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*The English Undergraduate Association Newsletter* Weekly News For UC Berkeley's English Undergrads 4/11/07 /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 // *Department Info*: Dear English Majors, The date of the English Department's commencement is Sunday, May 13th, 2007 at 3 pm. Commencement information is available on the English Department's web site: http://english.berkeley.edu/commencement/ I will begin processing the degree list soon, please be sure your contact information is current in Bearfacts in case I need to contact you. Feel free to stop by for a quick major check. Now is the time to take care of having courses outside the department or from study abroad approved. Sincerely, Ken Mahru Undergraduate Adviser English *From the EUA*: We will need 6 (non-graduating) volunteers to help out with the commencement. We need people to take tickets, hand out programs, and guard the back stage. This is a great way to help the department and see the commencement for free. Please help! Respond either to Ken at kenmahru@berkeley.edu, or to us, berkeley.eua@gmail.com. *2. Goings-On About Town* /A Heads-Up on Cultural Events/ Dear Colleagues and Members of the Campus Community, On behalf of the Deans of the College of Letters and Science, I am pleased to invite you to the next L&S Colloquium on Undergraduate Education, entitled "Service Learning? In Letters & Science?!" The Colloquium will be held Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in 88 Dwinelle Hall. Service-learning is a teaching method whereby students learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service that is integrated into discipline-based academic curricula. Although this method is traditionally more prevalent in the professional schools, it is equally effective and valuable in the context of a liberal arts education. This colloquium seeks to foster a discussion of innovative ways to integrate service learning into the academic enterprise in L&S. Panelists will include faculty, staff and students from various departments in the College who are currently involved in service learning. Please join us for what promises to be a very lively and interesting event. There is no need to RSVP for this Colloquium. Sincerely, Christina Maslach A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s Berkeley Art Museum Exhibit closes April 15, 2007 Bruce Nauman was in the forefront of the revolutionary changes taking place in art in the 1960s and almost single-handedly redefined what it meant to be an artist. While in Northern California (1964-1969), Nauman established much of his artistic vocabulary. He experimented with new materials, including neon, and was among the first to use his body as an expressive instrument in live performances, film and video. This exhibit, curated by Berkeley Art Museum Senior Curator Constance Lewallen, is the first to explore in depth Nauman's relationship to the place where he created his earliest and often most innovative works. On Thursday, April 12 at noon, artist Anne Walsh (Department of Art Practice) will give an informal gallery talk on Bruce Nauman's sound and video work, FREE with museum admission. Public programming in conjunction with the A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s is being made possible with support from the Consortium for the Arts, and is additionally supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Joan Roebuck, Sperone Westwater, the Getty Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, Nancy and Steven Oliver, Rena Bransten, Tecoah and Thomas Bruce, and Ann Hatch, Paul Discoe, and Robin Wright. Daniel Alarcón Reading from "Lost City Radio" Set in a nameless, timeless South American country slowly emerging from a long civil war, Daniel Alarcón's first novel, Lost City Radio probes the deepest questions of war: from its devastating impact on society to the emotional scarring each participant, observer and survivor carries with them for years. Mr. Alarcón will give a short reading from his novel and talk about the genesis of the project. A book signing will follow the reading. Daniel Alarcón's story collection War by Candlelight was a finalist for the 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award. He is Associate Editor of Etiqueta Negra, an award-winning arts and culture magazine published in his native Lima, Peru. His first novel, Lost City Radio, was published by HarperCollins in February 2007 and is a Bay Area bestseller. Monday, April 16, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Lounge, Women's Faculty Club, UC Berkeley A map of the location can be found at http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/CD56.html This event is sponsored by UC Berkeley's Center for Latin American Studies as part of its Bay Area Latin America Forum. Website: http://clas.berkeley.edu ### Free Documentary Film Screening "No End in Sight: The American Occupation of Iraq" Directed by Charles Ferguson (2006) On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared an end to combat in Iraq. Nearly four years later, over 3,000 American soldiers and an estimated 790,000 civilians are dead, and Iraq still burns. What happened? Drawing on jaw-droppingly frank interviews with an impressive array of high-level government officials, military personnel and journalists, Charles Ferguson zeroes in on the months immediately before and after the toppling of Saddam in this riveting film. "No End in Sight" won the Special Jury Prize for Documentaries at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. English. 