Fall 2010 VOICES UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CENTER 2 VOICES FALL 2010 Inside this issue: From the Director 3 Scholarship Winners 4 Our Life in the U.S. 5 About Me and My Country 6 Our Cultures, Our Values, and Our Assumptions 8 If I Were the Leader of My Country 11 Marriage Customs Around the World 12 Tourism 15 Education 16 Photos: Sports Tournament,, Class Trips, Halloween 17 The Texas Renaissance Festival 20 Cultural Adjustment 23 Sounds, Sights, and Smells from Our Childhood 24 What I Don’t Want to Lose 28 Funny Essays 30 Dave’s Page 32 The Culture Festival 35 FALL 2010 VOICES 3 From the Director Joy Tesh As the fall term of 2010 closes, the teachers, administrators, and support staff of the Language and Cul- ture Center wish you happy holidays and a safe and productive academic break from our program. The LCC office will be open through December 23, 2010, and then will close for the holidays and open again on January 3, 2011. We look forward to seeing many of you again in the new year. If you are leaving our program for any reason, we encourage you to stay in touch with us through email or through our web site. We love to hear from you. We are eager to hear from students who continue their studies at the University of Houston or at another school in the United States or who return to their countries to continue their journey. We have a great network of former LCC students all over the world. I recently traveled to Doha, Qatar, and while there, at a college fair, was delighted to be reunited with a former LCC student who is now in a position of leadership in a college in that country. Fluent in Arabic, English, and several other languages, he was very effective in his job. As he introduced me to his col- leagues and his students, I felt a great sense of pride in all that he has accomplished. He will return to the United States to defend his doctoral thesis in the summer and will perhaps speak at our graduation cere- mony. He remembers his time in the LCC fondly and continues to refer students to our program. Surely there were times when he wondered if he would ever finish his English studies or his academic program, but he has managed to do so and now, to be in a position to make a difference in the world. He encourages other students with dreams such as his to follow their hearts and to do the hard work required to succeed. As you can tell, I was delighted to see him. We really are a great big family, and we don’t want to lose any of you. Stay in touch with us. Let us hear from you. This fall, we have been delighted to have 458 students from 46 countries in the Language and Culture Center’s Intensive English Program. We continue to work hard to make sure we give you the best pro- gram possible. All of us who work at the LCC hope you have had great experiences in our classes and on the University of Houston campus. I wish you the best as you complete the fall term of 2010, and I look forward to seeing many of you again as you return in January for the spring term of 2011 in the Lan- guage and Culture Center. 4 VOICES FALL 2010 Armaghan Sadeghbeigi, Maria Eugenia Rincon, Abdoulaye Coulibaly, and Zoewendbem Camille Zabre Receive LCC Scholarships Sandra Hartmann, Associate Director The Language and Culture Center awards four scholarships each term to returning students who best combine aca- demic excellence and leadership with international awareness and cross-cultural understanding. Traditionally, one full scholarship honors Joyce Merrill Valdes, the founder and first director of the LCC. A second full scholarship honors Joseph O. Davidson, who served as director of the LCC for 22 years before retiring in 2006. These two full scholar- ships cover the cost of tuition, fees, and medical insurance for one term of study in the Intensive English Program. In addition, the LCC awards merit scholarships of $1500 each for one term of study in the Intensive English Program. At the summer graduation ceremony on Thursday, August 12, 2010, the LCC awarded the Valdes scholarship to Ar- maghan Sadeghbeigi, the Davidson scholarship to Maria Eugenia Rincon, and the two merit scholarships to Ab- doulaye Coulibaly, and Zoewendbem Camille Zabre . Armaghan Sadeghbeigi was awarded the Valdes scholarship. Ms. Sadeghbeigi, who is from Iran, speaks Farsi and is currently studying in level six. She began studying in level four and was able to skip a level through diligent effort. This is her second term at the LCC. After