10 research outputs found
A personal narrative linking a chef's journey with the development of Canada's first applied degree program in culinary operations
No full textThis study is a personal narrative linking a chef's journey with the development of Canada's first Applied Degree Program in Culinary Operations at Holland College, Prince Edward Island. It illuminates how the author's development as a professional chef, researcher/practitioner and adult educator has impacted the formative development of a new degree program for culinary students, chef instructors and community college administrators. An interpretation of the full learning cycle and the way it honours four types of learners and teachers (McCarthy, 2000) is presented as a model for guiding faculty and students in working together to create new programs. Topics such as the impact of change, culinary leadership and new employment opportunities for chefs are explored as key elements in this investigation. This paper identifies how the new Applied Degree Program in Culinary Operations aligns itself in a well established culinary school and offers recommendations for others involved with new program development.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-03, page: 1100
Camosun Showcase 2017: Professional, Scholarly & Creative Activity
No full textCamosun College values lifelong learning and faculty development. The faculty stories in this report highlight how the college enables development through scheduled development time, professional development funds, innovation and creativity grants and the supports provided by the Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning.Published in 2017. Faculty profiled in this report include: Bruce McCormack, English Language Development Department. Heather del Villano, English Language Development Department. Tony Vernon, English Language Development Department. Todd Ormiston, Eyēʔ Sqȃ’lewen Centre for Indigenous Education & Community Connections. Jodi Lundgren, English Department. Laurie Elmquist, English Department. James Nemec,Department of Physics & Astronomy. Janet Stark, Marketing Department. Nevin Harper, Sport & Exercise Education. Mary Harber, Community Support & Education Assistant Program. Enid Elliot, Early Learning & Care Program. Val Montague, Continuing Education. Joyce van de Vegte, Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology Department. Kathy Tarnai-Lokhorst, Mechanical Engineering Department. Gilbert Noussitou, Culinary Arts Department. Ryan Williams, Welding Department. Sue Doner, Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL). Chris Balmer, Counselling Centre
Connecting with families around the table: the development of the family table project
No full textIncludes bibliographical references
ESL ABE, VESL, and bell hooks\u27 Democratic education: a case study of four experienced ESL instructors
No full textThis Master\u27s thesis is a case study of four experienced ESL instructors of Adult Basic Education (ABE) and Vocational ESL. (VESL). All are alumni of the Master of Arts in English Program with a Teaching English as a Second Language emphasis at Eastern Washington University (EWU). The primary focus of the case study are the theses these four professionals--all of whom currently have at least 15 years of ESL teaching experience, primarily in the Spokane Community College system with many years in the Institute for Extended Learning (IEL) on Monroe Street and/or in the Hillyard community where many recent immigrants and refugees live. Popchock (1999) wrote about workplace English and included several Vietnamese working in a local company where she offered English instruction, and more recently she developed a community-based literacy project and taught it at several levels to foster community engagement and English. Nardecchia (2002) presented a longitudinal single case study of a Russian immigrant working in a boat factory and trying to acquire English in the workplace with some occasional classes at the adult learning center where she was teaching. Roberton (2009) presented the Spokane VESL programs, including interviews with instructors, while Black (2013) focused her research on preliterate adult refugees and the challenges they face in the United States as they try to find employment. A major question being asked in recent research is whether English literacy is liberating or colonizing learners (MacDonald, 2015). As a proponent of democratic education, the thesis writer discusses the role of critical consciousness as well as the purposes of job training, which some would view as filling slots in industry. Democratic education should free learners from constraints related to country of origin, ethnic identity, socioeconomic status, educational level, religion, gender, and age. ABE and VESL would ideally offer job opportunities and freedom of choice to learners. Democratic education transforms a learner into an active participant who has a sharp sense of self-awareness and social responsibility. The author reviews literature about the role of literacy in learners\u27 lives while exploring bell hooks\u27 and Paulo Freire\u27s definitions of emancipatory education that lays a foundation for self-actualization where full participation in a democracy would help workers not feel like machines. He argues that the ESL classroom should be a site of resistance, and the author discusses his own experiences in culinary arts vocational program. He writes that he felt like a cog in the food industry\u27s machine to make a profit. Implications for teaching and recommendations for future research are needed --Leaves iv-v
Education and Training in the British Virgin Islands: A Partially Annotated Bibliography
No full textThis bibliography on “Education and Training in the British Virgin Islands” has been specifically prepared for the UWI School of Continuing Studies’ British Virgin Islands Conference. An attempt has been made to be as comprehensive as possible, but the compiler recognizes that because of the weak bibliographical coverage of the literature of the region, important items may have been omitted. This is especially true for policy documents emanating from official sources, since many of these do not reach library and documentation centres. This publication contributes to the development of content for a computerized database being developed by the Caribbean Educational Research Information Service (CERIS) at the School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine. A few websites available on the Internet have been included in the bibliography
University News - Volume 098, Issue 002 (September 20, 2018)
No full text24 pages.VOL. XCVIII No. 2 / September 20, 2018
A SAF E SPACE
F OR AL L
ver the years, SLU has made an
effort to promote diversity and
inclusivity. The Cross Cultural
Center, or CCC, is one such or-ganization
that seeks to broad-en
SLU’s students, faculty and
staff knowledge of diversity as
well as social justice and multiculturalism.
The Safe Zone program was created in
order to help educate students, staff and facul-ty
at SLU about the LGBTQIA+ community and
erase heterosexism and any phobias against the
LGBTQIA+ community. The program also strives
to create an accepting and open climate on cam-pus
that welcomes all members of the SLU com-munity.
The program recently underwent some
restructuring when Shamin “Mason” Mason, a
program coordinator for diversity and inclusion,
joined the CCC a year ago. Mason wanted to bring
structure to the program and bring focus to spe-cialty
groups within the LGBTQIA+ community,
such as transgender and gender-nonconforming
individuals.
The program was restructured in an ef-fort
to “more effectively train people,” Mason
said, “as you can’t be competent on a subject
in three hours,” as the program used to do. The
biggest change in the program is the shift from
a singular three-hour training session to four
three-hour training sessions. After the comple-tion
of these four trainings, participants will be
Safe Zone trained and will be given a placard that
they can display.
Each session addresses different topics.
