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Honors Student Greg Shaw poses with his mother, Theresa Shaw, who prepared the delicious baked Zita that was served during HSC's Italian dinner night, Thursday, Jan. 22. HONORS CALENDAR Feb. 5 Honors Volunteer Program (HVP) meeting, Etscorn Classroom, 12:20-12:50 p.m. KHR conference applications due in the Etscorn Honors Center Feb. 9 Honors Scholars Dinner, Masterson's, 6 p.m. Feb. 16 Honors advising sign-ups begin via Advisortrac Feb. 17 HSC Dining Club at Oriental House, meet outside of Threlkeld Hall, 7:15 p.m. Feb. 19 Honors advising begins Feb. 20 NCHC conference applications due in the Etscorn Honors Center Feb. 20-21 KHR conference, Murray State University Feb. 23 HSC Desert outing at Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen, meet outside of Threlkeld Hall, 7:15 p.m. Quiz Bowl. Its Happening Here. Quiz Bowl practice is 7:00 p.m. on Mondays in the Overseers House Second Floor Classroom. All are welcome. If you have any questions please contact Monica Marks or Matt Church. Occupation 101 Screening The University of Louisville's MSA is sponsoring a screening of Occupation 101 on Friday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. in the SAC Floyd Theater. Free soft drinks will be provided. HVP -- Honors Volunteer Program HVP is an organization that seeks to give Honors Program students opportunities to volunteer for university-sponsored activities, and in the greater Louisville community. HVP hosts a monthly lunch meeting in Etscorn Honors Center to distribute information about each month’s activities. The next HVP meeting will be held in the Etscorn Honors Center Classroom, Feb. 5, 2009 from 12:20- 12:50 p.m. All HVP meetings will be held the first Thursday of each month at the same time and place. Those who wish to be notified about HVP events by listserv, please send your name and e-mail address to krtrim01@louisville.edu. Before every event, you will receive e-mail with the exact time, locations, car pool instructions and directions. Please also check out the Facebook group Honors Volunteer Program. Volunteer Opportunities National TEACH IN on Global Warming Volunteers are needed to chalk campus sidewalks and announce the Climate-Change Teach-In in their classes. What: National TEACH IN on Global Warming When: Thursday, February 5 from 10am-2pm Where: Rauch Planetarium and Ekstrom Library Why: Because this is a current event that needs attention and there is FREE LUNCH!!! For more information please contact Elizabeth A Haywood eahayw01@louisville.edu Carolyn Krause Maddox Prize The U of L Department of Women's & Gender Studies announces the ninth annual Carolyn Krause Maddox Prize. One undergraduate and one graduate student will be awarded $300 each for the best papers on a topic in Women's & Gender Studies. The winners will receive their prizes and present their papers at a colloquium during Women's History Month in March. Deadline to submit a paper is Monday, February 2, 2009. Butoh Performance *"The Space Between"* Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:00 pm University of Louisville, Thrust Theatre 2314 S. Floyd Street, Louisville, KY 40292 Tickets: $10 general admission For Tickets Reservations: 502.338.8518 or Email ContactJMW@gmail.com. Jeremy Williams will be presenting "The Space Between", a trilogy of Butoh performance at the University of Louisville's Thrust Theatre. The evening will include premiers of "Transmigration of Souls", "Memory Mirror", and "Requiem" followed by a talk-back with Williams hosted by Bert Harris, Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Louisville. This performance is part of Williams' residency in Louisville with the Honors Program of the University of Louisville and the Theatre Department of Bellarmine University. Reservations not required but strongly recommended. Tickets will also be available at the door. Cash and Check only for tickets. Click here for more information about the performance. The Anne and William Axton Reading Series, Spring 2007 Mark your calendar! The Spring 2009 Anne and William Axton Reading Series features Scott Russell Sanders, Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, and Lydia Davis. Scott Russell Sanders has written more than twenty books, including novels, collections of stories, and works of personal nonfiction such as Staying Put, Writing from the Center, and Hunting for Hope. His latest book is A Private History of Awe, a coming-of-age memoir, love story, and spiritual testament, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Sanders is currently a Distinguished Professor of English at Indiana University. The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature recently named Sanders the 2009 winner of the Mark Twain Award. A Conservationist Manifesto, his vision of a shift to a sustainable society, will be published in 2009. Reading: Thurs., Feb. 5th, 7:30 p.m., Bingham Poetry Room (Belknap campus, Ekstrom Library) Master Class: Fri., Feb. 6th, 10am-noon, Humanities 300 (Belknap campus) Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, a fiction writer and journalist, published her first novel, Love Marriage, in April 2008. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Ganeshananthan has written and reported for The Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Sepia Mutiny. She is the vice president of the South Asian Journalists Association. Reading: Thurs., Feb. 26th, 7:30pm, Bingham Poetry Room (Belknap campus, Ekstrom Library) Master Class: Fri., Feb. 27th, 10:00am-noon, Bingham Poetry Room Success for the Standardized Test REACH is offering new seminars to assist the preparation of students for the GRE, MCAT, and GMAT exams. These are free to any UofL student. Also, for students who wish to receive further review in content areas such as mathematics, we are glad to review practice exams and to help tutor students with the GRE, MCAT and GMAT exam preparation books in our centers (and also in the Overseer’s Honors House). Tutors in the Learning Resource Center and in the Math Resource Center will assist with content- specific review. Review session dates include: GRE Review Tutoring--FREE Review GRE exam strategies in a series of four sessions. Get advice and a head start with tutors who have scored well in the past. Feb. 3 from 3:15 to 4 PM in Strickler Hall 111. GMAT Review Tutoring--FREE What is your target score? Review GMAT exam strategies in a series of four sessions with tutors who have scored well in the past. Feb. 3, 10 and 17 from 5:15 PM to 6:00 PM in SK 111. Questions: Contact the REACH LRC at 852-8114 or e-mail lrctutor@louisville.edu Career Center Workshops Feb. 3, 12:15pm-1pm, Career and Major Exploration, Career Development Center Feb. 10, 12pm-1pm, Career Spotlight in Fine Arts, Schneider Hall Room 17 Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Iranian Film Festival Presents Border Café (2005) NR February 8, 2009, Speed Art Museum Auditorium, all films begin at 2pm On the Iranian-Turkish border, willful widow Reyhan defies Iranian convention by reopening her late husband’s roadside café and by rejecting an obligatory marriage proposal by her brother-in-law. As a result of her exceptional talents in the kitchen, Reyhan soon finds business booming and a new relationship beginning with a charming Greek trucker. Directed by Kambuzia Partovi. Free and open to the public REMINDER Keep Our Classrooms Clean! Please note that in addition to food and drink being prohibited in the Honors House computer lab, we also kindly request you refrain from eating and drinking in the Etscorn Honors Center classroom, rm. 132. Exceptions to this rule will be made for meetings, study sessions and other events, but only as approved by Dr. Richardson. Honors Online Newsletter Geography Notice of our bi-weekly newsletter, complete with a link to our website, should come to your e-mail twice a month, eight issues a semester. In the left-hand column, look for the calendar and the Honors Volunteer Program. In the center, you'll usually find the core Honors stories -- Honors events, conference announcements, registration news, special seminars -- the sort of news and activities you don't want to miss. In the right-hand column we feature news about people, Honors student research and Honors faculty as well as scholarship and fellowship news, jobs and internships.	If there are corrections or omissions, e-mail honors@louisville.edu to update information. Honors Conference Call for Papers Kentucky Honors Roundtable (KHR) This year's KHR conference will be held at Murry State University, Feb. 20-21, 2009. If you have a current project, work it up for an individual presentation or coordinate projects for a panel discussion. Proposals for KHR must be in the Etscorn Honors Center by Feb. 5, 2009. Remember that research presentations range from data-rich projects to those reporting on Honors-related activities such as our Overseers International Seminar trips. Too often students pass by the Honors conferences because it is hard to recognize your own work as conference material. Another misconception about conferences is that the papers are heavy and the presentations large. Not so. Presentations are given in small venues with small groups of interested and friendly listeners. Applications are available now in the Etscorn Honors Center literature rack. Please also be thinking about the regional and national conferences that are coming in the spring semester. The Mid-East Honors Association Conference (MEHA) This year, U of L honors students are invited to participate in the thirtieth annual Mid-East Honors Association (MEHA) conference which will be held at the Radisson-Kalamazoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 27-29. The theme of this year’s conference is *Thinking in Broader Strokes: Creating an Honors Masterpiece. More information on the MEHA conference and its tentative schedule can be found on the MEHA website, in the Etscorn Honors Center or by contacting Luke Buckman. Students wishing to participate in the regional conference in MEHA are expected to participate in KHR. The application deadline for MEHA is March. 1, 2009. The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC)* The Conference Planning Committee for the 2009 National Collegiate Honors Council is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the 2009 annual conference. The theme for this year's conference is "Honors in the Global City." Proposals will be accepted for General Sessions, Roundtable Discussions, Master Classes, Poster Sessions, Idea Exchange, Student Interdisciplinary Research Panel, Forum on Diversity and International Education Student Moderators To submit proposals, please see the NCHC website. Deadline for Conference Proposal submissions is Feb. 20, 2009. The conference will be held Oct. 28 through Nov. 1, 2009 in Washington, D.C. For more information, please contact Luke Buckman or visit the NCHC website. Honors Advising and Course Listing It's that time of year again! In order to sign up for an advising appointment you need to log on to the AdvisorTrac website and sign up for an appointment beginning