she completes her study of English, she plans to go to graduate school for hospitality management at the UH Hilton. Ms. Sadeghbeigi said of receiving the scholarship, “It was one of my de- sires to get that valuable scholarship and I was honored to receive it. I really want to express my appreciation to my teachers for encouraging me to continue. Getting the scholarship helped me to regain my confidence.” Maria Eugenia Rincon was awarded the Davidson scholarship. Ms. Rincon is from Venezuela and speaks Spanish. She is studying in level six. She began studying in level four and was able to skip a level through hard work. After completing the intensive English program, she is planning to begin studying so that eventually she can become a doc- tor. Ms. Rincon remarked, “Receiving the Joseph O. Davidson scholarship was incredible and made me realize that if you work hard you will be recognized. Definitely, working hard is worth it.” Abdoulaye Coulibaly was a recipient of a merit scholarship. Mr. Coulibaly is from Mali and speaks Bambara. He is studying in level six this term having been at the LCC for two terms. After he completes his study of English, he will study business at the University of Houston. Mr. Coulibaly commented, “Receiving one of the LCC scholarships was a real milestone in my life. I will keep studying very hard in order to play a significant role in the development of my country.” Zoewendbem Camille Zabre was also a recipient of a merit scholarship. Mr. Zabre, who is from Burkina Faso, speaks French and has been at the LCC for two terms. He began studying in level two and by virtue of his diligence and hard work, skipped to level four where he is studying now. He plans to major in architecture at Houston Commu- nity College. Mr. Zabre said of receiving the scholar- ship, “I am honored to have been a recipient of the LCC scholarship. This encouraged me and as a result, I have been studying hard during the semester.” We congratulate (left to right) Abdoulaye Coulibaly, Maria Eugenia Rincon, Armaghan Sadeghbeigi,, and Zoewendbem Camille Zabre on their outstanding re- cords in the Intensive English Program at the Language and Culture Center, and we wish them great success as they continue to study in the United States. We all look forward to learning who will be the next LCC scholarship recipients at the fall graduation ceremony. MONTH YEAR FALL 2010 VOICES 5 OUR LIFE IN THE U.S. A Happy Friday Abdulaziz Alfahaid, 2G Last Friday was a very long day. I woke up at 10:00 a.m., and I came to my classes. I had three quizzes. When I finished my classes, I went to a good Arabic restaurant. I ate rice, meat, and fruit. After I finished my lunch, I went to my house. I was so tired. My friends called me that night, and they asked me if I wanted to go out with them. I slept one hour before I went out with my friends. We went to a café, and we met other friends there. We talked about our families, new semesters, mid-term tests and the holidays. At 11:00 p.m., we went to the AMC Theater to see a movie. The movie was very good. It was an action movie. Last Friday was very good for me. Last Weekend Anas Alodini, 2G Last weekend was very interesting. On Friday night, when I finished my classes, I went to the ELS gym. I played soccer with my friends until 9:00 p.m. While I was playing soccer, one of the Venezuelan players hit me, and it left me feeling con- fused. After playing soccer, I went back home. Before I slept, I took a shower. On Saturday morning, when I woke up, I drank a cup of coffee. Then I finished my home- work. After that, my cousin called me. He said, “My friends will come for dinner at my house tonight around 7:30 p.m. I hope you can come, too.” When he said that, I was happy. My friends and I went to my cousin’s house. That evening, we had a big dinner. It was delicious. Last weekend was full of interesting activities. The Heritage Society Field Trip Ji-Young Kim, 3E One Friday afternoon, our class went to Sam Houston Park. When I arrived at the park, I could see several old houses. The first house we visited is the Staiti House, which was built in 1905 and purchased by oil pioneer Henry T. Staiti. Inside the house, there are a lot of rooms. On the third floor is a ballroom that was used for play- ing games. It is perhaps the best room in the house and is very impressive.