Extra Credit
Opportunities
(Extra Credit Assignments are worth
one missed WJ or classwork (i.e. you go from a 0 to a
check+).)
**If
you know of an event on campus that applies to our class--which could be
anything from "place" to "multiple perspectives/diversity"
to "sustainability", etc.--then let me know. I'm happy to spread the word and offer that
event as an extra credit opp.**
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Event Date: Wednesday, October 29th
at 7:00 p.m.
Assignment Due Date:
Monday, November 3rd in class
If you went to the
Memorial Hall discussion of the Obama effigy last
night, you can earn extra credit by writing a 2 page reaction to the speakers +
the state of racism *as you have witnessed it* on campus at UK or, if not here,
in other areas of your life. How did the
speakers encourage us to deal with ensuing prejudice? How do you think we can do something about
it? I'm sorry that I wasn't able to
advise you of this opportunity before it happened; I didn't think of it until I
was already there.
·
Event Date: Thursday, October 30th
at 7:30 p.m.
Assignment Due Date:
Monday, November 3rd in class
There's a film tonight in
the WT Young library auditorium at 7:30 called "American Blackout"
re: the disenfranchisement of black voters in America. Check it out, and write a 2 page response to
the film, performing the same "thinking moves" we've practiced
before: believing game, doubting game (if applicable), making
connections to other arenas or to your own experience.
·
Event Date: Thursday, October 16th at 7:30
p.m.
Assignment Due
Date: Monday, October 20th in
class
Here's another optional extra credit opportunity for
you. Attend this lecture and write a 2 page response, *briefly*
summarizing what he had to say, but mostly focusing on *thinking
moves*--believing game and doubting game, making connections to outside arenas.
These are the same thinking moves we practiced when responding to Deborah Tannen's "Debate and Dialogue" essay (which we
will discuss soon, I promise!)
Here are the details:
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The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome Michael Oppenheimer, the
Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the
Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Geosciences at Princeton
University, as he delivers the 2008 Paul G. Blazer Lecture in the Humanities
Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the UK Singletary Center Concert Hall. Oppenheimer will
speak on "The Global Warming Challenge: Can policy catch up with the
science?"
Oppenheimer is a member of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change that, along with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, received
the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
·
Event Date: Wednesday, September 17th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Assignment Due Date: Wednesday,
September 24th in class
Constitution Day, the national
commemoration of the signing of the United States Constitution on Sept. 17,
1787, is fast approaching. UK will observe the day by hosting several
activities on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the Main Building. In the event of rain,
the location will be changed to the patio at the UK Student Center. UK Constitution
Day festivities are free and open to the public.
Kick off for UK Constitution Day will begin at 11 a.m. Sept. 17 with free apple
pie and lemonade.
The theme of this year's event is "Your Big Chance: Young Voters
& the Presidential Election," and will feature a public forum with
local and state dignitaries. The roundtable discussion, designed to inspire
first-time voters, will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
****
Go, listen to different opinions about the upcoming election, and then reflect
(at least 2 pages) on what you've heard and how you feel about the state of our
country and your role as a voting citizen.