Week 12: Santa Cruz

Cowell's Beach

  

Oh, you gotta be, oh, you gotta be
still living by the sea.
Oh, you gotta be, oh, you gotta be.
'Cause Santa Cruz you're not that far.
Oh, Santa Cruz, no, you're not that far.

—The Thrills, "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)"

Week 12: Santa Cruz
Mo 4.11 / Tu 4.12
Read: ACC—p. 231 – 255; eR—“Person of the Year 2010: Mark Zuckerberg” by Lev Grossman (Time), “Mark Zuckerberg & Facebook, Part 1” (60 Minutes), “Mark Zuckerberg & Facebook, Part 2” (60 Minutes), “The Face of Facebook” by Jose Antonio Vargas (The New Yorker)
In-Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Preview—Editorial essay

We 4.13 / Th 4.14
Read: MYCAL—“Transients in Paradise” by Aimee Lu, “The Last Little Beach Town” by Edward Humes, “Bienvenidos a Newport Beach” by Firoozeh Dumas, “Berkeley” by Michael Chabon
In-class: Reading discussion; Presentations
Due: Reflection 6
Returned: Cause and effect essay 

Upcoming: 

Week 13: Mendocino

Mo 4.18 / Tu 4.19
Read: MYCAL—“The Line” by Ruben Martinez, “Flirting with Urbanismo” by Patt Morrison,

In-class: Reading discussion

We 4.20 / Th 4.21

Read: MYCAL­— “My Little Saigon” by Ahn Do, “The Nicest Person in San Francisco” by Derek Powaze, “The Un-California” by Daniel Weintraub

In-class: Reading discussion; Lecture—“California on TV”

Sa 4/23
Field trip: Details TBA—Participation optional