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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Montana's Got Talent
Tomorrow, Thursday (malleable universe suggests that maybe it's not really Thursday at all), the University of Montana will host a talent show in Kilkenny!
we've got the purple, we've got the hair, we've got the look...
we've got the purple, we've got the hair, we've got the look...
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Non profits / UM
Also,
to anyone reading this blog:
Special Olympics Montana has a facebook, blog and twitter and all of these mediums need some activity. They do great work in the state of Montana and the summer games will be coming up soon- I would appreciate if anyone here would search for them or check out their website.
Montana Equality Now is a newly formed organization that is working for equal rights in the state of Montana. This includes empowering young people of all backgrounds, and working on hate crimes legislation at the local level. They have a video blog posted on youtube.
Honors Student Association (Davidson Honors College) has a facebook, you should find them and add or fan them.
Mount of Olives Arabic Language and culture club will be doing a project to raise money for Playgrounds for Palestine. Please see the following:
http://www.playgroundsforpalestine.org/homepage.php
Playgrounds for Palestine does great work, and this is truly an opportunity for children in the West bank and Gaza-.
Best,
Ashleen
to anyone reading this blog:
Special Olympics Montana has a facebook, blog and twitter and all of these mediums need some activity. They do great work in the state of Montana and the summer games will be coming up soon- I would appreciate if anyone here would search for them or check out their website.
Montana Equality Now is a newly formed organization that is working for equal rights in the state of Montana. This includes empowering young people of all backgrounds, and working on hate crimes legislation at the local level. They have a video blog posted on youtube.
Honors Student Association (Davidson Honors College) has a facebook, you should find them and add or fan them.
Mount of Olives Arabic Language and culture club will be doing a project to raise money for Playgrounds for Palestine. Please see the following:
http://www.playgroundsforpalestine.org/homepage.php
Playgrounds for Palestine does great work, and this is truly an opportunity for children in the West bank and Gaza-.
Best,
Ashleen
Dear Parents
Dear Parents,
Today is day 10, and we are in Killarney.
We are going to provide a very brief update of some of the topics we have discussed thus far, and some of the sights we've seen. Before departing for Ireland we were told that some photos and updates would be posted on the EF tours site- but just in case they haven't been, please read the following: (Also I sincerely apologize for my spelling of these names).
Dublin
--National Museum which has an incredible exhibit on bog bodies, an unnerving way to preserve history.
-- St Patricks Cathedral
--Grafton Street
--birth places
--O'Connell Street
--Spire (millenium which ironically was not completed until 2003)
Belfast
--walking tour of belfast,
--Ulster folk museum
--Stormont
--Melifont Abbey (on the way to belfast)
--Monstarboice (on the way to belfast).
Derry
--tower museum of Derry
--walking on the walls of the old city (it is one of only seven cities that still maintains a wall)
On the way to Galway we went to Yeats' grave--
Galway
--Cliffs of Moher
--Giants Causeway
--Cathedral
--Clomactnoise
--the Spanish Arch
--the Sea
Killarney
--walking tour of Killarney
PRESENTATIONS:
Hannah: The titanic
Andrew: the Peace Process
Lindsey: Tree mythology
Rebecca: Global Warming
Katie: Shipbuilding
Bert: Vikings
Amy: church symbolism
Ellie and Becky: Music
Ashleen: Judicial systems and judgment
Trent: Irish myth
Ali: The troubles and cultural responses
We will also have presentations on gaelic, Irish traditions and much, much more.
Best,
Ashleen, Hannah, and Trent
Today is day 10, and we are in Killarney.
We are going to provide a very brief update of some of the topics we have discussed thus far, and some of the sights we've seen. Before departing for Ireland we were told that some photos and updates would be posted on the EF tours site- but just in case they haven't been, please read the following: (Also I sincerely apologize for my spelling of these names).
Dublin
--National Museum which has an incredible exhibit on bog bodies, an unnerving way to preserve history.
-- St Patricks Cathedral
--Grafton Street
--birth places
--O'Connell Street
--Spire (millenium which ironically was not completed until 2003)
Belfast
--walking tour of belfast,
--Ulster folk museum
--Stormont
--Melifont Abbey (on the way to belfast)
--Monstarboice (on the way to belfast).
Derry
--tower museum of Derry
--walking on the walls of the old city (it is one of only seven cities that still maintains a wall)
On the way to Galway we went to Yeats' grave--
Galway
--Cliffs of Moher
--Giants Causeway
--Cathedral
--Clomactnoise
--the Spanish Arch
--the Sea
Killarney
--walking tour of Killarney
PRESENTATIONS:
Hannah: The titanic
Andrew: the Peace Process
Lindsey: Tree mythology
Rebecca: Global Warming
Katie: Shipbuilding
Bert: Vikings
Amy: church symbolism
Ellie and Becky: Music
Ashleen: Judicial systems and judgment
Trent: Irish myth
Ali: The troubles and cultural responses
We will also have presentations on gaelic, Irish traditions and much, much more.
