*The English Undergraduate Association Newsletter*
Weekly News For UC Berkeley's English Undergrads
3/14/07

/In this week's issue:/
****1. EUA* Meeting***//The Lounge, 330 Wheeler, Tues 5:15-6:00pm

*2. Goings-On About Town*
/A Heads-Up on Cultural Events/

*3. *Get Published*
*//Scholarships and contests//

*4. Summer Plans, Internships and Volunteering *
/Summer programs and other opportunities/*

*5**. *The Bulletin Board**
/A Smattering of Postings /

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****1. EUA* Meeting
**//The Lounge, 330 Wheeler, Tues 5:15-6:00 //

Come to the meeting. We have FOOD.

*2. Goings-On About Town*
/A Heads-Up on Cultural Events/

DATE: THU MAR 15, 2007 bag lunch book talk
TITLE: The Friends of Meager Fortune
SPEAKER: DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS (Canadian author)
Time: 12 noon
Place: 2223 Fulton St., 6th floor
Set against the backdrop of the northern New Brunswick logging industry
in mid-century, this novel "is a work that recovers a lost world with
astonishing vividness and empathy. David Adams Richards is surely one of
the finest contemporary novelists in the English language" (Ron Rash,
author of Saints at the River). A recent book review from the Washington
Post - (warning, spoilers!)

/The Anarcha Project: Sims and the Medical Plantation
in residence at UC Berkeley, March 12-14/

In The Anarcha Project, artists and activists use performance methods to
address black culture, disability culture, and the memory of
experimentation on slave women in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1840s by J.
Marion Sims, "the father of gynecology." The Anarcha Project uses
theatre, dance and poetry to make connections to public secrets, women's
bodies, the persistence of pain, racialized medical histories, health
care inequalities, and survival.

The Anarcha Project collaborators are Anita Gonzalez (Associate
Professor, Department of Theater Arts, State University of New York -
New Paltz), Carrie Sandahl (Associate Professor, Theatre, Florida State
University), Tiye Giraud (vocalist/ percussionist/composer, New York),
and Petra Kuppers (Associate Professor, English, University of Michigan,
and Acting Chair of UM in Disability Studies). Their residency at UC
Berkeley will consist of a public lecture, classroom lectures, two
evenings of workshops in collaboration with the Center for Independent
Living and a culminating evening of public workshop results and audience
discussion.

Public Lecture/Presentation/Discussion
Wednesday, March 14, 7-9pm, 285 Kroeber Hall, free admission
Wheelchair accessible. Please refrain from wearing scented products. To
request sign interpretation (2 weeks notice please) and for more info:
sschweik@berkeley.edu.

Student Workshop
Monday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 13, 6-8pm; Wednesday, March 14, 6-10pm

Petra Kuppers writes: "During the workshops, we'll be working with many
different modalities: dance, theatre, song. We are also going to use
performative writing: in each of these workshops, I am going to work
with interested students who want to explore ways of writing in response
to what is happening around them in the same space. At the end of the
workshops, the writing students will share with the performers what they
did - and hopefully, we will find fruitful and exciting collaborations
there. We've found this to be a more unusual but exciting form of
praxis, and hope you find it exciting, too."

To apply: please write a short letter of application. Address what draws
you to the project; what area you're most interested in exploring (race,
disability, medicine, gender etc. - and they all interlock); and what
experience you have doing performance work (theater, dance, voice)
and/or creative and critical writing. Don't feel you can't apply if you
have no such experience. Openness is the only essential criterion for
participation in the workshop. Send your letter by Monday, March 5 to
Susan Schweik at sschweik@berkeley.edu. Up to 20 people can participate.

Sponsored by the Ed Roberts Disability Studies Post-Doctoral
Program/Institute for Urban and Regional Development, the Doreen B.
Townsend Center for the Humanities, and the Consortium for the Arts

Wednesday, March 14th from 11 am to 2 pm, there is a Spring EAP Fair,
featuring Spring 2008 programs with an application deadline of April
10th. The Fair will be held in Heller Lounge in the MLK Jr. Student
Union. Tables will be staffed by program alumni and peer advisers, along
with several EAP Advisers. Please pass the word along that this is a
great way to find out more about the UC Education Abroad Program and ask
questions of recently returned students. General inquiries are also
welcome.

