Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pauch<\/a>\u00a0when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer entitled \u201cThe Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\nThis year students chose Dr. Robert Kennedy a lecturer in the Linguistics Department who teaches the popular Linguistics 20: Intro to Language and Linquistics. As reported by the Daily Nexus, Kennedy spoke about a wide variety of topics, including\u00a0“about how language can sometimes be used to justify injustice, how misogyny is often masked as linguistic critique of women\u2019s high pitch and why there is a tendency for people to say the filler word \u201clike\u201d so often. He also touched on the negative stereotypes mapped onto people who speak \u201cAfrican American English\u201d and differences between English and languages rarely spoken today, such as Chumash \u2014 which uses a base-four counting system \u2014and Guugu Yimithirr, which incorporates cardinal directions into everyday speech. Perhaps more importantly he spoke about \u00a0how “his curiosity has made him happy and now he seeks to share that curiosity with the students he engages. In discussing his love of linguistics, Kennedy said he chose it as a major, instead of Latin, because he felt there was more to learn and explore. By talking about his own personal and professional endeavors, Kennedy said he is hoping to inspire students to fulfill their own passion and goals as well as possibly take another look into the field of linguistics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m hoping to \u2026 encourage the audience to be okay immersing themselves in the details of what they love to learn about, to be open to a different perspective on language usage,\u201d Kennedy said.”<\/p>\n
For their part, students enjoyed the lecture and were indeed inspired to both examine language more closely and to pursue what they’re passionate about.<\/p>\n
STUDENT INITIATED DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION (SIDE)<\/h2>\n
AAB helped work to initiate this new program that would give undergraduates opportunities to teach. The SIDE Program Coordinator is currently tasked with helping create a new Letters and Science program that would allow students to teach a for-credit seminar. Please let us know if you have an idea for a student-led seminar!<\/p>\n
STUDY JAMS<\/h2>\n
The Academic Affairs Board also hosted several midterm and finals study jams at the Pardall Center this year.<\/p>\n
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