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Rosenfield Symposium on Northern Ireland
The Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations and Human Rights will sponsor a major symposium on Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland, Tuesday, September 15 through Thursday, September 17, 1998. Speakers representing the major nationalist and unionist parties, and the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition will give their perspectives on the current situation in Northern Ireland, the 1988 Good Friday agreement and the prospects for lasting peace. Professor John McGarry of King's College, University of Western Ontario will give the Scholars' Convocation on Nationalism in Northern Ireland and the Politics of Recognition. A schedule of events for the symposium and list of speakers appears as an addendum to this week's Campus Memo. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Books on the conflict in Northern Ireland will be placed on reserve in Burling library. More information on Northern Ireland is available at the following web sites: http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/index.html (a comprehensive collection of materials concerning the Troubles); www.sinnfein.ie (Sinn Fein); www.pitt.edu/~novosel/northern.html (Northern Ireland Women's Coalition; www.dup.org.uk (Democratic Unionist Party); www.uup.org (Ulster Unionist Party); and www.sdlp.ie/sdlp/ (SDLP).Students who would like to have a meal with the speakers should contact Prof. Moyer in the Rosenfield Program Office (Ext. 3177; E-mail MOYER).
As a lead-in to the September 15-17 symposium on Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland, the Rosenfield Program will show two documentaries on Thursday, September 10, beginning at 7:00 p.m., in ARH 302. The first of these, Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories, (one hour) offers first-person accounts of the lives of two working-class Belfast women told against the violent history of the last 25 years in Northern Ireland. The stories of Geraldine O'Regan ( a Catholic) and May Blood (a Protestant) are riveting tales of a society torn by sectarian violence and reveal how they have been forced by political and social upheaval to transcend the traditional roles of women in a conservative and segregated society. The wit and humor with which they tell their stories assures us that, whatever the future of this troubled nation, it will be one which its women will help to shape. The second documentary, Sons of Derry, (one hour) portrays the efforts of two men - the Protestant Glen Barr, one time political advisor to the Ulster defense association and the Catholic Paddy Doherty, former spokesman for the Derry Defense Association - to overcome the bitter enmities of the past with constructive solutions to the problems of Northern Ireland's second largest city. After chronicling the history of Derry, the video shows how Barr and Doherty are working in different ways to rebuild the city.
On Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 4:30 p.m. in Noyce Center 1021, the Biology Department will host its first seminar of the academic year. Faculty from the department will present information and tips for students applying to graduate school in the biological sciences. Students are encouraged to attend and ask lots of questions! Refreshments served at 4:15 p.m. in Noyce Center 1021.
On Tues., Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m., Steiner 106, Jeremy Lundquist '99, recipient of a Creative Arts Summer Internship Grant will speak about his experiences at the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative during this past summer. His slide presentation will focus on the techniques he learned at the Collaborative, specifically Xerox Gum Printing, which he will demonstrate after the presentation.
On Wed., Sept. 9, in Fine Arts, 123, Jeremy Lundquist '99, summer intern at the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative and the Xerox Gum Print, will be leading a workshop with Professor Crowley's Monoprinting class in Xerox Gum Printing. The class runs from 1:30-4:00 p.m. Visitors are welcome to come by the printshop, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
On Friday, Sept. 18, at 4:15 p.m. in ARH 102, Professor Salikoko Mufwene, Professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Linguistics Department of the University of Chicago, will be giving a public lecture
On Tues., Sept. 15 at 11 a.m. in Noyce Center 1023, senior Joshua More will present a physics department seminar.
More, who is majoring in physics, will speak about research he conducted at the University of Notre Dame this summer. He analyzed data collected during an experiment conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. In the experiment, high energy pions were collided on a fixed target. The researchers looked for a decay channel for a particle called eta prime. The researchers found a signal, which they are continuing to study.
What is hot in Hypermedia? On Tuesday, Sept. 9 (today), at 4:15 p.m. in Math/CS Lounge Noyce Center 2400. Kevin McLaughlin, Raphen Becker, Hilary Mason and Sarah Luebke will explain it all for you!! CHIPSANDSALSA!!!
Breathless (France, 1960). Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Language: French with English subtitles. B & W: 90 minutes. ARH 302, 8 p.m., Friday/Saturday, 2 p.m., Sunday.
The Parisian summer has rarely been more beautifully evoked than in these ninety minutes which shook the world. The harbinger of the French New Wave, and one of the true turning points in the history of cinema, Godard's film is a jazz-like improvisation on existential crime thrillers. Featuring the now legendary performance of Jean-Paul Belmondo as a small-time hood living on the edge and Jean Seberg as the American girl who casually sleeps with him and just as casually betrays him, Breathless is funny and daring and just as fresh today as it was on its release (more than thirty years ago). "The modern cinema could not exist without this film" Amos Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art.
