Monday--mock poster session!

Because of the Patriots' Day holiday, this Monday, 4/14, is our last class before the conference!  Hard to believe, right?

Both because of that, and because of the upcoming poster session on Tuesday 4/15 at 1 in D-lounge, we are planning to devote Monday's class to a mock poster session.  Please come prepared to speak about your poster just as you would do on Tuesday, 4/15 at 1 on campus and on Friday, 4/25 at the conference.  Bring handouts, iPads loaded with media, or any other props you might need.  Be prepared--you'll get the most out of this if you treat it exactly like the real thing!  (With one exception: You don't need to dress up for class Monday night--please dress well and professionally for the poster session in D-lounge and also for the conference, but feel free to dress casually for class on Monday night as usual.)  Our current plan is that for half the class period, half of you will be presenters and the other will be audience members making the rounds of the poster session, and then we'll switch for the other half of the class period. 

For those of you who are doing oral presentations at the conference: please contact Prof. Poole to schedule a oral presentation rehearsal.  We'll try to coordinate schedules so that you all rehearse your oral presentations together so that you have the experience of speaking before an audience.

Resources on posters from tonight

Here are the resources from tonight's class discussion on poster preparation!

Remember, we'd like to see a draft of the poster by end of day on Friday, April 4.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9NGCMOV12MjNDZhdWZsZFJpZ3c/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9NGCMOV12MjS2tjXzI3QnlVY00/edit?usp=sharing

Hello!

On Monday, we'll be talking about love, hate, grief, and loss. 

Please read the following readings in advance of Monday's class.  All of these are intensely personal examinations of loss of a loved one in what was the mass media of their time--in Bernard's case, a sermon (in the 12th century), in Lewis' case, a short paperback book (1960s), and in Wilkinson's case, an article on a website (2014).

Bernard of Clairvaux, Excerpt from Sermon 26 On the Song of Songs
Excerpts from C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
Alexis Wilkinson, Amidst the Media Frenzy Over My Becoming the First Black Woman President of the Harvard Lampoon, My Best Friend Died

More on dominance and competition

 Here are some more links for tonight's class on dominance and competition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i74RbATjBk4&list=PL-YryTwI6cGcsLSKC3r6GjA_Id-lxAT4z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJW6lf6fKOE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EU_tJWXaKc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYhwGAefCDU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKsHJQvLZjQ

 

Competition and dominance

Please read or watch Othello, by William Shakespeare by Monday's class.

Watch this page!  There is more to come on competition and dominance for Monday!

Unrequited love

Things to read/watch for Monday on unrequited love!

Whenever I happen to see you (Leonard Cohen)
John Steinbeck's letter to his son
Little Big Love
Palm Court
Time Does Not Bring Relief
The More Loving One
EDIT: And this too, please! It's short.  About Love

Bring ONE question to class inspired by these media.

Honors conference

The Honors Conference at UMass Amherst will take place Friday, April 25.  This is an exciting event, fun and intellectually stimulating to participate in, and a great boost to your transfer applications and resume!  You can present your work as a poster, or, if you want, an oral presentation.  If you want to do an oral presentation please talk to Prof. Frashure and me--most students choose to do poster presentations.

Please sign up and submit your abstract here by February 12th: https://www.honors.umass.edu/undergraduate-research-conference

NOTE: Look at this from the website! 
Due to technical difficulties, we will accept
Abstract submissions  until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 14, 2014.
 

Here is the handbook from last year's Honors Conference which includes abstracts.  These can serve as models for yours. 

Don't forget: abstracts are due February 12th by 11:59 PM

Things for tonight

You don't need to read/watch these in advance of class, but we're posting them so that you can revisit them after class if you want to (and so that we can find them during class more easily).

On Body Language and Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal Communication
The Secrets of Body Language
On Words and Love:

21 Love Poems, Poem #2, by Adrienne Rich
I Think I Need A New Heart, from 69 Love Songs, by Stephin Merritt lyrics here
Ancient Greek Words for Love

On Hate Speech:

"Should Hate Speech Be Outlawed" by John Paul Stevens
Legal perspectives on hate speech


Don't forget to bring your abstract(s) draft(s)!

Brainstorm from the first class

Welcome!

Welcome to the blog for Love and Hate: an honors seminar, offered at Bunker Hill Community College in spring 2014, by Profs. Monica Poole and Kim Frashure

Here's the syllabus. 

Here are some resources for writing abstracts: advice and examples.

Please check back soon for more information about what we're doing together in class next week!  Don't forget to bring your abstracts--remember, start with topics that interest you, then imagine some questions, then turn those questions into at least one abstract.