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE TRADEMARK PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Alexandria, Virginia Friday, February 11, 2011 2 1 PARTICIPANTS: 2 TPAC Members: 3 JOHN B. FARMER, Chair 4 JAMES G. CONLEY 5 MARY BONEY DENISON 6 TIMOTHY J. LOCKHART 7 KATHRYN B. PARK 8 DEBORAH HAMPTON 9 MAURY TEPPER 10 ANNE CHASSER 11 Union Members: 12 HOWARD FRIEDMAN 13 RANDALL P. MYERS 14 HAROLD E. ROSS 15 Also Present: 16 DEBORAH COHN, Commissioner 17 DANA ROBERT COLARULLI Director, Office of Government Affairs 18 ANTHONY P. SCARDINO ………………………………………..Chief Financial Officer 20 JOHN OWENS Chief Information Officer 21 GERARD ROGERS TTAB Chief Judge 22 3 1 PARTICIPANTS (CONT'D): 2 WILLIAM COVEY Office of Enrollment and Discipline 3 ………..CYNTHIA LYNCH Administrator for Examination Policy 4 HARRY I. MOATZ Office of Enrollment and Discipline 5 ERIK M. PELTON Erik M. Pelton and Associates 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 * * * * * 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 4 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 (9:00 a.m.) 3 CHAIRMAN FARMER: If everyone can take 4 their seats, please. I'd like to welcome 5 everybody to the TPAC meeting. My name is John 6 Farmer and I chair the committee. 7 I know this is old hat to perhaps 8 everybody in the room because I look around the 9 room and see so many familiar faces, but just in 10 case someone is new -- or for folks watching at 11 home -- this meeting is being webcast and it's 12 also being transcribed.
Spring 2014, Issue 7 Michele Furman, General Editor Erin McKay & Ivana Osmanovic, Poetry Editors Katie Murphy, Prose Editor Mary Cate Simone, Taylor Gall & Shannon Cassells, Assistant Editors Dr. Larry Watson, Consulting Adviser Marquette Literary Review ~ Spring 2014 Table of Contents: The Late Worm……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Katelyn Bishop Leroy Brown……………………………………………………………………………………………3 - 4 County Line Road, Indiana………………………………………………………………...…………4 - 6 N. Searles We Don't Even Have an Interstate Exit………………………………………………………………..6 Katelyn Bishop Lawyers Don’t Ride Buses………………………………………………………..……………….....7 - 8 Ghosts of Our Own Making……………………………………………………………………….….8 - 9 Unnecessary Roughness…………………………………………………………...……...……….…...9 Riptide………………………………………………..…………………………………………………....9 Erin McKay Untitled……….………………………………………………………………………………………...9-10 Ivana Osmanovic The Prayer……………………………………………………………………………………………10-11 Taylor Gall 1973-Now……….…………………………………………………………………………..…......…….11 What Happened When You Left Me………………………………………………..……………...11-12 Weighted Wings………………………………………………………..………………………………..12 Mary Klauer Nostalgia’s Bliss…………………………………………………………………………………………13 Shannon Cassells On The Rocks…………………………………………………………………………………….….14-17 Brian Torbik Good Girls….……………………….………………………………………...………………..........17-18 Jared Golub Birthday Stroganoff.……………….… ………………………………...…...……………………...18-20 Sunny Days of Solitude………..…………….……………………………...……………….......…20-23 Meredith Augspurger Rotten…………………………………………………………………………….………..………….….23 Color Blind………………………………………………………………………….........................23-24
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR MARC GROSSMAN Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy Initial interview date: January 30, 2006 Copyright 2016 ADST Q: Today is the 30th of January 2006. This is an interview with Marc Grossman done on behalf of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training and I’m Charles Stuart Kennedy. You go by Marc? GROSSMAN: I do. Q: What happens, why are some Marcs spelled with a C and some with a K? Do you have any idea? GROSSMAN: My dad always said it was his contribution to culture. Q: Okay. Well, we’ll start talking about him but first, when and where were you born? GROSSMAN: I was born in September of 1951 in Los Angeles, California. Q: Where in Los Angeles? GROSSMAN: In East Los Angeles. My parents lived in Pico Rivera, or then, just Pico. Q: Okay. Let’s talk about your, sort of your background. On your family’s side, let’s talk about the father’s family, the Grossmans. Do you have any idea where they came from? GROSSMAN: We have a vague idea. Both of my father’s parents, my grandmother and grandfather, were immigrants to the United States. They came separately from Chernowitz, which is now Ukraine but my father believes at the time of their immigration it was Romania. I think they came to the United States in the 1920s. They moved to New York, met in the US and settled in the Bronx. They then moved, first to Arizona and then to California in the 1940s, where my grandfather used to sew.