Recent Prints and Paintings, works by Jeremy Lundquist '99, is currently on display at the Terrace Art Gallery. A reception for this show will be held Monday, September 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the gallery. The show will run through Friday, September 18. The Terrace Art Gallery is open during regular Forum hours. When you're in the Forum, be sure to stop by the gallery and enjoy Jeremy's show.
This semester the French House will be presenting a retrospective on the New Wave Cinema, 10 p.m. every Thursday, at 1130 East. This Thursday's (September 10th) film is The 400 Blows by Francois Truffaut. Title comes from a French phrase meaning "to raise hell" and the story of a teenage runaway comes from director's own disturbed childhood. Antoine Doinel is a 13-year-old who doesn't fit, his parents are indifferent, and his school almost Dickensian in its bleakness but he has the freedom of the streets of Paris, the safe womb of the cinema, and the companionship of books. As Truffaut put it, the film manages "not to depict adolescence from the usual viewpoint of sentimental nostalgia, but . . . to show it as the painful experience that it is." In the end, the only way to cope with the discovery that injustice exists is "to raise hell". E-mail [milin] with comments.
The Freshman will play Thursday, September 10 at 9:15 p.m. in the Harris Cinema. Harold Lloyd was one of the great comedians of early film, along with Charlie Chaplan and Buster Keaton. You may remember the image of Lloyd hanging from the hands of the clock many stories up above Times Square. In The Freshman, he plays the role of a freshman out to impress everyone, especially women. He "goes out" for every activity including football, for which he has neither the physique nor the talent, but lo and behold, he becomes a star. The film is hilarious and one of the early "greats." Next week's film: Slackers.
The Symphonic Band is still trying out players for all parts/sections throughout this week. We welcome anyone with experience playing a band instrument to be part of the group. All brass players, oboes, bassoons, and brass players are especially welcome. The group is now over 40, and they sound great! See for yourself by coming to our rehearsals on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:15 p.m. in room 103 of the new Bucksbaum Center. We can work around any class or athletic conflicts, so don't worry about that. Hope to see you at band!!!
Members of the campus community are invited to nominate candidates for honorary degrees to be awarded during the 1999 Exercises of Commencement. Details concerning the process are available from the Office of Special Services, x3178. Committee members are: Elizabeth Dobbs, Box A-7, Laura Sinnett, Box Y-27, Don Smith, Box F-5 and Jim Work, ex officio, Special Services.
Members of the campus community may be planning to conduct research projects with live human or animal participants. If you have such a project scheduled, please remember that the college Institutional Review Board exists to review and approve such projects. For information, please contact David Lopatto, 269-3165 or E-mail, LOPATTO@AC.GRIN.EDU.
•Found: A Fossil Collection watch outside Goodnow Hall. Call x4343 or come into the Goodnow secretary's office to describe and claim.
A schedule of the pool and weight room hours is an addendum to the Campus Memo.
The Security Department Incident Report is an addendum to the Campus Memo.
Any faculty needing to rent regalia for the presidential inauguration on Saturday, Oct. 10, should go to the bookstore by Sept. 11. We must measure for cap size as no previous records exist. There will be no charge for renting regalia for the inauguration.
Anthro majors and others considering it. Come to a potluck party, Friday, September 11th, 5:30 p.m. at the home of Gautam Ghosh, 511 10th Ave. Faculty will provide some potluck dishes, students may do same, or can bring meal ticket food to cook on grill. For more info contact GHOSH or WINGERTER.
•Music Business Internship
The Red Hot Organization, the world's leading AIDS fighting organization in the entertainment industry, is looking for college representatives for the fall 1998 semester. Fight AIDS through popular culture while working with excellent music and gaining experience in the music business. For more information, contact reps@redhot.org or check out www.redhot.org.
•Immediate Openings for Teachers
Mike Goode of Human Resource Development in the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District in Grapevine, TX will be at the University of Northern Iowa on September 10, 1998 to interview for immediate openings in the following positions: High School Spanish, High School Math, Middle School Math. Please call the UNI Office of Placement and Career Services at 319-273-6857 or 319-273-2068 to set up an interview.
•Census Jobs
The U.S. Bureau of the Census has full-time and part-time job opportunities in Poweshiek county. A pre-employment test is required and if enough students are interested the test could be administered on campus. Interested students should contact Becky Wallace in the Career Development Office at x4940.
•Part-time Local Jobs
Donaldson Company is looking for at least two individuals to help with clerical duties. These individuals should have some computer, Excel, Windows 95 experience. Duties would be varied but would be working in the scheduling department, quality control department and human resources department. Donaldson's also has two computer programming positions open (complete job descriptions available in the CDO).
All four positions are available immediately. Flexible hours. Send a resume to: Donaldson Company, Attn: Linda Harbin, 201 East Street South, Grinnell, IA 50112 or FAX at 515-236-8511.
