Make room, Socrates, for Lady Gaga and Beyonce


Gaga was just another pop star to Poss — until she took this spring’s seminar to fulfill an honors credit.

“The videos, in combination with the class discussion and the articles, really shed light on the deeper meaning of her work,” she said. Last week, she turned in a paper analyzing Gaga’s commentary on stardom in the video “Paparazzi,” pointing out the “split-second images of seemingly dead women lying on the ground with blank stares,” one way Gaga links fame with death.

Poss, a distance runner, said her teammates always ask about Lady Gaga at practice.

“Everyone wants to hear about our class.”

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