Monday, Feb. 16, with advising beginning Feb. 19. If you have difficulty logging in please stop by the Etscorn Honors Center as soon as possible to schedule your appointment with Dr. Richardson, Melissa Stordeur, Luke Buckman or Tony Robinson. Advising appointments are 30 minutes each, and are first come, first served. Priority registration begins April 6, 2009. Registration in each Honors course requires prior approval from the Honors director or an Honors academic counselor. If you are an Honors student who is enrolled in a college other than Arts & Sciences (Business, Music, Speed, Education, Nursing), you will need to see your advisor in that college as well. What do you need for your advising appointment? Be sure to bring with you a tentative schedule. Although the fall 2009 course schedule won't be online until sometime in mid-March, you can get a good idea of the types of courses that will be offered by perusing the fall 2008 online course schedule. A comprehensive list of Honors course offerings is available online and will be updated with descriptions, times, professor names and course numbers as soon as that information is made available to us. The fall 2009 Honors course listing featuring Honors seminars and general education will be posted as soon as it becomes available. The listing with the other U of L course offerings will follow in early to mid-March. Before that time, consult the fall 2008 schedule as a reference since the schedule does not change radically from year to year. Remember it is important to make an appointment early because classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Make the most of your time with your advisor -- read through the course listing and arrive with a tentative schedule. Greta Landenwich is robbed of her sunglasses at Jakhoo Temple in Shimla, India. Luckily she was able to negotiate their return in exchange for some trail mix. JOB OPPORTUNITIES Big East Internship & Co-op e-Fair The Big East Career Consortium, in partnership with MonsterTRAK, is offering our first Big East Internship & Co-op e-Fair to the students and alumni of participating colleges and universities among the "Big East" Conference schools. Previous Big East e-Fairs have set records in numbers of participating employers and candidates. What is an e-fair? An e-fair is an entirely Internet based job fair. Thousands of students and alumni from Big East colleges and universities will be invited to use the e-fair to search for summer, co-op, or internship positions. Employers submit information about their organizations and hiring needs. Candidates search for positions online and submit resumes directly to employers. To get started click on the link and the "create a new account". Math for America Fellowship If you are looking for an opportunity to: receive a scholarship to earn a Masters Degree or Teacher Credentialing Program in Mathematics Education, receive up to $100K in stipends in addition to your full time teacher’s salary, join a national corps of highly qualifed secondary math and science teachers, receive mentoring and job search support and participate frequently in interactive professional development opportunities then the Math for America fellowship is for you. Visit www.mathforamerica.org for more information about the program and how to apply. The application deadline is Feb. 13, 2009. Looking for summer work? The Student Conservation Assocation is looking to select college students to work on Conservation Internships http://www.thesca.org/more-environmental-conservation-internships/ There are internships in over 50 environmental disciplines in natural areas across the United States including Alaska and Hawaii.They work on building trails, conservation projects and ecological research initiatives. Benefits include transportation and a modest stipend. Check out their website or call David Wicks at 485-3295 to find out more information. Honors Peer Advisors Needed for Summer Orientation Peer Advisors are needed for the 2009 summer orientation session. The University Honors Program will be hiring Peer Advisors to help incoming freshmen plan and schedule their courses during the 2009 Freshman Orientation Program. This is an outstanding opportunity for Honors students to learn more about the university, discuss their experiences in the University Honors Program with interested new students and parents, and earn some money along the way. Students will be expected to work approximately 20 hours each week from mid-May to July 2, 2008. In order to apply you must have completed at least 30 hours and have a 3.35 or higher cumulative GPA. Applications are due by March 27, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. IMPORTANT NOTE: Both the Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) and Summer Term II classes may conflict with the required work schedule for a Peer Advisor. Please take this into consideration when applying for the Peer Advisor position. Please download this application. Once you have completed it, please return it to the front desk at Etscorn Honors Center. Student Staff Applications for Honors Modes of Inquiry The Honors Program is accepting applications for student assistants to help with the fall 2009 Honors 101: Modes of Inquiry course. HON 101 is an academic orientation course that introduces freshmen to academic disciplines and campus life during the fall semester. This program is staffed by Honors students. Student assistants are selected through an application process, with applications now available in the literature rack at the front desk of the