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SOC 310: Death and Dying

Your presentations on the burial customs of any society are due today. Please share your findings with the class, and any students who would like to ask you a question may do so.

For next class, please read this excerpt from The Savage God by A. Alvarez

SOC 500: Deviance

Today in class, we will go around in a circle, and you will each share your discussion questions that you culled from your research into your project topic.

After, I will give an introductory lecture on Michael Foucault.

For next class, I would like you to read Foucault's Discourse and Truth: the Problematization of Parrhesia, you will be asked to discuss several topics from it in class next week. You may be quizzed on the material.

Also, big honking sign on the door -

ATTENTION ALL SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS: You have been invited by Ms. Sidle in the Science Department to attend a field trip next Thursday to the Body Farm, which I will also be attending. Anyone who is interested in coming along must sign up below. Crimininology students, class will meet after the trip.

- Grissom

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Who would like to share first?

*signs attendance sheet*

*shares question*

*leaves class as soon as the bell rings with a quick explanation to Grissom that he's knee-deep in the Student Council stuff and thus can't linger, much as he'd like to*

Wednesday is bearing a larger than usual stack of various books and campaign materials, but still managing to not have a hair out of place. Finding a seat, she waited for her turn before producing her discussion question.

"As my deviant subculture of choice is Suburbanites, the question that I should like to propose for discussion is the matter of conformity within the subculture. What is it that causes the extremely narrow subclasses and definitions such as 'Soccer Mom' and 'PTA Dad' and why do Suburbanites place so much importance on fitting into their role as such?"

"Suburban culture is strangely isolated for being so uniform nationwide, that is one thing to consider."

"That's a point I had not considered." Wednesday frowned and made a note. "If you consider also the fact that half of them spend most of their waking hours outside their community indulging in industry somewhere actually urban, perhaps it is spread through contact in the workplace?"

"That's a workable theory. Look like your research is coming along very well. If you need any help, you know where my office is."

*signs attendence sheet*
*discusses how bloodsport porn makers are actually vampire exhibitionists*

"Interesting, although I think you'll find not all people interested in blood sports actually desire to consume the blood."

*showes up, participates, etc*

[OOC: Sorry, totally lost track of this class. Wasn't even sure it was still meeting until today.]

[OOC: Shit happens. It would be good to pick a topic for next week. Anything that is a deviant subculture. This class only meets Wednesdays and it is Pass/Fail.]

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