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INTERNET IMMORTALITY ROLL CALL :

OVERVIEW of regularly scheduled classes

EXCURSIONS to be scheduled:, EBENEZER,  BARSANA DHAM, RODEO? ANIMAL SHELTER? ZOOS? March 13-28 Star of Texas Rodeo at the Fairgrounds

Religious holidays during the semester: Jan. 18 World Religion Day Baha'i celebration of the unity and oneness of all religions; Jan. 26 Chinese New Year: Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist; *****Feb. 14 St. Valentine's Day; Feb. 25, Ash Wednesday; *****March 9 Mawlid an Nabi, Mohammed's birthday; March 11, Holi, Hindu spring festival of colors+ Hola Mohala, Sikh martial arts; March 17 St. Patrick's Day; March 21 Vernal Equinox: Ostara, Wicca welcoming of spring and the goddess-as-maiden; March 27 Hindu New Year;  ****April 3 Ramanavami, Hindu: Rama's birthday; April 7 Mahavir Jayanti, birthday of Jain founder; April 9 Pesach, Jewish Passover ; April 12, Easter;  April 21 Yom HaASho'h, Jewish Holocaust Day. 

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FORMAL WRITING DUE DATES

2-11   P3A

2-24    P3B

3-25   P4A  P4 Criteria

4-7      P4B

READINGS + DB INFORMAL WRITING

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review ESPECIALLY LIVES OF ANIMALS IN ELIZABETH COSTELLO, role of pets in ROAD MAPS, ethics of the frog man's experiments,ethics of the treatment of Bevo, animal humanities as a hypothetical issue in the Great Debate, 10-9  reading: COVEY and the SYMPATHETIC IMAGINATION, representation of animals in the ALICE BOOKS and in JUDE THE OBSCURE: Compassion vs. Survival of the Fittest LEADERSHIP IN WRITING: H.R.C. HEMINGWAY, CARROLL-DODGSON, SCIENCE WRITING? Now Earthlings, Black Beauty? OUR TOTEM ANIMALS reading: Dobie, THE MUSTANGS THE LONGHORNS, representation of animals on the Dobie Walk, Oriental view of nature in readings for Taniguchi Garden excursion; representation of animals at U T NAT SCIENCE MUSEUM : altruism vs. survival of the fittest in Darwinian ethics with special emphasis

1-20 Most important lesson of the first semester?

1-22  DARWIN 2: Evolutionary Ethics

1-27 DARWIN 3: Darwin vs. Tennyson on the meaning of life

1-29 Who Are You? An Animal (According to Darwin). Derrida; Definitions; Bentham; Snyder; Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

2-3 Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Definitions + Covey

2-5 Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? + Emotional Intelligence + Flowers, Powell

2-10 Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? overviews: Ecology and World Religions; Animal Humanities;

2-11P3 DUE ON BLACKBOARD

2-12 MEET AT THE BLANTON ART Museum BRING P3 Blackboard Copy

Compassion in the West

2-17  Coetzee, Disgrace (selections); The Bible and Virgil

2-24  P3 HARD COPY DUE MEET AT THE CLAY PIT

2-26 MEET AT TOWER GARDEN; Biblically Inspired 19TH-C. English Poetry: Blake and Hopkins; + Texas Writers: Harrigan + Barney

Compassion in the East

3-5  Jainism, , Jain Animal Shelters vs. Lockwood Kipling

3-7   Mad Hatter's Tea Party: extra credit

3-10 Siddhartha 1 Hinduism, Buddhism, Edwin Arnold

3-12  Siddhartha 2 Ahimsa,Confucianism

3-16 to 3-21 Spring break

3-24 Siddhartha 3

3-25 P4 DUE ON BLACKBOARD by midnight  P4 Criteria

3-26  MEET AT WALLER CREEK BRING P4 BLACKBOARD COPY

3-28   Hindu Student Council Campus Holi Festival : extra credit

South Mall by the 6 Pack Time: TBA

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• March 30 Monday Last day an undergraduate student may, with the dean’s approval, withdraw from the University or drop a class except for urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons. Last day a student may change registration in a class to or from the pass/fail or credit/no credit basis.

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3-31 Ram Dass How Can I Help?

4-2   Dass How Can I Help?

4-5   Ram Navi Festival at Barsana Dham: extra credit 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

4-7P4 DUE MEET AT THE BOB BULLOCK MUSEUM: P4 Criteria

DIVERSITY

4-9   Jung: TYPE psychology 

4-14 Bluest Eye: Speciesism and racism analogies,: Bentham; Walker, Earthlings

4-16

4-18  RANCH PARTY

4-21Bluest Eye III Narrator/Writer as hero

4-23 Gender and Diversity: Asian- and Hispanic-American Student Autobiographical Essays

4-25   Barsana Dham Mela, a Traditional Indian Fair: extra credit noon to 9 pm

4-28 Woman Warrior I 

5-5 Woman Warrior III

5-7 DEALING WITH DIVERSITY: ALICE BOOKS III ALICE AS LEADER: ALICE GRADUATES

May 14  10-12 Final Electronic PORTFOLIO of both semesters due

DETAILED SCHEDULE  of regularly scheduled classes:

A =  Anthology from 603a, previous semester

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The importance of READING DIRECTIONS in this course

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1-20  WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON YOU LEARNED IN YOUR FIRST SEMESTER?

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: ONLY CONNECT, HAMMER YOUR THOUGHTS about your experience here so far INTO UNITY. Become familiar with the schedule for this semester.

TODAY'S TOPICS: The schedule for this semester; FIRST SEMESTER EXPERIENCES

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Award ceremony. Introduction to the second semester. Class discussion based on informal writing (Discussion Board #1)

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: Discussion Board #1

CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: Your lives.

REVIEW your portfolios, (especially your time management forms, your road maps. your projects), your expectations of college compared to Newman's Idea of a University, Jude's dreams of Oxford, Alice's version of Oxford, etc.

1-22   DARWIN 2: EVOLUTIONARY ETHICSMEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard.

TODAY'S GOALS:To continue our exploration of answers to the question, Who Are You?

To add to the question, Who Are You? the question What Do You Believe? What Are Your Moral Beliefs, especially? What Is Your Philosophy of Life?

To continue our inclusion of great science writers ( Darwin) in our World Literature course, once again exploring leadership through writing.

To consider once again our relation to nature: , our relationship with animals and plants.

To fit Darwin into the debate (begun with the Jude DB) on the ethics of survival of the fittest vs. compassion and the sympathetic imagination, especially in our response to animals.

TODAY'S TOPIC: a possible subject for project three or four:

Who Are You? What kind of leader do you want to be?

Are your goals to be among THE FITTEST in terms of health, vigor, sex appeal, beauty, wealth (Carnegie), determination, stamina, offspring,?

What goals of yours require whole brain activation, compassion, empathy, sympathetic imagination, ….. In other words, are your goals to be among THE FITTEST in terms of social qualities (Darwin), social instincts, conscience of human solidarity (Kropotkin); reciprocal help (kin selection), symbiotic association, cooperation (Nowak); a mixture of personal survival, reproduction, and altruism (kinship) (Wilson)……

What is the role of education (Saumya) and technology (Jenny) in achieving your goals?

In that regard what is the Dobzhansky hypothesis? (It is cited in our reading.).

In your leadership vision are ethics and nature inevitably in opposition (Hume, T. H. Huxley), or is ethics a product of evolution (De Waal, Ridley), or can ethics be injected into evolution (J. Huxley), or can ethics be accepted in sociobiological perspective as an effective shared illusion (Wilson)?

What is most important in the evolutionary process to you: the individual or the social organism? (J. Huxley). [If the latter do you suspect that scientists are biased in favor of the selfish gene? (De Waal), that Darwin was biased because of the capitalism of his time and its antecedents in Hobbes, Hume, Smith, and Malthus (Ridley)?] [If the latter, do you believe animals express empathy? (De Wall).]

As you consider these tensions, do you find that your individual ethics are the product of the conflict between self-expression and self-sacrifice (J. Huxley), between your genes and your altruism (Wilson)?

Can you reconcile them? What are the roles of love, empathy, sympathy, and suffering in your ethics?

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Awards ceremony for highest scores for portfolios and end of the semester; DB discussion -- this DB required for those who have yet to contribute to a Darwin DB.

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: DARWIN: 396-404, 409-412, 471-476, 501-524

Carnegie, "The Gospel of Wealth" 396-398;Kropotkin, "Mutual Aid" 398-403; Nowak, "The Arithmetics of Mutual Help" 403-404; Wilson, "Sociobiology" 409-412; S. Pinker, "How the Mind Works" 471-476; T. H. Huxley, "Evolution and Ethics" 501-503; J. Huxley, "Evolutionary Ethics" 506-507; E. O. Wilson, "The Evolution of Ethics" 507-511; F. de Waal, "Good Natured" 511-517; M.Ridley, "The Origins of Virtue" 517-524.

REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY:

12-4 FACEBOOK DISCUSSION, esp. Kristen's discussion plan*

+ the 12-4 ASSIGNMENT: DARWIN :  pp. 61-64 Wallace, "On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Orignal Type"; pp. 106-107 Darwin, "Variation under Nature"  pp. 107-13  Darwin, "The Struggle for Existence"  pp. 124-133 Darwin, "Divergence of Character" pp. 133-135  Darwin, "Summary of the Chapter" A1026 Evolution, introduction A1027-8 Huxley Wilberforce debate, Oxford Univ. Museum

Most relevant DB sections:

"o Skaggs: “‘The most vigorous and healthy… must generally gain the victory in their contests’ of survival. This means that there are more factors than simply strength and intelligence that determine the survival and continuance of a certain organism. Their sexual appeal and ability to produce offspring is also important. It doesn’t do an antelope much good to be fast enough to escape the lion only to be so ugly that no one will mate with it…. It is the elegant simplicity of Natural Selection which makes the idea so convincing to me.”

o Saumya: “It makes sense. The strongest (fittest) make it through tough conditions.” determination? stamina?

"Survival of the fittest (JUDE) vs. compassion and sympathetic imagination i. Austyn: “Self-preservation- not in the literal sense, rather in the ideal sense- we want to be on top, and, when we’re too old and decrepit to maintain that position, we want someone to hold it for us. That someone would be our offspring.”

ii. Jenny: “However, for the homo sapien, a physical impediment does not mean the end of his/her gene contribution in the world. Because we have developed technology,”

6. As Saumya discussed, what traits (of those we have studied this semester) do you feel are most important when looking to create the “fittest” person, the “most evolved?

” o Saumya: “Intelligence - the ability to analyze the world around you as well as history. An education is necessary for this (this involves a strong left and right brain).Compassion - the ability to have empathy for others. This may not seem like a vital key to survival but because humans are social animals, it is.Sympathetic imagination - the ability to connect, to other people, to animals, to nature.”

o Austyn: “We strive to be the best we can, and, translated into our current standards, that means the wealthiest and, though some could argue, the most beautiful. However, why do we do this?”

o Examples of Traits/Ideas we have studied: Compassion, Sympathetic imagination, Left- Right Brain mastery, Unity, Education, Leadership, Meditation

1-27   DARWIN 3. DARWIN VS. TENNYSON on the meaning of life

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS:To add to the question, Who Are You? the question What Do You Believe? What Is Your Philosophy of Life? To continue our inclusion of great science writers ( Darwin) in our World Literature course, and add great poetry, once again exploring leadership through writing. To consider once again our relation to nature: whether or not a spiritual approach is compatible with a scientific approach.

TODAY'S TOPICS: In Memoriam and the Disappearance of God: Do you or do you not accept Tennyson's spiritual/moral/sentimental evolutionism as the solution to the Darwin vs. religion dilemma? Why or why not? How does your own solution to this dilemma comparewith Tennyson's?

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: DB Discussion

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: DARWIN 653-4; Anthology: 7-14 : Tennyson introduction;In Memoriam  Lyrics L, LIV, LV, LVI, CXXIII, CXVIII, and The Epilogue from "And rise, O moon" to the end. (In this poem "type" means "species.") AS VERY FEW PAGES ARE ASSIGNED, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU WILL READ VERY SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY, noticing, for example, the relevance of "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" to the Epilogue; the relevance of Lyric CXXIII to our campus; the relevance of lyrics L-LVI to   14 Dust in the Wind;  16-17  Dillard: Fecundity;    15 Browning and Evolution

Your DB writing should reveal your careful reading: all quotes must be explained fully in the context of all the other assigned lyrics and the evolution vs. spirituality debate.

pop culture connection:

Dust in the Wind

Last semester's anthology: THE LESSON OF THE STONES OF CAMPUS: 1004 Living Among Skeletons and Ghosts; 1005-8 “Carved in Stone”;1009-14 Ellison and Jones, “Walking the Forty Acres”; 1015-17 Evolutionary Timeline; 1017-18 Geological Timeline ; 1019-23 Guide to ghosts in Texas Natural Science Museum (a.k.a. Texas Memorial Museum) ;1024 Eiseley, from The Firmament of Time;1025 “Oxford Dodo,” Oxford Univ. Museum

The Plan II connection

1-29  Who Are You? An Animal (According to Darwin).

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: Self discovery, self creation (especially of ethics) in relation to animals.

TODAY'S TOPICS: Who Are You? What is your relation to the animal kingdom?

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: birthday: Russ 1/30  DB Discussion: At least one quote must be from Derrida, At least one quote must be from Bentham; at least one from a definition of "Animal"; "Human"; or "Humane"; at least one from a definition of "Passion"; "Compassion"; Empathy"; or "Sympathetic Imagination"; at least one from Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Chapters 1-6, pp. 3-68;

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: 21-47; 21-33 Derrida: “The Animal That Therefore I Am (Following)”; 34-45 Definitions of "Animal"; "Human"; "Humane" ; "Passion"; "Compassion"; Empathy" + A180 "Sympathetic Imagination"; 46-47 Bentham intro and citation; (54-56 Philip  K. Dick intro.) Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Chapters 1-6, pp. 3-68;

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2-3        

Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Chapters 7-11, pp. 69-128 + Emotional Intelligence.

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: Self discover, self creation (especially ethics) in relation to animals.

TODAY'S TOPICS: Are you a human or something less? Would you pass the test?

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: DB Discussion

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING:  Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 7-11, pp. 69-128 + anthology pages 57-73: Emotional Intelligence

Would you pass the empathy test? Related scene from Blade Runner (with Spanish subtitles). Max Polokov's name has been changed to "Leon" in this scene. In the novel the interrogator's name is Dave Holden.

In other words, do you have Emotional Intelligence (57-73)?

How does Leon relate to David Lee Powell (74)?

2-5     

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Chapters 12-16, pp. 129-195+ Poetry and the Primitive.

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: Self discovery, self creation (especially ethics) in relation to animals.

TODAY'S TOPICS: Consider the relevance of these readings to your past from your earliest memories to day. To what extent have you "evolved" from the "primitive" stage to some more adult stage, from emotional intelligence to intelligence as defined by the educational system?  How is the latter like and unlike an android. Now, recall "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny." To what extent has "civilization" "evolved" from the "primitive" stage? To what extent have we made "progess"? To what extent have we "evolved"? Are there any "primitive" traits we should have retained? Are there any "primitive" traits you want for your new self?

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: DB Discussion

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING:  Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Chapters 12-16, pp. 129-195 + 49-53 Poetry and the Primitive

Only connect E. I. and the "primitive."

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2-10      

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? chapters 17-22 pp. 196-244 + Overviews: Ecology and World Religions; Animal Humanities;

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS:get a sense of the big picture, the context of the issues we have been discussing

TODAY'S TOPICS: What is the field of Animal Humanities? How does it relate to Environmentalism? to Jainism? to Vegetarianism? to You?

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: DB discussion.

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? chapters 17-22 pp. 196-244 + 93-97 Ecology and World Religions, from Jainism and Ecology; 98-109 Animal Humanities overview, from Ecocriticism;  110-113 History of Vegetarianism overview, from Heretic’s Feast;

P3

2-11   P3 DUE ON BLACKBOARD BY MIDNIGHT. WORD COUNT NOW REQUIRED FOR BLACKBOARD VERSION. ESSAYS < 1400 WORDS NOT ACCEPTED. P3 INSTRUCTIONS Detailed criteria for your Blackboard version here.  Detailed criteria for your print version here (to be turned into the instructor).

Goal for BLACKBOARD: To practice the new writing as the product of conscious, deliberate collaboration as well as isolation, drawing on the help and advice of your fellow students as well as your instructor.

REVIEWS MUST BE FINISHED BY MIDNIGHT ON 2-18,

OR -10 POINTS PER DAY PENALTIES BEGIN

START EVALUATING AND EDITING YOUR COLLEAGUE'S PAPERS. 50 POINTS AT STAKE FOR YOU. MORE FOR THEM. ASSIGN A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 7 FOR EACH OF THE FIVE CATEGORIES AND PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR EACH CATEGORY, IF POSSIBLE, BUT YOU ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO THESE CATEGORIES. YOU MAY NOT REPEAT SUGGESTIONS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR CRITIQUES.

THE CATEGORIES:Detailed criteria for your Blackboard version here.

THE TEAM ASSIGNMENTS HERE. First of all, ignore the numbers to left of the person's name. This is the attendance roster: the names are in alphabetical order of last names.
Secondly, the names in CAPITAL LETTERS on the left, are the names of those WHOSE ESSAYS ARE TO BE REVIEWED. The names on the right are the names of the five people who are to review that person's essay.
(If you review more than your required five you will get extra credit for each extra review.)