Phase one will educate the SLU community on
terms, identities and experiences that are fun-damentally
related to the LGBTQIA+ communi-ty
(Competency Phase One). The second phase
(Competency Phase Two) will educate the SLU
community on terms, identities and experiences
related to transgender, gender-nonconforming
and other queer identities within the LGBTQIA+
community (similar to the first phase).
Phase three focuses on allyship and will
teach models of acceptance, how to respond to
potential situations one might encounter and
how to visibly support the LGBTQIA+ community
at SLU. The fourth and final phase will look at the
history surrounding the LGBTQIA+ community as
well as policies, laws and trends from the local to
national level that affect the LGBTQIA+ commu-nity.
The final phase will also teach people how
to get involved in creating positive change and
move past being simply an ally and learn what it
means to be a co-conspirator.
Mason spoke about how the Safe Zone
program adhered to Jesuit ideals by stating that it
is hard to look at one person’s story without un-derstanding
their background. According to Ma-son,
the Safe Zone program will provide a robust
intersectional training that will allow for a deep
dive into learning about the LGBTQIA+ commu-nity.
The program will not just allow people to
learn about the community as a whole, but also
about specific identities within the community,
and what it means to have an ethnic background
and be in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Students, staff and faculty can all partici-pate
in the Safe Zone program by attending train-ing
sessions that are offered on Tuesdays at 2 p.m.
and Thursdays at 6 p.m. in the Center for Global
Citizenship Suite 124 Room A. Participants are
asked to sign up in order to ensure that an effec-tive
training session can be provided. If you are
interested in facilitating the Safe Zone program
an application is also available.
If you have any further questions regard-ing
the program, please contact safezone@slu.
edu.
LGBTQIA+ SAFE ZONE PROGRAM RESTRUCTURING
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02 NEWS
By KIRTI VEERAMACHANEMI
Staff Writer
“‘You can’t be
competent on a
subject in three
hours,’ as the
old Safe Zone
program used to
suggest”
Graphic courtesy of SLU Safe Zone program
uring Homecom-ing
and Family
Weekend, Saint
Louis Universi-ty’s
largest ever
public art project
will be completed. The brand-new
mural on the exterior of McGan-non
Hall was commissioned for
the University’s bicentennial and
was designed by a team of SLU stu-dents,
along with St. Louis muralist
Grace McCammond. McCammond
is known for her incredible mural
work across the city.
The design incorporates
different parts of SLU’s identity.
Depicting both the Clocktower and
St. Francis Xavier College Church,
the colorful mural also includes
symbols of academic study at SLU,
such as a large book and quill and
a microscope and test tube. It also
shows different parts of the Uni-versity’s
culture and social aspects,
such as a mini Billiken and a soccer
ball.
Students Haili Piel, Kait-lin
Raftery, Emily Zoernig, Brid-get
Smith, Valencia Miller, Abigail
Schlegl, Jieming Xiao, Madeline
Youngman and Traiana Gorman
were all a part of the team that
helped design the mural, collab-orating
with McCammond and
studio art program director, Amy
Bautz.
Zoernig said she got in-volved
with the project because she
felt it would be a great opportunity
to create something long-lasting.
“I almost didn’t sign on to this
project, but then I came to see it
as a challenge to myself as well as
the opportunity to participate in
something that would outlast me
and my time at SLU,” said Zoernig.
The student team worked closely
with McCammond to make sure
that everyone’s ideas were incor-porated
into the design.
“The designing process
consisted of each of us drawing
out our own version of what we
thought the mural should look like,
and then Grace would digitally in-corporate
our ideas into a single,
collaborative design,” said Piel.
Zoernig said that the group fo-cused
on the aspects of SLU that
were personal to each artist.
“We drew up designs based
on what we felt was at the core of
SLU,” said Zoernig. “We unani-mously
agreed on the Clock Tower.
From there we chose elements that
encompass the universal SLU ex-perience,
but also those that make
SLU a home for us: service, contin-uous
learning, art. Our intent was
for the mural to be by students, for
students.”
Because all the students
were able to incorporate their ideas
into the final product, the symbols
are very personal to each of them.
“My favorite part of the design is
the water fountain and how it grad-ually
transitions the focus from the
traditional representation of the
university, to a whimsical and ab-stract
interpretation,” said Piel.
“Personally, I’m quite fond of the
open book and quill in the middle,”
said Zoernig. “It may or may not
have been my idea.”
The mural will be finished
over Homecoming and Family
Weekend, and the University is giv-ing
SLU community members the
chance to personally help complete
it. The lower part of the design will
be done in a “paint-by-numbers”
style, so that many different mem-bers
of the SLU community can
sign up to have a hand in finishing
the painting.
Sign up for the Homecoming and
Family Weekend festivities and to
be a part of a mural that will go
down in history at https://www.
slu.edu/alumni-and-donors/alum-ni/
events/hcfw.php
AND THE
MURAL OF
THE STORY
IS...
D
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By SAVANAH SEYER
Staff Writer
The mural displayed on
McGannon Hall represent-ing
Saint Louis University
is scheduled to finish on
Homecoming weekend—
with help of students,
parents and alumni
The current progress of the mural
by muralist Grace McCammond and
students before the SLU community
finishes the project.The main focus
of the mural are the landmarks of
SLU’s campus: the Clock Tower, the
fountains and the Cathedral.
(Andrea Simms / The University
News)
04 News
CLAIRE
MCCASKILL
DRUMS UP
SUPPORT
By SAVANAH SEYER
Staff Writer
n Sept. 11, Sen.
Claire McCaskill
came to St. Lou-is
for an event
co-hosted by
the SLU and
WashU College
Democrats. The
event was held at Northwest Cof-fee
Roasting Company in Central
West End.
While at the event, Mc-
Caskill spoke briefly about the
importance of the election and
about the differences between her
and her primary opponent, Josh
Hawley, Republican candidate
and current attorney general.
“I felt that Claire wanted
to speak with us on a basic level,
no typical political jargon,” said
SLU senior Patrick Graney-Dolan,
who was in attendance. “It’s hard
to find that in today’s politics.”
The event was attended by many
students who wanted to hear
more about the upcoming Sen-ate
election, which is one of the
tightest races in the country.