*UC Berkeley STAND: An Anti Genocide Coalition presents..*

*FEATURED EVENT*

*Thursday, March 15: *
***Darfurian Human Rights: **Mohamed Yahyah of the Damanga Coalition for
Freedom and Democracy - Representatives of the Massaleit Community in Exile*

*2050 VLSB, 8pm @ UC Berkeley*

*Mr. Yahyah will discuss his experiences as a Darfurian refugee, and what
can be done to stop the ongoing crisis from continuing. *

*www.damanga.org*

Mohamed Adam Yahya is a refugee from the Darfur region of Sudan and is
the founder and Executive Director of Damanga Coalition for Freedom and
Democracy. From 1995 to 2005, he was Chairman and spokesman of the
Representatives of the Massaleit Community in Exile, which was the first
human rights group to alert the international community to human rights
abuses in western Sudan.

Mr. Yahya was born in a small village east of Al-Geneina, the capital of
Darmassaleit (West Darfur state). Both as a child and adult, he
experienced the brutal racism that permeates Sudanese society. In 1993,
his village witnessed the first attacks of the Sudanese government's
Arab militia raiders, known as janjaweed. Yahya's home was completely
decimated and most of his relatives and neighbors were shot, raped, or
burned alive in their huts. Yahya was studying at Al-Azhar University in
Cairo at the time his village was destroyed. He received word that his
parents were safe, but he lost 21 other family members. He subsequently
began to receive firsthand reports of the terrible crimes that were
being committed by the Sudanese government and its proxy force, the
janjaweed.

It quickly became apparent to Yahya that Sudan's ruling regime was
engaged in a campaign to rid western Sudan of its black African ethnic
population. Yahya and other Sudanese students living in Cairo sought to
alert the international community to the humanitarian crisis that had
begun to unfold. In 1995, they formed the Representatives of the
Massaleit Community in Exile (RMCE). The RMCE's founding members came
from many different ethnic Sudanese backgrounds including the Massaleit,
Fur, Dajo, Zagawa, Bargo, Gimir, Tama, Berty, Barno, and Meme, in
addition to people from the Nuba Mountains, southern Sudan and elsewhere.

Believing that the pen is mightier than the sword, the RMCE sought to
protect the people of Darfur through peaceful means, including advocacy
and public education. With no financial resources, Yahya and other
members of the RMCE began this work by writing reports and circulating
them on foot to all the international embassies in Cairo. Their first
major open letter to the international community, "The Hidden Slaughter
and Ethnic Cleansing in Western Sudan," was distributed this way in
1999. Over the next couple of years it was widely referenced by the
United Nations General Assembly and Secretary-General Kofi Annan, along
with organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
In this way, Yahya and other members of the RMCE were the first people
to awaken the world to the unfolding genocide in Darfur.

Between 1999 and 2003, working in Cairo with the office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Yahya and the RMCE were
also able to sponsor more than 20,000 refugees from various parts of
Sudan. They helped ensure that nearly 95% of the people fleeing Sudan
received political asylum and resettlement in Europe, Canada, Australia
and the United States.

In 2002, fearing reprisal from the Sudanese government for his
humanitarian and advocacy work, Yahya sought political asylum in the
United States. After his relocation to Charlottesville, Virginia, Yahya
founded Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy, in order to
continue and expand on the work of the RMCE.

The Art of Writing Science
Four eminent writers will talk about the experience-the challenges and
rewards-of writing about science from diverse perspectives and for
diverse audiences. This panel is presented in conjunction with the new
On the Same Page initiative in the College of Letters & Science.

Monday, March 19, 2007
4:00-5:30
Toll Room, Alumni House
U.C. Berkeley

Featuring

Walter Alvarez, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science at U.C.
Berkeley and author of T. rex and the Crater of Doom

Timothy Ferris, Professor Emeritus of Journalism at U.C. Berkeley and
author of The Whole Shebang and Coming of Age in the Milky Way

Leonard Mlodinow, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology,
co-author of A Briefer History of Time, and author of Euclid's Window
and Feynman's Rainbow

Anne Nesbet, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at U.C.
Berkeley and author of Savage Junctures: Sergei Eisenstein and the Shape
of Thinking; currently working on a book on neurobiology and cinema

Admission is free, and everyone is welcome.

Co-sponsored by the College of Letters & Science and the Doreen B.
Townsend Center for the Humanities

*3**. Get Published
*/Scholarships and contests/

The Berkeley Poetry Review is now officially accepting submissions from
the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of
California, Berkeley for our 38th issue. Nationally recognized as one of
the finest undergraduate poetry journals, the review appears in
independent bookstores and libraries across the nation, on Amazon, and
in at least 25 bookstores in the Bay Area alone.

