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NOTES FROM A CHAIR by Steven Ginsberg

The Bear of Biden Joe Biden is not demented or senile or any of the other lovely adjectives many nervous Democrats and Never Trump Republicans have been using to describe him. What Pres Biden is – is 81 years old. I…

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Is The Graduate ruined for me? I was watching The Graduate for probably the 25th time last weekend.  It’s always been on my top 10 list of films.  And not only because, like its protagonist, I was also a confused 20-ye…

NOTES FROM A CHAIR by Steven G.

Aunt Lydia Alito and the New Brat Pack Wealth, power, fame and success have their many upsides but clearly they DO NOT make you significantly happier.  If they did we would not have so many aggrieved and psychologically damaged mem…

I am interviewed on Season 9 of Slate's podcast "Slow Burn: G**s Against Briggs," which focuses on the attempt of Congressman Briggs to outlaw "homosexuals" from teaching in public schools. Harvey Milk and Sally Gearhart really led the fight against the defeated measure. You can hear my raspy voice starting at 29:00 into episode 2 (it's free by the way)

G**s Against Briggs | 2. Defend Our Children | Slow Burn In 1977, John Briggs was a small-time state senator with big dreams. But Briggs’ plan to ban gay and le***an teachers from California schools changed the arc...

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Storytime Storytelling is an art I’ve yet to truly master, which seems odd because I teach it.  But in a way, it’s not.  No one is a master at every story they tell.  we’ve all been ther…

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It’s the Movies for Me Sometimes I’m astounded at the impact movies have made on my life and the inordinate amount of time I’ve spent watching them. This is particularly surprising to me because as I kid I watched a lot …

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Generation Gap Hacks The spring semester is ending. This means it’s time for all of us college professors who teach writing to buckle down and read a huge stack of final projects we constructively evaluate. It’s a lot…

Notes from a Chair

How Bout Decency? The #1 TV show on Netflix last week was Baby Reindeer, an excellent seven-part limited series about a struggling comedian/bar worker and his middle-aged female stalker.  Adapted by comic perfo…

https://notesfromachair.com/2024/04/21/imagine-what/

Imagine What? In the last few weeks more than a handful of friends, family and acquaintances have told me in many different ways that they could never have imagined what passes for politics and news in the U.S. …

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Ripley, Believe it or Not There are any number of shots and scenes in writer-director Steven Zaillian’s stunningly well-executed Ripley (now on Netflix) where Andrew Scott’s title character seems to be metaphorically saliva…

Throwback to some of the highlights from the Fall 2023 semester! We miss you!

https://notesfromachair.com/2024/03/24/luna-luna/

Luna, Luna One of the things that’s great and maddening about creating anything artistic is you never know what might happen with it. Something, nothing or anything in between.  A script for a play, movi…

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You are SO not invited to my Oscar party Hollywood is like high school with money. It’s a funny old expression that at this point seems a little too easy, if not reductive.  Sure, there are a lot of mean girls and guys in the enterta…

THIS WEEK: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Season’s Greetings from Ken Happy Holidays Everyone! Even if you don’t celebrate the holidays and are just getting through them. The world feels more complicated than usual right now, which is why we’re posting the just rele…

NOTES FROM A CHAIR

Conduct Becoming I spent my birthday this weekend with Bradley Cooper and it was more than I could have hoped for. Oooo Chairy, tell me more He spoke after the screening of Maestro, a film he directed, co-wrote an…

Hollywood welcomes our ICLA Fall ‘23 students.. and so did Hurricane Hilary! Luckily we got this hike in before rainfall. We’re off to a momentous start, and can’t wait to share all the fun and excitement that only our LA Program has to offer. Stay tuned!

Parents frequently ask ,"How can I get my student's Kapi student housing rent billed on their IC student account?" It's easy! Each student receives instructions and a link to this request form during their pre-arrival orientation. A few keystrokes later and they've completed the request for this rent billing! Their entire semester of Kapi rent will appear on their student statement.

For the students who make this request, ICLA receives an invoice from Kapi for each month's rent. The invoice is forwarded to the home campus and their rent is processed electronically and sent back to Kapi.

The students will still see their Kapi rent billed on their personal Kapi portal, but the charge will clear once the payment from IC to Kapi hits. There are no late fees if the IC processing is delayed for any reason.

Using this method allows students and parents to use their student financial aid packages (scholarships, grants, loans, 529 funds, etc.) to pay for Kapi housing rent as if they were living on-campus in Ithaca.

This payment plan is applied to Kapi rent and the $250 Kapi placement fee. This payment plan does not include the required Kapi liability insurance (generally $5/month unless waived upon proof of other coverage), Kapi reserved parking (if requested), or the initial $500 Kapi security deposit. Those costs are all the responsibility of each student.

And, here's the form!

Kapi Rent Payments - Formstack Please complete, sign, and submit this form to authorize Ithaca College to bill your student account for the full semester of your Kapi rent and your Kapi placement fee. You will be responsible for paying Ithaca College for these billed Kapi expenses. You will be responsible for paying Kapi for any....

Look who braved the Los Angeles Blizzard of 2023 for a tour of the Warner Bros backlot! Yes, it was cold and wet, but we all had a great time!

So, what have we been up to, you might ask? How about checking out a local microbrewery, touring historic Olvera Street, hiking to the Hollywood Sign, catching a taping of Whose Line Is It Anyway, and visiting the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum! Lots going on, lots more planned!

Thanks to an IC alum (who is also a producer of the show), the ICLA Spring 2023 class will be attending a taping of "Whose Line Is It Anyway"! Class, check your email for the sign-up link! Parents, text your students to check their email!

It's almost that time of year again! Our Spring 2023 students will be arriving in LA starting this Sunday, and we're thrilled to be starting another semester. The forecast is for all this rain to subside early next week, and we should have sunny days be the first weekend before classes begin. That means...hike to the Hollywood Sign!

We'll be making updates regularly this semester on this page, so save it as a favorite and keep checking back for the latest ICLA news.