“I think it is important
to recognize that Sen. McCaskill
is herself, and she’s honest about
who she is,” said SLU junior Rob-bie
Lasky. “At the end of the day,
she’s an honest person who’s
fighting for Missourians, and she
backs her stances with facts—and
that’s what we need in 2018 and
beyond.”
One of McCaskill’s reso-nating
messages was to urge stu-dents
to vote. College students
make up a large portion of eligible
voters but vote far less than most
demographic groups.
“Students voices aren’t
being heard because they aren’t
voting,” said Graney-Dolan.
President of the SLU College
Dems, senior Paige Cook intro-duced
McCaskill at the event and
said that it was an honor to be
a part of the efforts to bring the
senator to STL.
“There’s something ad-mirable
about a fellow Missouri-an
woman being one of the driv-ing
forces behind policy in this
country,” said Cook. “I hope the
students that attended are able to
take what she said to heart; our
vote matters, and we need to mo-bilize
our fellow students to reg-ister
to vote, while also getting
them to commit to showing up
the to the polls.”
Photo courtesy of Sophie Perry
MEET THE
JUGGLING
JESUIT
FATHER JOE LARAMIE
By RILEY MACK
News Editor
Juggling and prayer: two
things that make up the Rev. Joe
Laramie, whose career at SLU be-gan
one month ago. Being a SLU
—and University News— alumnus
of the class of 2000, Laramie can
relate to a lot of students’ issues
with choosing a career path.
Throughout college, he
questioned what he wanted to do
with his future; although, SLU’s
Jesuit mission, God’s calling, as
well as “meeting some young Je-suits
who were like big brothers
to [him],” helped him make the
biggest decision of his life—to be-come
a Priest.
The odd feeling of com-ing
back to college after gradu-ating
is no stranger to Laramie—
especially with all the changes to
campus. “[Spring Hall] is a beau-tiful
building” and is a huge up-grade
from the “12 by 12 cement
box” that he calls his past Clem-ens
Hall dorm.
Although, some things
remain tradition on SLU’s cam-pus.
Laramie describes the clock
tower as a great place for com-munity
and Mass being full of
“prayer, singing and friendships”
Even though Laramie
loves his career, his college expe-rience
included some great mem-ories,
like creating a KSLU show
called “Mr. Koz & the Reverend”
with the now SLU professor Dan
Kozlowski, or receiving guid-ance
from Rev. Chris Collins, who
works for the President.
But his proudest moment
of college was undoubtedly when
he “won free tickets to David Let-terman”
through a contest taking
place on campus.
As unique as Laramie
himself, his talent was to “eat
things while juggling.” He recalls
mashing together lettuce, an ap-ple
and chocolate cake and jug-gling
it, which made a huge mess.
“It was a crowd pleaser” and what
won him the tickets, he proudly
remembered.
Students can catch him
at Spring Hall teaching residents
how to juggle or see him at Mass
on Sundays. No matter where,
though, he is a welcoming spir-it
that could cheer up anyone’s
day—making him a wonderful ad-dition
to SLU’s campus.
Welcome Father Joe!
O
Emma Carmody / The University News
he 14th annual
Taste of St. Lou-is
food festival
kicked off on
Saturday to a big
turnout in spite
of sweltering
weather condi-tions.
It was the fifth year that
the event had been held at Ches-terfield
Amphitheater and the
space was filled. The roads were
lined with all kinds of stalls and
vendors. From the entrance to the
culinary stage were all of the non-food
related stalls—including fur-niture,
clothing and palm reading.
This area was called The Village.
Detroit based artist, Kyle
Danley Wetiko, was also present.
Wetiko spent the entire weekend
painting a number of pieces in-spired
by St. Louis.
From the culinary stage
to the music stage were stalls for
all kinds of food-related St. Louis
favorites. From startup food com-panies
to classic restaurants, the
event showcased 30 eateries in to-tal.
Many of these eateries offered
tasters, teasers and samples of
their various food and beverages.
The People’s Choice award
winner from Restaurant Row this
year was Drunken Fish. The already
multi-award-winning restaurant is
best known for its high-quality su-shi
and exotic cocktails.
A host of local bands and
musicians graced the music stage,
from Dirty Muggs to Nite Owl.
Popular cover bands like Strange-love,
imitating Depeche Mode, also
shared the stage.
On the culinary stage was
the annual “Chef Battle Royal,” a
cooking competition between eight
of the best local chefs and restau-rateurs.
Each “battle” gives both
chefs 40 minutes to produce meals
for the judges table. The winner of
the competition this year was Thu
Rein Oo.
THE ULTIMATE FOOD EXPERIENCE IS BACK
T
News 05
Top: People make their
way through the crowds to
explore the stalls and stages
of the event.
Bottom: Matt Sherman of
Kern Meat Company teach-es
the crowd on the “lost art
of meat cutting.”
(Trenton Almgren-Davis /
The University News)
DPS REPORTS
An incident was reported at 5:39
a.m. on 9/14 in Marguerite Hall
when a student accidentally walked
into the wrong dorm and urinated
on the rug. The student was intox-icated
and apparently urinating
through his clothing just past the
front door of the room. The student
claimed he did not remember the
incident.
A disturbance was reported from
an Alpha Phi Alpha event on 9/14
at the Allied Health building. Two
unknown male subjects were push-ing
each other while the patrons
of the event attempted to throw
a “Foam Party.” DPS had to shut
down the event and evacuate the
300 patrons.
On 9/14, a DPS officer assisted a
group of students coming from
the Library Annex Bar, where one
student fell and hit her face. The
female fell once more on their walk
home and another student called
EMS. The Spring Hall resident
refused medical attention and was
returned to her friends.
By TANNOCK BLAIR
Associate News Editor
Bustling crowds
returned to the
annual Taste of STL
for a weekend of food,
music and culture all in
favor of celebrating
St. Louis.
He fled civil unrest
when he was 15
years old. It was at
The Crossing that
Oo not only learned
how to cook but also
how to speak
english.
Oo is a chef working under
the leadership of Jim Fiala at The
Crossing. He was born in Myanmar
but fled civil unrest when he was
15 years old. He started working
at The Crossing as a dishwasherer
in 2008 and over the next 10 years
worked his way to the top. It was
at The Crossing that Oo not only
learned how to cook but also how
to speak English. This year was his
first time competing in the compe-tition.
