Def Artist Poet Staceyann
Chin visits Stack's stage
By JENNA DENOYELLES
ASSISTANT EDITOR
JHDSO3S@PSU.EDU
Def Artist Poet Staceyatm Chin
appeared on Stack's Stage for
only a minute before she walked
off to begin her performance
in the audience. She read
selected poetry and excerpts
from her book, "The Other
Side of Paradise: A Memoir,"
which comes out in April.
The Def Poetry Jam took place
on Jan. 15 and started late.
Communications major Jade
Lauren, 20, who coordinated
the poetic entertainment, said,
"The original start time was 8
p.m, Due to audience deficiency
in attending on time, we
ended up starting at 8:30 p.m."
Chin asked the audience
if the crowd was for Bush
or Obama. After the crowd
screamed, "OBAMA!" she
recited a negative Haiku poem
about Bush's second term.
Freidman brings lessons from around the world to his classroom
By MARTY SANTALUCIA
COPY EDITOR
MFSSO7S@PSU.EDU
Experiences from New York City
to Washington D.C. to Mexico
City have come together in Dr.
Doug Friedman's marketing
classroom since the summer of
2000, when he started teaching
at Penn State Harrisburg.
Growing up in a suburb of New
York City, Friedman always had
an interest in history - a subject
which sometimes caused tension
in the classroom as he would
debate teachers who presented
their political opinions as fact.
Had he not gone into teaching,
Friedman had thought of getting
a law degree and starting a
political career with presidential
aspirations but was deterred by
the apparent dishonesty involved
in politics.
In the 1980's Friedman was
looking for a career and decided
to try his hand at journalism,
Moving to Mexico City, Mexico
After the laughter stopped from
her haiku, she led into an exert
from a memoir from when she
was about eight to 10-years
old. The expert explained that
she realized she was attracted
to the - opposite sex when she
stumbled across three dirty
magazines with the images of
women touching themselves.
At times students remained
expressionless in their seats as
Chin covered topics like, the first
time she masturbated, her first
period, racism and memorable
childhood experiences. She
said she was telling her story.
"I don't claim to speak
for everyone," she said.
Throughout her performance she
shed layers of clothing getting
down to bare feet, a bubblegum
pink spaghetti strap tank top and
multi-pocketed olive green pants.
"My favorite part of her
performance was when
Staceyann shed herself of her
yellow and white patterned
to work for the now
defunct English
language Mexico City
News. Knowing no
one in his new home
and only possessing
rusty Spanish skills,
Friedman departed
Washington D.C. just
four days after a major
earthquakethatknocked
out all long distance
communication - there
was no way of telling
if the newspaper still
even existed.
Fortunately everything
worked out well and
he covered the city for
the next two and a half
years, getting a more local feel
and perspective of the region
rather than simply what tourists
see. While in Mexico, Friedman
met his future wife.
After leaving Mexico, Friedman
traveled back to New York for
a period of time and then to
Ann Arbor, Michigan where he
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hoodie, hei red Crocs slides with
wool/cotton-like insulation and
her socks that left her barefoot.
This immediately let me know,
that she was comfortable with
her surroundings," said Lauren.
Darrell Williams, 19, who
lives on campus and is an
economics major, enjoyed
Chin's performance.
"I think Staceyann Chin's
performance was very riveting
and down to earth. She didn't
hold anything back and that is
something I like in a performer,"
he said. "I was shocked about
how graphic she was with certain
topics, but with her being graphic
she related to the audience better."
At the end of Chin's performance
audience members were allowed
to engage in a question and
answer session with the poet.
She was asked about a few things
including her sexuality and her
astrological sign. She answered
by saying she was a Capricorn.
Among the 37 people in the
received his PhD in Marketing
from the University of Michigan;
Friedman lists completing his
PhD while supporting his family
as his greatest achievement.
Friedman chose to go into
teaching because he enjoyed
the challenges presented by
each unique class, semester, and
research project.
Janu : 28 2009
Def Artist Poet Staceyann Chin reads an expert from her
book "The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir."
audience, most were students, received was good, as well as
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and one was a guest. Chin said to her performance as being
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In June of 2000 he moved to
Lower Paxton Township with his
wife and three children to take a
position at Penn State Harrisburg.
PSH appealed to him because of
its balanced approach, focusing
on teaching and research rather
than the heavy research focus of
other universities.
Generally, his experience
here has been good, citing
the enjoyment he gets from
interacting with students and
talking to former students about
how they had applied what they
learned from him. His only wish
was that more students would
come to class better prepared as
that facilitates a higher quality
interaction and makes for a more
interesting class. Currently, he
hopes to get tenure so that he can
spend the rest of his career here
at Penn State Harrisburg.
Outside of the classroom
Friedman enjoys watching
football and hockey and playing
Please see FRIEDMAN
on page 10