WRITING
EXTRA CREDIT: If you want to earn some extra credit by writing you can
revise your P3 for word choice and/or conciseness. You could conceivably
earn back all the points you missed (now put in the extra credit category).
However, each change you make must be an improvement, not merely something
different, and certainly not something worse. When you are done you must
underline all the changes in the new version of P3 and hand it in a folder
with the old P3 and all the other required materials, including my critique.
Last date this could be turned in is April 8th if you include it in your
P4 folder.
ALICE
IN WONDERLAND extra credit opportunities
10
PTS FOR ATTENDING THE PANEL DISCUSSION ON "ANIMAL FAMILIES,"* AT
AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD HERE ON CAMPUS:
FRIDAY, MAR. 26,
AT 4-5:30 PM IN ROOM 106 OF THE AT&T CONFERENCE CENTER. IT WILL
BE "SESSION E"
UP TO 27 MORE POINTS FOR WRITING
UP YOUR RESPONSE TO THE PANEL DISCUSSION IN AN EXTRA CREDIT DB.
*Animal Families Chair: Anca Vlasopolos,
Wayne State University 1. Thomas Prasch, Washburn University, “‘Descended from
a Single Parent Stock’: Expressive Resemblance as an Argument for the Unity
of Races in Darwin’s Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals” 2. Jerome
Bump, UT Austin, “Family Systems Theory and Speciesism: Animals in the Family”
(ACTUALLY "SPECIESISM IN THE ALICE BOOKS,") 3. Anne Stiles, Washington
State University, “Vivisection and Vampirism: Animal Rights Controversies in
Dracula”
EVALUATE
PERFORMANCES OF THE ALICE BOOKS: analyze the representation of animals, how
the performance is different from the Alice books, what difference it makes.
Write up as a blog entry in the Extra Credit DB; bring printout to class with
proof of attendance. Up to 27 points for the DB entry and additional points
for proof of attendance, depending on how far you had to travel, how long the
performance was, etc.
The
3D Movie opening March 5, in Austin at the Regal Gateway and the Regal Westgate
THE MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY
March
6 Mad Hatter's Tea Party at Explore U.T. Student Performances from
11-2. A performance every half hour. A lot of Class Participation points
available, dependent on what role you play, how well you know your lines
(you can use the script as a prop and almost read from it if you have
to do so), how many performances. You
could earn up to 60 points + the inevitable
T-shirt.Just as important, perhaps,
you can have a lot of fun; see the images and movies from past performances:
Roles available include Alice, the Caterpillar, the Mad
Hatter, the March Hare, the Dormouse, Time, the Narrator, the U.T. professor
(who explains the relevance of all this to the college experience), the
Hawker (who goes outside bringing in customers).
Holi Festivals: EXPERENTIAL LEARNING: INDIA:
SOURCE OF JAIN, BUDDHIST, AND HINDU TREATMENT OF ANIMALS
RIGHT AFTER THE TEA PARTY, MARCH
6: BARSANA
DHAM
UP TO 28 POINTS OF EXTRA CREDIT just for attendance
8 points of extra credit for being there at
any time +
3:30-4:45 Holi
Songs, discourse, and ARTI in Temple: 8 points of extra credit
+
5-6:30
Great free vegetarian dinner: 6 points of extra credit +
6:30-7
Holi Play of Colors: 6 points of extra credit
3-28 Hindu
Student Council Campus Holi Festival : 10
Points of Extra Credit: all you need is pictures
to prove you were there and got "powdered"
When: Saturday, March 28, 2009 Where: South Mall by the 6
Pack Time: 2-5 pm
Holi, the festival of colors, is a major Hindu festival that
celebrates both the arrival of spring and the victory of good over evil on
the day of the full moon. On the day of Holi, people celebrate by throwing
rang (colored powder) and water on each other, and by taking part in traditional
games to the sound of the dhol. The festival tradition of applying colored
powder comes from Lord Krishna's complaints to his mother about the contrast
between his dark skin and his consort Radha's fair color. His mother applied
color to Radha's face to make appear to have the same skin color. The spring
season, during which the weather changes, is believed to cause viral fever
and colds. The playful throwing of the colored powders therefore had a medicinal
significance: the colors were traditionally made of Neem, Kumkum, Haldi, Bilva,
and other medicinal herbs prescribed by Ayurvedic doctors due to their benefits
on our skin. Originally, the powders that were used to celebrate Holi came
from the flowers of trees that blossomed during the Spring, which had bright
red flowers. Come out and celebrate this fun-filled festival with HSC for FREE!
