September 10, 2012
Newcomb News is sent to all undergraduate women at Tulane University.
Read this weekly newsletter to learn more about what Newcomb College
Institute can do for you. From internship opportunities and research
grant funding to student organizations and events, find out what's going
on at NCI here and on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/ncitulane.
Take Back the Night 2012
Next Planning Committee Meeting: Thursday, September 13, 5pm
Newcomb College Institute
There are lots of ways to be a part of this year’s Take Back the
Night event, which is a rally, march, and open mic speak out to raise
awareness and help stop gender-based violence:
• Attend the next weekly planning committee meeting on
Thursday, September 13, 5 pm, at Tulane’s Newcomb College Institute
building. Meetings will alternate Wednesday/Thursday every week.
• If you are a survivor of sexual assault and would
like to find out more about being the keynote speaker at this year’s
event, please email smcallis@tulane.edu
• Mark your calendar: this year’s Take Back the Night
is on Tuesday, October 23 starting at 6 pm at the Loyola “horseshoe”
drive on St. Charles Avenue, followed by a march to the Qatar Ballroom
in the Lavin-Bernick Center and an open mic speak out and final
nondenominational spiritual ceremony.
Fridays at Newcomb: “Beyond "Nine Lives": Local Women Writers"
Friday, September 7, Noon
Anna Many Lounge in the Caroline Richardson Building
This panel discussion features three local authors writing about New
Orleans. Featured authors include Chris Wiltz, author of a number of
mystery novels and The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld;
Constance Adler, a magazine journalist who has written a memoir
entitled My Bayou: New Orleans through the Eyes of a Lover; and Barb
Johnson, whose debut short story collection, More of This World or Maybe
Another, won numerous awards. The authors will discuss their work,
their city, and what it means to write about women's lives in New
Orleans. The panel will be moderated by Susan Larson, host of WWNO's The
Reading Life and former book editor at the Times-Picayune. Co-sponsored
by the New Orleans chapter of the Women's National Book Association.
Lunch is provided for those attending the talk. Email
jmulvihi@tulane.edu with questions.
School Supply Drive
September 10-14, 10am-3pm
Help Tulane students give back! Several clubs have come together to
collect supplies for two underprivileged schools, Lafayette Academy and
McDonough 42. Needed items include: wide-ruled loose leaf paper,
pens, pencils, and more. A full list can be obtained at our table
in front of the LBC, by the bike racks, where donations can be dropped
off Monday-Friday, September 10-14, from 10am-3pm. We will also
have a drop box for supplies in the Newcomb College Institute
house. Questions? Want to get more involved? Email Liz at
ebrussea@tulane.edu.
Newcomb College Institute Student Leadership & Engagement Fall 2012 Internship – Apply Today!
Application Deadline EXTENDED: Tuesday, September 11
The Newcomb College Institute Student Leadership & Engagement
cluster is currently seeking a student intern for the Fall 2012
semester. This intern will be an integral part of the Newcomb College
Institute team, helping to plan and implement co-curricular and
leadership programs for undergraduate women at Tulane University, as
well as having the opportunity to create their own unique event. Junior
or Senior students are preferred; the internship is 15 hours a week. The
student will receive 3 credit hours for GESS 457. To apply please fill
out the application form available at
http://tulane.edu/newcomb/student-leadership-and-engagement-2012-internship.cfm, and email it to
cmaheu@tulane.edu.
JL Banquet: New Date!
Thursday, September 13, 6pm
Josephine Louise House Residence Hall
Please join the Newcomb College Institute, the WELL, and Housing and
Residence Life for a classy evening in the JL Residence Hall Ballroom.
The event will take place on Thursday, September 6 at 6:00pm. Get to
know more
about the Newcomb College Institute and the
opportunities awaiting you as a resident of JL.
Learn about resources on campus and how healthy
and smart choices will make your Tulane experience the best it can
be. Hear from women student leaders on campus who are eager to share
their experiences with you. Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP by
September 4th. To RSVP, e-mail Sarah McAllister at
smcallis@tulane.edu. Dressing up is encouraged!
