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Elton Monteverdi -- He has pale skin, dark blue eyes, and curly chestnut hair cut short. He uses a manual wheelchair. He is homosexual homoromantic. His heritage includes American, French, Irish, and Italian. He speaks English, Esperanto, French, and Italian. He is 17 years old in 2012.
Elton grew up in Springdale, Arkansas. As a boy, he enjoyed skateboarding. A serious fall when he was 10 injured his lower back and pelvis, leaving him unable to walk more than a few steps. After that, Elton shifted his focus from skateboarding to music. He has dabbled in several, including flute and guitar, but has the most skill with synthesizer and other electronic music.
His parents have become less involved with him, first when Elton wrecked his skateboard, and then a few years later when he turned out so obviously gay. As a result, he looked more and more for support from other adults. He also gravitated to afterschool programs and summer school, particularly the University Libraries at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, as a way to minimize the time he had to spend at home. He is a protégé of Barnaby Haden and is friends with Fracta (Frances Rangel).
Currently Elton is working toward a Bachelor of Arts in Generalist with a minor in Music at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. There he has joined the Diversity and Inclusion Student Council, Lavender Society, Music Performers and Enthusiasts, Razorbook Club, and Tabletop Gaming at the University of Arkansas. He and Fracta share several of their classes.
For fun, Elton enjoyes reading and gaming. He wears adaptive menswear. His base colors are gray, white, and denim. He likes accents of bright colors such as teal and mulberry. He also likes music-themed T-shirts.
Qualities: Good (+2) Dexterity, Good (+2) Gay, Good (+2) Generalist, Good (+2) Listener, Good (+2) Musical Intelligence
Poor (-2) Limited Mobility
Taken (T)
Currently Taking (C)
Planned (P)
Freshman Fall 2012
GS 10010 Introduction to General Studies. 3 Hours. (C)
GS 11110 College Research. 3 Hours. (C)
GS Read Everything in Sight. 3 Hours. (C)
MUSC 10103 Music and Society 3 Hours. (C)
PEAC 19051. Special Topics: Wheelchair Yoga. 1 Hour. (C)
PHIL 10103. Critical Reasoning: Discovery, Deduction, and Intellectual Self-Defense. 3 Hours. (C)
Bachelor of Arts in Generalist
at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville
Majors (63 credits): Generalist Core (9 credits), Knowledge Series (9 credits), Polymathematics (9 credits), General Confluence (3 credits), Thought Processes (3 credits), Cultural Awareness (3 credits), Language Arts (3 credits), General Electives (3 credits), Nine Intelligences (9 credits), Interdisciplinary Studies (9 credits), Capstone (6 credits)
Generalist Core
Majors take all 3 courses (9 credits). Minors take either GS 10010 or 10020 and GS 20010 (6 credits). Certificate students take GS 1010 (3 credits).
GS 10010 Introduction to General Studies (C)
GS 10020 The Importance of Generalists (P)
GS 20010 Interdisciplinary Thinking (P)
Knowledge Series
General Studies offers a series of classes for research and a series for memorization, because those are two primary ways of putting together different concepts. Majors choose one series of 3 classes (9 credits). Minors take 1 class from each series (6 credits). Certificate students choose 1 class (3 credits).
GS 11110 College Research (C)
GS 21110 Professional Research (P)
GS 31110 Archives, Databases, and Libraries (P)
Polymathematics
Majors take GS 2250, any class from 2260-2264, and GS 3330 (9 credits). Minors take GS 2250 and any other class in this category (6 credits). Certificate students take GS 2250 (3 credits).
GS 22250 Introduction to Polymathematics (P)
GS 2263 In the Footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci (P)
GS 33330 Specialization Is for Insects (P)
Topical Studies
Majors take 1 class (3 credits) in General Confluence, Thought Processes, Cultural Awareness, Language Arts, and General Electives (total 15 credits). Minors take 1 class (3 credits) in any two categories (total 6 credits). Certificate students take 1 class (3 credits) in any category.
General Confluence
These classes combine different fields to teach Generalist skills.
Music for Awareness (P)
Thought Processes
These classes deal in mental tools and techniques.
