October 7, 2011 

The Newcomb News is a weekly listserv sent to all Tulane women undergraduate students with information about upcoming events and opportunities through both the Newcomb College Institute and other organizations that are of interest. 
 
In this Issue:
  1. Fridays at Newcomb: John A. McLachlan, “Femaleness, Hormones and the Environment”
  2. TONIGHT: The Feminist Film Series Presents: “Sin by Silence”
  3. DUE TODAY: Application for Newcomb funding for the “Women, Law & Public Policy Seminar” in Washington, DC 
  4. Swing Dancing Night @ the Rat
  5. Delta Xi Nu Multicultural Sorority presents: Bake Sale!
  6. Campus Consciousness Tour: Janelle Monae, fun., Timothy Bloom Presented by TUCP
  7. Looking for Fall Break Plans? Two Ways to Get Outside with Reily!
  8. NOW President Terry O’Neill to speak on campus
  9. Join the Her Campus Tulane Team
  10. Fall Newcomb Favorite Faculty Luncheon
  11. Newcomb Grant Writing Workshops
  12. The 2011 Newcomb Leadership Conference
  13. Take Back the Night 20th Anniversary Fundraiser  
  14. Girls on the Run- Reginelli's Fundraiser!
  15. Applications Now Available to Start a NEW Newcomb Student Organization 

1. Fridays at Newcomb: John A. McLachlan, “Femaleness, Hormones and the Environment”

 Friday, October 7, at 12 pm at the Anna Many Lounge, Caroline Richardson Building (2nd Floor)
In most mammals, including humans, male and female sex hormones help determine gender with femaleness being the “preferred” outcome. The environment plays an increasingly important part in this scenario since female sex hormone like chemicals are found as natural products in food (soy beans for example) as well as contaminants in everyday products (BPA in plastic water bottles). A lively discussion of the biology and sociology associated with these topics will ensue. Lunch will be provided from a local restaurant for those staying for the talk.  Email nsp@tulane.edu with any questions.
 
2.  TONIGHT: The Feminist Film Series Presents: “Sin by Silence”
Friday, October 7, 7 pm, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium
Free and open to the public; a reception will follow
 
In honor of October’s 20th Anniversary Take Back the Night event, we will be screening the film “Sin By Silence,” with special guest speakers Professor Tania Tetlow, Director of the Tulane Domestic Violence Law Clinic and Mary Baldwin Kennedy, Assistant Warden, Unit 1, Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women.
An important film that profiles Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA), the US prison system's first inmate initiated group and led by women, "Sin by Silence" includes interviews with experts on abusive relationships, law enforcement leaders and leaders in faith-based communities about domestic violence, and more. Questions? Email nsp@tulane.edu or call 504-865-5422.
 
3. DUE TODAY: Application for Newcomb funding for the “Women, Law & Public Policy Seminar” in Washington, DC
Application Deadline: Friday, October 7
 
The Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) will be holding its 22nd “Women, Law & Public Policy Seminar” November 12-14, 2011 for women students who are considering law school as a prelude to a career in public policy. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for women students to learn first-hand how many different ways an individual can make and influence public policy with and without a law degree.  They’re taught by Supreme Court Justices or their clerks, Members of Congress and top legislative staffers, White House officials and federal agency leaders, nonprofit advocates and corporate lobbyists, and lawyers with public interest law firms. Funding is available for conference and hotel fees, but students are responsible for travel and food expenses. For more information and to apply, please visit http://tulane.edu/newcomb/grants.cfm or contact  cheaney@tulane.edu.
 