The Newcomb Feminist Film Series presents "The Invisible War"
Monday, September 17, 6pm
Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center
From Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not
Yet Rated; Twist of Faith) comes "The Invisible War," a groundbreaking
investigative documentary about one of America's most shameful and best
kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film
paints a startling picture of the extent of the problem - today, a
female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be raped by a fellow
soldier than killed by enemy fire. The Department of Defense estimates
there were a staggering 19,000 violent sex crimes in the military in
2010. "The Invisible War" exposes the epidemic, breaking open one of the
most under-reported stories of our generation, to the nation and the
world. This event is part of the Feminist Film Series, is free and open
to the public, and is co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters New
Orleans. A reception will follow the screening.
For more
information email
newcombleads@tulane.edu or call 504-865-5422. Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/512981508718469/
“The Thief of the Future: The Holocaust-- Women, Reproductive Science,
Eugenics and the State”:The 2012 Daspit Women in Science Lecture with
speaker Professor Laurie Zoloth
Thursday, September 20, 7pm
Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center, with a reception to follow in Woodward Way
It was not only the lives of Jewish women that were the target of
Nazi genocide, it was the very thought of a Jewish future, carried in
the bodies of Jewish women. Throughout the campaign of
extermination, a second campaign was conducted to prevent reproduction;
women bore the brunt of this campaign. The Nazi “experiments” carried
out in the name of reproductive science were done by the most
prestigious physicians in Germany, as a part of a larger vision of a
future in which eugenics shaped the human future. Thus began an era in
which the scientific and medical control of the human future was the
most critical battleground of all. Join us for a lecture by Professor
Laurie Zoloth, Director of The Brady Program in Ethics and Public Life
at Northwestern University. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call (504) 865-5422 or email
newcombleads@tulane.edu.
2012 Arons Poet: Sharon Olds
Monday, October 1, 8pm
Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center
Our 2012 Arons Poet, Sharon Olds, will give a reading on Monday,
October 1, at 8pm in Freeman Auditorium. Sharon Olds is the author
of nine volumes of poetry. Her numerous honors include a National
Endowment for the Arts grant; a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship; the
San Francisco Poetry Center Award for her first collection, Satan Says
(1980); and the Lamont Poetry Selection and the National Book Critics
Circle Award for The Dead and the Living (1983). Her poetry has appeared
in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, and
The New York Times. Named New York State Poet Laureate (1998-2000), Olds
teaches graduate poetry workshops at New York University and the
writing workshop she helped found at a 900-bed state hospital for the
severely disabled. She is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets
and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science. She lives in
New York City. For more information please email
lwolford@tulane.edu.
Looking for an internship this semester?
Looking for a women-focused organization to intern with this semester?
The Newcomb College Institute wants to help. Schedule an appointment
with Sarah McAllister, Program Coordinator, to find women-focused
organizations in New Orleans. E-mail Sarah at
smcallis@tulane.edu to schedule an appointment.
Nine Lives: A Musical Story of New Orleans
Tuesday, September 11, 7pm
Dixon Hall
Nine Lives: A Musical Story of New Orleans is the acclaimed
concert version of this year's Tulane Reading Project book.
Written by Paul Sanchez and Colman deKay, the Nine
Lives musical features a star-studded cast of local musicians
and actors. With music as joyous, eccentric, tragic, and hopeful
as the city that inspired it, songs range from traditional jazz, blues,
and Mardi Gras Indian chants, to chamber music, soul, brass band, and
hip hop — representing all of the musical genres that bring New Orleans
to life.
Featuring Shamarr Allen, Bryan Batt
(TV's Mad Men), Mark Braud (Preservation Hall Jazz
Band), Arsène DeLay, Debbie Davis (Pfister Sisters), Craig
Klein (Bonerama), Vatican Lokey, Alex McMurray (Tin Men), and many
more.
Sponsored by the Tulane Reading Project,
Newcomb-Tulane College Office of Cocurricular Programs, and First-Year
Programs. Contact 504-865-5728 or
donuts@tulane.edu, or visit
tulane.edu/reading. Free & open to the public.
Get help with your resume
September 19 and 20,10am-3pm
Lavin-Bernick Center
The Career Center is hosting “Resumania” on September 19 and 20
from 10 am - 3:00 pm in the LBC. Bring your resume and get on-the-spot
resume review for your convenience! For more information contact Tracey
Jackson via email to
tjacks4@tulane.edu or by phone at 504-314-2251. Additional information may be found at the event website at
http://www.hiretulanegrads.com