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Spring 2016 Re:Views Transatlantic Partnership: Interviews with His Excellency Andrew H. Schapiro and Michael Žantovský The Many Sides of Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel US Elections 2016 Tento projekt vznikl za finanční podpory a taktéž nemateriální pomoci Grantu TGM Spolku absolventů a přátel Dear readers… As always, I would like to thank you all for your support Masarykovy univerzity, Filozofické fakulty MU, Katedry anglistiky a amerikanistiky FF MU, Brno Expat Centre, and I hope you shall enjoy reading Issue IV as much as ESCape, Krmítka a Plánotisku. The king is dead. we enjoyed working on it! Long live the queen! This project was realized with financial as well as non-material help and support of TGM Grants of Alumni and On behalf of the Re:Views Magazine, Friends of Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts MU, Department of English and American Studies FA MU, Brno Well, although our king did not quite die – as I am relieved Markéta Šonková Expat Centre, ESCape, Krmítko, and Plánotisk. to say – it is still an end of one era. Finally, after all those editor-in-chief years of reading about it, I can begin to imagine how the British felt when Edward VII sat on the throne after Queen Victoria. Just like them, not many of us remember anyone else but Jeff to sit on the throne of the Department Contents of English and American Studies. So to console our hearts and minds, let us all celebrate the fact that he still stays The Many Sides of Jeffrey Alan as our viceroy. Vanderziel ................................ 4 - 9 Back to 21st century and the simile-free language.
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01-2016 Index Good Short Total Song 1 50 0 50 COLDPLAY - ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME 2 45 0 45 CHARLIE PUTH & MEGHAN TRAINOR - MARVIN GAYE 3 42 0 42 SHAWN MENDES - STITCHES 4 39 0 39 MI2 - BELI GRAD 5 37 0 37 MADCON & RAY DALTON - DON'T WORRY 6 37 0 37 SIDDHARTA - LEDENA 7 35 0 35 ANNA NAKLAB & ALLE FARBEN & YOUNOTUS - SUPERGIRL 8 34 0 34 ADELE - HELLO 9 34 0 34 FIRST AID KIT - MY SILVER LINING 10 29 0 29 ONE DIRECTION - DRAG ME DOWN 11 29 0 29 WEEKEND - CAN'T FEEL MY FACE 12 27 0 27 JASON DERULO - CHEYENNE 13 27 0 27 JUSTIN BIEBER - SORRY 14 26 0 26 OMI & FELIX JAEHN - CHEERLEADER(RMX) 15 25 0 25 TAYLOR SWIFT - WILDEST DREAMS 16 25 0 25 ČEDAHUČI - ČE HOČEŠ GREM 17 25 0 25 FELIX JAEHN & JASMINE THOMPSON - AIN'T NOBODY(LOVES ME BETTER) 18 23 0 23 AVICII - FOR A BETTER DAY 19 23 0 23 JASON DERULO - WANT TO WANT ME 20 23 0 23 ELINA BORN & STIG RASTA - GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY 21 22 0 22 NEISHA - NAJINA SLIKA IN TI 22 22 0 22 MARLON ROUDETTE & K STEWART - EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING 23 21 0 21 HOZIER - SOMEONE NEW 24 21 0 21 JAN PLESTENJAK - STARA DOBRA 25 20 0 20 JAMES BAY - HOLD BACK THE RIVER 26 20 0 20 AVTOMOBILI - STOPINJE V SNEGU 27 20 0 20 LOST FREQUENCIES - REALITY 28 20 0 20 PINK - TODAY'S THE DAY 29 19 0 19 ALYA - DOBER DAN 30 19 0 19 MARAAYA - LIVING AGAIN 31 19 0 19 ANJA RUPEL & PIKA BOŽIČ & NUŠA DERENDA & ALENKA GODEC - DOBRO SE IMEJ 32 19 0 19 ROBIN SHULTZ & FRANCESCO YATES - SUGAR 33 19 0 19 SOLO MILA - SANJAM TVOJ GLAS 34 18 0 18 ADAM LEVINE & R.
