Talk about it with other students, with faculty, with staff, with campus administrators, and (who knows?) even with your family.In 1998, writer Barbara Ehrenreich embarked upon a journey through a series of unskilled jobs to discover how the working poor of America existed on such meager wages. We hope that it will offer you opportunities for intellectual engagement as you extend the activities and friendships you established during the summer at New Student Orientation. There will certainly be campus-wide events related to Nickel and Dimed and its themes this year. You may find that the book will also be assigned in your freshman classes. A journalist by profession with a PhD degree in biology, Ehrenreich is by turns amused and outraged as she writes about the people she met and the things she learned.Īs a member of CSUN’s 50th freshman class, you are invited to read the book and to attend Freshman Convocation on Thursday, September 4, 2008, on the Oviatt Library lawn, where Ehrenreich will be the keynote speaker. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich A Note to the Freshman Class of 2008-2009ĬSUN’s 2008-2009 Freshman Common Reading is Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, an eye-opening and controversial book offering a first-hand account of what it was like to hold a minimum-wage job in three American cities in the late 1990s. 4, 2008 (Thursday): Author Barbara Ehrenreich speaks at Freshman Convocation (Thursday, 6:00 p.m., Oviatt Lawn) in Matador Square (the Free Speech Area), members of the Communication Studies Performance Ensemble will perform vignettes that critically examine class issues on CSUN's campus and our surrounding Los Angeles Area. At 4:15: "Wal Mart-The High Cost of Low Price," followed by Q&A session. 10 p.m., Armer Screening Room, Manzanita Hall. 7 (Friday): Globalization: the College of Humanities International Film Festival. Tickets ($5) on sale beginning Monday 11/10 at the Associated Students ticket office (USU) and Ticketmaster. These narratives were collected, written, and adapted into a full stage production by the members of the Performance Ensemble. 14 & 15 (Fri./Sat.): CSUN's Little Theatre, 8 p.m.: Fifteen Cents, a performance about class issues in the specific Los Angeles area. Can't make it? Donations may be dropped until 5:00 p.m. Clothing and craft supplies for children also welcome. 19, 2008 (Wednesday): Freshman Celebration, USU Grand Salon: UNIV 100 Food Drive to Benefit MEND (Meet Each Need with Dignity), 9 a.m.
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