Special Extra Credit
Every semester MU has fascinating and important speakers to campus or some other very special events take place. I seldom know of these very far in advance but I always try to make some opportunities for Special Extra Credit work for students.
Students successfully completing one extra credit assignment will have his/her Final Exam grade raised by 2 points and those successfully completing two extra credit assignments will have that grade increased by 4 points.
What is required for this?
1. Attend an APPROVED talk or event.
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2.Focus on the ethical concerns addressed at the event.
2.1. If the event is a talk, write in 1 single spaced page a description of the talk; and in 1 more single spaced page provide (i) a description of some of the questions of the discussion period and (ii) your own response or reflection on the event. (Of course, indicate clearly what talk you attended and when.)
2.2. If it is a play, summarize the play in one page and then write one page with your thoughts and reactions regarding it.
3. Send these to me via email within 3 days of the event.
Note: No more than 2 extra credit assignments per student per term.
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APPROVED Opportunities for Extra Credit: Fall 2016:
6 September 2016 at 7 pm AMU 163
An important event on October 6, 2016:
You are invited to join Senator George Mitchell for a discussion of his memoir, The Negotiator, which reveals insights into the art of negotiation learned from his upbringing and his career in politics and business on October 6 at 4:00 p.m. (note time change) in the Raynor Memorial Libraries Beaumier Suites. Space is limited for the discussion. To register for the discussion please go to - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-discussion-with-senator-george-mitchell-tickets-26930373472
In addition to the book discussion, Senator Mitchell will also be giving a public talk at 6 pm. Registration and location details for that talk will be sent to you as soon as they are available.
Complimentary copies of The Negotiator for you and your students are available at the Center for Peacemaking (1616 W. Wells St.). Faculty interested in having their students attend this event and receive copies of The Negotiator should contact me at tmichael.mcnulty@marquette.edu.
Senator Mitchell played a leading role in negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He was appointed as the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland (1995–2001) by President Clinton and the United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2009–2011) by President Obama. He was a primary architect of the 1996 Mitchell Principles and the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland.
Senator Mitchell’s visit to campus is sponsored by the Center for Peacemaking, Klinger College of Arts & Sciences, and the Raynor Memorial Libraries. For questions or special needs, please contact University Special Events at 414-288-7431.
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T. Michael McNulty, SJ
Scholar in Residence
Marquette University Center for Peacemaking
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Restorative Justice and Domestic Violence: Exploring Effective Pathways to Healing: A Tough Conversation . . .
Thursday and Friday, November 10 and 11, 2016
COST. There is no fee for the keynote kickoff event on Thursday. The Friday conference fee is $15 per person and includes continental breakfast and lunch. Marquette University students and employees may attend at no charge but must register. If an attendance scholarship is needed, please email christine.wv@marquette.edu.
Please register using this on-line registration link to reserve your spot.
lori.montezon@marquette.edu
Thursday, November 10
Marquette Law School, Eckstein Hall, Appellate Courtroom
3:00 pm — Welcome Mike Gousha, Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy
3:05 pm — Restorative Justice 101 Honorable Janine Geske (ret.), Marquette Law School
3:30 pm — Preview of Friday Keynote Presentations Sujatha Baliga, Vice President and Director, Restorative Justice Project, Impact Justice and Carrie Outhier Banks, Executive Director and Founder, Domestic Violence Safe Dialogue. Moderated by Mike Gousha
4:30 pm — Milwaukee Perspective Panel Discussion: What Does Domestic Violence Look Like? What Are the Different Viewpoints?
Carmen Pitre, Executive Director, Sojourner Family Peace Center
Patti Seger, Executive Director, End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin
Terri Strodthoff, Founder and President, Alma Center (works to break cycle of domestic violence by changing abusive men)
Moderated by Mike Gousha
5:30 pm — Adjourn
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“Two Rooms”
Nov. 10–13, and Nov. 16–20, 2016
Time Magazine’s Best Play of the Year in 1988, “Two Rooms” connects love to politics and the challenges of war. A civilian journalist is held hostage in a windowless cubicle in Beirut, while—overseas in America—his wife holds a vigil for his return. Lee Blessing’s play remains relevant to modern life, exposing the struggles of everyday civilians in times of incredible hardship.
Although written in the 1990’s and set in Beirut, TWO ROOMS, by Lee Blessing parallels ongoing events and issues today. Recently an American professor was kidnapped in Afghanistan.
Here is the publicist’s blurb on the show:
THE STORY: The two rooms of the title are a windowless cubicle in Beirut, where an American hostage is being held by Arab terrorists, and a room in his home in the United States, which his wife has stripped of furniture so that, at least symbolically, she can share his ordeal. In fact the same room serves for both and is also the locale for imaginary conversations between the hostage and his wife, plus the setting for the real talks she has with a reporter and a State Department official. The former, an overly ambitious sort who hopes to develop the situation into a major personal accomplishment, tries to prod the wife into taking umbrage at what he labels government ineptitude and inaction, while the State Department representative is coolly efficient, and even dispassionate, in her attempt to treat the matter with professional detachment. It is her job to try to make the wife aware of the larger equation, of which the taking of a hostage is only one element, but as the months inch by it becomes increasingly difficult to remain patient. The wife is finally goaded by unforeseen developments to speak out against government policy and, in so doing, triggers the tragic series of events that brings the play to its startling conclusion. In the end there are no winners, only losers, and the sense of futility and despair that comes when people of goodwill realize that logic, compassion, and fairness have become meaningless when dealing with those who would commit such barbarous acts so willingly.
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