January 24, 2003

From Acorns to Oaks:
Ms. Schaefer's Coordinator's Letter.

Please take the time to read Ms. Schaefer's current Coordinator's Letter. She makes a compassionate observation about how we can build unity in an uncertain world.

Let's Honor Dr. King!

Do you have a dream? Dr. Martin Luther King did. He had a dream that one day little black boys and girls would join hands with little white boys and girls, and walk together as sisters and brothers. In other words, he hoped that the barriers that separated the two races would be abolished. He sacrificed his life for this dream. Is your dream worth this price?

You can read the text to I Have a Dream at Web 66: Martin Luther King Day.

I grew up in the Delta, the poorest region of this country, during the days of segregation. Separate schools. Separate churches. Separate places to eat and party. Separate places to live. Separate clinics. Guess which places were not separate? Banks and post offices. Now that's interesting. Places of commerce were open to everyone. Gasoline stations. They were open too.

We don't have to sit at the back of the bus. We aren't separated from other diners in a restaurant. We don't have to go to the back door to get treated for an illness. We don't go to a separate school because of the color of our skin. Why not? Thank Dr. King and his message of non-violent revolution. You can visit http://www.life.com/Life/mlk/mlk.html to see Life Magazine's photo essay tribute to Dr. King.

UCA Theater Department presents "The Three Little Pigs."
When: Thursday, January 30, and Friday, January 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Performance Hall.
Free Admission.

Annual Faculty/Staff Night
at the Women's and Men's Basketball
The Boomers, a local folk music trio, of which Ms. Schaefer's husband, Dr. Michael Schaefer, is a member, will perform at halftime.
When: Thursday, January 30, Farris Gym
at 6:00 p.m.
Free admission for faculty and students.

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!