Events
An Online Catalog of Speech Samples from across the Hispanic World
February 24, 2009 (12:00 pm - 1:15 pm)
Location: Venue TBA
This presentation serves to inaugurate a website which will make public a collection of dialectally varied speech samples from every Spanish-speaking country in the world. The Catálogo is an archive of over a hundred videoclips indexed bycountry, by linguistic feature, and by conversational topic. The collection also features a number of indigenous languages (e.g., Quechua, Guaraní, Aymara, Nahuatl, Kaqchikel, Tzutujil, Miskito), as well as dozens of samples of Spanish as spoken in the United States. The website has been designed for use by researchers, instructors, students, and those merely curious about linguistic and cultural diversity in the Hispanic world. The collection can be updated and expanded constantly, and those in attendance at this informal talk will be encouraged to offer suggestions as to how the site might better serve the needs of a broad public.
Link: http://clas.osu.edu/
Contact Information
Contact: Terrell Morgan (robison.26@osu.edu)
Phone: (614) 688-3963
The Weighting Game: Women, Body Image & Self Esteem
February 24, 2009 (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
Location: Hillel
Hillel Health writer Leslie Goldman, MPH, regularly contributes to Women's Health, Runner's World, Health, People Magazine, Shape Magazine, the Chicago Tribune and More. In her fascinating, tell all Locker room Diaries, she revealed just how driven American women have become in their constant quest for perfection, when really they need only look to themselves for the "perfect" body.