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In this same spirit that the ostrich egg was given to the Anthropology Department by a past graduating class. It is symbolic of a system of reciprocity, selflessness, sharing and working together for a common, greater good—laying a foundation for future generations of anthropologists.
The University’s Anthropology Department provides students with an education in the four fields of anthropology. The education gives students an understanding of human variation across temporal, geographical, political and biological boundaries. In this spirit one goal of the Anthropology Club is to promote and foster cross-cultural awareness and understanding to educate the student body about other cultures, and, as always, to combat ethnocentrism.
We help give students the opportunity to ground their anthropological knowledge. The grounding happens outside the classroom through experiences and interactions with other students, members of the community and through activities. Our activities include films, dining and lecture. We watch anthropological and popular films and discuss anthropological concepts, methods, representations and metaphors. We dine at local restaurants to sample foods from other cultures. We attend and put on lectures. These lectures, either on or off campus, aren’t solely anthropological in nature. They vary from a myriad of disciplines, because anthropological concepts and methods can be applied to other disciplines, and, furthermore, because a multi-disciplinarily approach provides students with a wider range of understanding and is at the heart of a liberal arts education.