SLU students who were
present had mixed reactions to the
event. While some thought that it
“fell flat” due to “the commercial-ization
of the event,” others said
that “the food was great” and “it
had a wide variety.”
Trenton Almgren-Davis / The University News
By REBECCA LIVIGNI
Design EditorT
U
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06 Arts and life
n a society fueled by
racial tension and in-equality,
The Hate U
Give by up-and-com-ing
young adult author,
Angie Thomas, deals
with the many layers
of the current African
American identity in
the U.S. and also struggles with
police brutality against African
American youth.
As readers, we hear from teenag-er
Starr Carter living in the heart
of Garden Heights, known to out-siders
as “the ghetto.” On the
way home from a party one night,
Starr drives home with her child-hood
best friend, Khalil who has
been recently suspected of dealing
drugs and involved with gang ac-tivity.
When they are pulled over
by a police officer, things quickly
turn dangerous. Khalil is shot three
times in front of Starr’s own eyes as
she flashes back to the moment her
other childhood friend, Natasha
was killed in a drive-by shooting.
The complexity of this young
adult novel begins with Starr’s
coat-switching—an internal con-flict
in finding her identity be-tween
the ‘Garden Heights Starr’
and the ‘Williamson Prep Starr’.
Throughout the novel, Starr des-perately
tries to find her voice
in both of these constantly con-flicting
worlds she’s a part of. An
underlying theme of appropria-tion
and stereotyping also peaks
through when Starr monologues
about the different person she be-comes
when she walks through the
doors of Williamson: “Slang makes
them cool. Slang makes her ‘hood.’
Williamson makes Starr hold her
I
tongue when people piss her off, so
nobody will think she’s the ‘angry
black girl.’” THUG raises questions
about African American identity
and the value of diversity without
fear of stereotypical depictions of
individuals.
Another important aspect
of this novel surrounds the repre-sentation
of Khalil and his home-town
by the media in the aftermath
of his death. While Khalil is de-scribed
as a “suspected drug deal-er
or gang member,” the officer’s
father holds an interview describ-ing
his son as someone who “only
wanted to help the community”
and a “people person”. These me-dia
depictions completely conflict
with who Starr knows her Khalil
was, a compassionate, loyal boy
who got caught up in the typical
Garden Heights trouble. Why do we
so often see the media blaming the
victim for his own death? Why is it
so easy to appeal to the public in
support of an officer who believed
he was defending himself? These
questions guide Starr throughout
her journey in dealing with her
grief and guilt of her experience.
More and more layers are
added when get to know more
about Starr, firsther white boy-friend.
Second, her ex-gang-mem-ber
father who depicts the strong
black father we don’t see so often
in media and pop culture. Third,
her uncle, a cop who works with the
same man that shot Khalil. Fourth,
a best friend with racist tendencies.
A film adaptation starring
Amandla Stenberg and Russell
Hornsby comes to theaters Octo-ber
19. Director George Tillman
says during an interview with the
LA Times in August: ““What [do] I
know about a YA?” he said with a
laugh. “What I do know is that to-day’s
movement is a young move-ment
with young people leading
the charge. That’s an energy I want
to bring to the material. I never ap-proached
it as ‘YA’ because the ma-terial
is very adult.”
On a much more personal
level, this book allowed me a space
to turn inwards and question so
much of what I see tragically often
in news stories. While I was reading
THUG for the second time this year,
I still felt myself getting chills and
feeling the deep sense of disap-pointment
in the system along with
Starr. Without ever seeming ex-tremist
or disrespectful, this novel
tackles some of the most pressing
questions of our time. As citizens,
it’s our duty to understand and lis-ten
to voices that aren’t as easily
accessible. THUG is that voice, this
new youthfulness of a movement
pursuing a greater humanity.
Arts and life 07
ow hard is it to sell
out the Dome at
America’s Center?
Well, I can tell you
Taylor Swift had
no issues filling
the stadium with
loyal fans of all
ages. What’s even more impressive
is that she was able to do this on a
Tuesday night.
The Reputation Tour came
to St. Louis on Tuesday, and the
Dome was opened up for the rare
occasion since being closed since
the departure of the St. Louis
Rams. The tour did not only have
the multi-Grammy award winner,
but also Charli XCX and Camila
Cabello both performed songs that
have made summer hit lists before.
Swift highlighted the fact
that this show was a girl-empow-ering
one from the openers to the
background dancers. Encouraging
her mostly female fan base and
telling them that women-empow-erment
is an amazing and powerful
thing.
Swift kicked off her show
with a video highlighting her past
and her reputation. She appeared
on stage singing “… Ready for It?”
The crowd erupted into cheers as
she engaged with them, getting ev-eryone
stoked with fireworks and
smoke machines.
After performing a couple
songs, she took a second to ad-dress
the audience and said, “St.
Louis, you have no idea how many
Thanksgivings I have spent here,”
Swift said—having a lot of family
that lives in St. Louis—which only
made the crowd louder. She soon
moved her talk into a smooth tran-sition
of the song “Gorgeous.”
Swift focused this tour
more on her latest album “Repu-tation”
but she also made sure to
throw in some cult classics. She
sang a melody of “Style,” “Love
Story” and “You Belong with Me.”
The mashup made the long-time
fans especially ecstatic. She also
made sure to recognize that she
could see all of her fans in the sta-dium
because every fan was given a
light-up bracelet that synced to the
music. Swift said this helped her
recognize every person from the
front of the room to the very last
row of the stadium.
She went into her next act
with a video interlude to her first
single off of her last album “Look
What You Just Made Me Do.” It had
a surprise video snippet of Tiffa-
H
TAYLOR SWIFT SOARS, LITERALLY
ny Haddish saying the famous line
“The old Taylor can’t come to the
phone right now. Why? Oh, be-cause
she’s dead!” Swift made sure
this was an experience by having
a giant inflatable snake rise behind
her as she performed.
Along with the giant in-flatable
snake, two more appeared
on her back b-stages. Swift made
sure to make an entrance to her
first b-stage by floating by on a
brightly-lit boat, soaring over her
fans while singing her most re-cent
single “Delicate.” But not be-fore
giving some of her notorious
advice, she spoke about how we
all want to be validated and not
portrayed as something we aren’t.
We all want something real, we all
want some form of love, whether
that is through friendship, family
or a significant other.
