{"id":1403,"date":"2011-10-10T10:32:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T14:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2011-11-02T14:49:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T18:49:37","slug":"e-bulletin-for-week-of-10911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2011\/10\/10\/e-bulletin-for-week-of-10911\/","title":{"rendered":"E-bulletin for week of 10\/9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Lectures this week<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CC101: Stephen Esposito on Homer&#8217;s <em>Odyssey <\/em>(10\/11)<\/li>\n<li>CC105, Tuesday: James Jackson on Wave-particle Duality (10\/11)<\/li>\n<li>CC105, Thursday: James Jackson on Probability (10\/13)<\/li>\n<li>CC201: Walter Hopp on Descartes (10\/11)<\/li>\n<li>CC203: Charles Lindholm on Rousseau and Hume (10\/13)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>General announcements<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A reminder to alumni &#8212; if you will be in Boston during a scheduled course lecture, and have a desire to sit in, <a href=\"mailto:core@bu.edu\">let us know<\/a>. It is often the case that you&#8217;ll be able to join the audience as a guest.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/academics\/tutoring.htm\">The Core Writing Center<\/a> is now open; tutors will be available for half-hour appointments Monday  through Friday, 10-1 and 2-4. Students may visit the Core office, CAS  119, to sign up for a session, or <a href=\"mailto:core@bu.edu\">email us<\/a> to request an appointment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Next week, CC105 at the planetarium<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A reminder that all students in the first-semester Core Natural Sciences must attend one of the three scheduled planetarium sessions at the Museum of Science from 6-7:30 on Monday 10\/17, Tuesday 10\/18, or Thursday 10\/20. Please contact your CC105 discussion leader if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Lunch &amp; Talk with Kuwaiti Shakespeare Director<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>MLCL Arabic literature professor (and former Core discussion leader) Margaret Litvin will sit down today for a talk with Anglo-Kuwaiti theater director Al-Bassam, whose show <em>The Speaker&#8217;s Progress<\/em> &#8212; based on Shakespeare&#8217;s <em>Twelfth Night<\/em> &#8212; opens this evening at ArtsEmerson. Students are invited to join the discussion, and to stay for lunch, at The Castle, 225 Bay State Road, from 12-2 PM.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Upcoming events in the Core<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, 10\/13: A seminar with Richard Tuck. An opportunity for CC203 students to discussion, in an informal setting, the Leviathan of Hobbes with this esteemed Harvard scholar. 5-6:30 in the Core office, CAS 119.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, 10\/16: Core in the City trip to the Museum of Science Omni Theater, to see &#8220;Greece: Secrets of the Past.&#8221; Core has 15 tickets for the 1 PM showing; please sign-up in the Core office. More information at Link is http:\/\/www.mos.org\/exhibits_shows\/imax&amp;d=731.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, 10\/20: A &#8220;Lunch Box Talk&#8221; with Christopher Ricks. All students are welcome to drop in to this first session of a free lunch &amp; discussion series, to hear Prof. Ricks speak about John Donne and Bob Dylan, and to join the conversation afterward. 11:30-12:30, in the School of Theology basement.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, 10\/20: Third meeting for the Core Journal staff, 5-6 pm in the Core office, CAS 119. On the agenda: interview and feature brainstorming, cover art, and assignments for soliciting submissions. Please direct questions to editor Megan Ilnitzki, milnit@bu.edu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>A quote from Core lecture<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2011\/10\/12\/six-quotes-esposito-on-homer\/\">Tuesday&#8217;s talk<\/a> by Prof. Esposito on Homer&#8217;s <em>Odyssey <\/em>for the students of CC101: &#8220;Menelaus is about to kill Helen, but (smart lady), she bares her breast to him, and he throws his sword down. Some things never change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Students may RSVP for events by emailing core@bu.edu, by adding their name to the sign-up sheet in CAS 119, or by visiting the RSVP link provided. If you have any suggestions for or comments about Core activities, please contact Zachary Bos at core@bu.edu. Get connected with Core: <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/blog\">The Core blog<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/BUCore\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/calendar\">Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lectures this week CC101: Stephen Esposito on Homer&#8217;s Odyssey (10\/11) CC105, Tuesday: James Jackson on Wave-particle Duality (10\/11) CC105, Thursday: James Jackson on Probability (10\/13) CC201: Walter Hopp on Descartes (10\/11) CC203: Charles Lindholm on Rousseau and Hume (10\/13) General announcements A reminder to alumni &#8212; if you will be in Boston during a scheduled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3686],"tags":[48734],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}