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It accounts for a fifth of their grade The class is geared toward nonscience majors; there is no laboratory work This honors course creatively packages scientific principles in a contemporary way that will interest today's students," Gira said They are not required to have read all five Potter books Plitnik's students must do similar research for their final project, a written and oral presentation on a scientific topic with a Harry Potter theme Still, the workload is heavier than Jackie Boehm, an English major, expected when she signed up for what she assumed would be a blow-off class They are lighter fare than the nonfiction he usually reads, but Plitnik said they made a good hook for a class He covers the latest research on teleportation â€â€? "apparating" in the Potter books â€â€? and devotes an entire chapter to Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans and the science of taste " In the book, one of two required texts in Plitnik's class, Highfield discusses Muggle (ordinary human) technology capable of approximating such magical effects as walking through walls and regrowing bones Plitnik is exploring with 15 students, mostly juniors and seniors edu The bearded, 61-year-old acoustics expert is renowned on campus for his costumes, props (a rubber chicken is never far away) and other gimmicks The book, published last year, uses Rowling's fanciful creations as springboards for what The New York Times Book Review called "an enjoyably indirect survey of modern science Plitnik designed his course after reading "The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works," by London-based science writer Roger Highfield "I think he takes it very seriously," Dorsey said frostburg "This is a college-level class Can antigravity research produce a flying broomstick? Can Fluffy, the three-headed dog, be explained by genetic engineering? Those are some of the questions physics professor George R "He's real energetic and seems to know what he's talking about "The Science of Harry Potter," a three-credit honors seminar new this fall at Frostburg State University, offers fans of J With Plitnik in charge, Frostburg State President Catherine R Rowling's popular fantasy novels an opportunity to study the links between magic and science Other grading factors include two written exams and daily quizzes on assigned reading in the Highfield book and in a collection of critical essays, "Reading Harry Potter," edited by Giselle Liza Anatol, an assistant professor of English at the University of Kansas Four of the 14 students at one recent session acknowledged having done so, although all had read at least one or seen one of the two Harry Potter movies "This is not something where you just show up and talk about Harry Potter books and get a grade," Plitnik said before donning his black wizard's hat and robe for a recent session He says the class is not all fun and games, despite his penchant for dressing up as Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry " Last year, the University System of Maryland recognized Plitnik with an award for excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity Gira said she isn't worried that some may view a Harry Potter class as trivial " Michael Dorsey, a junior, is taking his second Plitnik-led class Last year, he invited a Brazilian colleague, Leonardo Fuks, to lecture one of his classes and lead them in a bicycle-riding musical performance The books were featured in a "Literature for Young Adults" course at Kent State University in Ohio, and Cerritos College, in Norwalk, Calif "I get bored doing the same thing," Plitnik said Plitnik tempers the serious approach with sometimes zany teaching methods Plitnik's seminar may be the first science-based Harry Potter class offered for college credit, although other schools, including Penn State University, have developed similar programs for children's summer camps K College class explores magic of Potter Sep 24, 12:20 PM EST Harry Potter is in college â€â€? as a subject, not a student "If I had a seminar and said, 'We're going to talk about the science of airplanes flying,' you'd have one student sign up , has an introductory composition class, "Words and Magic: Harry Potter and Vocabulary," this fall "Irrespective of the specific title of the course, the 'magic' in the fiction is being analyzed by applying concepts of physics, chemistry, biology and engineering He said he had read most of the Potter books for pleasure before conceiving of the class "I was like, 'Wow, we actually have to read books,'" she said â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: Frostburg State University: http://www " Frostburg State, a public school in western Maryland with average annual undergraduate enrollment of 4,300, isn't the only institution of higher education offering a scholarly take on the Potter phenomenon She dueled with archrival Charles Revson, who built the Revlon empire " She and Joseph remarried in 1942, had a second son, Ronald, and went into business together In 1939 she got a divorce and moved to Florida Lauder said her family always called her Esty (pronounced ES-tee) While in her home kitchen, "during every possible spare moment, (I) cooked up little pots of cream for faces Over the years she added new lines and new products, fragrances such as White Linen and Cinnabar, the Aramis line of men's toiletries and the Clinique line of fragrance-free, allergy-tested products Lauder went to beauty salons where she gave free demonstrations to women waiting under hair dryers Lauder never disclosed her birth date, but a company spokeswoman said she was 97 "There's no secret Lauder started off without enough of an advertising budget to