The FYI course, ANTH165-01, All Our Relations? Kin, Kinship, and the Politics of Knowledge was mistakenly listed as carrying 0 credits. The error has been corrected (it’s a normal, 1-credit course), but you may have passed it over as a result. If you are interested in Anthropology, check it out. The course is taught by Professor Gillian Goslinga, Tu & Th 9-10:20 a.m., Fisk 116.
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New Courses–an FYI and a Spanish
As you think about your course schedule for today’s meeting with your faculty advisor, check out the blog posting on the side bar, “Creating Your Course Schedule,” and consider the new course described below.
COMP 134, Human and Machine Inference, is a freshman year initiative (FYI) course taught by Professor Eric 
Aaron on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:40 – 4:00 p.m. in Exley Science Center 137. Enrollment is limited to 20 first year students.
This course will explore how people and computers perform inference–the process of reaching conclusions based on premises–with investigation of computational, philosophical, and psychological perspectives. Discussions of puzzles and brainteasers will help expose and illuminate intricacies of inference. Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM MATH
Spanish for Heritage Speakers SPAN 203 FALL 2009
Students who take this course must: 1) Speak Spanish as language of heritage, but have a limited ability (and/or confidence) in their language skills in Spanish; and 2) have placed into SPAN112 or above.
Emphasis is placed on the following: development of linguistic strategies that advance students’ written and oral expression beyond the colloquial level; grammatical and orthographic norms of Spanish; critical reading (reading for understanding and analyzing what is read); and expansion of vocabulary. The linguistic work will be conducted through course materials that explore, through a variety of literary and nonliterary texts, the use of Spanish in the United States.
This is a POI course not offered every year. Professor Ana Pérez-Gironés, MWF 11:00-11:50 a.m. in FISK414.
Welcome!
WELCOME TO THE WES COMMUNITY!!
We are glad you are here!!
Locked Out of Your Room?
Some handy information in case this happens to you during your first couple of days on campus…. See you soon!
The time and day that you are locked out determines whom you should call or visit. If you are locked out when the 
Office of Residential Life is open (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday), come down to the Lower Level of North College to borrow a key. There is no charge for this service as long as the key is returned by 5 p.m. on the day it is signed out. Between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., please contact the RA on duty who will let you in. The cost is $10 per lock out. At all other times (between 5-8 p.m. and 8-8:30 a.m.), please contact the Office of Public Safety at x2345 and they will let you in, again at a cost of $10 per lock out. For more information about lock changes, refer to the ResLife website at http://www.wesleyan.edu/reslife/Policies/lock_change.html
Campus Safety
Here’s some information from our Public Safety Office about campus safety that I wanted to pass on to you. It is common-sense advice that is offered just as a reminder as you prepare to transition to campus life.
College campuses across the country are generally safe places for the students attending them. In many instances, though, this leads to a relaxed attitude toward personal safety and security measures and students tend to let their guard down.
A majority of the incidents that occur on our campus are “crimes of opportunity.” These happen when students leave their room doors unlocked when they leave, do not use the window locks in their houses, leave unlocked bikes outside, or leave their laptops unattended in a library or residence hall. We usually see a rise in laptop thefts during exam periods when students are preoccupied with their studies and leave their laptop “for a few minutes” while they run to grab a bite to eat. It only takes a few seconds for a thief to unplug the laptop, put it in a backpack, and walk away. You should always lock your room or residential area when leaving, even if it is only for a few minutes or you are going down the hall to shower. College campuses are places where thefts occur because there is a large number of laptops, small electronic items such as Ipods, and bikes in a small geographic area that are often left unsecured and unattended.
As you would anywhere else, be aware of your surroundings when walking around campus day or night and always remember to secure your personal items or keep them in your sight. There is no substitute for vigilance when it comes to campus safety.
Traffic Alert for Arrival Day
Please take note as you make your driving plans for arrival day.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation has notified Wesleyan University that road construction on Washington Street (Route 66) between Bernie O’Rourke Drive and Plaza Drive is expected to cause heavy traffic delays weekdays between 6:00 am and 2:30 pm. Work is expected to continue for the next 2 years, except during the winter. Travelers from New Haven, New York and points south and from Waterbury and points west are encouraged to find alternate routes to Wesleyan via 91 Northbound to Route 9 Southbound. For the latest project updates, please check the DOT web site at http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?A=2135&Q=445400.
International Students Arrive!
On Friday, August 28, we will be welcoming to campus the nearly 70 international members of the Class of 2013! They will have a full four-day schedule of events designed to help them acclimate to Wesleyan, get a full introduction to the American liberal arts college academic system, shop for the essentials they could not bring across the oceans, and sleep off jetlag.
The international students, including Americans who live abroad, hail from 30 countries and 5 continents, from Argentina to Myanmar, Yemen to Zimbabawe. Along with the 160 or so upper-class international students, this is Wesleyan’s international community.
New on the agenda this year: We plan to invite international students and their roommates to a few special events, so that they too will contribute to the cross-culturally “hyper-aware” community that we expect Wesleyan to be.