Her first b-stage in the
back left corner was a whirlwind
for her fans. She brought out Char-li
XCX and Cabello and they per-for
The Sunflower, v.127, no.5 (September 15, 2022)
No full textArticle(s): WSU faculty supports Emporia State faculty facing termination -- Larger than life: Shaq attends local basketball game for literacy -- SGA President Adamson resigns, John Kirk sworn in -- K-12 students get a taste of nitrogen during Math Circle -- NIRDT building coming to WSU's Innovation Campus -- Emporia from page 1 -- FINEally free: Wichita Public Library eliminates daily overdue fees and prepares to hold amnesty week -- This week's news in brief -- Helping Hands: Community and university groups clean up Wichita -- WJC holds training, bringing hope to conversation surrounding suicide -- Test your WSU news IQ -- This week's sports in brief -- International athletes frustrated with NIL rules -- Rowing program aims to be accepting and competitive -- Student instructor promotes benefits of the Heskett Center -- Shocker volleyball split in Kansas City -- Street speak: What do you know about the Student Government Association? What could SGA do to promote their association? -- Fall is for watching the Gilmore Girls -- John Williams prepares to leave the music business with a bang -- WSU Dining Services needs to promote the Dine On Campus app -- A College Girl's Guide to Homesickness -- 'What is my excuse?': Chef's lecture about failure empowers and uplifts students -- Ulrich Museum hosts book signing with young Black author -- Backstreet's back -- Foaming funPhotograph(s): Chase Billingham speaks at Faculty Senate Meeting at Hubbard Hall on Sept. 12. p. 1 -- Newly appointed President John Kirk speaks to the Senate and student body after being sworn into office on Sept. 14. p. 1 -- Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal poses with Wichita youths at the Hoops 4 Literacy event on Sept. 10. The event was was the finale of Storytime Village's Literacy Festival. p. 1 -- A team Literacy members goes up for a two-pointer on team Legacy during the match-up at the Hoops 4 Literacy event. Literacy won, 53-46. p. 1 -- Wichita Heights High School cheerleader Kinley Howland perform for the audience in Charles Koch Arena on Sept. 10. p. 1 -- Children in the crowd react to a failed play by team Literacy during the Hoops 4 Literacy event hosted inside Charles Koch Arena. Literacy won, 53-46. p. 1 -- Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal signs a pair of shoes for a fan at the Hoops 4 Literacy event. p. 1 -- Professor Elizabeth Behrman demonstrates what happens when you pour liquid nitrogen on a balloon to K-12 students involved in Math Circle. Math Circle was a group that met up on Sundays to help instill the love of math and math-related subjects in younger generations. p. 2 -- The National Institute of Research and Digital Transformation will be housed at the new building being built on WSU's Innovation Campus. p. 2 -- A local family comes out to help the Shocker Neighborhood Coalition to clear debris and litter in the neighborhoods around campus during the Community Service Board on Sept. 10. p. 3 -- Maren Berblinger from Kansas Leadership Center gives certificates to the participants during the Suspenders4Hope Preventing Suicide Training on Sept. 13 at the Advanced Learning Library located in Downtown Wichita. p. 3 -- Junior Alex Sterzing rowing a double shell during practice on Sept. 13, 2022 on the Arkansas River. Sterzing is a second year rower at Wichita State. p. 4 -- Wichita State's rowing team push off the dock to begin their practice at River Vista. p. 4 -- First year rower Alex Flores begins practice in an eight person shell. Flores's boat, full of first year rowers, was directed by Head Coach Calvin Cupp on Sept . 13, 2022 on the Arkansas River. p. 4 -- Elizabeth Behrman is a professor of Quantum Information Theory. Berhman kicks a punching bag that Christian Yabut is holding during F45 Training on Sept. 9, 2022 at the Heskett Center. p. 5 -- Street speak portraits. p. 6 -- Portrait of Tyler Guthrie, columnist. p. 6 -- High heels illustration. p. 6 -- Portrait of Piper Pinnetti, reporter. p. 6 -- The entrance of the Shocker Dining Hall on Sept. 12. Recently, Wichita State introduced a Shockers dining app. p. 6 -- Portrait of Jacinda Hall, reporter. p. 6 -- A College Girl's Guide illustration. p. 6 -- Portrait of Danielle Wagner, reporter. p. 6 -- Diversity Lecture Series speaker Kwame Onwuachi preaches messages of self-confidence in the face of adversity to WSU students. Onwuachi, a Top Chef contestant, retold the lessons he learned from being a young, Black innovator in the culinary world. p. 7 -- Brian Littrell greets his Wichita fandom with during his opening song 'Everyone.' p. 7 -- The Backstreet Boys performed in Intrust Bank Arena as one of more than 160 shows in their current tour to promote their album 'DNA.' p. 7 -- Nick Carter sings a solo during a portion of 'The Call.' p. 7 -- The Backstreet Boys show off their 90's dance moves on Sept. 13 in lntrust Bank Arena. The band stopped in Wichita as part of the DNA World Tour. p. 7 -- Students dance at Shockers After Dark on Sept. 9. The event was hosted by Student Affairs and SAC with the Foam Night Party, music, games, snacks and more. p. 8 -- Students dance at Shockers After Dark on Sept. 9. The event was hosted by Student Affairs and SAC with the Foam Night Party, music, games, snacks and more, p. 8 -- Featuring DJ Magnum, the Foam Night Party was held on Sept. 9 . p. 8 -- Dylan Roy Lewis Morrow sings karaoke. p. 8 -- Freshman Autumn Simpson dances at the Foam Dance Party. The annual Shockers After Dark. The annual Shockers After Dark was held by Student Affairs and SAC with music, games, snacks, and more. p. 8 -- Students poses for a photo at the Photo Booth at Shockers After Dark. The event was held at the RSC. p. 8 -- Grad Student Laxmi Manohara Sai Thota dances at the Foam Night Party. Shockers After Dark was held at the RSC. p. 8 -- The annual Shockers After Dark had a Foam Night Party at the RSC Courtyard. p.
Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University
No full textFall 2003 issue of Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis UniversityT H E M AG A Z I N E O F S A I N T L O U I S U N I V E R S I T Y
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By Lawrence Biondi, S.J.
Saint Louis University President
I’m convinced that it must have been a SLU graduate who coined the phrase, “What a small
world.”