 
4. Swing Dancing Night @ the Rat
Free Swing Dancing Lessons and Social Dancing!
Friday, 8:30 – 11:30 pm in the Rat, LBC
Oct. 7, 21, & 28*
8:30 pm – “Move of the Week”
9:00 pm – Beginner Lesson
10:00 pm – Social Dancing for all levels
 
Join us any time to give it a try, or come every week for to work on your skills!
This event is co-sponsored by the Reily Student Recreation Center and Tulane After Dark.  For more information contact Michelle Mirpuri at mariley@tulane.edu or call 314-2079
 
5. Delta Xi Nu Multicultural Sorority presents: Bake Sale!
Friday, October 7, 9 am to 4 pm under Stern breezeway
 
Come and support the sisters of Delta Xi Nu Multicultural Sorority! We will be selling amazingly delicious baked goods of all sorts! Hopefully you can take some time out of your busy day to try some of our baked goods and speak with our members. Questions? Email arakes@tulane.edu.  
 
6. Campus Consciousness Tour: Janelle Monae, fun., Timothy Bloom Presented by TUCP
Monday, October 10, 2011, 8-11:30pm,  McAlister Auditorium.
Tickets will be on sale in the LBC 1st floor hallway Monday through Friday, 10am-4pm . Students $10; Public $15
 
Half rock tour, half environmental campaign, CCT aims to inspire and activate students in an electric atmosphere while leaving a positive impact on each community the tour visits. In addition to educating and mobilizing students, the tour includes many greening elements and is run to have a minimal environmental footprint.
 
7. Looking for Fall Break Plans? Two Ways to Get Outside with Reily!

Fall Break Backpacking
Thursday, October 13-Sunday, October 16. Time: Thurs 9am-Sun 4pm. Cost: $95--Reduced!
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 10; Pre Trip Meeting: Tuesday, October 11
Take a mini-vacation…backcountry style with Outdoor Programs. The Eagle Rock Loop in the Ouachita National Forest of Arkansas is the place to go for backpacking in the Southeast. The trail was developed along a 100-year old postal route and wagon road that twists through the beautiful Ozarks. Take it all in from the trail as we wind around on a 26 mile loop and spend three nights camping in the beautiful, protected area. With any luck we'll even catch a hint of fall colors! No experience necessary. Cost includes all activity fees, equipment, meals, and transportation.

Airboat Adventure
Saturday, October 15,  8:30 am-1:30 pm. Cost: $45
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 10
Weave through the bayou on an airboat for an up-close view of the Louisiana swamps. While we breeze over the water, our Cajun tour guide will introduce us to the area’s flora and fauna, including quite a few alligators.  Be sure to bring your camera—you might have the chance to hold a baby gator yourself!  Cost includes tour fee, snack, and transportation.
 
Questions? Email Caroline Zinser at czinser@tulane.edu
 
8. NOW President Terry O’Neill to speak on campus
Monday, October 17, 7 pm in Dixon Hall
 
Terry O’Neill is a former Tulane Law School faculty member who has been president of NOW since 2009.  She will discuss why proposed cuts in the federal budget are disproportionately unfair to women.
 
Terry O’Neill (L’80) is a feminist attorney, professor, activist for social justice, and president of the National Organization for Women since June 2009.
O’Neill taught at Tulane University and at the University of California at Davis, where her courses included feminist legal theory, international women’s rights law, corporate law and legal ethics. A skilled political organizer, O’Neill worked on Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and the campaign leading to the election of Louisiana’s first woman U.S. senator, Mary Landrieu. She has also worked to elect women’s rights supporters to judgeships and to the Louisiana state legislature.
Questions? Email jmulvihi@tulane.edu.
 
