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Synopsis
Want to throw a rock at the TV during the evening news or stab a pencil through the newspaper headlines? Can you hear yourself think over the microwave, computer and ringing cell phone? What is all this rushing about, the noise and anxiety in American culture? Read Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise and get his take. You’ll meet Jack Gladney, head of Hitler Studies at a local college, his fourth wife Babette and Jack’s friend Murray. You’ll come away probably a little sadder but definitely wiser about our contemporary existence.

Menu
Appetizers: Loaded Red Skin Potato Boats
Salad: Mixed Greens with Peppercorn Parmesain Dressing
Entrée: Grilled Delmonico Steak with Sauteed Mushrooms
Dessert: Warm Apple Pie with Whipped Cream

Presenter

Judith Steininger is a professor emeritus at MSOE.  She has also taught at UW-Milwaukee, Boston College and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kenya, East Africa.  At present she is a columnist for M Magazine writing monthly features.  She does additional free lance writing both locally and nationally and is a regular contributor to Milwaukee Public Radio’s “Lake Effect” program.  Her bachelor’s degree is in chemistry from the University of Kentucky and master’s in literature from Boston College.  Steininger taught the first Great Books discussion, Arrowsmith.  Other discussions have included Cold Mountain, Love in the Time of Cholera and The DaVinci Code. The Milwaukee Press Club awarded her cover story “Hot Stuff” the Best Feature Length Magazine Article for 2006 in a statewide competition.

 
Registration

You may download this Great Books registration form (Adobe Acrobat Reader software required) to fill out and mail in. To receive a Great Books brochure or for more information about the Great Books Series, contact Cathy Varebrook at (414) 277-4523 or by e-mail.