We extend a warm welcome to these international classmates who will be making the same big adjustments now that the rest of the class will be making a few days later—plus more, as you all embark together on this most exciting adventure.
Alice Hadler, Associate Dean of International Student Affairs
Creating a Course Schedule
As you think about developing your fall semester course schedule, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. Overall, you want to think about how your courses relate (or not) to one another and to think about taking courses across divisions (H&A, SBS, NSM) and within a division rather than loading up on several courses in one department, so that you get both breadth and depth. Your first year is a time to explore while keeping connected to areas of interest and possible majors. Other suggestions are to:
- challenge yourself in a new subject area—maybe in a course unique to Wes—as well as in a subject you love;
- choose courses with different kinds of work: analytic, creative, quantitative, experiential, written (not all
reading and writing); - enroll in courses with means of evaluation that differ from one another (papers, tests, labs, performance, etc.) and that come at different points in the semester;
- get courses that vary in size (seminar and an intro);
- begin fulfilling General Education Expectations;
- strengthen your Essential Capabilities;
- distribute your courses throughout the week (not all Tues./Thurs.);
- spread your courses throughout the day (three in a row is a killer!); and
- make sure you schedule time for lunch!
For each of the four courses in your ideal schedule, you should identify a back-up course (in case you do not get in due to classes being full, schedule conflicts, etc.). Then you should identify a back-up for each of your back-ups (for the same reasons), keeping in mind your overall educational goals. This strategy will generate good course options to discuss with your faculty advisor in your individual meeting on Thurs., Sept. 3. In this focused discussion, it is important to stay open to your advisor’s suggestions as well. Your peer advisor will be available to work with you on Wednesday, if you would like help in your planning.
This “back-up” strategy also will help you stay organized and on track during adjustment and drop/add. While you may not get all four of your ideal courses, you will certainly get some of the twelve you have identified, and will continue to find new course possibilities through this process. With the permission of your faculty advisor and the course instructor, you also may drop and add classes during the first two weeks of classes.
Meet Your Head Resident!
Head Residents (HRs) are student staff who supervise Resident Assistants (RAs) in the residential halls. They are seniors who have been RAs in the past, and so have lots of experience with programming and building community. So go ahead and meet your HR!
Campus Culture: WES Acronyms
92: 92 Theater, right next to Memorial Chapel Argus: Wesleyan student newspaper CFA: Center for the Arts COL: College of Letters CRC: Career Resources Center CSS: College of Social Studies DFC: Daniel Family Commons, 3rd floor Usdan Drop-Add: A period of time right after school starts, where you can add new classes or drop unwanted ones FGSS: Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program Fisk: Building on High Street where most language courses take place Foss Hill: The big slope right next to Andrus Field where you sit and chill with friends on a sunny afternoon or slide down in winter Freeman: Freeman Athletic Center OR Freeman East Asian Center Helpdesk: Part of ITS, people located in Science Center 116 who will save your computer Hir/Zir: 
Gender neutral possessive pronoun IMS: Instructional Media Services, branch of ITS, all sorts of media-related services on campus, i.e. video-taping events, recording classes, etc. ITS: Information Technology Services MB&B: Molecular Biology & Biochemistry MoCon: McConaughy Hall, round, UFO-shaped building sitting behind Hewitt, former student cafeteria until end of Spring 2007 Neon: Neon Deli, run by Fran and Cynthia on corner of Cross St. and Vine St., a favorite place if you’re stuck on campus with nothing open and no food supplies The Nics: one of the four Nicolson res halls on Foss Hill OBHS: Office of Behavioral Health for Students PAC lab: Computer lab located on the ground floor of PAC PAC: Public Affairs Center, where Economics, History, Government, Sociology & CSS have their department offices Pi: Pi-Café, located in Science Center P-safe: Public Safety S&C: Star & Crescent restaurant located in Alpha Delt SALD: Student Activities and Leadership Development, supports students and student groups, another resource for event budgets SBC: Student Budget Committee, a WSA committee in charge of allocating the student activities fund that holds weekly meetings so student groups can go and submit budget requests for upcoming events Science Center (ESC): Exley Science Center Sci-Li: Short for “Science Library,” located in Exley Science Center SJB: Student Judicial Board ST Lab: 24-hour computer lab on ground floor Science Center Summerfield: Student dining facility located in the Butterfield courtyard TEV: Transfer, Exchange and Visiting students The Butts: Butterfield res halls The Market Place: Student dining area on 2nd floor Usdan The Ride: Campus shuttle that runs from 7pm-4am Usdan: Campus center Wesleying: Wesleyan student-run blog WesMap: Online course schedule WesShop: Grocery store on campus where you can get anything from toothpaste, oatmeal, microwave food, fresh produce to kitchenware for only points and cash WestCo: West College res hall WesWings: Restaurant on High Street opposite the Butts, serves chicken wings and other yummy foods, only accepts points and cash WSA: Wesleyan Student Assembly Ze: Gender neutral pronoun Zelnick: Zelnick Pavilion, glass box connecting Memorial Chapel and 92 Theater, exhibitions and events are held there
The Orientation Interns