2-12   GO TO THE BLANTON ART MUSEUM AT 11 A.M.

Blanton Museum of Art

M L K Jr Blvd & Speedway/Congress Ave 471-7324

BRING YOUR HARD COPY OF The BLACKBOARD VERSION OF P3  along with the printouts for the day and pencils and small spiral? notebooks you can use to write in as you look at the works of art.

UP TO TWENTY POINTS TO BE EARNED BY WRITING ABOUT ONE OR MORE WORKS OF ART THAT INSPIRE WRITING ABOUT COURSE THEMES, SUCH AS ANIMALS, COMPASSION, AND DIVERSITY.

YOU MUST CHOOSE A WORK OF ART THAT NO ELSE IN THE CLASS IS WRITING ABOUT.

BEGIN BY IDENTIFYING THE WORK OF ART AND THE ARTIST AND THEN WRITE ABOUT IT AT SOME LENGTH. WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED PUT YOUR NAME ON THE ART REVIEW, THE P3 BLACKBOARD HARD COPY, AND THE PRINTOUTS FOR THE DAY, AND TAKE THEM TO PARLIN 132 AND PUT THEM IN THE MAIL SLOT IN THE DOOR BY MIDNIGHT.

Compassion in the West

2-17   THE BIBLE AND VIRGIL + Coetzee, Disgrace

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: Better writing; Better reading: increased familiarity with world literature, world religions, and continuation of our reading of Coetzee

TODAY'S TOPICS: the evolution of compassion

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Meditation; St. Valentine's day class exercise a la Mary's and Kajal's projects*; Completing Saumya's Leadership on religion and vegetarianism: Austyn, David, Karisma, Andrew, Dana; Writing instruction, focus on unity and dramatic moments, as in " Make sure to include at least one leadership moment when your personal interests conflict with those of others and you had to make an ethical decision. If you can not think of such a moment in your past, you can imagine one in your future. Make the description of this decision and its context as dramatic and detailed as possible"; For examples, see Mary's project, Kajal's project, Andrew's project, Dana's project, and portions of Jenny's project,, Brian's project, Jennifer's project, Skagg's project, and Austyn's project; DB discussion; returning Blanton writing for scanning for portfolio.

*At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are are associated with the date of 14 February. Two of them date from the third century CE; the third was martyred in Africa but little is known about him. The modern transformation of this saint's day' veneration of agape into a celebration of eros dates from the Middle Ages.

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: 114-117 The First Garden: Genesis;118-120 Isaiah, ; 122-125 Virgil, Eclogue IV + 75-92 Coetzee, Disgrace selections

+ Genesis 9:2-3: “Be the terror and the dread of all the wild beasts and all the birds of heaven, of everything that crawls on the ground and all the fish of the sea; they are handed over to you.” 7th century BCE?  Jerusalem Bible

[1] A COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL DRAFT, THE ONE YOU UPLOADED TO BLACKBOARD;

[2] COPIES OFALL THE CRITIQUES OF YOUR ESSAY YOUR COLLEAGUES MADE ON BLACKBOARD ;

[3] A SECOND DRAFT WITH ALL THE CHANGES YOU MADE, INCLUDING ALL THOSE MADE IN RESPONSE AT LEAST TO THE CRITIQUES, WITH THE CHANGES NOW HIGHLIGHTED AND COLOR-CODED TO SHOW WHICH CHANGES WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO WHICH REVIEWER;

[4] P1 AND P2 FINAL COPIES WITH INSTRUCTOR'S EDITS AND COMMENTS.

2-24      P3 HARD COPY DUE. MEET AT THE CLAY PIT RESTAURANT BY 11 AT THE LATEST. START WALKING NOW: 1601 GUADALUPE. 322-5131.BRING$10 OR SO TO THE RESTAURANT ALONG WITH THE P3 HARD COPY IN FOLDER WITH P2 AND P1 AND ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.

Also BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: appreciating diversity of other cultures

TODAY'S TOPICS: India as the most extraordinary diversity of cultures

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: devouring India

REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: meditations inspired by India;

LOOKING AHEAD: How Can I Help?; readings on hunting in India; Orwell's Burma story, "Shooting an Elephant"Jainism, Jain Animal Shelters; Lockwood Kipling; Siddhartha, Hinduism, Buddhism, Ahimsa,Confucianism

DIVERSITY EXTRA CREDIT TODAY: Americans and Islam

Time: TUESDAY 3-4:30 p.m. Location: Welch 1.316 Admission: Free

POST RESPONSE TO EXTRA CREDIT DISCUSSION BOARD

COURSE RELEVANCE: THE KORAN IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL TEXTS IN WORLD LITERATURE AND DIVERSITY IS A KEY U. T. VALUE

Ambassador to speak on Americans and Islam Description: The College of Liberal Arts and the Center for and Department of Middle Eastern Studies present "Journey into America," a lecture by Ambassador Akbar Ahmed. Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C., was the high commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain. He has advised Prince Charles and has met with President George W. Bush on Islam. His numerous books, films and documentaries have won awards, and his books have been translated into many languages, including Chinese and Indonesian. Dubbed "the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam" by the BBC, Ahmed was appointed in September 2008 as the first Distinguished Chair for Middle East/Islamic Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Ahmed will be speaking about his project, "Journey into America," sponsored by American University, Georgetown University and the Brookings Institution. The project has taken him through 25 states over six months with a team of young American scholars to interview thousands of Americans about Islam in the United States. Ahmed recently published "Journey into Islam" about his travels with the same team through the Muslim world to learn about Muslim perceptions of America.

LOOKING AHEAD: fear vs. compassion in nineteenth-century England

DIVERSITY AND WORLD LIT EXTRA CREDIT FRIDAY, FEB. 27:

Buddhism in American life

POST RESPONSE TO EXTRA CREDIT DISCUSSION BOARD

COURSE RELEVANCE: BUDDHISM IS ONE OF THE GREATET INFLUENCES ON WORLD LITERATURE AND DIVERSITY IS A KEY U. T. VALUE

CLASSIC WORLD LIT EXTRA CREDIT FRIDAY, FEB. 27*, AND LATER:

THE IDIOT, Based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky Adapted and Directed by Scott Kanoff Performances: February 27*, 28 & March 5, 6, 7 at 8:00 PM March 1, 7, 8 at 2:00 PM Oscar G. Brockett Theatre

Tickets: $20 adults, $17 UT faculty & staff, $15 students available online at www.utpac.org or by phone at 477–6060. * Join us February 27th for an Opening Night Reception immediately following the performance. Guests will be able to mingle with the cast, crew, and director of The Idiot while enjoying an assortment of light snacks and desserts.

* Synopsis: This is a new stage adaptation of one of Dostoevsky's most complex and enigmatic novels, in which the author attempted to depict a "completely beautiful individual." It is late 1867, and Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, the penniless last member of an ancient family, returns home to Russia after many years at a Swiss clinic, where he was treated for severe epilepsy. At first considered a fool, the awkward, naive Myshkin gradually charms all who meet him. Determined to "do good," the prince's innocent idealism enmeshes him in the social, financial and romantic intrigues of a corrupt society whose motives he misconstrues. The events he sets in motion lead to consequences that no one, least of all the prince himself, could have envisioned. Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881) is the author of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Idiot, among other novels and publications. Throughout his life, Dostoevsky struggled with epilepsy, a gambling problem, and governmental interference with his writing, which was viewed as subversive. In 1849, he was arrested for his participation in the Petrashevsky Affair, which was a gathering of intellectuals who supported political and social reform, including the emancipation of Russia's 20 million serfs. The leaders of the Petrashevsky Affair (including Dostoevsky) were sentenced to death by firing squad; they were granted reprieve a mere 20 minutes before the execution was scheduled to occur, and were sentenced instead to hard labor in Omsk (Siberia). It was here that Dostoevsky's fervent patriotism and religious faith (Russian Orthodox) crystallized. While in Siberia, Dostoevsky read Hegel's The History of Philosophy, and many of the ideas he explores in his writing directly critique Hegel's manifesto. Although it is unlikely Dostoevsky had any familiarity with Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche has said, "Dostoevsky is the only psychologist from whom I have anything to learn." Dostoevsky's ideas established the foundation for the Existentialist movement that would occur later in Europe.

3-7  EXPLORE U.T. 2009.

MARCH 7,  Parlin 105,  Performances on the half hour from 11:30-4:30

Take the stage for extra credit. (And of course you get a tea shirt and all the tea and bread and butter you can consume.)

You can play an animal (the March Hare or the Dormouse) or Alice or the Mad Hatter or Time or the Narrator, or be the Hawker roaming around outside sending people to us.

There will be many performances and thus many opportunities for extra credit as explained below.

