A Different Way of Knowing ' +
'The University of Minnesota is home of one of the leading centers of American Indian study in the nation. In fact, it was the first in the nation. This spring the Department of American Indian Studies celebrates its 40th birthday.
' +
''
},
{
optionContent: 'Sounds of Silence ' +
'Art professor Diane Willow was one of the 150 CLA faculty members that received one of the University’s new Imagine Fund awards. This video from her recent exhibition in Beijing shows the experiential nature of her work with sound.
' +
''
},
{
optionContent: 'Promoting Safer Listening ' +
'The Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences creates custom earpieces for headphones to help prevent hearing loss.
' +
''
},
{
optionContent: 'Petropolitics and the Middle East ' +
'Questions remain about how the international community should react to Russia\'s blatant show of force in Georgia. The events surrounding the conflict have marked a new and serious turn in east-west relations and escalated old tensions between the U.S. and Russia. Anthropology chair William Beeman explores the geopolitical implications of this invasion in a talk he gave for the Headliners series sponsored by the College of Continuing Education.
' +
''
},
{
optionContent: 'Piracy in the Gulf of Aden ' +
'American studies professor Kale Fajardo discusses how piracy incidents off the coast of Somalia connect to other issues around the globe.
' +
''
},
{
optionContent: 'CLA\'s Rhodes Scholars ' +
'In the past seven years, the College of Liberal Arts has had four students achieve the honor of being Rhodes scholars.
' +
''
}
];
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== Purpose
- Holds data for DivSwitcher to dynamically switch the content of several divs on various events.
- holds the divSwitcherData for this statement: var divSwitcher = new DivSwitcher(divSwitcherData, 'divSwitcherOptions', 'divSwitcherPlayer', 'divSwitcherInfo',{});
- Created to facilitate the functionality needed on the CLA Site.
== Dependecies
- Needs prototype USE GOOGLES PROTOTYPE, include this in the
- Needs DivSwitcher.js
== Assumptions:
- DivSwitcher requires data in this format
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{
optionContent = 'THUMBNAIL
',
playerInitialContent = 'INITIAL PLAYER CONTENT
',
playerOnClickContent = 'ON CLICK PLAYER CONTENT
',
infoContent = 'INFO CONTENT
'
},
...
]
- displayOnLoad: true, selects which video will be displayed on load
== Example
- See DivSwitcherDemo.html for example usage.
*/
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var divSwitcherDataSet2 = [
{
displayOnLoad: true,
optionContent: 'Eight Percent ' +
'Journalism senior McKenna Ewen looked at how the economic crisis has affected the Twin Cities and what having an 8% unemployment rate means. This video is one of a series that Ewen has produced. Ewen was recognized by UWIRE among the 100 best and brightest journalism students in the nation.' +
'
'
},
{
optionContent: '24 Hour Theater ' +
'Each January student writers, directors, and actors come together to put their creative powers to the test--writing, producing, and staging a play in just 24 hours.
' + 'See the line up for Xperimental Theatre\'s 2009-10 seasonLearn more about the Department of Theatre and DanceExploring the Role of Religion in Social Justice ' +
'Religious studies student Korla Masters discusses the social justice focus of her major, her study abroad experience, and her advice for others interested in religious studies.
' + 'Visit the Department of Religious StudiesLearn more about our faculty\'s work on religious studiesPublic Projections ' +
'Make Magazine rode along with Ali Momeni and his group Art on Wheels as they use mobile video projectors to transform public spaces into eye-popping sound and light shows.
' +
''
},
{
optionContent: 'Saludos de Venezuela ' + 'Many CLA students take advantage of the University of Minnesota\'s Learning Abroad Center. Katie studied in Merida, Venezuela for a summer to complete the language requirement for her psychology degree.
' + ''
}
/*{
optionContent: 'Plans Change for Study Abroad Students ' +
'Fox news spoke with CLA student Kamela Koehler who had to change her plans to study in Mexico due to the H1N1 outbreak.
' +
''
},
{
optionContent: 'U of M Student Named Rhodes Scholar ' +
'Senior Ashley Nord has been named one of 32 Rhodes Scholars for 2008. She is a summa cum laude candidate for a Bachelor of Arts degree in global studies with a minor in Spanish studies, and a candidate for Bachelor of Science degrees in physics and astrophysics.
' +
''
},
{
optionContent: 'CLA\'s new McKnight Land-Grant Professors ' +
'Professors Giancarlo Casale, history; Alan C. Love, philosophy; and Kieran McNulty, anthropology, were awarded 2009 McKnight Land-Grant Professorships. The award aims to advance the careers of the University\'s most promising junior faculty at a critical point in their professional lives.
' +
''
},
{
displayOnLoad: true,
optionContent: 'A Phantom Menace? ' +
'Ever felt your phone vibrate and find that no one is calling you? Psychology professor Paul Schrater discusses some possible reasons we get phantom phone calls in a story produced by KARE 11 News.
' +
''
},
{
optionContent: 'The Decline of Health Care Journalism ' +
'Journalism professor Gary Schwitzer discusses how health journalism has been rapidly declining in quality due to budget issues, shrinking newsrooms and pressure from upper management. His latest report for the Kaiser Family Foundation uncovered a bleak truth about the quality of the reporting and the pressures put on journalists.
' +
''
}*/
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