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		September 27, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. Montante Cultural Center Prof. Joan Jacobs Brumberg Cornell University "Fasting Girls: A History of Anorexia Nervosa" Joan Jacobs Brumberg is a Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor at Cornell University, where she has taught history, human development, and gender studies since 1979. She has many top prizes for two of her books -- Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa and The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls. Her research has been supported by grants from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is a fellow of the Society of American Historians.
		October 25, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Montante Cultural Center Prof. Peter Kolchin University of Delaware "Interpreting & Reinterpreting American Slavery" Peter Kolchin, the Henry Clay Reed Professor of History at the University of Delaware, is author of First Freedom: The Responses of Alabama’s Blacks to Emancipation and Reconstruction (1972); Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (1987); American Slavery, 1619-1877 (1993); and A Sphinx on the American Land: The Nineteenth-Century South in Comparative Perspective (2003). Winner of the Bancroft Prize, the OAH Avery Craven Award, and the Southern Historical Association’s Charles Sydnor Award, he is currently working on a comparative study of emancipation and its aftermath in Russia and the U.S. South, a sequel to Unfree Labor.
		April 7, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. 418 Lyons Hall Prof. David Blight Yale University "The Underground Railroad" David Blight is a leading expert on the life and writings of Frederick Douglass and on the Civil War in historical memory. His book Frederick Douglass’s Civil War (1989), and his edition of Douglass’s Narrative and W.E.B. Du Bois’s Souls of Black Folk are widely taught in college courses. Blight has appeared in several PBS films about African American history and works extensively with museums and other public history projects. His most recent work, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, 1863-1915 (2001), won a half-dozen prizes, including four from the Organization of American Historians (OAH).

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		Bates White Research Experience recipient and accounting major Katherine List '08 researched the topic of Initial Public Offerings and the concept of underpricing.
		Brian Sullivan '08 was also a recipient of the Bates White Research Experience. He researched how the availability of credit affects precautionary saving.

Finance major Christopher Urban '07 reflects on his experience at Bates White:

"Over the summer, I had the opportunity to work in Washington D.C. for the economic consulting firm of Bates White, LLC. Dr. Matthew Raiff, one of the founding partners at Bates White, introduced the firm to me at Canisius and I was lucky enough to be chosen for their Summer Consultant Program. As a summer consultant, I was able to gain hands-on experience applying the economic concepts that I learned in the classroom during my time at Canisius and commonly worked on level with PhD economists and other experts in the field.

"During the 11 weeks that my fellow summer consultants and I spent working for Bates White, we were treated as full-time employees with similar opportunities and responsibilities. I spent most my time in the Antitrust Department working on a price-fixing case for the law firm Dickstein Shapiro. As summer consultants, we were expected to work 45-50 hour weeks. During this time we read hundreds of pages of documents, researched and analyzed the relevant companies and products, compiled, transformed, and summarized the available data (mostly sales revenue and price data), sat in on calls with clients, and compiled preliminary reports which could later be used as part of and/or to support Bates White's expert testimony.

"Beyond the great experience we gained at work, the job came with several other perks, including social activities, a Nationals game, a sail on the Chesapeake, and several extravagant dinners with co-workers and even the firm's partners. In our spare time, we were able to tour the amazing sites of our nation's capital. A few of my favorites were the presidential memorials, the White House, and the Smithsonian Museum of American History. As anyone who has ever been to D.C. can tell you, spending time in the area is truly a magnificent opportunity in itself.

"My summer with Bates White was truly an experience that I will hold with me the rest of my life and I am grateful to have been so fortunate."

Community Service
Honors students will have an opportunity to serve the community through feeding the hungry (soup kitchens), tending to the sick (nursing homes), tutoring/playing with disadvantaged students (public schools), constructing homes for the homeless (Habitat for Humanity), and/or cleaning up the environment. Not required, but strongly encouraged.

NYC Reflection
by Katie List

This was my second trip to NYC and it was just as exciting as the first.  I feel as though I could live three lifetimes in that city and still not see everything.  However, I think we were able to visit a great deal of landmarks and interesting places.  I couldn’t have asked for a better group of fellow travelers!  Here are a few of my favorite memories:

The Brooklyn Bridge was breath taking.  It was so neat to walk to the middle and look out across the harbor at the financial district.  There’s something about walking past all those old apartment buildings that made me want to know more of the lives of those who inhabit them. 

The subway experience was something I’ll never forget.  I did not enjoy the smell, but it’s all part of the package.  I can’t believe how pushy people are and I won’t forget getting a mouthful of some woman’s hair during rush hour. 

I think the thing I love most about the city is the energy and the feeling that I can go anywhere simply by walking.  I was thinking how I would never be so ambitious as to walk to work here in West Seneca (which is only about a 5 minute drive from my house), but in NYC, I’d be willing to walk 30 blocks.  I feel like the city empowered me.

The hotels were amazing and I can’t say I ever expected such luxury!

Ground Zero was moving, but not as much as it was in 2003 when I was there.  At this point, I didn’t feel as much sorrow, but more hope for the future.  I hope they are able to turn the area into the beautiful Memorial park that was described at the site. 

Going out to Greenwich Village and finding that Mexican restaurant was great!  I really enjoyed being able to sit down for a nice dinner with everyone.  Who would’ve thought those bowls of guacamole were $15.00 each! It’s a good thing we didn’t order 3 or 4.

I’m glad Dr. Butler didn’t get pick pocketed this year! The harbor tour was exciting, cold and really funny because of the Germans and the Asians.  I now have about 10 picture of my Asian friends, even the ones who took some of our seats, haha. 

I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with everyone and I cannot thank Dr. Butler, Dr. Dierenfield and Tom [Joyce] enough for providing me with such a wonderful experience.  It is difficult to express just how excited I was to be in such an invigorating place with such wonderful people!  The experience seemed almost surreal and I want to say thank you to everyone for helping create many lasting memories. 

I hope everyone has a great summer and I’ll see those of you who are returning to Canisius in the fall for another great year and exciting Honors fun!  For those who aren’t returning, good luck in all of your future endeavors and keep in touch!!!

June 24, 2007 All's Well That Ends Well.