We would be honored to showcase your work this year. We will be
accepting submissions until March 18, 2007. To submit, please send a
SASE, small bio, your email address, and a maximum of seven poems to:

The Berkeley Poetry Review
10 Eshleman Hall 5A
UC Berkeley, CA 94720

OR simply as an attachment to berkeleypoetryreview@yahoo.com

Do you write? Draw? Paint?

The Cal Literary Arts Magazine (CLAM) is currently accepting submissions
for its Spring 2007 issue!
CLAM is a student-run, student-published biannual journal of the arts.
We publish student writing (poetry, prose, short fiction, short
non-fiction), photography, and other visual artwork. Submissions are
reviewed anonymously
by student peers. As we only accept submissions from the UC Berkeley
Undergraduate and Graduate student body, we are a one of a kind
opportunity on this campus for publication. All submissions should be
e-mailed to
clam.submissions@gmail.com. If you can't send it to us digitally, feel
free to contact us for other arrangements.
The deadline for the Spring 2007 issue of CLAM is April 4th. We can't
wait to see your stuff!
P.S. The journal (Fall 2006 issue) is currently available at the ASUC
Bookstore and by online/mail-order. For any further
questions/comments/concerns, visit our website at ocf.berkeley.edu/~clam.

Hello Friends,

The UC Rally Committee, in conjunction with Berkeley Poetry Review, is
holding a Bay Area/ Cal-themed poetry contest for Charter Week (March
19th-23rd) to celebrate and honor the University on its 139th birthday.
Professor
Robert Hass (former United States Poet-Laureate) and two other esteemed
professors will judge the poems along with the Berkeley Poetry Review.

3-5 winning poems will be chosen and authors will have the option of
being published in the Berkeley Poetry Review. They will also be
published in The Daily Californian during Charter Week and the winners
will be honored at UCRC's Charter Colloquium on the night of Wednesday,
March 21st. Each winning poet will receive an elegant "Hail To
California" poetry anthology published by California Alumni Association
as well as gift cards from local businesses.
While all poetry must be related to Cal or Berkeley in some way, there
is no specific format required. Submissions can be made to
BerkeleyPoetryReview@yahoo.com and are due by (tentatively) Wednesday,
March 14th at 12:00 PM.
We encourage you to write and submit Cal-themed poetry to the contest
and help honor our University. Go Bears! For California, for art.

Announcement of Literary Awards for unpublished manuscripts for writers
between 20-35 years of age
NO SUBMISSION FEE

I am writing to let you inform students that you work with about our
upcoming Literary Award competitions: the 50th annual Joseph Henry
Jackson Literary Award, the 70th annual James Duval Phelan Literary
Award, and 17th annual Mary Tanenbaum Literary Award. These three
prestigious awards are offered annually to promising young writers
between the ages of 20 and 35 who either were born in California or now
reside in Northern California or Nevada. There is no entry fee to submit
a manuscript for consideration, and there are two awards of $2,000.00
each and one award of $3,000.00. Several award-winners in recent years
have secured publishing deals with major publishing houses such as St.
Martin's Press, Simon & Schuster, Random House, and Knopf as a result of
these awards. Former award recipients include Philip Levine, Ernest J.
Gaines, Al Young, Michael Palmer, Frank Chin, Jane Hirschfield, Lyn
Hejinian, David St. John, Dagoberto Gilb, and Sallie Tisdale. Deadline
for submission is a postmark deadline by March 31, 2007.
http://www.theintersection.org/resource_awards.php.

/The Roosevelt Review wants your papers on politics and policy for the
2007 issue
/The Roosevelt Review is devoted to publishing high quality research,
analysis, and policy proposals by graduate and undergraduate students.
It aims to give policymakers access to untapped student intellectual
capital and build connections between students and policymakers with
common interests.

While the primary mission of the Roosevelt Review is to present
innovative policy proposals, it is also interested in research that
analyzes and clarifies current modes of thinking about policy issues. If
you've written a paper that analyzes current public policy or could
offer a policy perspective on a given problem, please submit it.

Articles are selected for originality, relevance, and readability. As a
general guideline, articles should be mid-length analysis pieces of
between 2000-10,000 words, and must include a bulleted executive summary
of 250 to 400 words. All citations must be included, with a 'works
cited' page attached.

To submit your work, please email your submission to the Chair of the
Editorial Board, Caitlin Howarth at caitlin@rooseveltinstitution.org,
with subject line "Roosevelt Review Submission." This email should be
sent with two electronic copies of the submission: one file (whose name
includes the word "author") with the author's name, school, and full
contact information, and one file (whose name includes "no-author')
without this information. Please also indicate which policy sector(s)
your paper addresses in your email.