9. Join the Her Campus Tulane Team

Are you interested in getting involved on campus? Do you enjoy journalism, videography, or marketing? Then join the Her Campus Tulane team today! HerCampus.com is an online magazine for college women that individualizes its content college-by-college by establishing My Campus branches at schools across the country. With national content on Style, Health, Love, Dorm Life, Career, and World, supplemented by campus-specific content, Her Campus serves as a hub for everything college women need to know about today. It is written entirely by the nation's top college journalists that strive to define and provide a model for the future of online magazines by individualizing content, fill the hole in the media marketplace for media that responds directly to the needs of college women, and serve as a career launching point for the nation's top college journalists by providing them with a national platform for the publication of their work. Check out our Facebook page, Her Campus Tulane, for more details! If you are interested in joining the Her Campus Tulane team, contact campus correspondent Cat Combs at catherinecombs@hercampus.com
 
10. Fall Newcomb Favorite Faculty Luncheon
Tuesday, October 18, 1-2 pm, JL Ballroom 
 
This semester's Favorite Faculty Luncheon will be featuring Professor Ferruh Yilmaz of the Communication Department, Professor Toni Weiss of the Economics Department, and Nancy Goff from the Department of Finance and Conferences. Come get to know these great faculty members over a delicious lunch and see why they were voted Tulane's favorites! The Luncheon will be held in the Josephine Louise Ballroom on October 18th from 1:00-2:00pm. RSVPs are appreciated and can be sent to nsp@tulane.edu
  
11. Newcomb Grant Writing Workshops
 
If you are considering applying for a Newcomb grant but don’t know how to write a proposal, plan to attend a workshop taught by a faculty member who is familiar with the process.  Workshops are: October 19 (Wednesday) at 5 pm in LBC 204; October 20 (Thursday) at 3:30 in LBC 209; October 24 (Monday) at 5 pm in LBC 204.  Register at fellows@tulane.edu and indicate your first and second choice and you will receive a confirmation.  Workshops last about one hour and registration is limited. 
 
12. The 2011 Newcomb Leadership Conference: “Leading with Integrity: Passion to Practice”
November 4-6, 2011
Application Deadline: October 19
 
The Newcomb Leadership Conference is re-designed each and every year by designated student leaders to assist undergraduate women in learning various leadership skills and styles. So, whether you are new to the university and leadership education or have actively participated in leadership activities for years, this conference is designed to help you make the most of the resources and opportunities available to students through both the Newcomb College Institute and Tulane University as a whole. 
 
This year’s conference will focus on:
  • Identifying your core values
  • Helping you translate your values into actions
  • Living and leading with integrity
A limited number of students are selected via an application process. Click here for more information, or email  cbrennan@tulane.edu or  kraja@tulane.edu
 
13. Take Back the Night 20th Anniversary Fundraiser
 
This year’s special 20th Anniversary Take Back the Night event will be held on Tuesday, October 26, at 6 pm. Leading up to the event, there are lots of ways to get involved and help raise awareness about gender-based violence:
  • If your student organization is interested in donating a basket for Take Back the Night, please email hlipman@tulane.edu. Baskets should be $50-$100 in value.
  • If you are interested in selling $1 raffle tickets, please email lsmith11@tulane.edu.
  • If you are a sexual assault survivor, or the friend/partner of one, and would like to be a speaker at the opening ceremonies, email cheaney@tulane.edu.
  • Proceeds from the basket raffle fundraiser go to Crescent House, Metropolitan Center for Women & Children, and the SANE nurse program.
 
14. Girls on the Run- Reginelli's Fundraiser!
Wednesday, Oct. 19
 
On Wednesday, October 19th, call in for delivery or eat at any Reginelli's restaurant location to benefit Girls on the Run! Girls on the Run is a running program for elementary school-aged girls, which aims to promote healthier lifestyles and prevent at-risk behaviors. Just mention "Give it to the girls" at any point on Wednesday, October 19th and 10% of your order will be donated to the wonderful cause!
 
15. Applications Now Available to Start a NEW Newcomb Student Organization
Rolling Admissions; final deadline November 18, 2011
 
Interested in starting a new student organization on campus? Passionate about women’s issues and interests? Applications are now being accepted and reviewed by Newcomb Senate for NEW Newcomb Student Organizations to receive funding starting Fall ’11. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. Please complete the application and submit it to cheaney@tulane.edu no later than November 18, and feel free to email with any questions. Click here for the application