Best,
Ashleen, Hannah, and Trent
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Academics and All that
Hello!
It's about 6:34am and still no coffee in lovely Galway, so I thought I'd take a few moments to address the academic nature of our experience.
Each day we visit some site that has some historical significance- yesterday returning from the Cliffs of Moher on backroads led us to the ruins of an old monastery and an Irish round tower. It's believed that the monks would use these round towers to hide from invaders- element of Irish identity anyone?
On the bus we've been reading poetry- and from the "kids in back" Becky has been voted to have the best reading voice thus far- maybe we can get a recording of her to post here. We've discussed names- mostly family names and then one or two first (including my own).
Museums... some of the museums we explored have had terrific guides, and it only further drives the idea of the Irish Oral tradition that Laure has emphasized so frequently.
We'll be having a talent show in Killarney (maybe?!) or perhaps Cork... I'm apparently organizing it so here's hoping I decide on the city and quickly!
Last night we went for a limo ride in Galway while listening to Galway Girl... yes... I know you're thinking "this girl has lost her mind!" but NO! six of us found a limo and asked for a free ride and suddenly, as Yeats would say, we were in a "brief, dreamy kind of delight."
Best to All of you!
Ashleen
It's about 6:34am and still no coffee in lovely Galway, so I thought I'd take a few moments to address the academic nature of our experience.
Each day we visit some site that has some historical significance- yesterday returning from the Cliffs of Moher on backroads led us to the ruins of an old monastery and an Irish round tower. It's believed that the monks would use these round towers to hide from invaders- element of Irish identity anyone?
On the bus we've been reading poetry- and from the "kids in back" Becky has been voted to have the best reading voice thus far- maybe we can get a recording of her to post here. We've discussed names- mostly family names and then one or two first (including my own).
Museums... some of the museums we explored have had terrific guides, and it only further drives the idea of the Irish Oral tradition that Laure has emphasized so frequently.
We'll be having a talent show in Killarney (maybe?!) or perhaps Cork... I'm apparently organizing it so here's hoping I decide on the city and quickly!
Last night we went for a limo ride in Galway while listening to Galway Girl... yes... I know you're thinking "this girl has lost her mind!" but NO! six of us found a limo and asked for a free ride and suddenly, as Yeats would say, we were in a "brief, dreamy kind of delight."
Best to All of you!
Ashleen
Friday, January 8, 2010
Indulging Ireland: updated
to clarify,
we were never actually kicked out of the museum- it's a joke of the class with Laure since we had finished out tour quite early on.
"Kissing Irishmen" is the cheek kissing sort of thing, an Irish tradition, and a tradition most places I have traveled throughout Europe and North Africa.
Each morning Hannah and I get up to go for walks and discuss the previous days adventure- usually about what we can write in our journals since with a full day we have so much to write about that it's rather difficult not to simply write a narrative of the days events.
here's an excerpt:
"Today, at the museum in Derry our tour director showed us the family tree of the kings from when Cromwell took the crown. Cromwell needs to take note of the Machiavellian ideals, and should have consulted the Prince. Ultimately allowing family lineage to continue led to his demise and ultimate humiliation. He should also have united his people against a common enemy, a lesson from Aristotle, and thus would be protected from rebellion and viewed as a more legitimate ruler."
Best!
Ashleen
PS. Yeats poems worth checking out:
Never Give All the Heart,
The Fish,
The Stolen Child
The Mermaid
we were never actually kicked out of the museum- it's a joke of the class with Laure since we had finished out tour quite early on.
"Kissing Irishmen" is the cheek kissing sort of thing, an Irish tradition, and a tradition most places I have traveled throughout Europe and North Africa.
Each morning Hannah and I get up to go for walks and discuss the previous days adventure- usually about what we can write in our journals since with a full day we have so much to write about that it's rather difficult not to simply write a narrative of the days events.
here's an excerpt:
"Today, at the museum in Derry our tour director showed us the family tree of the kings from when Cromwell took the crown. Cromwell needs to take note of the Machiavellian ideals, and should have consulted the Prince. Ultimately allowing family lineage to continue led to his demise and ultimate humiliation. He should also have united his people against a common enemy, a lesson from Aristotle, and thus would be protected from rebellion and viewed as a more legitimate ruler."
Best!
Ashleen
PS. Yeats poems worth checking out:
Never Give All the Heart,
The Fish,
The Stolen Child
The Mermaid
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