WHASC Newsletter February 5, 2004
("What's Happening at Santa Cruz")

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COLLOQUIUM REMINDER
We are pleased to welcome Dick Oehrle from Pacific Grove, CA as our colloquium speaker.
               "Worlds enough and time"
Friday, February 6 - 4:00 p.m.
Silverman Conference Room - Stevenson College
There will be a potluck hosted by Bill Ladusaw and Ken Christopher at 720 Graham Hill Road following the talk.
To view the abstract, visit: http://ling.ucsc.edu/events/index.html
Please note:  the colloquium for February 20 with Matthew Gordon is being re-scheduled for spring quarter.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO GEOFF
Dean Wlad Godzich has just announced the appointment of five Distinguished Professors in the Division of Humanities: Professors James Clifford (History of Consciousness); Carla Freccero (Literature); Gail Hershatter (History); David Hoy (Philosophy); and our own Geoffrey Pullum (Linguistics).
The Distinguished Professors program includes a research stipend for four years for each professor. 
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Second Annual Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium at Harvard
Harvard University campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts
April 17-18, 2004.
Call for Papers
Deadline for receipt of all abstracts is March 12, 2004.
E mail: nicola@fas.harvard.edu for more information
The colloquium has been initiated with the goal of developing an intercollegiate community of linguistics enthusiasts at the undergraduate level. In keeping with this broad aim, the conference is open to all interested students regardless of area of interest or level of training. Professor Norbert Hornstein of the University of Maryland will be featured as keynote speaker, and undergraduates will also have the opportunity to present their own research. Student submissions are encouraged in a range of linguistic disciplines including, but not limited to, syntax, phonology, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics.
Undergraduates of all levels of expertise are invited to submit 1-page abstracts proposing a roundtable discussion or a talk of not more than twenty minutes. (All participants must be pursuing a B.A., B.S., or equivalent degree.)
Abstracts are to be directed to:
LinG Colloquium
c/o Nassira Nicola
328 Mather Mail Center
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Undergraduate Comprehensive Examination Meeting 
Get a brief overview of the Comp. Exam, have your questions answered, and meet other students who are taking the Comp. in Spring 2004 (i.e.--good time to form study groups).
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Stevenson 249 (the Ling. Common Room)
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The Berkeley Linguistics Society is a graduate student organization at the University of California, Berkeley.
BLS 30 will take place Feb 13-16, 2004 in Dwinelle 370 on the UC Berkeley campus.
To view the program: http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS/sched.html
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC), the annual graduate student conference, is scheduled for Saturday, March 6. Look for more information in WHASC in the coming weeks.
 
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Psychology Department
Colloquium Series
Social Sciences 2, 121
3:30-5:00 pm
Wednesday, February 11
Cognitive Program presents:
PATTI SIMONE
Psychology Department, Santa Clara University
"What does Negative Priming tell us about Cognitive Aging?"