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Senior Essay or Research Paper Award Competition!!

To: All Senior Sociology Majors

From: Ann R. Power – Director of Undergraduate Studies

Each year, the Sociology Department awards a $100.00 prize for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating Sociology major on a topic of sociological relevance. The paper may have been written at any time during your time as a major, so you can get rewarded even if your writing skills peaked when you were a sophomore! The award will be presented at the Arts and Letters College Honors Ceremony, as well as at the department’s Senior Recognition Ceremony in May. (See the guidelines below for submitting an entry.)

THE FOLLOWING RULES AND PROCEDURES WILL APPLY:

CONTENT: The paper may be one previously written for a course or one that has been prepared especially for this competition. The paper must deal with an issue or topic of sociological interest. It may be theoretical or empirical; or it may be a case study with quantitative, qualitative, historical, or comparative data.
FORMAT: The paper must be typed, double spaced, and no more than 40 pages in length. It must include a cover page with the title and the student's name followed by a title page with NO identification of the author.

DUE: All submissions are due in the Sociology Department office no later than Monday, February 25, 2008, by 5:00 PM.
EVALUATION: Members of the Undergraduate Studies Committee will evaluate each paper that is submitted. They will not be aware of the paper’s author during the evaluation process. The winning paper will be the one with the highest number of evaluation points. All entrants will receive a letter from the department informing them of the results.

SPEAKER

“Modern day slavery is the second largest criminal industry in the world.” – Bridgette Carr

Notre Dame Law School’s Bridgette Carr will be talking on the topic of modern day slavery and human trafficking.

Wednesday, February 13, in DBRT 126.
Sponsored by the Sociology Club.
Dessert & refreshments provided.

BUSINESS COURSES AVAILABLE

FOR NON-BUSINESS MAJORS (See below.)

Mendoza College of Business will be offering seats in business principles classes for non-business juniors and seniors for the Spring 08 registration period. The seats will be available during a student's assigned registration time. The “business only” restriction will be removed; however, course prerequisites will still be required as indicated.

Additional information about "BAUG" courses is located on the web site:

http://www.nd.edu/~cbaugrad/020501/academics/coursesForNonBusinessMajors.html

Lectures

February 19, 2008, 12:30 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center
"Saving Lives: Social Programs and Infant Mortality Rates in Mexico"
Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University

Friday, February 22, 2008, 3:00 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center (reception in the Great Hall to follow)
"The Beijing Red Guard Movement: China's Cultural Revolution in Retrospect"
Andrew Walder, Denise O'Leary and Kent Thiry Professor, Department of Sociology, Stanford University

Thursday, March 13, 2008, 4:15 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center
"Immigration and African-American Employment Opportunities: The Response of Wages, Employment, and Incarceration to Labor Supply Shocks"
George Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

March 14, 2008, 10:30 am - Mendoza College of Business, Jordan Auditorium
"The Economics of Immigration and Immigration Policy"
George Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

March 18, 2008, 12:30 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center
"El Caso Romero": Panel Discussion
A panel discussion on understanding conversion, Romero & social teaching, and a new sense of martyrdom

Theology faculty from Notre Dame Fr. Robert Pelton, Margaret Pfeil, Larry Cunningham, and Fordham University’s Michael E. Lee

Films, Performances, Music

9 Star Hotel (2007)
Immigration: A Notre Dame Perspective
Thursday, February 14, 2008, at 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm, Browning Cinema

Just as Mexicans cross U.S. borders illegally to find work as day laborers, thousands of Palestinians do likewise, into neighboring Israel, seeking jobs in construction. This Israeli documentary explores the grueling daily routines of Palestinian construction workers who cross the border before the sun rises each morning in order to make enough to survive.

La Rue Cases Nègres: Sugar Cane Alley
Caribbean Diasporas, Film Series
February 14, 2008, 7:00-9:00 pm - 126 DeBartolo Hall

Euzhan Palcy’s acclaimed 1995 film is a moving story about a boy who is born into the underclass of cane cutters in rural mid-twentieth century Martinique. Based on the novel by Josèf Zobel.

Desert Bayou (2007)
Friday, February 22, 2008, at 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm, Browning Cinema

In the wake of one of the worst natural and humanitarian disasters ever to visit American shores, nearly 600 African Americans were airlifted to the almost entirely white state of Utah without their knowledge. Desert Bayou seeks to examine whether two cultures can come together in a time of utter chaos, or whether their differences prove too great a challenge to overcome. In their own words evacuees of Hurricane Katrina, tell how they survived the storm of the century and out of the rubble ended up at a military installation in the deserts of Utah

Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Neglected French New Wave
Saturday, February 23, 2008, at 7:00 pm Browning Cinema
This film is an exercise in cinema verite, conceived by anthropologist/filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist/movie critic Edgar Morin. The film deals with Parisians' thoughts and feelings at the end of the Algerian war. In the film, Rouch attempts to provoke a "psychodrama" in the people interviewed. His approach to documentary is to place his characters in a situation with dramatic possibilities, let them improvise, and then film them.

Legacy of the Spirits & Haitian Song
Caribbean Diasporas, Film Series
February 28, 2008, 7:00-9:00 pm - 126 DeBartolo Hall

Karen Kramer’s ethnographic films plunge the viewer into the worlds of Haitians. Haitian Song (1982) is an intimate portrait of life in a small Haitian village. Legacy of the Spirits (1985) portrays Haitian immigrants’ religious practices in New York that inspire non-Haitians to join them.

Africa Unite
Caribbean Diasporas, Film Series
March 13, 2008, 7:00-9:00 pm - 126 DeBartolo Hall

Stephanie Black’s new documentary (2008) about the 2005 Africa Unite concert in memory of Bob Marley that drew more than 300,000 people. Filmed in Ethiopia.

Angelus Student Film Festival
Thursday, March 13, 2008, at 7:00 pm Browning Cinema
The Angelus Student Film Festival cultivates and honors future filmmakers as they explore and create works that respect the dignity of the human person.

Angelus Award winning films reflect values such as REDEMPTION, SPIRTUALITY, DIGNITY, TOLERANCE, EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, HOPE and TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.

Job, Internships, Post-Graduate Service

For more updates visit:
http://careercenter.nd.edu/

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