For the roles listed above DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT LISTED BELOW AND LEARN YOUR LINES AS BEST YOU CAN.  Then bring the script with your part highlighted and a costume if you have one. If you don't, just wear whatever clothes you have that seem most appropriate and we will have a few items to add, such as rabbit ears, the mad hatter's hat, mouse nose and whiskers, etc.

the text of THE MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY

roles and times chosen so far   ("?" = only a tentative possibility: by all means feel free to volunteer for the same role and time)

EMAIL THE INSTRUCTOR YOUR REQUESTS FOR WHAT ROLES AT WHAT TIMES. IT IS TOO LATE TO BE TENTATIVE. SPECIFY SPECIFIC ROLE[S] AND SPECIFIC TIME[S] IF YOU ARE SURE YOU WILL BE THERE AT THOSE TIMES AND BE PREPARED TO PERFORM.

bump@mail.utexas.edu

Extra Credit to be earned as follows.

12 pts. for showing up and watching at least one performance

+ up to 15 more points for bringing your pet.

Pts. for specific roles.

Alice: up to 20 pts. per performance

The Mad Hatter: up to 15 pts. per performance.

The March Hare, the Dormouse, an the English Teacher up to 10 pts. per performance.

The Narrator, Time, and the Queen of Hearts: up to 8 pts. per performance.

The Hawker: points to be determined by the number of handouts distributed and number of customers sent.

Other ways to earn extra credit:

Interior designer/ artist. Show up at 10 and help decorate: points to be determined by the piece.

Cook: bring food suitable for an English tea party:  points to be determined by the items.

For the roles listed above just wear whatever clothes you have that seem most appropriate and we will have a few items to add, such as rabbit ears, the mad hatter's hat, mouse nose and whiskers, etc.

audience participation

Pictures and Movies from Last Year's TEA PARTY

the volunteer actors from the E375L class

the volunteer actors from the E603B class

603B09 actors

603B09 movies

Mar  9  EXTRA CREDIT 

attendance = 15 points (testimony from Samantha),

additional points for post on Extra Credit DB

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE EXPERIENCE JEWISH CULTURE AND TRADITION THIS SEMESTER AND THIS LOOKS LIKE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY!

"Tomorrow is Purim and Chabad is having a megillah (the Book of Esther) reading at their house at 8:00 pm. After the Megillah reading there will be a celebration in honor of the holiday filled with graggers (noise-makers), hamantashens (hat-shaped cookies), and more! it's going to be really fun!

here's a little background on Purim: Purim (Hebrew: פורים (help·info) Pûrîm "lots", related to Akkadian pūru) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman's plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther). According to the story, Haman cast lots to determine the day upon which to exterminate the Jews.

The Chabad house is at 1915 Robbins Place (it's like 22 1/2 between san gabriel and leon) or something like that--mapquest it. but it's a great place, the Rabbi and his wife that run it are really sweet. I was there making hamentashens with them a few days ago and they turned out delicious (though not very pretty)!

Oh and Purim is also kind of like Jewish Halloween and so the theme of the night is Disco Fever! Come out dressed up it will be a great time. Hope to see you all there!" Samantha

Mar  9  EXTRA CREDIT 

Seeing Through the Fence  

"What prevents ethical principles from being advanced into action?"

March 9th at 7pm; Jes A1.121A (1st floor Auditorium in Jester)

Through a series of humorous and poignant interviews conducted across the US and in Greece with 'random people,' the documentarian’s family, and activists, Seeing Through the Fence explores the role of food in modern society and our connection, or lack of connection, with both the processes and animals from which our food originates. Seeing Through the Fence also explores the role of activism, as well as the stereotypes surrounding both activists and alternate lifestyles separate from, yet connected to, mainstream markets. The documentary asks the question: what prevents ethical principles from being advanced into action? 84 minutes, complete with soundtrack from several local (Durham, NC) bands, as well as Greek, German, and other US musicians, all friends or family of the documentarian. Watch the trailer at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BtTwL1pJA

proof of attendance = 12 points, additional points for post on Extra Credit DB

Holi : EXPERENTIAL LEARNING: INDIA 

3-16 to 3-21 Spring break

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3-24  Siddhartha 3

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day: TODAY COURSE ANTHOLOGY FROM LAST SEMESTER AS WELL; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: to try to grasp the concept of compassion with detachment and of seeing not just the fragment but the unity of the whole.

TODAY'S TOPICS: the importance of word choice in writing; the ending of Siddhartha: listening; love/compassion with detachment; awareness of the big picture.

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: [1] listening test: Ram Dass guided imagery on awareness of the big picture; [2] P4 and diction, practice editing for word choice; [3] Siddhartha reading quiz*; [4] DB discussion: the ending of Siddhartha and related readings on love with detachment, awareness of unity, listening. *Quiz on the last three chapters of Siddhartha: "The Son" to "Govinda." Up to 20 pts to be earned, -20 if the quiz reveals that the student had not read the assigned chapters. The quiz is optional if the student has uploaded an acceptable DB on this topic which includes at least one quote from the last three chapters.

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING:  Siddhartha remaining chapters: "By the River" to "Govinda."

RECOMMENDED READING ON WRITING : A125A Hemingway on Rewriting; A138-9 Saying What You Mean; A140-141 Diction and Conciseness; A142-143 Readability and Clarity.

RECOMMENDED DB READING: A41-42 Definition of Compassion; A43-44 Definition of Sympathy; A45 Definition of Empathy; A48 Compassion and Conscience. The compassion with detachment theme looks forward to Ram Dass's book for those in the helping professions who burn out from too much compassion. Here are some other points of view that may relate better to your own lives. These are not substitutes for the Siddhartha chapters, but may give new directions to your discussions of them: RECOMMENDED READING ON EROTIC LOVE AND DETACHMENT: A229D “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free,” Sting; A229E “All I Really Want to Do,” Bob Dylan.  RECOMMENDED READING ON THE SEEING THE BIG PICTURE: A912-918 Alan Watts, “The World is Your Body”; Keats's "When I Have Fears":

When I have fears that I may cease to be  

Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,

Before high-piled books, in charactery,

  Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain;

When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,

  Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,

And think that I may never live to trace

  Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;

And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,

  That I shall never look upon thee more,

Never have relish in the faery power

  Of unreflecting love;--then on the shore

Of the wide world I stand alone, and think

Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: all of the novel, related readings listed above, and A905 Yeats, “Hammer Your Thoughts”;  A906 Hopkins, “As kingfishers”; A910 Forster, “Only Connect”; 912-918 Alan Watts, “The World is Your Body.”

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3-25 P4 DUE ON BLACKBOARD by midnight. As with P3, ESSAYS < 1400 AND MISSING ESSAYS will be penalized -10 pts. per day because of the limited time students have to review the essays of others (unless P4 is a multimedia project approved in advance by the instructor.)    P4 Criteria

3-26   

Siddhartha 4

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day: TODAY COURSE ANTHOLOGY FROM LAST SEMESTER AS WELL; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: to try to grasp the concept of compassion with detachment and of seeing not just the fragment but the unity of the whole.

TODAY'S TOPICS: the importance of word choice in writing; the ending of Siddhartha: listening; love/compassion with detachment; awareness of the big picture.

Specific topics carried over from last time:

• Helping professions: Dana, Kajal, and ......?
• Psychotherapists/Psychologists Dana, Kajal
• Listening Dana, Kajal Mary
• Vision of Unity Russ, Samantha Mary

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: [1] discussion of the listening test; [2] P4 and diction, practice editing for word choice; [3] discussion of Siddhartha reading quiz*; [4] DB discussion: the ending of Siddhartha and related readings on love with detachment, awareness of unity, listening.

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING:  Siddhartha

RECOMMENDED READING ON WRITING : A125A Hemingway on Rewriting; A138-9 Saying What You Mean; A140-141 Diction and Conciseness; A142-143 Readability and Clarity.

RECOMMENDED DB READING: A41-42 Definition of Compassion; A43-44 Definition of Sympathy; A45 Definition of Empathy; A48 Compassion and Conscience. The compassion with detachment theme looks forward to Ram Dass's book for those in the helping professions who burn out from too much compassion. Here are some other points of view that may relate better to your own lives. These are not substitutes for the Siddhartha chapters, but may give new directions to your discussions of them: RECOMMENDED READING ON EROTIC LOVE AND DETACHMENT: A229D “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free,” Sting; A229E “All I Really Want to Do,” Bob Dylan.  RECOMMENDED READING ON THE SEEING THE BIG PICTURE: A912-918 Alan Watts, “The World is Your Body”; Keats's "When I Have Fears":

When I have fears that I may cease to be  

Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,

Before high-piled books, in charactery,

  Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain;

When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,

  Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,

And think that I may never live to trace

  Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;

And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,

  That I shall never look upon thee more,

Never have relish in the faery power

  Of unreflecting love;--then on the shore

Of the wide world I stand alone, and think

Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: all of the novel, related readings listed above, and A905 Yeats, “Hammer Your Thoughts”;  A906 Hopkins, “As kingfishers”; A910 Forster, “Only Connect”; 912-918 Alan Watts, “The World is Your Body.”