Etscorn Honors Center. During the course, student assistants are assigned to work with a specific faculty member teaching a section of HON 101. Student responsibilities may include leading and participating in class discussions, completing tasks assigned by the faculty member, or helping out with different HON 101 events. In addition, for the first time this year, HON 101 assistants will have the option of also applying to work as a CAPS Leader through the Office of First Year Initiatives. If you wish to work as both an HON 101 assistant and a CAPS Leader, your work responsibilities will extend from early July through Welcome Weekend. Both the HON 101 assistant and the CAPS Leader positions are paid. To find out more about the responsibilities associated with being a CAPS Leader, please review the information posted on the HON 101 job application below. If you would like to apply for the HON 101 position and work with incoming freshmen as they enter the University Honors Program, please fill out an application (link to application and CAPS info here) and return it to the Etscorn Center by 4:30 p.m., March 20.	Honors Students in the South Asian Culture and Society Seminar join Dr. Richardson in showing off their stylish shoe covers that they wore to protect the marble of the Taj Mahal during their tour this December. I dreamed of India by Nichole Burruss Time and again we on the Honors Staff encourage students to explore the many wonderful travel opportunities offered both through the Honors Department (Honors Conferences [KHR, MEHA, NCHC], National Seminars, and International Seminars) and through the numerous University sponsored travel opportunities. Time and again you ask yourself if this is the right opportunity for me. Whether you have ever traveled out of the state or the country before; traveling with the aforementioned programs are once and a lifetime opportunities that can truly influence your future. In these difficult economic times it is also important to note that travel seminars are heavily subsidized, Honors conferences are free and university programs are often free or discounted through scholarships and fellowships. As many of you may have recently seen the highly acclaimed *Slumdog Millionaire* movie in theaters; reflect on the images that you remember and imagine placing yourself in the tent cities of India, or on the footsteps of the Taj Mahal. If you have yet to see the film I highly recommend that you watch this movie. Watching the movie upon my return from India initiated reminiscent feelings of the sights, sounds and smells of India. Thirteen honors student were fortunate enough to have shared these experiences with me and thus begins my story of India. For eleven days the South Asian Culture and Society seminar travelled from Louisville to Chicago to Delhi to Agra to Amritsar, to Patiala to the borders of Pakistan to Kalka and to Shimla and back. For those of you who have not seen Slumdog Millionaire or know anything about India, it is important to contextualize the experience of India in light of the deplorable sanitation and economic depravity that plagues this country. According the World Fact Book the population of India is estimated at 1,147,995,904 versus the United States population of 303,824,640. Remnants of the caste system, a system of socially segregated classes that govern society in India, are still present today despite the efforts of Mahatma Gandhi and the official outlawing of the practice of untouchability (the lowest class in the caste system) in 1950. These remnants manifest themselves in the overwhelming numbers of homeless Indians and beggars that we encountered in every city we travelled to. One cannot imagine the face of poverty until they have looked into the eyes of child begging them for food or understand the magnitude of pollution until one struggles to breathe through the pollution of a congested city with mounds of trash in every direction. You may ask yourself at this point, why anyone would want to visit India, but I’ll remind you that this information is shared with you so that better understand the context of this trip. In spite of the challenges that India faces innumerable beauties were found on this journey. During the first day’s explorations in Delhi the group was able to visit Raj Ghat where Mahatma Gandhi’s body was cremated. This memorial is made up of a courtyard that surrounds a square stone with Gandhi’s last words etched on it and an eternal flame. Beyond the walls surrounding the courtyard which visitors can walk around to look down at the courtyard are fields of bright green grass and flowers. During our stay in India we were also able to visit Gandhi’s Ashram, Sabarmati Ashram, where he lived and worshipped until he was murdered there in 1948 and Jallianwala Bagh Park where a massacre of 379 Indians by British Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer occurred in 1919. The park had served to inspire Gandhi to oppose the British rule and mistreatment of Indians and his Ashram and memorial commemorate his life and works which allowed our group to literally retrace the footsteps of such a profound world leader and champion for peace. We travelled as a group via traditional trains, sleeper trains, toy trains, suvs, cars, buses, and auto rickshaws to elevations higher than 7200 ft. We climbed Himalayan foot hills to reach Jakhoo Temple in Shimla which rests 8500 ft above sea level. We negotiated with monkeys to return stolen glasses and gloves at said temple. We viewed the beauty of India though the crisp clear air of the mountains and