All submissions undergo blind review; names are known only to the Chair
of the Editorial Board. Any questions about submissions or the Roosevelt
Institution can be sent to caitlin@rooseveltinstitution.org. Papers are
accepted on a rolling basis, with the final submission deadline of May
20th, 2007.

Journal of Creative Work Calls for submissions, reviewers and
Editorial-Advisory Board members

Every artist or author deserves a fair consideration to be published.
Scientific Journals International (SJI) provides an efficient forum
for publishing research and creative work from all disciplines. SJI
has assembled an extensive and prestigious Editorial and Advisory
Board (www.scientificjournals.org/editorial_board.htm).

This initiative is driven by an overriding passion to assist artists
and authors to cope with the "publish or perish" reality that has been
created by the policies of the academia and funding agencies.
According to several surveys, a large majority of authors and
researchers cite slow review process and publication delays in the
current system as a major obstacle to their publishing objectives.
Many have also expressed concerns about the fairness and integrity of
the peer review process in traditional publishing. Some scholars have
argued that there is a need to liberate the publication process for
broader and fairer access.

Scientific Journals International (SJI) is the first global initiative
that intends to accomplish this objective. We sincerely believe that
artists and authors who have devoted months or years to a project,
should not be shut out of the publication world simply because they
did not follow some procedural or stylistic rules and guidelines or
because their work did not fit in. All traditional journals have very
rigid stylistic or procedural policies that unduly create artificial
barriers and in effect retard innovation and creativity.

Scientific Journals International (SJI) maintains minimal procedural
and stylistic rules, and accepts scientific and creative works that
follow any style manual. A fair peer-reviewed evaluation system is
used to select works for publication. SJI maintains a rapid electronic
submission, review and publication process. Our capability for
perpetual future accessibility and preservation is also extremely
valuable to both authors and readers.

Our submission guidelines can be found at
http://www.scientificjournals.org/submission.htm. The Creative work
can be of any of the following types:

Poetry: up to 5 poems in one submission
Fiction
Creative non-fiction
Creative essay
Critical essay
Play/ Script
Painting/ Collage
Sculpture
Craft
Performance on digital form
Music composition
Photography
interactive digital works (online application or game, Streaming
media, Interactive digital artwork, etc.)
Digital Story (Up to 5 minutes in length with a transcript of the
audio file).

Application form for Reviewers and Editorial Advisory Board can be
found at http://www.scientificjournals.org/wanted.htm.
Current issues can be found at
http://www.scientificjournals.org/current_issue.htm.

*4. Summer Plans, Internships and Volunteering *
/Summer programs and other opportunities/

/Cinematic and Literary Traditions of Liberty/ summer workshop hosted by
the Institute for Humane Studies

This workshop will be a rare chance for aspiring young novelists,
filmmakers, artists, musicians and future scholars of the arts to get
the opportunity to sit with serious, talented peers for an entire week
discussing what they care about most: their work, the work of great
authors and filmmakers and the very substance of art, the human struggle
to know himself and be free.

This year's Cinematic and Literary Traditions of Liberty workshop will
be held at UCLA, July 7-13. The seminar is free; meals, housing, books,
etc. will be covered for all accepted applicants. Interested students
can find out more at www.TheIHS.org/1984. The deadline to apply for this
amazing, free seminar is March 31; *students who complete their
application by March 15 will receive a free copy of George Orwell's 1984.*

*Position: Shoemaker & Hoard Intern
Reports to:* Managing Editor
*Term of Internship:* one semester
*Minimum number of hours:* 15-20 per week

The intern's duties will include:

    * assisting the Publisher on all administrative matters, including
      answering phones and filing
    * organizing pre-sales and sales meeting materials
    * providing reader reports (or another form of brief) on slush
      manuscript/proposal submissions
    * sending out rejection letters when necessary
    * applying for Library of Congress information
    * following-up on manuscript permissions (artwork & text excerpts)
    * proofing page proofs and bluelines
    * shipping advance copies to authors & agents

Additional duties may be assigned according to the intern's interests
and experience, as well as the needs of the department.

If you'd like to apply for this  internship, please email a resume and
cover letter formatted as Microsoft Word attachments to
internships@avalonpub.com <mailto:internships@avalonpub.com>.  Please
put the name of this specific internship in your subject line. Our
schedules are flexible to accommodate other course work.  This is an
*UNPAID* internship.
We do not accept phone calls concerning the internship program. For more
information please visit www.avalonpub.com/internships/index.html
<http://www.avalonpub.com/internships/index.html>.

The UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education (aka the UCB
Labor Center) will be sponsoring the 6th Annual Labor Summer Internship
Program, a full-time PAID internship program for UC graduate and
undergraduate students. This is an opportunity for you to spend eight
weeks in Northern and Central California developing leadership,
political analysis, research and organizing skills while working with
unions and community based organizations striving for justice for
California's working people. If you are passionate about social and
economic justice--apply for the
Labor Summer Internship Program and be a part of building a better
California!

The deadline for students to apply is March 16th. For more information
and to apply online visit our website at
http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laborsummer/

Please contact Karen Navarro at 510-643-0910 or by email at
navarrok@berkeley.edu with any questions you may have.

*JusticeCorps* is an AmeriCorps program
that is currently recruiting 100 university students to volunteer
intensively in the self-help centers of the Superior Courts of: Alameda,
San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. The self-help centers
help litigants, who cannot afford an attorney, help themselves resolve
their legal matters.

JusticeCorps members will participate in an orientation and training on
October 15th and 16th 2007 and receive over 30 hours of training over the
course of the year. They will commit to serve for 300 hours (including
training), which is roughly equivalent to 1 full day or 2 half days a week
over the course of the academic year.

Benefits for JusticeCorps members include:
* The opportunity to serve their community
* A $ 1,000 AmeriCorps education award (which can be used to pay
back loans or for future education).
* Practical law and social services related experience
* Opportunities to work with lawyers
* Courtroom observation
* Shadow days with judicial officers
* Field project or internship credit
* Letters of recommendation for law school or graduate school

For the application and more information about the Justice Corps program
you can visit our website
<http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/justicecorps/>
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/justicecorps/

*The Bonner Leaders Program is a nationally recognized AmeriCorps program
that seeks to transform the lives of students, their campuses, their local
communities and the world through service and leadership. Bonner Leaders
are outstanding students who commit themselves to leadership through
service and making positive change across campus and in the community. Cal
Corps is recruiting 55 students of all majors and years to lead off campus
programs in many areas including: reading, writing, and math literacy,
environmental restoration, civic engagement and learning, and public
policy. Committed students receive a $1000 voucher for tuition/loans, can
earn up to 2 units, and will receive extensive leadership, career, and
professional skills training. Skills developed include: ability to work
with others; critical thinking; volunteer management, and program
planning. Detailed position descriptions and applications found at:
http://students.berkeley.edu/osl/calcorps.asp?id=1102 Applications are due
Friday, March 23, 2007.

* Community Projects Grants are offered through a partnership between the
ASUC and Cal Corps, to fund student-initiated service programs dedicated
to addressing vital community needs. Cal Corps sponsorship provides
groups with leadership training, specialized advising, and administrative
resources to help them manage volunteers and provide effective service to
their communities. Any registered student group engaged in off-campus
service can apply for grants from $200-$1000. Cal Corps also accepts
applications from new and emerging groups, looking to address an unmet
community need. Applications Due April 20th, 2007.
http://students.berkeley.edu/osl/calcorps.asp?id=1104

SUMMER CLASSES ABROAD

UC Berkeley Study Abroad
London, England
This program offers students an opportunity to explore what is involved
in the performer's art in an acting class that will provide an
introduction to performing classical (Shakespeare) and contemporary
British drama and theater. Students are exposed to the best of London's
extraordinary theater by attending nine plays in a wide variety of
spaces and performance styles. This program also includes visits to
important cultural landmarks and institutions, including
Stratford-Upon-Avon.
The program director, Lura Dolas, is happy to talk to anyone interested
in the program <lura@luradolas.com>. No previous acting experience
required to participate in the program!

UC Davis Summer Abroad 2007
Programs for Literature Students

UC Davis Summer Abroad programs feature UC Davis courses taught by UC
Davis instructors in over 25 locations around the world. This summer, we
are offering 10 programs featuring literature courses along with
activities that help students experience these literary works in their
cultural and historical contexts. All programs provide 8 units of credit
and last about 4 weeks. For more information on the course requirements,
instructors, accommodations, field trips, fees, and enrollment process,
please visit Summer Abroad online at http://summer-abroad.ucdavis.edu.

Openings are currently available in all the programs below. To begin the
enrollment process, apply online today at
http://summer-abroad.ucdavis.edu/apply.cfm .

Argentina­Buenos Aires
Latin American Culture
June 30 - July 30, 2007
Spanish 170S, 192, & 198
This program is designed as an introduction to Latin American Culture in
all its manifestations (visual arts, literature, music, dance, food,
architecture and film).Taught in Buenos Aires, one of the most vibrant
and cosmopolitan cities in Latin America, the course will take advantage
of the rich cultural resources of the city.