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You're invited to a one-session workshop at the Reading Lab, on Thursday, September 10, 11:00 a.m. to noon, at 1321 Park St. (across from Smith Hall). No preregistration necessary. Questions? Contact Joan Mohan (MOHANJ or X-3118).
The Education Department is having a picnic for all interested students on Tuesday, September 15, 5:00 p.m., at 1312 Broad St. Come meet new faculty, greet friends and talk with current student teachers. In case of rain, it will be on the back porch. If you would like to come, please make a reservation via e-mail to KETTER@AC.GRIN.EDU by Friday, September 11. Include your board number if you are on board.
Don't forget to RSVP for James J. Hill's Excellent Adventure! This program, exclusively for first-year students, will be held Sunday, Sept. 13 at 1:00 p.m. in the Harris Cinema. Learn more about Grinnell's history and enjoy all-you-can-eat ice cream sundaes. We promise you'll be free by 2:15 p.m. Call X3221 or e-mail [primley@admin.grin.edu] to sign up by Thursday, Sept. 10. See you there!
French Table will meet every Monday from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. in Cowles PDRs 3 and 4. Please join the French Assistant Cécile Verin for an hour of informal conversation in a relaxed setting. Just bring your dinner to the PDRs after going through the line. Bon appétit!
During registration, 350 individuals received the inoculation for influenza. Keep
If you are interested in joining the swim team this year, please come to an information meeting Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 4:30 p.m. in the Cub's room of the PEC. If you can't attend or have further questions, please e-mail [HURLEY] or call x4848.
Music students needing instruments, keys to instrument lockers or practice rooms and lockers, check out hours for the above will be 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, September 8 through Friday, September 11 and 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. on Monday, September 14 in Fine Arts 35. For more information and updates on the hours please see the following web page location: http://www.grinnell.edu/individuals/nelsonp/BUSINESS/instrmnt.html
You may view the map to Fine Arts 35 at the following location: http://www.grinnell.edu/individuals/nelsonp/photos/instlock.gif
Music practice room sign-ups will begin on Monday, September 14, for third-and fourth-year piano students and all harp, harpsichord, percussion, and organ students. All other private music students may reserve practice rooms beginning Tuesday, September 15. Students may reserve up to ten hours of practice time per week for each private lesson registration. Students who are not registered for private lessons can sign up for practice rooms on or after Monday, October 5. These students will need to submit a written statement from a Music faculty member, telling why they should be allowed to reserve practice time, and will also need to pay a fee of $10. Until reservations are made, the practice rooms are available on a first-come, first-practice basis. Call Berneil Mueller, Ext. 4262, for more information.
The SGA Treasurer's office is now accepting budgets from registered sports clubs on campus for the fall semester. Budgets must be received in the SGA Treasurer's office, located in the basement of the Forum, no late than 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 19. Feel free to use the "How to get money from SGA" guideline found in the magazine rack in the SGA Offices, or e-mail Jess [JACOBSON] with any questions!
•Catering Student Staff
Grinnell House is seeking students interested in earning extra money and working a flexible schedule in catering. Please apply to Donna Lusher at ext. 4210.
The Community Service Center's tutoring and literacy programs are looking for wonderful people like you to work with students in the Grinnell community! We need tutors to work with students of all age levels and in all subject areas. In addition, we need volunteers to work in elementary school reading programs, story times, and children's theatre productions. If you are interested in any of these tutoring or literacy programs, please e-mail [LITERACY] for more information.
Funding for summer development internships are available to third-year students with a minimum gpa of 2.75 who wish to: 1) participate in the peace corps preparatory program; or 2) fulfill the optional internship requirement of the global development studies concentration; or 3) complement their majors by doing unpaid work in a development context either here or abroad. students receive a $3,000 stipend for a ten-week internship and a full tuition scholarship for 4 credits.
Brochures and applications are available in the office of the associate dean, Nollen 3. the deadline for returning applications to the office of the associate dean is Monday, November 2 at 5:00 p.m.
Entering students are encouraged to compete for the Hill Awards in music performance held at the beginning of the fall semester. The Hill Awards will be granted in the form of partial music lesson fee scholarships for the current year of studies. Competition for these awards will take place in Herrick Chapel on Saturday morning, September 19. An accompanist will be provided, if needed. Students should prepare up to 6 minutes of music, which may be excerpts or complete movements. If two or more shorter works are performed, they should be of contrasting styles. Prospective Hill contestants should submit intent to enter forms, available in the Fine Arts office at 1022 Park Street, by 5 p.m. on Friday, September 11. Contestants who need accompanists should attach a copy of the music to the form. All contestants must provide two copies of the music for the judges on the day of the competition. If you have questions about the hill competition, contact Eugene Gaub, ext. 3071, or by e-mail [GAUB], or Berneil Mueller in the Fine Arts Office, 1022 Park Street, ext. 4262 [MUELLER].
