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*The English Undergraduate Association Newsletter* Weekly News For UC Berkeley's English Undergrads 3/19/07 /In this week's issue:/ ****1. EUA* Meeting **//The Lounge, 330 Wheeler, Tues 5:15-6:00 / / *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 / Visit our webpage: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~eua If you are getting double e-mails, please let us know: berkeley.eua@gmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****1. EUA* Meeting **//The Lounge, 330 Wheeler, Tues 5:15-6:00 // Come to the meeting. We have FOOD. Yummy. In other news (for next week), as a great man once said, SPRING BREAK!!! *2. Goings-On About Town* /A Heads-Up on Cultural Events/ March 21, 5:00, Maude Fife Room /Esther Schor, /Professor of English, Princeton University *"Emma Lazarus and Biography: Writing a Writer's Life"* Most of us know Emma Lazarus only by her words engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, "Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearing to breathe free/The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." Professor Schor's recent publications include /The Other Mary Shelley: Beyond Frankenstein/, a volume of essays that she co-edited, and /The Hills of Holland/, a book of her own poetry. *Rhythm, Rhyme and Representation: A Community Discussion on Hip-Hop & Gender:* April 2nd and 3rd 2007 at the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />University of California-Berkeley.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> The UC-Berkeley Hip-Hop Studies Working Group presents: "Rhythm, Rhyme and Representation: A Community Discussion on Hip-Hop & Gender" April 2nd and April 3rd, 2007 at the University of California, Berkeley. On April 2nd, from 6-8pm at the Pacific Film Archive Theater (2575 Bancroft Way), we will present a screening of Byron Hurt's acclaimed documentary film, "Beyond Beats and Rhymes." Hurt's documentary, which was an official selection at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, examines representations of gender roles in Hip-Hop and rap music and tackles issues of masculinity, misogyny, violence and homophobia within the culture. A panel discussion will follow the screening featuring Erinn Ransom (Hip-Hop Studies Working Group) Aya De Leon (Spoken Word Artist, director of Poetry For the People) and Juba Kalamaka (Deep Dickollective, founder of Sugartruck Recordings). On April 3rd, from 6-8pm, at Pauley Ballroom (East) in the MLK Student Union Center (Intersection of Telegraph Ave. & Bancroft Way), we will host, "Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?" A Panel Discussion. The goals this townhall style meeting conducted by leading hip-hop intellectuals and activists is to help youth and the greater community think through the range of issues associated with gender & Hip-Hop, place on the table the tensions and animosities between young men and women that some hip-hop music exacerbates, and finally, present the community with viable strategies to implement in their personal lives and organizations. This panel features Bakari Kitwana (co-founder of the National Hip-Hop Political Convention and the author of The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture), Joan Morgan (author of the groundbreaking When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: My Life as a Hip-Hop Feminist), Mark Anthony Neal (author of four books including New Blackman), Yo-yo (A Grammy nominated recording artist and actress), Davey D (Hip-Hop Historian, Journalist and founder of Breakdown FM) and is hosted by Erinn Ransom (Hip-Hop Studies Working Group). This panel is also scheduled to speak at Spelman College, Vanderbilt University, UCLA, University of Chicago and other prominent universities and colleges this Spring. Both of these events are free and open to the public and each venue is wheelchair accessible. Co-sponsored by The Townsend Center for the Humanities, KQED Community Engagement, The Center for Race and Gender, the Consortium for the Arts, the Beatrice Bain Research Group and the Gender and Women's Studies Department. For more information please contact: hiphopworkinggroup@lists.berkeley.edu *3**. Get Published */Scholarships and contests/ Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular is pleased to announce its fourth annual summer fellowship program to take place June 18-22, 2007 at the University of Southern California's Institute for Multimedia Literacy. We are seeking proposals for projects related to upcoming issues devoted to the themes of Reading (vol. 4 no. 1) and Noise (vol. 4 no. 2). Vectors publishes work which need necessarily exist online, ranging from archival to experimental projects. We invite you to consider submitting an application or to circulate this email to your peers and graduate students. Vectors' fellows not only attend our summer workshop but also have the opportunity to work over several months with a world-class design team in realizing the scholar's vision for online scholarship. You may download the Call For Proposals for the 2007 Vectors Summer Fellowships here: http://www.vectorsjournal.org/pdf/VectorsCFP2007.pdf Please feel free to circulate this document widely. Completed proposals are due by April 15, 2007. Best wishes, Tara McPherson & Steve Anderson http://www.vectorsjournal.org 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. *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 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. *4. Summer