February 13, 2003

Pizza Party Power!

As you can see from the photo, the pizza party goers got a little punchy (crazy). It began with a snowball fight on the walk to Cricket Song. The snow was perfect for making a heavy snowball. Once we arrived at Cricket Song, hungry and thirsty, the fun began. Gabi and Teo got on the piano; pretty soon, Ms. Sera and Mrs. Bowles jumped in. Then Abdoul and Bachir got out the bongos. Teo added the violin and Gabi added the flute. It was an IEP band. Beautiful music.

Who's Your Sweetheart?

The big news this week is Valentine's Day on Friday, the fourteenth. Although it is not an official holiday, it's a special one. Cupid's Day is a chance to show your feelings for the people that you really care about. Who do you love? Send a Valentine greeting or give a little chocolate to someone special.

When I was in primary school, we always had a Valentine's Party with cookies and punch. Each child brought a shoebox, and we would decorate it with colored paper and lace doilies. We would cut a hole in the top, and on Valentine's Day we would put the cards in each classmate's box. It was always exciting to take the box home, open it, and see what kinds of cards we received.

Got Boredom?
Check Out the Important Dates.

If you are getting cabin fever (boredom), then read the Important Dates information below. Several opportunities are offered on campus for students to get involved and beat the ennui.

Important Dates

Music.

Palent IEP's good friend Yuki Hayata sends an announcement: "The Wind Ensemble (Band) will have a concert tonight. If you have time, please come! Please also tell other students to go to the concert!"

Thursday, February 13, at 7:30 p.m.

Reynolds Concert Hall.

Admission is FREE to all. Tickets are not required.

Bloody Poetry.

"Bloody Poetry explores the uncontained genius of Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon, Lord Byron and Mary Shelley, key figures in English Romanticism," according to a flyer prepared by the UCA Theatre Department. "Tormented by genius and madness," the flyer continues, "the poets try to exist in a world far too plain for them while haunted by lovers, ghosts, and each other." Bloody Poetry is presented as part of the Second Season series. James Bridges Scholar and Katie Butler direct.

February 12, 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Snow Fine Arts Center.

Admission is FREE to all. Tickets are not required.

Dress for Success.

Dress for Success sponsored by Career Services. This highly successful presentation prepares students to look their best at job interviews or at other important meetings that require a more formal appearance.

Thursday, February 13, 1:40 to 2:30 p.m.

Student Center Ballroom

Strike a pose!

Theatre.

Conway Community Arts Association presents "Dearly Departed."

Thursday, February 13, through Saturday, February 15.

Conway Community Spotlight Theater.

Tickets: $10.00; $25.00 for opening night. Call 327-7788 for tickets.

Trail of Tears.

The Trail of Tears, a name for the forced removal of Native Americans from the south and east of the USA to Arkansas and Oklahoma, will be the focus of the February Sunday Lecture Series. "Dr. Dan Littlefield will explore the Indian Removal era as reflected in Native American writing, oral tradition, and song," the College of Fine Arts and Communication reports in Arts Highlights, its monthly calendar brochure for February. "Jack Baker, president of the National Trail of Tears Association in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will share family stories."

Sunday, February 16, beginning at 2 p.m.

Art Lecture Hall in west McCastlain Hall.

Everyone is welcome. No charge for admission.

How Good
Is Your Grammar?

Thanks to one of Corndancer's contributors, Mr. Darbo, for sending us a link to test our grammar knowledge. Just for fun, try it yourselves at http://encarta.msn.com/quiz/quiz.asp?quizid=51. You get instant results.

What Did She Say?

I just looked up this site to find the words to a U2 song. You might want to find the words to one of your favorite songs, too, at http://www.lyrics.com.

Planet IEP is a world of words for students and anyone else who is interested in English as a Second Language.

First and foremost, this site serves international students in the Intensive English Program (IEP) at the University of Central Arkansas. Planet IEP provides lesson plans, reminders, comments and musings on classroom projects. It serves as a venue for students to ask questions or make comments about any matter that concerns language or culture.

Let me begin with a traditional greeting: "Welcome to Planet IEP." The first step in using this site is to decide what you want to read. Look at the "links" (connections) on the left side of this page. You have several places to go.

If you are a student of Freddie Bowles, click on your class level to find information about class activities, homework, and most importantly, the Bonus Point Challenge.

Ms. Schaefer's page, IEP Coordinator, gives information about the current semester. Click on IEP coordinator to read her monthly info letter.

The Dispatch from Afar is the newest page. Click on it to read stories written by IEP students and staff from their home countries and travels afar.

If you want to see if there are any articles for you to read, click on Reading Room. Be sure and take a look at the Photo Gallery. Your picture might be on there!

Under International Links, you will find links to information from different countries. Do you want to read the news from home? Look under International Links to find a site that offers news from your home or from a classmate's home.

When you decide what site you want to visit, click on the icon, and the site will open. Within the site there will be other links for you to visit if you so choose. If you want to return to the beginning, click on Planet IEP Home and you will return to the homepage.

If you have any links
for the International Links page,
email me at freddieb@mail.uca.edu
Good luck as you travel on Planet IEP!