Giant Bicycle from the 1990s
It's a 56-58 — would fit a 5'8"-5'10" rider
Carbon with aluminum joints and dropouts
Tube shifters
Black, with amazing new black handlebar tape

I'm asking $30, the cost of the tape and some other repairs that I've made.

Email lstorey(at)english(dot)umass(dot)edu with questions or to take a look.

If you don’t sign up by July 31st, you will not have August coverage. If you receive treatment in August, you will have to pay out of pocket and apply for reimbursement later.

2009 Upcoming Dates:
July 31st: Spring 2009 insurance ends.
Sept. 21st: Last day to enroll in health insurance for Fall 2009.

Click the links below to view the job descriptions:

* Campaign Coordinator
* Voice Newspaper Editor
* Graduate Women's Network Coordinator

Applications, consisting of a cover letter, resume, and references, can be submitted in two ways:

* Emailed to ude.ssamu.darg|ofni-ssg#ude.ssamu.darg|ofni-ssg, with the subject "Staff Application"
* Mailed to "Staff Application", 919 Campus Center, 1 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9243

The application deadline is Wednesday May 13, 2008.

Come join the English Grad Organization for a social at the Harp in Amherst! Be there at 7:30 for chat and drinks. Stay for Trivia Night at 9.
http://www.theharp.net

Come join the English Grad Organization for a social at the Harp in Amherst! Be there at 7:30 for chat and drinks. Stay for Trivia Night at 9.
http://www.theharp.net

Tuesday, March 10th
4pm
Bartlett 256

We'll be talking about electing co-chairs, funding, and more. You can email any agenda suggestions moc.liamg|ogessamu#ereh.

See you then!

The submission deadline for the English Graduate Conference is THURSDAY, JANUARY 15th.
Send submissions to: moc.liamg|fnocgnessamu#moc.liamg|fnocgnessamu
Conference Website: http://people.umass.edu/aegarner/index.html

Locating Public(s) is an interdisciplinary conference for Graduate Students to be held April 4, 2009 at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

The conception of the Public (or Publics) has been contested in historical, social, and political arenas within the various discourses of language and culture. Although, arguably, the public and its space have been a subject of investigation since antiquity, recent scholarship has reconceived earlier definitions in light of contemporary political shifts and the increasingly invasive presence of media and technology into the private sphere. By examining notions of the public, we hope to revisit this concept within a contemporary framework. What are the forms of the public and what issues are raised by its problematic definition? Is the dichotomy between public and private a dated conception? How can inquiries into the public inform our notions of other fields that require the public and publicity for their operation?

In addressing the need for a current and expanded conversation about the public that exceeds disciplinary boundaries, this conference aims to create a space for graduate and professional students from various fields within the Humanities to engage in dialogue, learn from interdisciplinary perspectives, make connections, and share in our investigation of the public and its bearings on our own work and lives.

POSSIBLE TOPICS AND POINTS OF ENTRY:

* Collective Memory of Cultures, Nations
* (Re)Defining the Public
* Film and the Public
* Nationalism and the Public
* Transnational and Global Public Issues
* Defining the Public within diaspora Studies
* National Trauma and Public Spaces
* Public Rituals and Customs
* History and the Public
* Gender Studies and the Public
* Authorship and Audience
* Readership and Consumption of Texts
* The duality of the author, persons and personas
* Literature and the Public
* Public Reception of the Fine Arts
* The Subject and the Public
* Public Discourses
* Public and Private Politics
* Identity and Public Spaces
* Technology and Public Issues

WAYS TO PARTICIPATE:

* Participate as part of a Proposed Panel*
* Present an Individual Paper
* Present a Performance or Creative Piece
* Serve as a Moderator on a Panel of Presentations

*Please be aware that in proposing a panel, the panel’s allotted time is 75-90 minutes including any audience questions and discussions. Panels should be made up of three to four presenters with a cohesive theme for their papers.

Please send your submission materials by email or email-attachment to the Conference Committee no later than Thursday, January 15, 2009.

We will accept three different types of submissions:

1) Individual papers: please submit an abstract of 250-300 words, including your name and institution.

2) Panels: please submit information for an entire panel of presentations (3-4 presenters). This information should include abstracts of all presentations, an abstract of the panel itself, title of the panel, and presenter information (name, institution, and contact info). If you are forming your own panel, you have the option of providing your own chair.

3) Creative Presentations/Panels: we also accept submission of creative works, including creative writing, visual art, and dramatic performance.

For individual papers or creative presentations, the conference committee will work to place you with other papers dealing with similar goals/issues. All panels will run 75-90 minutes in length, meaning that presentations should run no longer than 15 minutes in order to allow 30 minutes for questions. Time restraints for presentations within creative panels will be more flexible and will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

Summer teaching positions with the Institute offer the opportunity to:

* Earn more than $6000 during the summer. Teachers typically earn
between $525 and $700 per week while teaching.
* Gain over 500 hours of teacher-training and teaching experience
with a variety of age groups.
* Help students of all ages develop their reading skills and ability
to become imaginatively absorbed in books.

The Institute is an educational service provider that teaches
developmental reading programs in partnership with the continuing
education departments of more than 100 colleges and universities across
the United States. Our classes for students of all ages improve their
reading skills and teach them to experience absorption in literature.

We hire people who:

· Have strong reading skills and read for pleasure

· Have a bachelor's degree in any discipline

· Are responsible and hard working

· Have good communication and organization skills

· Will be patient and supportive with students

· Have regular access to a reliable car

We welcome you to submit an on-line application and learn more about
teaching for the Institute at our website:

http://www.readingprograms.org/teachingjobs
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If this address does not work when you click on it, please copy and
paste it into your browser.

GEO is now Hiring For the Following Staff Positions:

GEO ORGANIZER—COMMITTEE COORDINATOR (20 hrs. Spring 2009)
GEO ORGANIZER—CONTRACT CAMPAIGN ORGANIZER (10 hrs. Spring 2009)
GEO ORGANIZER—DEPARTMENT MEETING COORDINATOR (10 hrs. Spring 2009)

Application due in the GEO Office 201 Student Union December 5, 2008 by 4 PM

GEO staff positions give you the benefits of being a GEO member with a full assistantship (stipend at the average GEO rate, healthcare and a tuition waiver).

Go to: http://www.geouaw.org to apply!

Also, stay posted next semester for Summer and 2009-10 positions.

Vermont! Stowe is supposed to be incredible. Killington is enormous. Stratton is expensive. Mount Snow is cool I hear. Keep me posted!!

If you would like to join in for a weekend of snow-related activities (which does include curling up by the fire with potent form of hot chocolate) during January or February, sound off here, or send an email to lisha: lstorey(at)english.umass.edu.

Also, post your recommendations and ideas for places to stay.

We could even change this thread to encompass snow sports in general, so people looking for rides to mountains can hook up and head out.

All graduate students, staff, faculty and their spouses or partners are invited!

Please RSVP
ude.ssamu.hsilgne|eramluac#tpeD hsilgnE