Saturday, December 4, 2021 The Symposium is an inter-college event where Res College students openly discuss the topics explored within each college’s respective theme.
Every student will give either a Presentation or a Poster, either as a group or as an individual project. Every student will also be an audience member for their peers.
At Registration, you will receive a name tag with your schedule on it. The Symposium is organized into two, concurrent, sessions: Session I: 1:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. & Session II: 3:10 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Schedule overview is as follows:
12:30pm: Student and Moderator Registration, Holmes Hall Lobby 1pm: Opening Speaker, Shirah Moffatt-Darko ’18, Social Justice College, Trout Auditorium 1:40 - 3pm: Poster Session in Holmes Hall Lobby & Formal Presentations in Holmes Hall Classrooms 3:10pm - 4:30pm: Poster Session in Holmes Hall Lobby & Formal Presentations in Holmes Hall Classrooms 4:40 - 5pm: Plenary Party in Holmes Hall Lobby
Edgar Allan Poe, one of the most influential American writers of all time, had a rule when writing his stories. He said that short stories should be able to be read in one sitting. This created a sense of unity in the story, what he called a "single effect". The single effect stated that every element of the story should contribute to a single emotional effect. The single effect has since become a staple of the short story, and can be clearly seen in "The Masque Of The Red Death", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".