I’m sure you’ve all had a similar experience: you’re sitting in a restaurant, standing in line
to check out at a grocery store or even taking in a ball game, and someone around you says
something like, “Didn’t you go to SLU?”
Whatever the opening line, what almost always ensues is a brief conversation between two
people. They may have never met before, but it’s as if an instant connection has been made.
They begin talking like old friends.
Although I realize that this phenomenon frequently happens between
people who share a common identity, I often come away from such experi-ences
convinced that members of our SLU community transcend the
superficialities of just sharing an alma mater or even a fondness for a particu-lar
sports team.
I truly believe our mission and our Ignatian heritage unites us on a deep-er
level. The recent Homecoming festivities only reinforced my belief. As
all of you know, during Homecoming, we welcome thousands of former
students back to campus, putting them in contact once again with each
other and with our current students, faculty and staff.
There were tours of Grand Center, our own home in Midtown, as well as
the new and improved Busch Student Center. There were parties, outdoor
concerts, Billiken soccer, a parade and fireworks. There were golf outings,
class reunions and tailgates. And serving as an appropriate, intimate ending
to the weekend, there was the Golden Billiken Brunch for members of the
classes up to and including the class of 1953.
Alhtough all of these activities are entertaining and help to demonstrate
our appreciation for members of our SLU family, perhaps the most satisfy-ing
element of Homecoming is found in the personal interaction between
longtime friends. For Homecoming is one of the few times during the year
in which generations of Billikens come back to campus to celebrate and
commemorate their shared identity. Alumni reminisce about old times
while also introducing their former classmates to their personal families. We at SLU show off
our campus and introduce our current family of students, faculty and staff, who share their
own thoughts and feelings about the SLU experience.
Alumni often share their own success stories, but more importantly, their stories about fam-ily,
friends and faith. They tell me how the philosophy, ethics and theological components
they once grumbled about now serve them well in their everyday lives.
Conversely, we let alumni know that SLU remains committed to informing and transform-ing
our current students, who, in turn, will transform society in the spirit of the Gospels. I
give assurances that although the nature of higher education has changed, SLU remains true
to its Jesuit, Catholic heritage — just like it has for generations, all the way back to its found-ing
in 1818.
Yes, we truly see the spirit of Saint Louis University revealed and refreshed during our
Homecoming festivities. It gives me great joy to hear about the ways in which members of
the SLU community continue to make a difference for their families, for their communities,
for their professions, for their world. Though it is only one weekend during the year, there’s
undoubtedly an invisible bridge that links generations of Billiken alumni together. We can be
reassured that SLU continues to succeed in preparing its graduates for a lifetime of service to
humankind.
It’s wonderful to see that SLU is indeed “where the heart is” in so many people’s lives.
UNIVERSITAS
Volume 30, No. 1
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Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92)
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Clayton Berry
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On the Cover: The new Busch
Student Center courtyard. For
more photos of Busch Student
Center, see page 12.
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FALL 2003
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Home-Court Advantage
Take a peek at the plans for
Saint Louis University’s proposed arena.
10
Remembering Father Ong
A look at the life of one of
SLU’s most noted scholars.
12
Center of Attention
The renovated and expanded
Busch Student Center is drawing raves.
16
Momentum
The Campaign for Saint Louis University
marks its first anniversary.
18
Lore of the Rings
A SLU professor is one of the world’s
foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien.
C O N T E N T S
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SLU named a
‘Best Buy’ again
Saint Louis University is
the nation’s top educa-tional
buy among all Jesuit
institutions according to U.S.
News & World Report, which
again recognized Saint Louis
University as one of the
country’s best values in high-er
education. Overall, the
magazine also ranked SLU
among the top four Catholic
universities in the country.
In the publication’s
“America’s Best Colleges
2004” issue, SLU is No. 41
on the best values list among
all national doctoral universi-ties.
This is the sixth consecu-tive
year that U.S. News has
highlighted the University as
a leading educational value.
SLU is the top Jesuit institu-tion
on the best value list and
the No. 2 Catholic school,
second only to the University
of Notre Dame. U.S. News
determines best values by
measuring academic quality
with the net cost of atten-dance
for a student who
receives an average level of
financial aid.
U.S. News also named Saint
Louis University among the
top four Catholic institutions
on its ranking of best national
doctoral universities, a group
that includes nearly 250
schools. SLU is No. 78 on
the list, with only Notre
Dame, Georgetown
University and Boston
College ranking higher.
HOMELAND SECURITY: Hundreds of people attended
the first town hall meeting on homeland security featuring
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Oct. 7 at
Saint Louis University. An interactive event with high
audience participation, the forum included (from left) Frank
Sesno, host of Worldtalk and former CNN anchor; Steve
Rohleder, global chief executive for government, Accenture;
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay (Law ’80); Ridge; Dr. Karen
Webb, chief medical officer for Saint Louis University
Hospital; and Col. Tim Daniel, director for the Missouri
Office of Homeland Security. University President
Lawrence Biondi, S.J., gave the opening remarks.
Sword award
to honor Westfall
Saint Louis University will
give its highest honor to
the late George R. “Buzz”
Westfall (A&S ’68, Law ’69).
SLU will recognize the late
political leader with its Sword
of Ignatius Loyola during the
DuBourg Society Dinner
Dec. 7. Mr. Westfall died
Oct. 27. He was 59.
One of the region’s most
influential public figures of
the last 20 years,
Mr. Westfall was
elected St. Louis
County executive
in 1990 and was
re-elected three
times. Noted for
his bipartisanship
and regional focus,
his accomplish-ments
included the establish-ment
of a shelter for battered
women and children.
The Sword of Ignatius
Loyola is named for the
founder of the Society of
Jesus. Symbolic of the
Ignatian vision of service,
sword recipients have given
themselves to humankind for
the greater glory of God.
Louis; Keith F. Muccino, S.J.,
assistant professor of internal
medicine and Catholic chap-lain
at Georgetown University
School of Medicine; and
Robert L. Niehoff, S.J., vice
president for budget and plan-ning
at the University of San
Francisco.
New trustees
join SLU board
Three new trustees have
joined the Saint Louis
University board: L.B.
