EGSA Ingest 03.28.13

EGSA,

Please excuse me for intruding upon your palate early this week. Easter Break and an important RSVP request have necessitated it.

Announcements

Important: RSVP for 3rd Annual Graduate Student/GPD Appreciation Picnic

• Express your appreciation for yourself/Dr. Barcus by eating free food from Jimmy John’s on Tues., 2 Apr., 11am-1pm, Burleson Quadrangle.
• But only if you RSVP to Julie Ooms (Julie_Ooms@baylor.edu). She needs to get an accurate count to the GSA, so please send her an email right now if you plan to attend.

• Well done, and welcome back.

Discussions of Beall Poets’ Work

• Faculty members will lead discussions on the work of this year’s Beall Poetry Festival participants. Listed below are the poets to be discussed, the faculty members leading each discussion, and the meeting information. Contact the faculty member leading the discussion for a packet of the poet’s work.
• Tracy K. Smith: Emily Setina, Today, 1pm, CS 4th
• Bobby C. Rogers: Richard Russell, Today, 3:20pm, CS 4th
• James Fenton: Josh King, Tues., 2 Apr., 2:30pm, CS 4th

Successful Book Sale

• Thank you to everyone who contributed to another successful EGSA book sale this year, and especially to Adam Marshall who organized it all.
• For those of you wondering what constitutes success in this endeavor, I’m happy to report that our stock of used bathroom readers, Christian dating manuals, kitten screensavers on CD-ROM, and outdated volumes of literary criticism is smaller. If our EGSA account is larger, that’s simply a bonus.

Upcoming Events

Downton Abbey, Tues., 2 Apr., 5:00-6:15pm, CS 101

• If the flier I saw when I took the CS elevator from the 4th floor to the 3rd is accurate, next Tuesday is the final viewing this semester.

SET: Assessing Creativity, Tues., 2 Apr., 11am-12pm, No location posted

• The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
• Who said it? No Internet searches.
• The secret to happiness is knowing how to bust your students when they try.
• Okay. That one was me.

Beall Poetry Festival, Wed. – Sat., 3-6 Apr.

• Here is the full schedule to our very fine annual poetry festival.