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LOOKING AHEAD:

P4 REVIEWS DUE BY MIDNIGHT, APRIL 1st

P4 EVALUATION TEAMS

P4 EVALUATION CRITERIA

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3-28 Hindu Student Council Campus Holi Festival: extra credit: 10 pts. if documented by photos uploaded to Facebook; more if you write an extra-credit DB South Mall by the 6 Pack Time: 2-5 pm

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March 30 Monday Last day an undergraduate student may, with the dean’s approval, withdraw from the University or drop a class except for urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons. Last day a student may change registration in a class to or from the pass/fail or credit/no credit basis.

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3-31     Ram Dass How Can I Help?

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day INCLUDING THE FIRST VOLUME FROM LAST SEMESTER; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

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TODAY'S GOALS:[1] to try to understand various ways to answer the question, "Who Are You?" and to practice seeing not just the fragment but the unity of the whole; [2] to realize the importance of punctuation in writing.

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TODAY'S TOPICS: Ram Dass's synthesis of world literature, philosphies, and religions on the topics of suffering and the "identity" of one who is compassionate. Special emphasis will be placed on his concept of unity and his answers to the question, "Who Are You?" 

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TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: P4B writing preparation; DB discussion preceded by Quiz: Up to 20 pts to be earned, -20 if the quiz reveals that the student had not read the assigned chapters. The quiz is optional if the student has uploaded an acceptable DB on this topic. This quiz will be on the famous authors and works cited in the first and second chapters.

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: Ram Dass How Can I Help? pp.3-78 "Natural Compassion" + "Who's Helping?" + "Suffering"; A135-6 Style Guidelines for SWC courses; A114-124 Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: commas, semicolons; + this information: commas and periods should be placed inside, not outside, quotation marks, as you see in the example below from the U of Chicago Style Manual:"Footnote numbers should follow any quotation marks or any other punctuation marks except the dash" as in this example:   "end."¹

RECOMMENDED READING, eligible for Extra Credit DB: "Burnout" pp. 185-212.

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: readings listed above, and A905 Yeats, “Hammer Your Thoughts”;  A906 Hopkins, “As kingfishers”; A910 Forster, “Only Connect”; 912-918 Alan Watts, “The World is Your Body.”

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LOOKING AHEAD: listening

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4-1 midnight all P4 reviews due:

NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN FOR REVIEWS DATED AFTER 11 A.M. APRIL 2

DIVERSITY

4-2    Ram Dass How Can I Help?

MEET AT HILLEL, 2105 SAN ANTONIO, DOING WHAT RAM DASS WOULD HAVE WANTED US TO DO: A Passover Child Nutrition Seder to find out how you can do your part of raising awareness about child nutrition and hunger. AND GREAT INTRODUCTION TO OUR NEXT UNITY: DIVERSITY!

program, traditional Passover foods will be served, and brown bags are welcome.

FAILURE TO ATTEND WILL RESULT IN THE SAME PENALTY AS FAILING A QUIZ IN CLASS ON HOW CAN I HELP? -20 POINTS

Announcement of the Event: Please RSVP

BRING TO CLASS: hard copy of your P4 reviews transferred to a  single Word document which you can later use in your portfolio;(2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section;

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TODAY'S GOALS:to practice compassion and celebration of diversity.

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TODAY'S TOPICS:the suffering of children

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TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: the ancient Jewish ritual of Passover

TODAY'S DB OPTION: Relate the Jewish ritual of Passover to our class readings (must be finished before class)

EXTRA CREDIT DB AVAILABLE FROM NOW UNTIL MAY 8: Ram Dass How Can I Help? 51-102 "Suffering" and "The Listening Mind" + 111, 167-171, 222-223; review role of listening in Siddhartha and A52, A88B-89 Listening

ANOTHER EXTRA CREDIT DB AVAILABLE FROM NOW UNTIL MAY 8: Dass "Burnout" pp. 185-212

 

   DIVERSITY EXTRA CREDIT EVENTS FOR THURSDAY 4-2,

WRITE UP THE EVENT INTHE EXTRA CREDIT DISCUSSION BOARD

Talk looks at religious symbols in Toni Morrison's work Description: *In this talk, La Vinia Jennings, associate professor of English from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, reveals the fundamental role African traditional religious symbols and cosmology play in Toni Morrison's canon. Gleaned from her award-winning book, "Toni Morrison and the Idea of Africa," Jennings's idea that a collective African worldview informs Morrison's work and culture challenges previous assumptions about her dependence on Western categories and Judeo-Christian symbolism.* Time: *4-5 p.m.* Location: *Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Building, Room 2.216* Admission: *Free* URL: http://www.utexas.edu/oncampus/calendar/20090402/e7723*

 

Event celebrates life through poetry, prose and storytelling Description: *The word for struggle in the Arabic language is jihad. It is a word that Muslims identify with every day. Unfortunately, today, the meaning of the word jihad has been corrupted, widely misinterpreted and has fallen far from the roots of its essence. But, jihad is not an ideal shared among Muslims alone. To illustrate this point, the Muslim Students Association presents “My American Jihad," an event featuring performers from diverse organizations, backgrounds and cultures on one stage to share and celebrate their daily and life-long battles through poetry, prose and storytelling. * Time: *8-9 p.m.* Location: *Texas Union Showroom* Admission: *Free* URL: *http://www.texasmsa.com*

4-5   Ram Navi Festival at Barsana Dham: extra credit 11:00 am to 12:30 pm WRITE UP IN EXTRA CREDIT DB; TURN IT IN WITH THE PROGRAM STAPLED TO A COPY OF the DB AND/OR UPLOAD PICTURES TO OUR FACEBOOK COURSE SITE

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4-7   P4 DUE: MEET AT THE BOB BULLOCK MUSEUM: DIVERSITY THEME

start walking now: Bob Bullock Story of Texas museum is at Martin Luther King Blvd. and Congress/Speedway

BRING $7, writing materials, YOUR P4 folder*,  along with the printouts for the day,

Bob Bullock Story of Texas Museum

My Story of Texas Museum images

Assignment: up to twenty points for opinions about the representations of diversity of cultures, races, and species in this museum. At least one example required from each floor of the museum. -20 for not doing this assigment.

Do not work as a team: papers that are too similar to each other will not be accepted.

* YOUR FINAL COPY: FORMAT: DOUBLE-SPACED, WITH A TITLE, PAGE NOS., FOOTNOTES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGES, ETC. LAST PAGE SHOULD PROVIDE THE WORD COUNT AND THE U.R.L. OF THE BLOG VERSION. THIS FINAL VERSION SHOULD BE PUT IN A POCKET FOLDER WITH YOUR NAME ON THE OUTSIDE. 

ALSO IN THIS FOLDER SHOULD BE [1] THE FINAL VERSIONS OF P1, P2, AND P3 EDITED BY THE INSTRUCTOR, ALONG WITH THE INSTRUCTOR'S LETTER ACCOMPANYING P3; [2] A COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL DRAFT OF P4, THE ONE YOU UPLOADED TO BLACKBOARD; [3] COPIES OF ALL THE CRITIQUES YOUR COLLEAGUES MADE ON BLACKBOARD OF YOUR P4; [4] A SECOND DRAFT OF P4 WITH ALL THE CHANGES YOU MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE INSTRUCTOR'S EVALUATION OF P3 AND IN RESPONSE TO EACH REVIEWER.

P4 NOT ACCEPTED WITHOUT CLEAN FINAL COPY AS DESCRIBED ABOVE + #1, 3 AND #4; PENALTIES FOR NO #2 (-5-PTS.) AND FOR FEW CHANGES MADE AND/OR CODED IN #4: 5-45 PTS.

   Detailed criteria for your print version here (to be turned into the instructor).

EXTRA CREDIT at this museum, may be done any time until May 8:

EXTRA CREDIT FOR SEEING WILD OCEAN 3D

show times here

POST AN ACCOUNT OF THE REPRESENTATION OF DIVERSITY IN THE MOVIE IN THE EXTRA CREDIT, PRINT IT OUT, and TURN IT IN WITH THE TICKET-STUB STAPLED TO the DB

AND/OR EXTRA CREDIT FOR POSTING A BLOG ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION OF DIVERSITY IN TEXAS: THE BIG PICTURE IN THE EXTRA CREDIT DB: TURN IT IN WITH THE TICKET-STUB STAPLED TO A COPY OF the DB

show times here

AND/OR EXTRA CREDIT FOR POSTING A BLOG IN THE EXTRA CREDIT DB ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION OF DIVERSITY IN THE STAR OF DESTINY PERFORMANCE in the TEXAS SPIRIT THEATER: TURN IT IN WITH THE TICKET-STUB STAPLED TO A COPY OF the DB

Star of Destiny show times here

4-7   Hindu Student Council South Asian religions: extra credit: 10 pts. with photo evidence uploaded to our Facebook site; more if relevance of these religions to our course is written up in Extra Credit DBs

HSC presents panel on South Asian religions: How much do you know about Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism and Hinduism? Join us to learn about some of the world's largest religions. The panelists include representatives from the Hindu Students Council, the Buddhist Association, the Sikh Students Association and Jains at Texas. Time: 7-8:30 p.m. Location: FAC 21 Admission: Free and open to the public URL:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=69617501554

4-9(Passover)    Who are You? said the Caterpillar (repeatedly).