Eckelkamp Jr., chairman of the
board and CEO of the Bank of
Washington (Mo.) and chair-man
and president of Cardinal
Bancorp and Cardinal Bancorp
II, which owns the United
Bank of Union and Citizens
National Bank of Greater St.
SLU JOINS A10 CONFERENCE
Saint Louis University is joining the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The Billikens will begin intercollegiate athletic competition
in the Atlantic 10 during the 2005-06 academic year.
The Atlantic 10 Conference is in its 28th year of NCAA
Division I competition. The league’s members include
Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, LaSalle,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure,
Saint Joseph’s, Temple and Xavier.
Saint Louis University currently is a charter member of
Conference USA. In early November, five C-USA member
schools — Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette and
USF — accepted invitations to join the Big East Conference.
Five new schools — Central Florida, Marshall, Rice, SMU
and Tulsa — filled C-USA’s vacant positions.
For more details, visit www.slubillikens.com.
Three new deans
now on campus
Dr. Ellen Harshman (Grad
’78, Law ’92) is the new dean
of the John Cook School of
Business. She succeeds the
retiring Dr. Leroy Grossman,
who was interim dean for one
year. Harshman has served
SLU in several leadership roles
since 1972, including associate
dean of the business school,
director of the career planning
and placement center and assis-tant
to the vice president for
student development. She also
holds the rank of associate pro-fessor
of management and
most recently was SLU’s senior
vice provost. Among her many
responsibilities in this role,
Harshman administered com-
NEWS BRIEFS
By The Numbers
4 National rank of Parks College
of Engineering and Aviation’s
aerospace engineering program,
according to U.S. News and
World Report. Overall, Parks’
undergraduate engineering pro-grams
moved up three spots on
the U.S. News list to No. 27.
498 Residents sponsored by
SLU’s School of Medicine in 50
different residencies, subspecialty
residencies and fellowships rotat-ing
through eight affiliated teach-ing
hospitals and 18 affiliated
health care institutions.
8,742 Phone pledges made dur-ing
fiscal year 2003 for a total for
1 mil-lion
has been raised through
phoning.
In September, SLU sponsored a
two-evening gala event called
“Denim & Diamonds” to
benefit public education,
research and treatment of liver
disease. On Sept. 12, Willie
Nelson headlined “Denim,” a
concert to benefit the SLU Liver
Center and the Julia Spears
Foundation for Liver Disease.
On Sept. 13, “Diamonds” fea-tured
country music artist Naomi
Judd, who spoke at a black-tie
dinner to benefit SLU’s Liver
Center. … Dr. Robert B.
Belshe, Adorjan professor of
infectious diseases and director of
the Center for Vaccine
Development, received the
Clinical Virology Award for
2003 from the Pan American
Society for Clinical Virology. …
Sandra H. Johnson (A&S ’73),
the Tenet Endowed Chair in
Health Law and Ethics is one of
four winners of the 2003
Pellegrino Medal for contribu-tions
to health care ethics. …
Dr. Marla Berg-Weger, pro-fessor
and director of field service
education for the School for
Social Service since 1995, has
been named associate provost. …
Maria Whitehead, a member of
Wake Forest’s 2002 NCAA
Division I field hockey champi-onship
team, is SLU’s new head
field hockey coach. The appoint-ment
is her first head coaching
position. … Dr. Seung H.
Kim, professor of international
business and director of the
Boeing Institute of International
Business, has been appointed to
serve on the Presidential
Advisory Council for the
Peaceful Reunification of the
Republic of Korea.
RESEARCH PLANS: Preliminary plans are under way
for the design and site selection for a new research center at
the Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, part of
an 300 million “Campaign for Saint Louis
University: Where Knowledge Touches Lives.”
pliance with the University’s
accrediting agencies, served as
a liaison with state-wide edu-cational
agencies and oversaw
the libraries, Reinert Center
for Teaching Excellence and
office of institutional study.
Harshman has earned numer-ous
honors during her SLU
career and was named SLU’s
Woman of the Year in 1981.
Dr. Charlotte Royeen, a
national leader in her field of
occupational therapy, is the
new dean of the Doisy School
of Allied Health Professions.
Royeen most recently served
as associate dean for research at
Creighton’s School of
Pharmacy and Allied Health
Professions and professor of
occupational therapy. Prior to
that, she was the founding
chair and professor of occupa-tional
therapy at Shenandoah
University in Winchester, Va.,
and worked for several years
for the U.S. Department of
Education’s Office of Special
Education Programs. Royeen
holds a doctorate from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State
University in Blacksburg, Va.,
and a master’s degree in occu-pational
therapy from
Washington University School
of Medicine. At the confer-ence
of the American
Occupational Therapy
Association, Royeen received
the 2002 Eleanor Clarke Slagle
Lectureship Award, which is
the highest scholarly achieve-ment
bestowed in occupational
therapy.
Dr. Bjong Wolf Yeigh
joined the Saint Louis
University community July 1
as the dean for Parks College
of Engineering and Aviation.
He came to SLU from Yale
University, where he was assis-tant
provost of science and
technology since 1999. He
succeeds Dr. Charles
Kirkpatrick, who was dean of
Parks College for nine years
and is on the department of
chemistry faculty. Yeigh
received a bachelor’s degree in
engineering science from
Dartmouth College, a master’s
degree in mechanical engi-neering
from Stanford and a
doctorate in civil engineering
and operations research from
Princeton. A former tactical air
intelligence officer assigned to
Fighter Squadron 74, Yeigh
served in the U.S. Navy dur-ing
the Gulf War and for a
total of eight years in active
and reserve duties, leaving with
a rank of lieutenant.
Yeigh
Royeen
Harshman
New technology
VP on board
Ellen Watson is Saint Louis
University’s new vice
president for information
technology services.
Although Watson may be
new to SLU, she is familiar
with the Jesuit mission.
Before coming to SLU, she
was the vice president of
information service at Loyola
University Chicago, a post
she had held since 1999.
Watson boasts 19 years of
experience in her field, hav-ing
served as associate vice
president for information ser-vices
and dean of library ser-vices
at Indiana State
University for four years and
associate provost for informa-tion
resources and technology
at Bradley University for two
years. She received her bach-elor’s
degree from Wellesley
College and her master’s from
the University of Maryland.
Drabble wins
Literary Award
Saint Louis University
Library Associates pre-sented
English author
Margaret Drabble with the
2003 Saint Louis Literary
Award at a ceremony Oct.
