Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Maiya Murphy on Knowledge Through Physical Theater
The Theater Department presents a talk by Theater Mellon Post Doc Search Candidate Maiya Murphy. The talk is entitled "Physical Theater’s Body: Embodiment as a Paradigm for Knowledge."
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - Friday, February 8, 2013
Do you or a friend have a talent that you would like to perform in front of a live audience? If you are interested in showcasing your talents at this year's Apollo Night, come on out and audition! Apollo Night is one of Oxy's most attended events. You won't want to miss this opportunity!
Auditions will be from 8:00pm until 9:30pm February 4-7.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Katsuo Nishikawa on “Politically Activating Latino Immigrants”
The Politics Department invites the college community to attend a talk by Professor of Political Science at Trinity University, Katsuo Nishikawa. The talk is entitled "Politically Activating Latino Immigrants."
The recent wave of immigration has become a divisive issue, as question of social assimilation and political integration have given some observers reasons to fret over the future of American democracy. At issue is; will immigrants be able to integrate politically into American life and if so how? During the late – 19th Century political parties operated urban machines that did a lot to incorporate immigrant voters and accidentally nurtured a sense of partisanship, group identity, and natural solidarity. However, today parties are generally relevant for the public only during periods of election campaigns, their outreach tends to be candidate-centered, and highly targeted towards established constituency groups. In this talk, I will explore how political parties and political activists inadvertently work to activate partisan preferences and stoke immigrants’ willingness to get involved.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Interested in research? Like to eat pizza? Mark your calendars! The Physics Department will present its Annual Physics Phestival. Come meet Oxy Physics Professors and hear about opportunities for summer research both on-campus and off-campus, speak with current and former research students about their experiences, and eat pizza!
Email George Schmeideshoff with questions.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Up 'Til Dawn Information Session
The Up 'Til Dawn information session will be held Tuesday Februar 5th, not Thursday the 7th.
Email us if you have any questions and if you would like us to send you an application for next year's Eboard! Hope to see you all there!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority's IOTA Line
Epsilon Gamma Chapter Presents: the incredible IOTA Line coming out show.
The Proud and Lovely Ladies of the Eminently Genuine Epsilon Gamma Chapter of Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. cordially invites you to the revelation of our chapter's IOTA Line!
Join us in welcoming the newest and incred[i]ble member(s) to our beautiful Sisterhood!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Black History Month Lunch
February is full of fabulous Marketplace meals!
At homestyle you will find smothered pork chops, garlic mashed potatoes, sauteed kale, corn bread, and banana cream pie.
Coming up next week: Mardi Gras and Valentines Day!
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Veronica Gonzalez Lopez on Spanish-English Bilinguals
The Spanish Department invites the college community to attend a research talk by Spanish Linguistics Search Candidate Professor Veronica Gonzalez Lopez of Denison University. Her talk is entitled "The Syntactic Priming of Variable Phenomena in the Monolingual and Code-Switched Speech of Spanish-English Bilinguals and Heritage Speakers."
The present study examines the effects that two variable syntactic phenomena in Spanish - subject pronoun expression and clitic placement - and language mode (monolingual vs. bilingual) ahve on syntactic priming (the tendency for speakers to repeat a linguistic structure to which they ahve had prior exposure). 44 bilinguals and Heritage speakers were recorded producing oral personal narratives and sentence completion tasks that elicited the target structures during three experimental sessions (monolingual Spanish, language switching, and code-switching). Results are interpreted in light of current linguistic and psycholinguistic theories of structural priming. Some general implications and possible applications of the results are discussed.
Refreshments will be served.