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Thanks to the efforts of Professor Ann Ericson (Business), who, along with Professor David Crowe, (English), and Professor Mariano Magalhaes (Political Science), led a group of 27 students to Vietnam in February, the library is showing off a brand new, large display of photographs from Vietnam Term. Included with the handsome photos of students interacting with the Vietnamese people and visiting important sites are historical images of the Vietnam War. Dr. Ericson writes, “The war images remind us of the terrible costs of the war, and also the contrast between past and present. Today 18-year-olds go to Vietnam not to fight, but to learn about the country and its people. As we think about the global conflicts our country currently faces, it gives us hope that current enemies may become future friends.”
Alice French (1850–1934), who wrote under the pseudonym Octave Thanet, was born in Andover, Massachusetts but grew up in Davenport, Iowa. French did not begin writing seriously until she was in her late 20s, and adopted the pen name “Octave Thanet” to help disguise that she was a woman.
French published 17 books, including seven novels, one book of photography, and nine short story collections; her short stories also appeared in prominant magazines such as Century Magazine, Harper’s Monthly, Scribner’s Magazine and Atlantic Monthly. French was a “local colorist” and attempted to bring to life the lives of the people she observed around her in Iowa and on her Arkansas plantation. Much of her early work deals with regional themes and includes dialect.
First editions of many of French’s books are available in Special Collections.
The bard is 445 years old today. As NPR noted this morning, we are indebted to Shakespeare for many common phrases, such as, “one fell swoop,” “milk of human kindness,” and my favorite, “I have not slept one wink.” In Chicago today, Mayor Daley has asked citizens to speak like Shakespeare. Well, “my heart is upon my sleeve.” Happy birthday, Will.
–Margi
Augie has been so fortunate during the past three years to have recent graduates of creative writing programs on campus teaching and mentoring students. Two of them, Becca Myers and Dan Rosenberg, will read from their own poetry this Wednesday night, at 6:00, in the Wilson Center. Come hear these vibrant poets read their new work. You will no doubt laugh at their jokes, too.
Alicia Rebecca Myers bucked the trend and attended New York University where she earned an M.F.A. in poetry. She has worked at a variety of jobs in her life, including hand bell guarder, dog dresser, and teacher at Augustana. Her first chapbook, Greener, will be published this month by Finishing Line Press. She is currently reading Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies and loved Brett Miller’s biography of Elizabeth Bishop.
Dan Rosenberg has taught at Augustana for two years and earned his M.F.A. in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He is currently revising a book of his poems as well as a translation of Slovenian poet Miklavž Komelj’s book, Hipodrom. Dan’s poems have appeared in Conjunctions (web), Diagram, Buffalo Carp, and Clementine. Dan loves writers Anne Carson and James Wright as well as another Slovenian poet whose name we cannot pronounce,Tomaž Šalamun.
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Liberal Studies Information Literacy Test
Spring, 2009
As part of your first year LS classes you were asked to take an Information Literacy Test to determine your researching skills.
To see how your skills have developed since the first year, we would like you to take the Information Literacy Test again. Although the test is not part of a class, we ask that you do your best work. The General Education Committee and the Tredway Library will use the survey results to develop future instruction.
Seniors who take the test are eligible for one of three $50 gift certificates to Amazon.com. So that we can choose the winners, we ask for your name. Your answers will be anonymous: we will remove your name from your test answers before we do our analysis. Enter the survey by clicking below. Thank you!