Your identity according to Jung's TYPE psychology: Introvert OR Extravert? Intuitive OR Sensing? Thinking OR Feeling? Perceiving 0R Judging?

Take the psychological “type” test of the Meyers-Briggs variety that has at least seventy questions such as that at http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

(Inside Facebook there is http://apps.facebook.com/my-type/ but I don't know if the seventy questions are still there.)

Print out the results to bring them to class, or -20.  For the DB check out the descriptions of the related learning styles in our course anthology and add a evaluation of how well you believe "your" learning and writing styles describe you as a reader and writer.

Teaching/Learning Styles

307-309        Teaching/Learning Styles Chart

310-318           Writing Styles

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: YOUR PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE PROFILE DOCUMENTS + you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

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TODAY'S GOALS: [1] To explore the diversity of our different personalities and discover the importance of having the diversity of all personality types represented in a group decision. [2] To review Experiential learning.

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TODAY'S TOPICS: identity, diversity, and Jung's personality type psychology

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TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Samantha's birthday (4/12); review Experiential learning; type psychology exercises; DB discussion

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: 289-306 Different Drums and Different Drummers 307-309 Teaching/Learning Styles 310- 318 Writing Styles

Recommended: Experiential learning. Type Logic descriptions.Keirsey's 4 Temperaments

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: introvert extrovert citation in Wilson in Darwin;

special assignments: This DB can be done anytime before May 7.

Extra Credit assignment: Analyze the class's types.

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LOOKING AHEAD: diversity of cultures, races, and species

4-9   EXTRA CREDIT: ALICE IN WONDERLAND! "OFF WITH EVERYONE'S HEAD!"April 9, 10, and 11 at 7:30 pm April 17 and 18 at 7:30 pm April 19 at 2:00 pm Tickets are $5 each. at Peter T. Flawn Academic Center-Basement Auditorium (FAC 21). POST IN THE EXTRA CREDIT DB: TURN IT IN WITH THE TICKET-STUB STAPLED TO A COPY OF the DB AND/OR UPLOAD PICTURES TO OUR FACEBOOK COURSE SITE

Directors: Alyssa Potasznik Eric Camarillo Cast: Alice: Sam Wiley White Rabbit: Clayton Westmeier Queen of Hearts: Emma Panico Mouse: Becky Dobyns Caterpillar: Elaine Wang Frog Footman: Curran Farnsworth Duchess: Lauren Conner Cook: Danielle Calodney Cheshire Cat: Ania Upstill Dormouse: Kathleen Kidder March Hare: Sarah White Mad Hatter: Brian Losoya King of Hearts: Chris Fox Knave of Hearts: Michael Rodney Red Queen: Kristie Schuh Tweedledee: Michael Nance Tweedledum: William Hausle White Queen: Julia Shatilo Humpty Dumpty: James Nance 2 of Spades: Kelsey Handler 5 of Spades: Rachel Schelter 7 of Spades: Julia Shatilo

Experiential learning

4-12 EASTER. EXTRA CREDIT FOR DIVERSITY EXPERIENCES: ATTENDING SERVICES IN A KIND OF CHURCH YOU HAVE NEVER ATTENDED BEFORE, PREFERABLY ONE AS DIFFERENT FROM YOUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES AS POSSIBLE: WRITE UP IN EXTRA CREDIT DB; TURN IT IN WITH THE PROGRAM STAPLED TO A COPY OF the DB AND/OR UPLOAD PICTURES TO OUR FACEBOOK COURSE SITE

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FOR EXAMPLE FROM OUR ARCHITECTURE TOUR

EXTRA CREDIT FOR NON-CATHOLICS AND CATHOLICS WHO HAVE NEVER ATTENDED A SPANISH MASS (April 12 at 1:45)

APRIL 9-12  CHRISTIAN HOLY WEEK

St. Mary's Cathedral EASTER April 12: Mass Schedule . Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 12:00 Noon, 1:45 PM (Spanish), 3:30 pm; 5:30 PM

Other holy week services:Holy Thursday (April 9) 7:30 p.m.; Good Friday (April 10) 12 p.m. Stations of the Cross, 2 p.m. Celebration of the Lord's Passion; Holy Saturday (April 11) 8 p.m. - 11 p. m. Easter Vigil

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4-14     

Speciesism and racism analogies: Walker, + Bluest Eye

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

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TODAY'S GOALS: To make progress toward overcoming Speciesism and racism

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TODAY'S TOPICS: Speciesism, racism, and slavery

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TODAY'S ACTIVITIES:DB discussion preceded by Quiz: Up to 20 pts to be earned, -20 if the quiz reveals that the student had not read the Walker AND Bluest Eye assigned readings. The quiz is optional if the student has uploaded an acceptable DB on this topic.

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: 319 Walker, intro. 320-323 Walker, “Am I Blue?” (324 King biography 325-327 King, “I Have a Dream”) (328 Morrison intro) + Bluest Eye pp. 3- 109 "Fall," "Winter," + first chapter of "Spring".

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY:Bentham; Earthlings

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LOOKING AHEAD: racism as one version of judging by appearance

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APRIL 15. PASSOVER. EXTRA CREDIT: FREE DINNER. INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, AND MUSLIM PRESPECTIVES ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS.6:30-8. HILLEL. WRITE UP IN EXTRA CREDIT DB; TURN IT IN WITH THE PROGRAM STAPLED TO A COPY OF the DB AND/OR UPLOAD PICTURES TO OUR FACEBOOK COURSE SITE

4-16 At Saumya's request, SCENES ABOUT RACISM AND DIVERSITY FROM SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE seen and discussed in class; points to be earned by class activities.

    

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS:to increase our awareness of the tensions of diversity

TODAY'S TOPICS: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE: diversity, intolerance, Hinduism, Islam DB suggestions: "One topic is religious strife, especially Hinduism and Islam, Rama and Allah, and related issues: tolerance, diversity, etc. Another, from BLUEST EYE, is physical beauty and romance. Judging by physical appearance: casting of the female role solely on that basis as she had no acting experience? the male actor Amitabh who arrives by helicopter also popular partly for being handsome? romance: story of the Taj Mahal, especially the drama enacted in front of it at night: "The opera that Jamal and Salim see a bit of from under the bleachers at the Taj Mahal is Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice," which is based on the Greek myth in which Orpheus, distraught at his wife Euridice's death, travels all the way to the Underworld in an attempt to retrieve her. Jamal's lifelong quest to rescue Latika from the various "underworld" figures who have control of her is an echo of this myth. Furthermore, the first singer to perform the role of Orpheus (in 1762) was a castrato, which means that while he was a little boy, he had been castrated so as to allow him to continue hitting the higher notes that boy singers can reach before they undergo puberty and their voices drop. The film's subplot in which children are kidnapped by Maman and mutilated so that they will be more lucrative beggars and street singers is an echo of this opera's history." [from movie site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/trivia ]

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: SCENES ABOUT RACISM AND DIVERSITY FROM SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE seen and discussed in class; points to be earned by class activities

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: 359-360 “Asian Exclusion Act” +  Lydia's post in the BLUEST EYE 1 DB.

REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: Religious strife readings and experiences, especially Moslem vs. Hindu, etc. This movie is based on a book but:

"The Bombay Hindu-Muslim riots play no role in the book, as the ethnic or religious heritage of the main character is uncertain. In the book, the character of Jamal is instead named 'Ram Mohammad Thomas.' He has been given a Hindu name, Muslim name, and Christian name by the village elders in order to maintain the balance among all the religious communities after his mother abandons him at birth. ..... Ram is adopted by a Christian priest as a youth, which is how he learns English, and then is nearly molested by a visiting priest." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire

LOOKING AHEAD:Racism and discrimination: BLUEST EYE PART 2

Extra Credit LISTINGS for Friday, April 17

Just write up your experience for the Extra Credit DB. The first is on meditation and the second is on experiential learning and music. "Meditation: A Way to Inner Peace" is topic of Dharma lecture Description: Venerable Man Kuang from BLIA - Boston presents a lecture titled "Meditation: A Way to Inner Peace." She will demonstrate and explain the meditation techniques in Chan (Zen) tradition. Ven. Man Kuang graduated from Queens College in Queens, New York, and was ordained in 1988 at Hsi Lai Temple in Los Angeles. Under the guidance of Master Hsin Yun, the founder of Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan, Man Kuang has served in the International Department, Editorial Department and Buddhist College at Fo Guang Shan. Today she is the abbess of Boston Buddhist Cultural Center. Time: 7-8:30 p.m. Location: Texas Union Asian Culture Room 4.224 Admission: Free URL: http://utbuddhist.blogspot.com/

ESI presents "How We Learn and How We Don't" by Dr. Robert Duke Description: Why do some students learn while some fall behind? Research over the past two decades has deepened our understanding of the fundamental principles of human learning, yet much of what we do in the classroom seems to ignore these principles. Make sure to come early to experience exhibits and activities presented by our partners. Free refreshments will be provided. A former studio musician and public school music teacher, Dr. Robert Duke directs an active research program in motor-skill learning and procedural memory at the university. He has also has worked closely with at-risk children, both in the public schools and through the juvenile court system. Hot Science-Cool Talks is webcast at www.esi.utexas.edu. Time: 5:45-8:30 p.m. Location: Welch Hall, Room 2.224 Admission: Free URL: http://www.esi.utexas.edu/outreach/lectures.html

Experiential learning

4-19  RANCH PARTY

•  DIVERSITY EXPERIENCE: Celebrating Holi, Hindu spring festival of colors+ Hola Mohala, Sikh martial arts; Vernal Equinox: Ostara, Wicca welcoming of spring and the goddess-as-maiden; Hindu New Year; Ramanavami, Hindu: Rama's birthday; Mahavir Jayanti, birthday of Jain founder; Pesach, Jewish Passover; Easter;

   

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• COME IN COSTUME IF YOU CAN FOR EXTRA CLASS PARTICIPATION POINTS
• BYOM (Bring your own bags of marshmallows);  BYOB (unless you are satisfied with diet soda or bottled water), and whatever you want to celebrate your favorite rituals:

• directions

• Extra Credit Writing

• Pied Beauty, the ranch

  Pied Beauty, the horse

  Babe: the story

  Babe: the sequel

  Tex and Bob

  Jenny and Bottom

  the other critters  

April 21: Yom HaASho'h, Jewish Holocaust Day

4-21  

Bluest Eye + Racism, Judging by Appearance

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

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TODAY'S GOALS:to make progress toward overcoming racism and judging by appearance generally

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TODAY'S TOPICS: denial: racism and judging by appearance

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TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: DB discussion preceded by Quiz: Up to 20 pts to be earned, -20 if the quiz reveals that the student had not read at least one of the Bluest Eye assigned chapters. The quiz is optional if the student has uploaded an acceptable DB on this topic.

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: pp. 110-206 Bluest Eye rest of "Spring" + "Summer" + 329-347 Bump, “Racism and Appearance in The Bluest Eye: a Template for Emotive Criticism”

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: the basic concept of unity in variety as applied to biodiversity, type psychology, and to these topics .

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LOOKING AHEAD: discrimination against Asians and Hispanics and discrimiation on the basis of sexual preference.

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KARISMA'S LESSON PLAN:

KARISMA’S LESSON PLAN: The Bluest Eye pt. 2 Lesson Plan Themes/Critical Questions: -racism/ why racism? –does it stem from shame or some insecurity about ourselves? -is racism just a phase? Issues: -the lack of identities in each character; -the rejection that each character faces; -male violence; -warped family relations; -racial self-loathing; -racial self-hatred; -the hierarchy of social class; -romantic love vs. physical beauty; -mercy and justice; -stereotyping; -race/class; -child abuse -the loss of an American dream; - materialism; -our ability to empathize

In her afterword to this novel, Morrison writes of the little girl she knew: "Beauty was not simply something to behold, it was something one could do. The Bluest Eye was my effort to say something about that; to say something about why she had not, or possibly ever would have, the experience of what she possessed and also why she prayed for so radical an alteration. Implicit in her desire was racial self-loathing. And twenty years later I was still wondering about how one learns that. Who told her? Who made her feel that it was better to be a freak than what she was? Who had looked at her and found her so wanting, so small a weight on the beauty scale? The novel pecks away at the gaze that condemned her."

This study is called PROJECT The Bluest Eye. The framers of this study wanted to address the real-world implications of the beauty culture issues Morrison raises. The social problem whose implications you will be asked to explore is the following: Too many people feel pressured to alter their appearance in order to achieve social and financial success in America. http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips/t4prod/bisguier/introductionpage.htm

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Earth Day Network U.S. Governmental Earth Day portal

Earth Week 2009 sponsored by Campus Environmental Center Description: Student Government's Campus Environmental Center will host events and community service opportunities for Earth Week 2009 to give the university the chance to show its commitment to planet Earth. Anyone who attends Earth Week events will be entered into a drawing for Earth-friendly prizes: Two tickets to Guster's Earth Day concert at Stubb's, a one-on-one meeting with Guster, gift cards to local businesses, canvas tote bags and reusable water bottles. To win prizes, attend and sign in at as many events listed on our Web site as possible and attend the Longhorn Releaf tree planting, where the winners will be announced. Time: All-day event Location: West Mall and South Mall Admission: Free

Campus Environmental Center Activities Tues.-Thurs. Extra Credit

4-23

Gender and Diversity: Asian-American and Hispanic-American Autobiographical Student Essays

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

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TODAY'S GOALS: to advance in awareness of and tolerance for diversity, especially in color, race, ethnicity, and sexual preference

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TODAY'S TOPICS: college student experiences of being judged on basis of skin color, mixed race/ethnicity, and/or sexual preference.

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TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: DB discussion preceded by Quiz: Up to 20 pts to be earned, -20 if the quiz reveals that the student had not read at least one of the stories. The quiz is optional if the student has uploaded an acceptable DB on this topic before class.

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING:   837-843 Ramirez, “Unknown Want” 844-852 Andrade, “On Being Canela” 852-859A Melendez, “Living Between the Lines” 860-868 Luckett, “Multihued” 869-879 Lee, “No Such Thing” 880-888 Ng “Farewell My Tung-Tew”

RECOMMENDED: 359-360 “Asian Exclusion Act” + Lydia's post in the BLUEST EYE 1 DB; Jennifer and Jenny's DBs in Bluest Eye 2 DB.

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: the basic concept of unity in variety as applied to biodiversity, type psychology, and to these topics .

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LOOKING AHEAD: discrimination on the basis of gender as well as ethnicity, in this case Asian

4-24 Extra Credit opportunity; write up in Extra Credit DB:

Barbara Jordan statue to be unveiled Description: A campus statue of civil rights champion and former professor Barbara Jordan will be unveiled at Battle Oaks, north of the Texas Union, in a ceremony celebrating Jordan's life and commemorating the first statue of a prominent female public figure honored in the 125-year history of the university. A musical tribute begins at 11:30 a.m. The ceremony begins at noon, and a reception will follow in the Texas Union Ballroom. Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: Battle Oaks Admission: Free URL: http://www.utexas.edu/diversity/barbarajordan/unveiling/dedication.php

Reception celebrates the life and legacy of Barbara Jordan Description: This reception follows the unveiling of the Barbara Jordan statue and showcases Barbara Jordan photos, quotes and an exhibit by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. It also features a 45-minute video, "A Conversation with Lady Bird Johnson and Barbara Jordan," provided by the LBJ Library and Museum, and art projects submitted by area schools on their interpretation of what Jordan means to them. Hors d'oeuvres and light refreshments will be served. Time: 1-2 p.m. Location: Texas Union Ballroom Admission: Free and open to the public URL: http://www.utexas.edu/diversity/barbarajordan/index.php

Experiential learning

4-25   

4-25 Barsana Dham Mela, a Traditional Indian Fair: noon to 9 pm. 20 pts. for proof of attendance, 10 pts. more for each educational program in red below with proof of attendance or DB AND/OR UPLOAD PICTURES TO OUR FACEBOOK COURSE SITE ;

Thrilling Elephant Rides; Indian Food, Drinks and Sweets; Shopping Bazaar Mehndi/Henna & Face Painting;

extra credit Indian Dance and Music Performances: Featuring Anarupa Chatterjee of College Station, The Mahira Dance Company from Houston, dance schools from the greater Austin area, and classical sarod and tabla concert with Shankar P. Bhattacharyya and Gourisankar Karmakar.

extra credit Presentations About Hinduism: Inside the Temple, throughout the day, informative presentations about Hinduism will be given by the Barsana Dham sanyasi preachers. On the outdoor stage at 2:00 pm, Swami Nikhilanandji will speak on "Hinduism: Myth vs. Fact", and at 4:00 pm, Sushree Prabhakari Devi will speak on "The Gita - Beloved Sacred Scripture of India."

MAP AND DIRECTIONS 

more pictures of Barsana Dham

Barsana Dham site

"Love" in Chinese (donated by Crystal Law)

4-28  Woman Warrior I   

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: to advance in awareness of and tolerance for diversity, especially in gender and ethnicity.

TODAY'S TOPICS: gender, ethnicity, and immigrant discrimination.

