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Show ""Daily Utah Chronicle 20, 2003 Wednesday, August epithets and references to the child's status as a "homeboy." focus Our impromptu group minus the stoic memNo one berlaughed. harder and laughed longer than the black man. I knew he would. The crass and irreverent boy did what urban, black 1 1 Craig Froehlich Chronicle Columnist Grant money involves undergrads in early research environment Cara Wieser Need help with your math as fluidly and flawlessly as a white, suburban mall rat "likes." spouts a rapid-fir- e I long ago gave up on saying SEE RASCISM Help student 2000- - PAGE 7 for any enrolled in 1000-- , and some 3000-levis available el math classes. Speakers participating in the colloquium which is tentatively scheduled to be held every Tuesday at a location yet to be announced include members of the math department faculty and graduate students. Some students may get credit for attending the talks. Everyone is invited and admission is free. The aim of the VIGRE grant "is to quickly immerse undergraduate and graduate students in research" and "to provide effective mentorship for them," describes the program's Web site. an "Undergraduate Colloquium" weekly talks on various mathematic topics and research opportunities funded by a Vertical Integration of Research and Education grant from the National Science Foundation. to Angie According Gardiner, director of student services, the tutoring center "gives students the opportunity to have questions answered at times that are convenient for them." Also, because many tutors are available, "students are the word "motherfer." I sound like a congressman from Kansas reading the lyrics off a rap album. of the silence The American Indian reminded me of the latent unfunniness of the staged, yet believable, incident. "flat-asse- she said. homework? The U math department offers free drop-i- n tutoring at the Math Center every day of the week. The department also offers Probably younger than' 10 years of age, he insulted and he spouted "motherfers" The clerk disavowed his allegations with a heavy accent and fractured English. "You give me five dollar, no 20 dollar," she claimed The little guy countered with observations concerning her language proficiency ("Speak motherfing d English.") and her face" appearance. The woman's frustration grew and she responded from an arsenal of barely legible also able to have concepts explained in different ways, which can help students better understand the material," Chronicle Staff Writer males do so well. change. "I ain't leaving until I get my motherfing change," he said. The University of Utah ill sTiTil 1 1 S tutor U ofters ma til Since when is racism funny? A black man, a lesbian, a white Southern man, a Hispanic man and I gathered around a computer and watched the pixelated hilarity unfold from the video files of a humor Web site. An American Indian observed stoically from a corner of the room stern and somber like the portraits of tribal chiefs hanging on the walls of your better steak houses. I searched in vain for a rabbi to complete the joke. The video showed a squabble between a young black male and a flustered Asian female store clerk . The segment came from the film "Livn' Tha Life." However, the low production quality and improvised dialogue prompted all to consider it authentic. The lad asserted in a rhetorical style reminiscent of Chris Rock that the woman failed to provide him with the proper 5 jSrd kti A I Milton received the Ralph E. Kleinman Prize, assistant professor Christopher Hacon received an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and professors Henryk Hecht and Anne D. Roberts received the Associated Students of the University of Utah Students teaching ability. "At the moment, 15 members of our faculty have been recipients of Sloan Awards have and been two r f faculty," he said. Faculty in the department have won numerous awards. nizes outstanding 1 1 f eral research assistantships, graduate fellowships and high school summer programs for qualified students. The grant "gets undergraduates involved in research at an early stage in their career and involves more undergraduates in mathematics," said Chairman Department Graeme Milton. "It enhances the research environment and brings increased collaborations between students and Choice Award, which recog- New Section of A To) The grant was awarded in 2001 and makes available sev- Fellows," Guggenheim Gardiner said. "We attract some of the country's best researchers," she said. For more information on the department and updates on the colloquium, visit the Web site at Has Just Opened This Fall (Now)! www.math.utah.edu. cwieserchronicle.utah.edu This course will: skills of language acquistion: all 'Emphasize Ist ItQifCOm s s Purchase! , in,,!,. continued from page proposal. 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