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“For a Better World” 2018 Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice by Greater Cincinnati Artists Editor: Saad Ghosn “Being at the service of dialogue and peace also means being truly determined to minimize and, in the long term, to end the many armed conflicts throughout our world. Here we have to ask ourselves: Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as we all know, is simply for money: money that is drenched in blood, often innocent blood. In the face of this shameful and culpable silence, it is our duty to confront the problem and to stop the arms trade.” Pope Francis “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” Frederick Douglass Published in 2018 by Ghosn Publishing ISBN 978-1-7321135-0-3 Foreword “Poetry is born in the caverns of the human heart, pausing before that which yearns. Poetry can contribute to social justice when it moves others’ hearts, wakes people up to the world around them, stirs the moral imagination, or kindles the embers of hope.” writes Jean Stokan, poet and Director of the Justice Team of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas in Washington, DC. In this 15th edition of “For a Better World” seventy three poets and thirty seven visual artists, use their voice and their artistic power to contribute to social justice, to combat darkness, violence and evil, and to spread instead love, peace and justice that they would like to see prevail.
1 WRITING Robert Aughtry ’18 . The Flight to Come . 34 Zach Ayotte ’16 . Fly Fishing the Flats . 4 Matt Betts ’15 . The Real Black Superman . 6 Charles Bolick ’17 . Music: A List . 43 Max Bowser ’18 . Mysteries . 7 Jimmy Burke ’18 . Just Another Off Season . 25 John Cheney ’18 . Cities Aglow . 33 Patrick Cunningham ’17 . What Grinds My Gears . 30 Hristo Dakov ’16 . A Single Look Away . 3 Fabrice Dallies ’16 . Spitting Rhyme . 18 Bennett David ’18 . Reformed, Restructured, Reshaped . 23 Rhett Haverty ’18 . War is. War is not. 21 Graham Hooker ’19 . Under the Surface . 20 Pierce Ingle ’18 . Random, But You Should Know . 32 Malik Johnson ’15 . Greed Greed Greed . 19 . Trailer Park Blues . 24 Ms. Donna Kinney . What I Lost to Find You . 28 Yuchen Leng ’16 . .People Come, People Go . 31 Brian Li ’18 . Cruel Justice . 40 Jerry Lu ’15 . .The Sun . 44 Mr. Taylor Mali . The Work of Tolling . 48 Liam McCann ’16 . I . 39 . Pause . 9 Andrew Muller ’16 . Modern Day Healthcare: More Trouble Than It’s Worth . 22 Eric Pugh ’18 . .War Is and Isn’t . 37 Ms. Emily Pulsifer . e•lu•ci•date - (ēˈloos͞ əˌdāt) v. make clear; explain . 11 Liam Pulsifer ’15 . Ink . 8 . Oh, Beautiful . 38 Zachary Pulsifer ’17 . Shades of Blue . 29 Jack Purvis ’15 . Give Me Homework or Give Me Death! . 5 Felix Raithel ’17 . Sides of a Restaurant . 10 Beau Simmons ’18 . The Afterthought . 13 Will Smoots ’18 . What Was I Thinking? . 17 Vance Stiles ’17 . Eyes . 14 Mason Ward ’15 . Dixie Cat . 15 Dave Warriner ’15 .