EVENTS: Next Ars Rhetorica Meeting + Debra Hawhee visit on 28-29 March

From Dr. Tell: "Debbie Hawhee, Professor of Rhet/Comp at Penn State will be on campus March 28 and 29. She will give a talk at 4pm on Tuesday the 29th in the Malott Room of the KS Union. The talk is titled: 'Rhetoric, History, Animality.' Following the talk, there will be an informal reception/happy hour at Dempseys."

Also: Don't forget that the next KUAR meeting will be Thursday 10 Mar @ 4pm in the Walnut Room of the Kansas Union.  Come with ideas about what scholarly, social, and service activities you'd like to see KUAR doing later this semester and the next!

EVENTS: Dr. Farmer at the Communication Department's Colloquium TOMORROW

Don't forget to go see what promises to be an interesting talk on punk zines, public discourse, and culture by the English department's Dr. Farmer!  The talk starts at 4pm in the Jayhawk room of the Kansas Union.

Events: Rowland Colloquium on Friday

Hey folks, friendly reminder from Communication's Dr. Tell about the latest colloquium (a re-schedule thanks to snowpocalypse):  Dr. Rowland, of the Communication department, will be speaking this Friday at 3pm in the Dole Institute.

Advance early warning: the English department's Dr. Farmer will be giving a talk at 4pm on Wed 23 Feb.  You can find the full colloquium series listing here.  Anyone interested in rhetoric is welcome to come! 

(I'll have to be out of town for this Friday's meeting.  Hope someone posts about it afterward for those of us who have to miss it!)

What Exactly is the KUAR Blog?

Welcome to all who have recently (and not so recently) discovered our KU Ars Rhetorica Blog! Here you will find updates on meetings, events on campus, and various interests our members are discovering with rhetoric and the world. On the sidebar we have links to our Twitter page, the official RSA page, and other important sites you might be interested in following.

Who writes on the KUAR page? Well, if you become a member of KUAR, you'll automatically be invited to become an author - we're hoping to create a fun, informative, and dynamic web space where we can share

First meeting time and place

Looks like the first meeting of KU Ars Rhetorica will come directly after the next Communications colloquium, which is Wednesday 9 Feb at about 5pmish. Kundai, Rachel, and I discussed whether we wanted to intrude on the Coms students' usual post-colloquium happy hour. But the post-colloquium time seemed best because we're hoping to encourage some of the English folk to come to the colloquium first. The colloquium is in the Mallott Room of the Kansas Union, so we'll stay in the Union for the KUAR meeting (finalized room location yet to be determined since the University is on snow lock-down), and then we'll join the happy hour that's going on at the Oread at about 5:30-5:45 or so.

When we get the room location in the Union for the KUAR meeting finalized, we'll send out an official email with all the details.

So, mark your calendars! Wednesday 9 Feb @ 5ish @ Kansas Union