I have some funding to take the MIME show on the road a bit this fall to potential grad students. I'm particularly interested in visiting some of the interesting liberal arts colleges in the midwest: Oberlin, Grinnell, Dennison, Carleton, Antioch, Earlham, Beloit, etc. MIME is pretty visual but our primary focus is interactive storytelling and computer game design which means art, music, storytelling and creative programming in all sorts of combinations. Our students have no single background and range from Philosophy and Religion to Biology, Math and Physics to art, music, storytelling and computer science. MIMEsters do all sorts of things such as create their own businesses, develop non-profit organizations which deal with newmedia and social justice issues and go on to interactive design at places such as Universal Studios, Sony Online, ATT and most recently Lucas Arts. A side benefit of the visit is a non-threatening show and tell of how interactive media is the heart and soul of a liberal arts education in the 21st century. Non-threatening in that I am only there for a day. For some faculty that is enough. 8-) I'll be showing 'fun' but with game-like projects based in biological science, native American language studies, Dante and mid American history. Friday afternoons will work best for me. Will probably wander, Powerbook in hand, mid September to late October. Any takers? --Thom \\\\//// tHoM gIllEsPiE /ww ww\ Indiana University, Telecommunications Dept 6 (*][*) ? 1229 E 7th St Radio & TV Bldg \ .7 / Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 USA ( --') thom@indiana.edu 812-855-3254 (v) WWWW THE MIME PROGRAM: www.mime.indiana.edu / WW \ www.indiana.edu/~slizzard/resume/page.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversation. -Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventure in Wonderland