102 minutes. Charles Ferguson is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a director of the French-American Foundation and CEO of Representational Pictures. A senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Ferguson is also cofounder of Vermeer Technologies, the developers of FrontPage. The director will introduce the film and answer questions after the showing. WHEN: Monday, April 16, 7:00 pm WHERE: Pacific Film Archive Theater, 2575 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94720 This free screening is sponsored by UC Berkeley's Center for Latin American Studies. WEBSITE: http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu:7001/Events/index.html#current Frame by Frame: Avant-Garde Film Preservation The need to preserve our film heritage is now widely accepted, and attention has been increasingly focused on avant-garde films, newsreels, home movies, and other less visible components of film culture. Pacific Film Archives's exhibition program has long benefited from being able to present films that PFA has preserved, important works by film artists from the Bay Area and beyond. During the month of April, they will feature four programs of recent preservations of avant-garde films by colleagues. An archivist will be in person at each program to introduce an array of rare, long unavailable, and classic films, all in new prints, and to discuss the issues, questions, and challenges, they face. In addition Bill Brand will host a workshop for artists on how safeguard one's own films. Presented with the support of the Consortium for the Arts. All events listed below are at Pacific Film Archive, admission: $8/$5/$4, unless otherwise noted. For full film notes and details, please visit http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa_programs/index.html UCLA Film & Television Archive: Anger Rising: The Restoration of Works by Kenneth Anger Ross Lipman in person April 17, 7:30pm Cult icon Kenneth Anger is a unique figure in film history in that his works show a deep investment in both Hollywood and avant-garde cinema, and are celebrated in fine art contexts as well as the low-budget underground. The restorationist approaching his films faces the challenge of simultaneously addressing all these distinct legacies. The challenge is heightened by Anger's careful but varying use of color, his emulation of silent film techniques, his technical experimentations, and his use of pirated recordings. This screening presents new 35mm prints of four of Anger's most famous films: Fireworks, Rabbit's Moon, Scorpio Rising,and Kar Kommandos. Ross Lipman, who restored the films, will also present an illustrated lecture detailing how each title's complex production history played an integral role in its preservation, including a discussion of Anger's career-long fascination with revising his older works. Academy Film Archive: Recent Preservations Mark Toscano in person April 24, 7:30pm Located in the heart of Hollywood, the Academy Film Archive collects, preserves, and restores an extremely wide variety of motion pictures, including features (big studio and independent), animated shorts, documentaries, government films, silents, home movies, and experimental films. In this last category, the Academy has made substantial progress over the past decade. This program will look at experimental films preserved by the Academy within the past year or so, with a special focus on Los Angeles artists. Abstract works from the Whitney brothers and Pat O'Neill will commingle with more conceptual and dryly humorous pieces by Morgan Fisher, Roberta Friedman and Grahame Weinbren. The program will conclude with a new restoration of a film by Stan Brakhage, whose more than 350 works are currently being preserved by the Academy in a long-term project that promises to present its own brand of unique archival challenges. *GUEST LECTURE BY PROFESSOR PRESTI* "Thoughts on Mind and Its Connection to Brain" Wednesday, April 18, 7-8pm, in 182 Dwinelle Golden Key Honour Society invites you to our special honorary member lecture, given by Professor Presti, professor of Molecular and Cell Biology. He is a popular neurobiology professor and this lecture on the mind and brain will be one you won't want to miss, whether you've taken his class or not! Please join us at this open event on Wednesday, April 18 from 7-8pm in 182 Dwinelle to hear more on the subject. *JANAM* Jana Natya Manch (People's Theatre Front; JANAM for short), one of India's foremost street theatre organizations, will visit the Department to conduct a workshop with students and to perform a new street theater piece in a public outdoor location on campus. These events are co-sponsored by the Center for South Asia Studies and the College of Letters and Science, Division of Arts and Humanities. April 16: Workshop 3-6pm (Durham Studio Theater) "Performing in the Street: Politics meets Aesthetics." Acting methods for doing issue-related performances in street venues. April 17: Performance - 12:30pm (Upper Sproul Plaza) "To Beat or Not to Beat About the Bush!" April 17: Film Screening - 5pm (20 Stephens Hall) "Natak Jari Hai" ("The Play Goes On"), a documentary on Janam directed by Lalit Vachani. 84 minutes, with English subtitles. Screening followed by discussion. For more information, visit: http://theater.berkeley.edu TEACH FOR AMERICA INFORMATION SESSION Wednesday, April 18th at 6:30 PM VLSB 2040 FREE PIZZA!!! Join us to learn how you can: MAKE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT on the lives of children in low-income communities. Gain rare insight, personal strength, credibility, and a mentoring and support network that will enable you to WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR CHANGE throughout your career, whatever sector you choose to enter. Seeking all majors. No previous education experience or coursework necessary. Full first-year teacher salary and benefits. Student loan forbearance and interest payments for two years. To learn more, visit www.teachforamerica.org, contact admissions@teachforamerica.org , or subscribe to our e-newsletter at: https://www.teachforamerica.org/online/request/subscribe.jsp *3**. Get Published */Scholarships and contests/ SATELLITE magazine is back and now open for short fiction submissions for its spring 2007 issue! Send your short stories (wordcount around 800-1500) to satellite.magazine@gmail.com and check out the stories and articles featured in our last issue, available at the publication center in 10 Eschleman. Plus, keep an eye out for SATELLITE's upcoming Cupcake Hock--- help out a sadly funded alternative publication by buying a tasty cupcake! Dates TBA next week. *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!!! 