21. Drabble, a novelist, biog-rapher,
critic and short story
writer, is the author of The
Seven Sisters, The Peppered
Moth, The Witch of Exmoor
and The Millstone. She is also
editor of The Oxford
Companion to English
Literature. Drabble joins a dis-tinguished
group of authors
honored with this award dur-ing
the past 36 years.
Recipients include such
luminaries as Arthur Miller,
Joyce Carol Oates and
Seamus Heaney. Last year’s
winner was Joan Didion.
Biodefense
research brings
schools together
Anew research center based
in St. Louis will play a
major role in protecting the
American public against
bioterrorism and emerging
infectious diseases. Washington
University School of Medicine
and Saint Louis University
School of Medicine will be
part of a multi-institutional
Midwest Regional Center for
Excellence in Biodefense and
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Research (MRCE). The cen-ter
will be funded by a five-year,
35 million grant from
the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The founding members of the
MRCE also include Case
Western Reserve University,
the University of Missouri-
Columbia and the Midwest
Research Institute of Kansas
City. The new center will
concentrate on expanding cur-rent
research efforts in biode-fense.
For example, the team’s
initial research effort will focus
on poxvirus infections, which
include diseases such as small-pox.
The ultimate goals are to
improve the safety of vaccines
and to develop new therapies.
Kavanaugh wins
press award
Saint Louis University phi-losophy
professor and mag-azine
columnist John
Kavanaugh, S.J., (A&S ’65,
Grad ’66, ’71) received top
honors from the National
Catholic Press Association. His
“Ethics Notebook,” which
regularly appears in America
magazine, earned the Best
Regular Column Award from
Kavanaugh
MIXING IT UP: What’s cooking in the department of
nutrition and dietetics in the Doisy School of Allied Health
Professions? Mark E. Miller, a certified executive chef,
shown here supervising students Christina Bologna (left)
and Diana Kingston, has joined the Saint Louis University
faculty and is teaching future dietitians how healthy foods
can be prepared to taste great. Miller, most recently a chef
at Westborough Country Club, is sold on the University’s
new, one-of-a-kind degree program that prepares students
to become registered dietitians while they receive training for
their culinary arts credential. “Our degree is perfect for stu-dents
who want to work as personal chefs, among other spe-cializations,”
Miller said.
International HIV
trial led by SLU
Saint Louis University is
leading an international
vaccine trial to study a
promising HIV prevention
vaccine in humans. The trial
is being conducted through
the HIV Vaccine Trials
Network (HVTN) of the
National Institutes of Health.
This is the first HVTN trial
to be conducted simultane-ously
in the United States and
abroad — in St. Louis,
Boston (through Harvard
University) and Gaborone,
Botswana — and it signifies a
dedication to transcending
borders in the fight against
HIV. This vaccine has never
been tested in humans. The
trial is looking at the safety
and immune response of an
experimental HIV vaccine
the association, which repre-sents
640 publications with a
combined circulation of nearly
27 million in the United States
and Canada. In honoring him,
the National Catholic Press
Association said: “Father
Kavanaugh examines public
issues through a moral lens and
discusses them thoughtfully
and powerfully.”
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The December 1963 issue of Saint
Louis University Magazine featured a
cover photo of the new Griesedieck
Memorial Hall, which was dedicat-ed
Nov. 30, 1963.
A news item mentioned that
fund raising for Busch Memorial
Center was under way — .1.5 mil-lion
had been raised, and a 3.25 million.
The issue also highlighted the
Midwest Assembly on Outer Space,
a conference co-sponsored by SLU
and held that September. The
assembly brought together a cross
section of leaders in education, gov-ernment,
labor, business, industry,
law, medicine, military and commu-nications
from a 14-state area to
consider the topic, “Outer Space:
Prospects for Man and Society.”
Participants included James E.
Webb, the head of NASA, and U.S.
Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri.
Another article featured an alum-nus,
Robert Burns (Parks ’59), who
was the first Missourian to join the
Peace Corps. Burns was a land irri-gation
specialist in Pakistan.
Quotable UTAS: “It would be
tragic if we were able to pinpoint
rockets in space but unable to deter-mine
where we were going as
human beings.” — Charles A.
Sheehan, Missouri state representa-tive
and speaker at the Midwest
Assembly on Outer Space
Sign of the times: It was reported
that tuition for the 1964-65 school
year for full-time undergraduates
and law students would be 100 over 1963-64 rates. School of
Medicine students were slated to
pay $700 per semester.
SLU nabs C-USA
GPA award again
Conference USA has
named Saint Louis
University as the recipient of
the Institutional Excellence
Award for the eighth
consecutive year. The
award is given to the
member school
with the highest
SLU listed as ‘Best
Place to Work’
For the second time since
2000, Saint Louis
University has made the St.
Louis Business Journal’s “Best
Places to Work” list. This year,
SLU was honored in the “Best
Practice” category — the only
institution so recognized — for
the development of
Hometown SLU, which is
designed to spur development
near the St. Louis campus
while assisting SLU employees
looking to purchase a home in
certain areas near campus.
Since Hometown SLU was
unveiled Feb. 5, 19 people
have applied to the program
and been approved. Full-time,
eligible employees may receive
f
Pots, people, and politics: a reconsideration of the role of ceramics in reconstructions of the Iron Age Northern Levant
No full textThis thesis aims to reconsider current reconstructions of the Iron Age Northern Levant and the role that ceramics studies have played in these interpretations. This study begins with an assessment of the use of the historical narrative in current interpretations. This historical interpretative framework has produced a broad perspective on Iron Age society, at the expense of localised behaviours. For this reason, the present study attempts to engage with Iron Age material culture, more specifically pottery, and consider its role within past societies beyond the broad socio-political histories depicted in texts. This study presents a regional ceramic typology for the Iron Age (including the Persian period) and undertakes an analysis of the distribution patterns of this typology across the Northern Levant. An alternative interpretation of the ceramic data is offered, before being compared with the current historical model. This alternative reconstruction focuses on theories of practice, and foodways, whilst appreciating the dynamic manner by which material culture is used to constantly negotiate and consolidate social structures. This thesis will determine the compatibility of archaeology and text, and make some final recommendations for their correlation
