FROM BAGELS TO CRIMINALS AND SUCCESS
Students at Susquehanna University are learning about Jewish culture in a new course, "From Borscht to Bagels: The History and Culture of Jewish Cuisine," while prison inmates are coming to campus to relate their experiences with white-collar crime to business majors. Students at Roanoke College grabble with the meaning of success in a course by the same name.
The "From Borscht to Bagels" course examines the role of food throughout history within the Jewish community. Weekly topics include: "Identity Through Food," "Jews, Christians and the Pig" and "Food and the Holocaust." Students learn through weekly in-class preparation of Jewish cuisine, in-depth analysis of historical and literary texts, and a field trip to a New York City kosher deli. The course is taught by Laurence Roth, assistant professor of English, and Gabriel Finder, assistant professor of history. Susquehanna University is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
Two inmates from the Allenwood Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery, Pennsylvania will be at Susquehanna University on October 22 to relate their experiences with white-collar crime to Susquehanna University business majors. Richard Davis, assistant professor of accounting at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, arranged for the inmates to speak to students taking his Legal Environmental course which covers criminal law as it relates to business. Students in the philosophy course, "Resolving Moral Conflicts," will attend the session, too. The inmates-both former attorneys--have volunteered to tell students how they took a wrong turn from respected business persons in their communities to white-collar criminals. One of the inmates is serving 120 months for bank fraud and money laundering. The other is serving 110 months for racketeering, conspiracy, and bank fraud. The session takes place October 22 from 11:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m., at the campus.
Seniors at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, are grabbling with the meaning of success this semester. They're taking a course,"The Meaning of Success," which looks at how success has been understood during different periods of history, in different disciplines and from different literary perspectives. The texts for the course include The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Success is the Quality of Your Journey, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan and The Great Gatsby. There are other books and case studies, and the students write several papers. It's expected that students will develop their own personal conception of the meaning of success by the end of the course. This course is taught every fall and enrollment is limited to seniors. There are 21 students enrolled in it.
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Editors: You can get more details on the courses at SU by calling Betsy Robertson of Susquehanna University's public relations office. Her number is 717-372-4119.
For information on the "Borscht to Bagels" course, contact Finder at 717-372-4191 (office) or via e-mail at [email protected].
Roth is at 717-372-4202 (office) and [email protected].
For information on the white-collar criminals, contact Professor Davis is at 717-372-4460.
For additional information on Roanoke's course, contact Teresa Gereaux, director of public relations, at 540- 375-2282.
Please contact Steve Infanti of Dick Jones Communications at 814-867-1963 or [email protected] if you need any assistance.
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