attract an agency, so she used the money instead for free samples More often than not, they became customers Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies Lauder's assets, including her company stock and much of her real estate, had been put in recent years into a trust administered by her two sons and a longtime lawyer 1 billion total, ranking them both among the top 300 richest people in the world Cosmetics Queen Estee Lauder Dies at 97 Apr 25, 6:33 PM EST Estee Lauder, who started a kitchen business blending face creams and built it into a multimillion-dollar international cosmetics empire, has died 349 in the 2003 ranking in the Fortune 500 list of the nation's largest companies, with revenue at $4 But that was not how she grew up There are no ugly women â€â€? only women who don't care or who don't believe they're attractive When a public school official spelled it Estee, it stuck This year Forbes magazine estimated the net worth of her sons at $5 Lauder's success lay in her ability to connect with the average American woman, said Eileen Ford, co-founder of Ford Models A favorite selling tool has been offering a gift with a purchase â€â€? a giveaway that began out of necessity " Lauder and her husband were active in philanthropic work, including contributions to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York and the University of Pennsylvania, the site of the Joseph H Her company placed No Ronald Lauder left the business for several years in the '80s, serving in defense and ambassador posts in the Reagan administration and making a failed bid for mayor of New York Her persistence in selling paid off in 1948, when she persuaded a buyer at Saks to place a sizable order He then returned to the company "Beauty is an attitude," she once said If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard I always felt most alive when I was dabbling in the practice cream," she said But I found out that I had the sweetest husband in the world Typically, she was out to beat the competition: in this case Lee Israel's unauthorized biography, "Estee Lauder: Beyond the Magic She and her husband filled the order themselves, cooking up the creams in their factory, a converted restaurant, and bottling them in attractive jars " She enjoyed entertaining in the grand manner, in her Upper East Side townhouse, her oceanfront home in Palm Beach, her London flat, her villa in the south of France " Lauder sold her products primarily through department stores â€â€? Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's, Marshall Field's, Neiman-Marcus, Harrods in London, Galeries Lafayette in Paris â€â€? the tonier the better And she began experimenting with mixes herself Sometimes she stopped women on Fifth Avenue to try her products In 1930 she married a garment center businessman named Joseph Lauter (later changed to Lauder), and they had their first son, Leonard, three years later As the privately held company grew, Lauder and her husband involved their sons in the decision making In 1998, Lauder was the only woman on Time magazine's list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the century In 1995, the company, long tightly held by family members, announced plans to raise $335 million in an initial public stock offering "I don't know her very well, but she keeps sending all these things," said Princess Grace of Monaco, who became a friend In explaining her success, the cosmetics queen once said: "I have never worked a day in my life without selling 744 billion "If you put the product into the customer's hands, it will speak for itself if it's something of quality," she declared " The company's product lines have included Estee Lauder, Clinique, Aramis, Prescriptives and Origins Her public life dwindled after she broke her hip in 1994 Estee Lauder became a household name in 1953, when the company debuted Youth Dew, a bath oil and perfume â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? Associated Press writer Samantha Critchell contributed to this story She also courted the rich and famous Lauder understood all women and what their beauty needs were," Ford said In two days, Saks sold out and the company was on its way She was 97 Said Lauder, "If you have a goal, if you want to be successful, if you really want to do it and become another Estee Lauder, you've got to work hard, you've got to stick to it and you've got to believe in what you're doing Leonard Lauder took over as chief executive officer in 1982, the year before Joseph Lauder died, and nearly quadrupled annual sales by 1995 While her husband handled the business at home, she traveled to each new store that took her line and personally selected and trained the new saleswomen Why are all brides beautiful? Because on their wedding day they care about how they look "Mrs During the 1930s, she began selling face creams that her uncle John Schotz, a chemist, mixed up in a makeshift laboratory in a stable behind the family house Lauder died of cardiopulmonary arrest late Saturday at her home in Manhattan, said Sally Susman, a company spokeswoman After being vague about her background for years, Lauder rushed her autobiography, "Estee: A Success Story," into print in 1985 Years later, she explained why: "I was married very young "She was the one competitor he set out to beat but couldn't," wrote Revson biographer Andrew Tobias Packaging developed by Lauder in a delicate shade of greenish blue â€â€? chosen because it complemented virtually any bathroom decor â€â€? became a trademark You think you missed something out of life Born Josephine Esther Mentzer in the working-class Corona section of Queens, she was the daughter of Max and Rose Schotz Mentzer |
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