the intense fog of the countryside. We made new friends with youth we met on train rides and we were fortunate to view meticulously choreographed traditional dance and musical performances. We stayed at one of the most prestigious universities for language instruction in India, Punjab University in Patiala. We ran our hands across the smooth marble of the Taj Mahal and encountered the beauty and architectural magnitude of the Red Fort. We negotiated our way through countless markets to purchase clothing and souvenirs. We experienced India beyond the pages of material we read in preparation for this trip. We experienced India beyond our dreams. This experience will stay with us and affect the way we view the world and that is why traveling is a once and a lifetime experience. This is why you should explore the countless opportunities to travel while you are here at U of L. Upcoming Deadlines SCHOLARSHIPS and FELLOWSHIPS Watch this spot for campus and national deadlines Truman Scholarship (For juniors, or candidates not graduating before May 2010, seeking careers in fields related to public policy and public service -- including Law, Public Administration, Public Health, Social Work, Education and International Relations). This scholarship requires three years of work in this area after the completion of your education in return for the $30,000 graduate or professional school scholarship it provides. Each university is allowed to nominate four candidates each year. Campus deadline, See Dr. Condon Immediately National deadline, Feb. 3, 2008 David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship (NSEP) (For sophomores, juniors and first-year seniors, in disciplines of, to study in countries of and to learn languages of national security interest). Campus deadline, See Dr. Condon Immediately Application deadline, Feb. 11, 2008 This scholarship incurs a government service requirement. Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship (For sophomores and juniors in a wide variety of fields related to environmental issues.) Campus deadline, Feb. 18, 2009 National deadline, March 3, 2009 Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Fellowship (Up to $50,000 per year for graduate school; only available for candidates with maximum financial need. Parents’ tax returns are part of the application. Each University is allowed to nominate only two candidates.) Campus deadline, Feb 18, 2009 National deadline, March 10, 2009 If you plan to apply for any of these scholarships and have not already made an appointment with the director of the Scholarship Office, Dr. Patricia Condon, please do so prior to the end of the final exam period. Her e-mail is patricia.condon@louisville.edu or call 852-0024. HONORS STUDENT COUNCIL (HSC)** HSC is proud to sponsor the following regular monthly events: the academic lecture series and social outings. Please see below for details, and check The Current regularly for updates on activities, as well as the Facebook groups Honors Program Announcements and HSC Social Projects. HSC Snack Center The fridge and pantry in the Honors House has been restocked and is better than ever! Honors Student Council would like to thank everyone for their support. We hope you all enjoy the items for sale in the house. If you have any suggestions for items to purchase, please contact David Song (ddsong01@louisville.edu), the Honors Student Council Vice President. Please remember to pay for any purchases you make. This helps to ensure that the fridge and pantry remain stocked throughout the year. Thank you once again for your support. HSC Events Dining Club HSC's next Dining Club outing will be to Oriental House in St. Matthews on Tuesday,Feb. 17. Interested students should meet outside of Threlkeld Hall at 7:15p.m. HSC's next Desert outing will be to Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen on Monday, Feb. 23. Interested students should meet outside of Threlkeld Hall at 7:15p.m.. For more information about Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen, directions or a menu please visit http://www.piekitchen.com/ Authors Needed for Environmental E-Newsletter Former HSC president Neil Gupta is starting an Environmental E-Newsletter in Spanish, to talk about environmental issues. The purpose of this newsletter is to reach out to the Hispanic community and help students who are learning Spanish. He is looking for anyone who may want to contribute article(s) for the publication. The article(s) can be in English or Spanish but should focus on environmental topics that people think may be of interest for the community. To make a submission or for more information please e-mail him at nkgupt01@louisville.edu. Honors students pose at the front entrance of the beautiful Raj Ghat memorial where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated. Got Honors? There are many wonderful ways that you can participate in the honors program beyond taking an honors class. If you enjoy giving back to your community then HVP is for you. If you want to be a part of the changes in honors then HSC is for you. The Honors program also offers student worker positions during the academic year and summer. Would you like to expand your scholastic horizons with research? If so Honors offers four wonderful opportunities a year to travel, meet other students, and earn valuable experience presenting research to your peers. If you would like more information on any of these opportunities contact an honors advisor, staff member, or read The Current.

Quiz Bowl. Its Happening Here.

Occupation 101 Screening