Everyone is welcome! We will be giving out FREE rang, FREE water balloons,
FREE snacks, and FREE t-shirts!
4-13 EXTRA CREDIT
10 POINTS OF EXTRA CREDIT FOR PROOF OF ATTENDANCE +UP TO
27 MORE E. C. POINTS FOR AN E.C. D.B. POST
The Cove
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Location: Texas
Union Theater (UNB 2.228)
The members of the SEC Film Committee, Students Against Cruelty
to Animals, University Vegetarians, and the Campus Environmental Center have
come together to show the 2009 Academy Award-Winning Feature Documentary, "The
Cove." Synopsis: "In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan, behind
a wall of barbed wire and "Keep Out” signs, lies a shocking secret. It
is here, under cover of night, that the fishermen of Taiji engage in an unseen
hunt for thousands of dolphins. The nature of the work is so horrifying, a
few desperate men will stop at nothing to keep it hidden from the world. But
when an elite team of activists, filmmakers and free-divers embark on a covert
mission to penetrate the cove, they discover that the shocking atrocities they
find there are just the tip of the iceberg."
Friday, April 16; Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm Location: CMA A2.320
8 POINTS OF CLASS PARTICIPATION IF I SEE YOU THERE. OTHERWISE
12 POINTS OF EXTRA CREDIT FOR PROOF OF ATTENDANCE from the beginning to the
end of the debate.
UP TO 27 MORE E. C. POINTS FOR AN E.C. D.B. POST
PETA vs. UT Debate Team: Arguments for and
against eating animals Is eating meat ethical?
Come listen as PETA vice president Bruce Friedrich
faces off against members of the UT Debate Team on this very question!
Bruce Friedrich is vice president of policy for People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights
organization. He has debated meat, fur, and animal-experimentation industry
representatives on countless television and radio programs, including NBC's
Today show as well as various programs on CNN, the Fox News Channel, MSNBC,
and Court TV. He is a frequent contributor to HuffingtonPost.com, and coauthored
a book about activism, the widely praised Animal Activist's Handbook (www.animaladvocacybook.com).
He also produced the influential PETA film "Meet Your Meat", which
is narrated by Alec Baldwin and was viewed more than 1 million times last year
alone.
He will face off against University of Texas debate team
members Kenny Cauthen and Drew McNeil. Drew and Kenny are debate partners,
and just recently competed at the Cross-Examination Debate Association's national
tournament where they finished in the top 16 in a pool of over 200 teams.
POWWOWS
Up to 27 points for the DB entry and additional points for proof of attendance,
depending on how far you had to travel, how long the performance was, etc.
March
26-27 SU Native Traditions Powwow Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:00 a.m.
– 11:00 p.m. Corbin J. Robertson Center Southwestern University Georgetown,
Texas.
Indigenous
will be performing a free concert at Southwestern on Friday, March 26,
2010 @ 8:00 p.m. Email your name, phone number and no. of tickets (limit
10) to supowwow2010@gmail.com to reserve your tickets.
May
1 10:00am - 7:00pm Location: Aquarena Center Street: 921
Aquarena Springs Drive City/Town: San Marcos, TX. Indigenous Cultures
Institute invites everyone to their annual Spring Powwow and Indian
Market - Reuniting the Eagle and Condor - along the shores of San
Marcos' sacred springs. The event, funded by the San Marcos Arts
Commission and Hays County, is free and open to the public. For more
information, visit www.indigenouscultures.org,
or call 512-393-3310.
Performances
for Children nearby at the Scottish Rite theatre $10 2/24 2/25 2/27-2/28 and
into March