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: DB discussion preceded by Quiz on Woman Warrior: pp.3-102*: "No Name Woman"; "White Tigers"+ first half of "Shaman." Up to 20 pts to be earned, -20 if the quiz reveals that the student had not read at least one of the stories. The quiz is optional if the student has uploaded an acceptable DB on this topic before class.

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: pp.3-102*: "No Name Woman"; "White Tigers"+ first half of "Shaman"; + Girls Need to Be Perfect + Perfectionism video +359-360 “Asian Exclusion Act”; 361 Kingston intro; *Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior. NY: Vintage Books, 1977. pb.

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: Lydia's entry in Bluest Eye 1 DB; Jennifer and Jenny's DBs in Bluest Eye 2 DB.

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LOOKING AHEAD: rest of "Shaman" and first half of "At The Western Palace."

P3-P4 REWRITING OPTIONS

The final step of writing instruction in this course. You can revise the final copy of one or both of your project essays to raise your grade.

To do so, you need to make a serious efforts to respond directly and specifically to the instructor edits on the final copy and highlight each and every change made in the new version, including changes in punctuation.

The instructor will then put the original final copy next to the new one and compare his edits to your changes. He will check all the changes that have made significant improvements in those specific areas and raise the grade accordingly.

5-8  7 P.M. Absolutely the last day to turn in project revisions (no extensions). Will not be accepted without previous version with instructor edits and new version with highlighting of ALL changes in a folder with your name on it.

Experiential learning

Visit a Chinese Buddhist Temple
6720 N Capital of Texas Highway Austin  (on 360, north of 2222, opposite Bull Creek park).

  more pictures of the temple  

4-30

Woman Warrior II    Mulan, a.k.a. Jennifer

MEET IN PARLIN 104: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: to advance in awareness of and tolerance for diversity, especially in gender and ethnicity.

TODAY'S TOPICS: gender, ethnicity, and immigrant discrimination.

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Scenes from Mulan*; DB discussion preceded by Quiz on Woman Warrior: pp. 102-160: rest of "Shaman" and first half of "At The Western Palace." Up to 20 pts to be earned, -20 if the quiz reveals that the student had not read at least one of the stories. The quiz is optional if the student has uploaded an acceptable DB on this topic before class.

*SCENE 22: Huns attack them; Mulan uses a cannon to bring an avalanche down upon them and she saves the Captain; dragon comic relief; saves the Captain again but avalanche carries them over a cliff but are saved anyway.

SCENE 23: her true identity as a female is discovered when he sees her asleep; reviled by one of them; captain takes sword to her: law is to kill her; but because she saved his life he saves hers.

SCENE 25: parade for the heroes; she tells him Huns are back; he won’t believe her; she tries to find someone who will believe her; she goes to the emperor.

SCENE 26: Huns capture him after jumping out of a lion dragon; Mulan has an idea; men dress up as women; song “Be a man.”

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: pp. 102-160: rest of "Shaman" and first half of "At The Western Palace."*

*Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior. NY: Vintage Books, 1977. pb.

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: Previous discussion of this novel + Perfectionism readings +Lydia's entry in Bluest Eye 1 DB; Jennifer and Jenny's DBs in Bluest Eye 2 DB. 

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LOOKING AHEAD: Final class on diversity

EXTRA CREDIT, THURSDAY, APRIL 30  POST TO DB

racism as a human rights issue

Forum looks at racism as a human rights issue Description: Join the Human Rights Student Advisory Council and Kaleema al Nur, the post-graduate fellow at the Rapoport Center, for a discussion on racism as a human rights issue. Al Nur will be speaking about her experience at the United Nation's Durban Review Conference against Racism in Geneva, Switzerland. The goal of the conference is to evaluate progress toward the goals set by the World Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in 2001. There will be plenty of snacks available, so come join the conversation. Time: 5-6 p.m. Location: BEN 1.104 Admission: Free URL: Read more about this event...

http://www.utexas.edu/oncampus/calendar/20090430/e8034

"To Write Love On Her Arms" sponsors evening of music, outreach Description: "To Write Love On Her Arms" (TWLOHA) sponsors an evening of music and conversation featuring Zach Williams. TWLOHA (www.twloha.com) is a nonprofit organization that finds help and directly funds treatment for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. This event will begin with a performance by Zach Williams (www.zachwilliams.com). He will be followed by two speakers, Jamie Tworkowski, founder of TWLOHA, and Aaron Moore, a licensed mental health counselor. The event will end with a Q & A session. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer with the event please email Pamelagrace Okeke. Time: 8-10:30 p.m. Location: Main Mall (Burdine 106 if it rains) Admission: Free and open to the public URL:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=75264361706&ref=share

5-2

Experiential learning

SARA ANIMAL SANCTUARY service learning excursion

9 A.M. - 6 P.M.

class participation credits:

20 points for attendance and staying at least half a day. After the first hour, 5-20  points per hour, you are there, depending on what you do there. 5 pts. per hour for just hanging out, observing, photographing, etc. 10-15 points per hour for working, depending on the task.

Kelly Sloan, of SACA: "they'll assign things to do when we get there. It will probably be things like socializing dogs, giving baths, or painting a barn. We will leave around 9am with a car pool from campus starting at Kinsolving dormitory and probably not get back until around 5 or 6pm. Everyone should bring clothes they can get dirty/ a change of clothes, a sack lunch, some water, and some food scraps to feed to the pigs and chickens."

Just to be safe, I would suggest also bringing an insect repellent that works on ticks as well as flying insects.

5-5 Woman Warrior III  

MEET IN PARLIN 104 BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

TODAY'S GOALS: to advance in awareness of and tolerance for diversity, especially in gender and ethnicity.

TODAY'S TOPICS: gender, ethnicity, and immigrant discrimination.

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Scenes from Mulan*; DB discussion preceded by Quiz on Woman Warrior: pp. 160-243 = rest of "At the Western Palace" + "A Song for the Barbarian Reed Pipe. Up to 20 pts to be earned, -20 if the quiz reveals that the student had not read at least one of the stories. The quiz is optional if the student has uploaded an acceptable DB on this topic before class.

*SCENE 27: they go up the outside of the building; get in fight; Hun about to kill captain; Mulan leads him away; he follows, hacking away; Mulan enlists fireworks people; they’re on the roof; she gets his sword, dragon shoots fireworks and destroys him; she saves captain again; he finally stands up to vicious misogynist aide; Emperor himself accuses her but bows to her at the end and they all do; Emperor gives her the aide’s job; but Mulan wants to go home.

SCENE 28: Emperor gives her medal and a sword; she walks by captain heartthrob; goes home.

SCENE 29: homecoming; father: presents him with sword and medal as honor for the family; having her for a daughter greatest honor he says.

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: 160-243 = rest of "At the Western Palace" + "A Song for the Barbarian Reed Pipe.*

*Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior. NY: Vintage Books, 1977. pb.

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: Previous discussion of this novel + Perfectionism readings +Lydia's entry in Bluest Eye 1 DB; Jennifer and Jenny's DBs in Bluest Eye 2 DB.

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5-7 SCRUPLES!

adapted by Austyn for this class, with the help of Karisma and Andrew

REAL POINTS AWARDED (CLASS PARTICIPATION CATEGORY)

MEET IN PARLIN 104, BRING TO CLASS: you get up to eight class participation points per class, sometimes more if you demonstrate good listening, sometimes less if you don’t. You always get up to four class participation points for (1) bringing the books assigned for that day; (2) print-outs of that day's section of the website schedule and (3) one of the next day's section; (3) a printout of your Discussion Board entry from your blog if you made one ; and (4), on Tuesdays, a copy of your grades from Blackboard. In other words just for listening and following these instructions you can get 250 points, one-fourth of what you need for an A- in this course.

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TODAY'S GOALS: Increase our ethical awareness

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TODAY'S TOPIC: Ethics

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TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: AWARD CEREMONIES + birthdays:  Lydia 5/7 Mary Beth 5/17 Jenny 6/30   Austyn 7/8  Karisma 8/11  Jennifer 8/12 + Final test of how well we know each other, especially how well we know each other's scruples/ethics.

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TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: you and the rest of the class

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REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: Everything

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LOOKING AHEAD: Life

5-8  7 P.M. Absolutely the last day to turn in project revisions (no extensions). Will not be accepted without previous version with instructor edits and new version with highlighting of ALL changes in a folder with your name on it. Turn in the folder to Par 132 by 7 P.M..

5-12 Absolutely the last day to turn in, email, or upload extra credit (no extensions). All extra credit due in Par 132 by 7 PM. If emailed or uploaded, still due by 7 PM.

5-14 FINAL PORTFOLIO DUE 10-12 in Parlin 132 or earlier

Up to 140 pts. if you do it, or -280 pts. if it does not meet the minimum requirements of a final two-semester portfolio.

PORTFOLIO INSTRUCTIONS

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