, should be accessible and I'll have more about that later.