Plans, Internships and Volunteering * /Summer programs and other opportunities/ *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/ Full tuition grants for Fall 2007 and Spring 2008!!! Come teach in China! My name is Kelly Yang and I am a graduate of a UC Berkeley Class of '02 and Harvard Law School '05. I am also the founder of a popular creative writing and critical reasoning center for young students in Hong Kong called The Kelly Yang Project, a program which inspires students in Asia to embrace creative thinking and writing at a young age. We are looking for passionate Cal graduating seniors who are exceptional writers to join our team. We are specifically looking for talented young teachers who have a background in creative writing. This is a great way for English majors to do something very positive, rewarding, and explore a different, blossoming part of the world--Asia! We also hope to explore ways of collaboration with your esteemed club at Cal. If all these things sound interesting to you, please contact me at kellyyang@gmail.com. You can visit our website at www.kellyyang.com. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks very much for your time. Kind regards, Kelly Yang The Berkeley Grants for The Scholar Ship: Berkeley Programs for Study Abroad, in partnership with The Scholar Ship, is pleased to announce a new grant program for qualified Berkeley students interested in participating in the semester-long, The Scholar Ship program. The Scholar Ship is an oceangoing academic program aboard a passenger ship dedicated exclusively to undergraduate and postgraduate education. This academic voyage is designed to promote student development of intercultural competencies and leadership skills that will prepare students to be global citizens and to succeed professionally at home or abroad. During the 16-week semester, students will be immersed in an intellectually engaging curriculum while being provided with opportunities to participate in numerous port programs that are designed to complement the classroom experience and enhance experiential learning. The Scholar Ship is partnered with leading universities worldwide, through the Consortium of Academic Stewards, in the development of its intellectually robust academic program. The University of California Berkeley is one of the program's academic stewards. The Berkeley Grant will cover full tuition, cabin and meal costs for the semester-long program. Students will be responsible for travel to/from the ports, optional field trips, textbooks and other course materials and other personal expenses. This grant is distinct from other types of aid offered directly through The Scholar Ship program. Information and the application form for the Berkeley Grant are available online at http://www.studyabroad.berkeley.edu/bpsa/Programs/TSS.htm. For additional information on the Berkeley Grant or The Scholar Ship, students can contact Berkeley Programs for Study Abroad, 160 Stephens Hall, (510) 642-1356, or email: eapucb@berkeley.edu. Completed grant applications and all supporting materials must be received by the Berkeley Programs for Study Abroad office at 160 Stephens Hall by April 13, 2007 for the Fall voyage. Additional information about The Scholar Ship program, including application process, financial aid and relevant deadlines is located on their web site: http://www.thescholarship.com/. Students can also call the West Coast Admissions Adviser for The Scholar Ship, Belinda Yanda, at 443-341-7409. end of message *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 *INFORMATION SESSION: 1:00pm, Thursday, March 22 in the Zellerbach Playhouse Lobby.* 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 . *5**. The Bulletin Board* /A Smattering of Postings/ It's not too late to volunteer for the 13th annual Eggster Hunt and Learning Festival on Saturday, April 7th, 2007 between 8am-4pm on VLSB North Lawn! The Eggster Hunt and Learning Festival is a free event featuring learning booths, entertainment, and egg hunts. It targets disadvantaged bay area children ages 3-10. Part of the festival's goal is to unite different groups on campus in a fun and energetic event. We have two volunteer opportunities: volunteers can lead the learning booth activities (ie: teach kids about Egyptian hieroglyphics and show them how to write their name in hieroglyphics, or teach kids about gladiators and watch them compete to win the gladiator game-bean bag toss) or lead the egg hunts (by organizing the kids in line, supervising the kids so they don't get hurt, and of course, putting out eggs). All volunteers are required to attend one half-hour volunteer orientation as listed below: Monday March 19th, 7-7:30 pm in 182 Dwinelle Wednesday March 21st, 6-6:30 pm in 247 Dwinelle Wednesday March 21st, 8-8:30 pm in 20 Wheeler There are three volunteer shifts: 8-11am, 10:30-1:30pm, and 1-4pm. Thanks for your help! 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 RESEARCH PROGRAM DEADLINES FOR MID- TO LATE SPRING 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. 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 Thanks for reading! *The English Undergraduate Association* *EUA President:* Elizabeth Kremen * Vice President:* J. Antonio Templanza *Treasurer:* Kali Peterson *Publicity Officer, Website Editor:* Lisa Caravello *Social Events Coordinator:* Kevin Ligutom *Community Outreach Coordinator:* Stephanie Haaser Would you like to subscribe, unsubscribe, or be emailed in text-only? 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