Here they are!

Turns out there are links (bodies moved) between the cemetery in Morris Woods (behind English House)
and Laurel Hill (where they are marked by an enormous memorial--a great granite obelisk--and three gravestones).  Agatha and aphorisnt--this campus cemetery is where you should go this weekend; of particular note is that this graveyard, on Bryn Mawr College property, contains the remains of enslaved people who worked at Harriton House (while the bodies of those who served as field slaves are in unmarked graves on the plantation itself). More @ http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/burial/harriton/ and from my own earlier visits....we look forward to hearing what y'all have to add!

Philly-area faculty and IT's looking to develop academic technology skills and strategies should check out Westchester University's RECAP conference and hands-on workshops. This year's themes include mobile pedagogy; engaging students; assessment; universal design; and using technology to develop critical thinking and other soft skills. Technologies discussed include both commercial and open-source options. For more information and to register, see http://www.wcupa.edu/recap/schedule.aspx.

Today, while giving a tour, I mentioned our book group to the student and her mother. I gave the usual speal, and tied it in by mentioning that the CEO pays for our travel and that BMC is supportive of these types of independent projects. She responded with, "Oh that must be so nice for a sociology student, to see how the other side lives."

My response was less than honorable. I sort of nodded along with her before realizing what I was agreeing with. Thinking back now, though, I realize how very, very strange the idea is that the women we work with are somehow different, removed, "others" from us. I think I stopped seeing true difference a long time ago. There is no "other side", I think. We all represent many colors and shapes in a kaleidoscope, overlapping, intersection, enmeshing to paint a picture. 

We are not the same, no, but we're not truly different, either. 

This is so in tune with everything we've been talking about this week, I'm not even sure what to think about it. Thoughts?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/04/09/291887381/banning-traditional-animal-slaughter-denmark-stokes-religous-ire

ECON 136:  Week 12 Tasks

Looking ahead to Week 13:  There will be a Cost-Benefit Paper due Monday night, April 21.  I'll have the assignment posted after Wednesday's midterm.

Monday:  Midterm Review

Wednesday's exam is cumulative, so there will be a mix of questions like those on the first exam and questions related to material covered since then.   Bring a calculator to class and the exam.

Wednesday:  Midterm

In class starting at promptly at 10:10 ending at 11:00.  

Friday:   Flavors of Sustainability

Preparing for Class:   In this excerpt from Tietenberg & Lewis

Read the pp. 97-98, 103-104 and examples 5.1 and 5.2

Skim pp. 99-103

This public installation of a casita @ Congreso (where my daughter Marian has just accepted a job)
provides, for me, a very nice image of what I imagine for our story slam:
http://associationforpublicart.org/interactive-art-map/i-have-a-story-to-tell-you

If the link for the Tim Burke speech is down for anyone else (I know I can't get to the site right now for some reason) I found a back-up here