Australia­Melbourne & the Kimberleys
Australia: Urban to Outback
July 1 - July 29, 2007
Courses: English 139 & Nature and Culture 198
During this three-week program in Melbourne and our week-long visit to
the remote northern outback of this nearly three million square mile
nation/continent, you will gain an understanding of Australia's cultural
and environmental complexities. We will go on field trips to museums,
art galleries, and botanical and zoological parks in Melbourne and also
travel for a week in the Kimberley Range.

England­London
Shakespeare­Live!
June 23 - July 21, 2007
English 118 & 198
The primary goal of this program is to get students to enjoy
performances of Shakespeare's plays. During our four week stay in
London, we will see and read at least five of those plays, including one
produced in Stratford-upon-Avon (where we will also tour Shakespeare
houses). Class and the plays will take place Monday through Thursday, so
weekends will be free to explore London and to travel elsewhere in the
British Isles or on the continent.

England - London and Bath
Private Lives, British Writers­from Jane Austen to Zadie Smith
August 4 - September 1, 2007
English 163S & 198
This program provides students with an understanding of how "Victorian"
thought and mores traverse the fiction and non-fiction (including
letters) of such important British writers as Jane Austen, E. M.
Forster, Virginia Woolf, David Lodge, and Zadie Smith. We will examine
the complex themes of Victorianism (with its components of
anti-Victorianism) as they come to life in the texts, in film
adaptations, and during our excursions to inspiring literary settings in
London, Cambridge, and Bath.

France­Paris
Americans in Paris
June 23 - July 31, 2007
French 127 & either French 198 or Comparative Literature 198
This challenging course examines the central place of Paris in American
culture from the American Revolution to the present. Using major writers
including Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, Gertrude Stein, Hemingway and
others, it seeks to integrate the history of Americans in France in the
interdisciplinary context of international relations, economics, social
sciences, cultural studies, the history of art, music, literature and film.

Greece­Athens, Hydra, Nafplion, Olympia, and Kefalonia
Travelers in Greece
July 3 - July 31, 2007
English 149 & 198
For centuries, Greece has presented a challenging and intricate face to
its many visitors. The rich history of the region, its many famous
archeological sites, and the literature that Greece has inspired have
contributed to its complex cultural identity. Students will explore this
multifaceted country by studying Greece's cultural identity and history
through selected writings of well-known American authors as well as
through the work of major Greek writers in English translations
(readings will include novels, shorts stories, poems and travel literature).

Ireland­Dublin, Belmullet, Galway, and Dingle
Irish Literature and Environment
August 12 - September 12, 2007
English 149 & Nature and Culture 198
This program provides students with an immediate sense of Ireland's
literature, culture, and natural environment. Students will travel from
Dublin to Dingle, Galway and County Mayo as they study the works of
James Joyce, J.M. Synge, Liam O'Flaherty, and Michael Viney alongside
the history and culture or ecosystem and wildlife of Ireland.

Italy­Florence
Renaissance Florence and the Birth of Modern Europe
July 7 - August 6, 2007
Comparative Literature 180 & 198
Focusing on Renaissance Florence's contribution to modern European
culture, this course studies the Florentine writers, Dante, Boccaccio,
and Petrarch, using selections from their major works as source texts,
with supporting selections by Alberti, Machiavelli, Michelangelo,
Leonardo da Vinci, and Giorgio Vasari to explore how modern
institutions, politics, and society were being invented in fourteenth
and fifteenth century Florence.

Mexico­Cuernavaca & Veracruz
Reversing the Conquest in the Americas
August 16-September 16, 2007
Comparative Literature 152 & 198 (or NAC 198)
In Cuernavaca, the city of "eternal spring," we study literature,
culture, and nature of the Americas. In the second week, we visit
Veracruz, where we study the Pre-Columbian civilizations in Mexico
before the Conquest and understand how the Pre-Columbian legacy still
resists American globalization.

Scotland­Edinburgh
Scottish Literature and Culture, 1750-2000
August 4 - September 1, 2007
English 149 & 198
Students will briefly study some important writers of the Scottish
Enlightenment (e.g. Adam Smith, David Hume) along with the poetry of
Robert Burns and Walter Scott's great novel The Heart of Midlothian (set
in Edinburgh). In addition, students will study some important
transformations in the evolution of modern Scottish culture, including
film, literature and music.

*5**. The Bulletin Board*
/A Smattering of Postings/

Volunteers Wanted! Writing Tutors at Berkeley High School

AP English teachers at Berkeley High School are looking for one or two
Cal student volunteers to help their students with editing and revising
written work. The assignment involves working one-on-one with the
students, in the afternoons and occasionally during high school class
times. Although the work is unpaid, it is very rewarding and
stimulating. Berkeley High students are bright and articulate, and will
greatly benefit from the help you provide. This kind of community
service will enhance your undergraduate resume as well.