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://studyabroad.berkeley.edu/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 * 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 *5**. The Bulletin Board* /A Smattering of Postings/ * 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 Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for academic excellence, outstanding leadership abilities, and unwavering commitment to community service. Mortar Board was established in 1918, and has been at the University of California at Berkeley since 1925. The society boasts more than 200 active chapters and 50 alumni chapters nation-wide and has initiated more than 200,000 college seniors, including Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conner and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. Today, we welcome you and invite you to share our tradition. We are currently accepting nominations for the 2007-2008 school year. Students are eligible to apply the spring semester of their junior year and are selected on the basis of their academic records, extracurricular activities, and community service involvement. To be considered for Mortar Board, nominees must have a minimum 3.4 cumulative grade point average, senior standing (90 or more units) by the beginning of the fall 2007 semester, and not be graduating before December 2007. The application requirements include a resume and a one-page personal statement. The application DEADLINE is April 13th, 2007. In order to obtain an APPLICATION in person please visit the Office of Student life (102 Sproul Hall) or electronically by sending an email to mortarboard@berkeley.edu with a subject line of "Request for Electronic MB Application." *¡¡THE FOLLOWING THREE INTERNSHIPS ARE FOR SUMMER 2007!! * *Position*: Avalon Travel Editorial Intern *Reports to*: Senior Editor *Term of Internship:* one semester *Minimum number of hours*: 20 per week *Job summary*: The Editorial Intern provides administrative support to the editorial department as a whole. The Intern, while performing a select number of regular administrative tasks outlined below, may also be asked to learn and perform a variety of functions related to book acquisitions and editing, i.e., proofing, electronic file clean up, reviewing bluelines, checking alts, indexing, research, etc. *Specific duties*: * Provide administrative support to the editorial department, including faxing, filing, photocopying, and other general office tasks. Assist editors by applying for ISSNs and organizing ISSN data. Learn BBEdit and convert archived Quark files to text files to send to authors. Attend weekly Editorial meetings. Participate in a Product Development Group. Research sales figures of travel guides and build competition analysis spreadsheets for the acquisitions committee. Provide support to editors as needed. For example the intern may be assigned to generate indexes, fact check, review proofs, and input corrections and updates for travel and women's literature titles. Complete research on topics of interest to the editorial department (style updates, competing titles and sales data, as well as destinations being considered by the acquisitions committee). Assist Acquisitions Editor with organization and purge of editorial library. Manage the reader feedback and acquisitions email accounts. This task includes responding to all queries. Manage the organization of reader mail and monthly mailings to all authors. Organize a team building editorial outing/event for the entire department. *Suggested Reading:* /The Copyeditor's Handbook/ by Amy Einsohn /Words into Type/, third edition /The Chicago Manual of Style/, 15th edition 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> or get to know us (our history, imprints and books) at www.avalonpub.com. *Position: Marlowe & Co. Intern Reports to:* Marlowe Editor *Term of Internship:* one semester *Minimum number of hours:* 8 per week The intern's duties will include: * Assisting Editor on all administrative matters, including filing, typing correspondence, mailing * Shipping advance copies to authors & agents * Assembling Author Orientation packets * Author/agent correspondence (phone/email/letters) * Drafting and sending out rejection letters when necessary * Applying for Library of Congress information * Soliciting endorsements (compiling lists of potential endorsers, * Locating contact information, drafting correspondence, assembling and mailing packets) * Providing reader reports (or another form of brief) on slush manuscript/proposal submissions * Research (competing titles; various organizations that relate to books in progress or future commissions; potential authors) * Draft and/or proof copy for AIs, catalog, back panel * Reviewing/proofing first pass pages 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> or get to know us (our history, imprints and books) at www.avalonpub.com. *Position:Seal Press Editorial Intern Reports to:* Editorial Assistant *Term of Internship:* one semester *Minimum number of hours:* 15-20 *Job summary*: The Seal Editorial Intern provides administrative support to the Seal staff. While performing a select number of regular administrative tasks outlined below, she may also be asked to learn and perform a variety of functions related to book acquisitions and editing, i.e., proofing, checking alts, research, etc. *Specific duties*: * Provide administrative support to the editorial department, including filing, faxing, photocopying, data entry, and other general office tasks. Maintain the Avalon California library. Check inventory, submit weekly orders to our distributor, stock shelves when the books arrive. Manage the flow and recordkeeping for unsolicited submissions to Seal Press. This entails reviewing manuscripts, logging submissions decisions, and sending correspondence. Complete research on topics of interest to the Seal editors (new acquisitions topics, competing titles, sales data, potential authors). Manage the organization of reader mail and monthly mailings to Seal authors. Attend Seal Editorial meetings (as schedule allows). Provide editorial support as needed. 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> or get to know us (our history, imprints and books) at www.avalonpub.com. 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? Are you receiving duplicate emails? Do you have announcements to be posted? Email us and let us know. Our address is berkeley.eua@gmail.com. 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