EGSA, Happy Viernesantesdeeldiadeloso. It only comes once a year. Announcements  Professional Development Event, Today, 2:30–3:30pm, CS 4th “Life After Coursework: Prelims, Prospectus, and Dissertation” What am I going to do the first week in May if I’m not writing two seminar papers? How will I measure my self-worth if I have no…
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Hey EGSA, Good news. You get to claim another shelf on the bookcase you share with your roommate because a large selection of excellent, inexpensive books is now available to you. You can never have too many books, and you can never claim too many shelves from your roommate. So check out Dr. Scales’s announcement…
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EGSA, Keeping it simple today. (Read, looking forward to retirement.) Announcements  Beall Poetry Festival Click the schedule to see the times and locations for today’s events. And then go to them. Upcoming Events  Professional Development Event, Fri., 4 Apr., 2:30–3:30pm, CS 4th “Life After Coursework: Prelims, Prospectus, and Dissertation” Panel. Discussion. Information. Coffee.…
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EGSA, March Madness: That time of the year when you stress out, become unbalanced, and cry because of your ill-advised choices. Like deciding to tackle reading notebooks. Announcements  Bearathon Breakfast, Tomorrow, 10:30am–Noon, Sarah’s (Quadrangle #72) 13.1 miles of torture for $35 dollars, or delicious breakfast with delightful company for free? False dilemma!…
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EGSA, Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Attached is the Fall 2014 Course Description Booklet. Lucky you. Jeremy Leatham EGSA Secretary Fall 2014 course description booklet
EGSA, Feel free to sleep in an extra ten minutes next week before tackling those 1,500 pages of reading and fretting over your seminar paper topics. You’ve been a long time coming, spring break. Announcements  Beall Poetry Festival, 26-28 Mar. This is a thing. In fact, it’s kinda the thing. You don’t…
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EGSA, I’m afraid I don’t have time to comment on or persuade you to attend the events listed below. They are probably outrageously funny. They will certainly be delightful. I can, however, tell you about a completely irrelevant teaching moment that will help you waste ten seconds of the five minutes you had resigned…
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EGSA, Thank you to everyone who helped make last weekend such a success. Your reward is a short Digest. Announcements Call for Papers: Rocky Mountain MLA Conference Jordan Carson writes: Looking for some way to use those seminar papers and presentations you have clogging up your computer? Â A few of us are chairing panels this…
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EGSA, Just when you thought it was time to get working this semester, the EGSA Social Chairs bring you Bad Wine, Bad Poetry. Seminar papers and dissertations, of course, will just have to wait. Sarah Rude and Elizabeth Fredericks say: Well played, Social Chairs. And thank you. Jeremy Leatham EGSA Secretary
EGSA, The wait is over. It’s finally here. It will be a weekend to remember. Just you, that special someone, that prospie you agreed to let sleep on your couch, and men’s figure skating. Announcements English Program Preview Weekend (formerly, and maybe still unofficially, the Prospective Student Weekend) This is (probably) your last invitation to…
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