The ideal volunteer should be an English or Comp Lit major with strong
language skills. If you are interest in helping or would like additional
information, please contact Professor David Lieberman at
dlieberman@law.berkeley.edu. Professor Lieberman is helping coordinate
this effort for Berkeley High. You can send him a brief and informal
description of any relevant experience or a copy of your c.v.
Thank you for your interest and your help! Yours, David Lieberman

San Francisco Hepatitis B Collaborative at Berkeley

Are you fluent in Ilocano, Pampangan, or Basian? Would you like to
collaborate with UCSF volunteers committed to the underserved
Asian-American/Asian immigrant population for the purposes of providing
Hepatitis B patient education and testing?
We're looking for a couple volunteers fluent in these particular
Filipino dialects to help out at a special clinic that will take place
on Sunday, April 17 at the Bayanihan Community Center. Those who wish to
continue volunteering with SFHBC are welcome and encouraged! If
interested, please email CalSFHBC@gmail.com ASAP and include the dialect
that you are fluent in.

*The Prytanean Society* was founded at Berkeley in 1901 to recognize Cal
women students who demonstrate faith, service and loyalty to the
University Of California, Berkeley.

Prytanean Prizes are awarded to women students with junior standing in
recognition of campus and community service as well as academic
excellence (GPA Of 3.2 required). The recipient will receive a cash
prize and will be honored at the Prytanean Alumni Brunch on Saturday,
May 5, 2007, at the Garden Room of the Clark Kerr Campus.
Please download an application at www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~prytnean

*THE XLab *
The XLab runs behavioral social science experiments on behalf of graduate
student researchers and faculty at UC Berkeley, and is part of the
Institute of Business and Economic Research. One of our goals is to
recruit a large pool of subjects, both students and staff. Students
can register on-line for our subject pool, then get invited to
participate in particular experiments.

Subjects in Xlab experiments earn payments that usually vary by
performance, but average $15 per hour. This is great way for
students to participate in science AND get paid for doing so.

To find out more about us:

http://xlab.berkeley.edu/sitemap.html.
To register as a new participant, go to: http://xlab.sona-systems.com
We really appreciate your support for the Xlab and its researchers.

Apply the skills you learn in class in a hands-on environment!

Residential & Student Service Programs, Informational Technologies
(RSSP-IT) is currently recruiting students for the 2007-2008 academic
year. Positions include system administrators, programmers, network
security, desktop administrators, desktop consultants, unit supervisors,
network assistants, software training consultants and administrative
assistants. There are technical and non-technical positions, so don't
doubt yourself, just apply.

Gain valuable work experience while developing leadership, technical and
customer support skills. Past RSSP-IT students have gone on to work at
companies such as: Google, Microsoft, Apple, HSBC, Industrial Light and
Magic, and Amazon.com.

RSSP-IT positions offer students the unique opportunity to make
autonomous decisions in real-life technical situations. Pay ranges from
$11.10 to $17.03 an hour. Work study is available, but not mandatory.

Applications and position descriptions online at:
https://it.housing.berkeley.edu/hiring.php

Application deadline: Wednesday, March 21st at 5PM

Questions can be directed to: hiring@rescomp.berkeley.edu

*Hello!*
It's that time of year again and we have begun recruiting /Peer
Advisers/ for the 2007-2008 academic year. The application can be
downloaded from http://ls-advise.berkeley.eduThe application includes a
description of the position and all important dates and deadlines. I
would be happy to answer questions about the application process and/or
the position.
Jen
--
Jennifer Bower
College Adviser
College of Letters & Science
Office of Undergraduate Advising
113 Campbell Hall MC 2924
PH (510) 642-1483
FAX (510) 642-2372
EMAIL jenniferb@berkeley.edu
http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu

/Galileo Educational Services/, in partnership with The Tech Museum of
Innovation, de Young Museum and Klutz, is gearing up and getting ready
for this summer, and we hope that you will join us in inspiring
thousands of campers during an amazing 2007 summer camp season - and
having FUN! Currently, we are seeking college students and graduates for
summer positions at Camp Galileo and The Tech Museum Summer Camps in
over 15 Bay Area communities.

Please note that our next application deadline is April 2nd. Jobs fill
quickly, so apply now. Below you will find the specific position
information and web links for our online application.
For detailed job descriptions, please visit http://www.galileoed/jobs

To apply, click on our online job application
http://www.galileoed.com/docs/jobApps/jobapp.html

Galileo Educational Services' mission is to provide opportunities for
young people to discover and pursue their passions. Through
collaboration with premier organizations such as The Tech Museum of
Innovation, de Young Museum and Klutz Galileo Educational Services
operates unique summer enrichment programs at fifteen Bay Area locations.

Galileo Educational Services is seeking college students and graduates
for fun summer positions at Camp Galileo and The Tech Museum Summer Camps.

College student positions: Gain valuable experience leading kids and
assisting in the camp classroom as a Team Leader at Camp Galileo or
Assistant Instructor at The Tech Museum Summer Camps.

College graduate positions: Earn Continuing Education credits while
instructing art, science, outdoors, engineering, or technology-related
subjects in a fun, camp environment. We are seeking graduate students
for Lead Instructor positions at both camps.

Galileo provides curriculum and training to set you up for success--all
you need is a passion for camp and experience leading kids!

APPLICATION DEADLINE - APRIL 2. For detailed job descriptions and our
online application, visit http://www.galileoed/jobs.

RESEARCH PROGRAM DEADLINES FOR MID- TO LATE SPRING

03-16-07 deadline.
SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM (SURP)
Ac. credit or stipend at discretion of mentor. Projects only in the
biological sciences, although some also relate to chemistry, computer
science, or other disciplines. no Summer apprenticeship program in bio
sciences. 45 participants/summer. http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/SURP/

03-23-07 deadline.
SURF: SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS (L&S)
Amount: $3,000. L&S only 3.0 gpa; grad F'07or Spr/Sum'08. Funds
independent summer research; a few mtgs in the summer. 38 participants,
approx.
Info sessions:
Monday, February 12, 2007, 2:15-3:00
Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 1:15-2:00
Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 5:15-6:00
http://research.berkeley.edu/surf/

04-01-07 estimated deadline.
GROUP SUMMER RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIPS (TOWNSEND CENTER)
Amount: $2,500. Projects are in the humanities (and social sciences).
Students must apply to one of 12 faculty projects no Pairs faculty
members and undergraduate students in summer research projects. 12
participants. http://townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/groupapprentices.shtml

04-03-07 estimated deadline.
CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEACE AND WELL-BEING UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
Amount: $3,000. Applicant's work should relate to how people connect
with each other and how we can reduce the tensions and alienation that
get in the way of benevolent interactions. Topic can be across a broad
spectrum of academic disciplines, with a particular focus on the
social-behavioral sciences. Fellows receive research funding; contribute
to Center's website and quarterly magazine; attend Center symposia and
lectures; go to monthly fellows meetings to share progress, solicit
feedback, and identify resources; poster presentation; final report. 1
participant. http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu/research_fellowships.html

04-04-07 deadline.
DAVID SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Amount: $16,500. sciences Applicants should be planning a PhD, in good
ac. standing; soph. or jr. , eligible for need-based fin. aid. Funds
indep. research in the sciences; community service in low-incomes
schools req'd; 4 participants, app. Info sessions:
Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 2:00-3:00pm, 2063 VLSB
Thursday, March 1, 2007, 1:00-2:00pm, 2063 VLSB
Friday, March 9, 2007, 12:00-1:00pm, 2063 VLSB
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 2:00-3:00pm, 2063 VLSB
http://research.berkeley.edu/david/index.html

04-06-07 deadline; September, 2007 deadline; Jan. 08 deadline.
SPONSORED PROJECTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (SPUR - CNR)
Amount: up to $2,000 for student-initiated. Both faculty and student
must be in College of Natural Resources. 2.0 gpa Students can apply to
work on faculty-initiated projects (soph, jr., or sr.), or can submit
their own projects for funding (with support of a faculty mentor) --
usually jr. or sr. 25 participants/yr. , app.
http://cnr.berkeley.edu/site/about_spur_students.php

04-30-07, Sept. 07, Dec. 07 deadlines.
TRAVEL GRANTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (L&S)
Amount: up to $500. L&S only priority to seniors. Provides funds for
travel for data collection or for presentation at professional meetings.
15 particip./year., approximately. http://research.berkeley.edu/travel/

Deadline: rolling until $ is gone.
ASUC ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY FUND GRANTS
Amount: usually up to $500. Highest priority to students with carefully
thought-out proposals, support of a faculty mentor, and who have sought
out other support. Academic Opportunity Fund awards grants for academic
travel that enhances student access to valuable educational experiences
beyond the classroom. 90 participants/yr. , app. http://www.asuc.org/grants

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