Critical Analysis (P)
Cultural Awareness
These classes prepare students to deal with diverse cultures.
Multicultural Skills (P)
Language Arts
These classes deal in reading, writing, and speaking.
Read Everything in Sight (C)
General Electives
All other classes in General Studies may be counted as electives.
Superpowers and Supernaries (P)
The Nine Intelligences: A General Studies Core
Majors take 1 course (1 credit) in each of the Nine Intelligences (total of 9 credits). Minors take 6 courses (6 credits) and certificate students take 3 courses (3 credits) from any of the Nine Intelligences. Students may take courses with a higher number of credits if they wish. This lays a foundation of diverse experiences at the college level, and assists students in making connections with people in many different fields.
Musical
MUHS 37103 Topics in Musicology: Music of the Ozarks (P)
Bodily-Kinesthetic
PEAC 19051. Special Topics: Wheelchair Yoga. 1 Hour. (C)
Instruction and participation in specialized activity. (Typically offered: Irregular) May be repeated for up to 4 hours of degree credit.
Logical-Mathematical
PHIL 10103. Critical Reasoning: Discovery, Deduction, and Intellectual Self-Defense. 3 Hours. (C)
This is a practical, "hands-on" course in sound reasoning, critical thinking, and the careful evaluation of evidence and argument. The course will utilize a range of real-world sources (television, Internet, magazines, etc.) and will be informed in content and method by the psychology of human judgment. (Typically offered: Irregular)
Linguistic
FREN 30010 French Medieval and Renaissance Literature (P)
Visual-Spatial
Arkansas en Plein Air (P)
Interpersonal
Diversity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility (P)
Intrapersonal
PSYC 21110 - Human Sexuality (P)
Naturalistic
Ecoregions of Arkansas (P)
Existential
PSCI 31110 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (P)
Interdisciplinary Studies
Majors take 3 courses (9 credits). Minors take 2 courses (6 credits). Certificate students take 1 course (3 credits).
ENGL 30025 The Ideal Society (P)
PHYS 20060 Physics of Music (P)
PHYS 2060L Physics of Music Laboratory (P)
GNST 31003. The Queer U.S. South. 3 Hours. (P)
Presents queer perspectives on the U.S. South. Focuses on autobiographical, historical, and critical-qualitative analyses that attest to the innovative or inventive ways LGBTQ+ communities have survived and thrived in southern areas often deemed antithetical to a liberatory gender/sexual political agenda. (Typically offered: Spring Even Years)
Elton joins the campus think tank BridgeHeads for his team project, exploring issues of intersectionality in the student experience and how to improve success rates for those with challenges.
Capstone
The department of General Studies offers a variety of culminating experiences. With advisor permission, however, students may substitute equivalent classes from another department. Majors take either the individual Capstone or the Team Project (3 credits) and 3 credits of other classes, totaling 6 credits. Minors take 3 credits from Field Experience, Internship, or Research Project.
GS 4998 Team Project (P)
Minor in Music
at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville
A minimum of 18 semester hours in music courses to include:
MUSC 10103 Music and Society 3 (C)
MUTH 16003 Music Theory I 3 (P)
MUTH 26003 Music Theory II 3 (P)
MUHS 37003 Music in Western Civilization 3 (P)
Six hours of additional music department courses to be determined by the student in consultation with a music faculty adviser and to include at least three hours of 3000- or 4000-level classes. 6
MUAC 21102. Music Technology. 2 Hours. (P)
MUHS 47303. Survey of Symphonic Literature. 3 Hours. (P)
MUHS 4990V. Independent Study in Musicology: Collecting Contemporary Folk Music. 1-3 Hour. (P)
Total Hours 18
Music Courses
MUAC 21102. Music Technology. 2 Hours.
Introduces skills for transcribing music using music notation software and sound reinforcement systems. Covers MIDI sequencing and audio recording and editing software to produce accompaniment tracks and create compact discs of music and multimedia projects. Prerequisite: Music major pursuing a Bachelor of Music or Honors Bachelor of Music degree, and sophomore standing. (Typically offered: Fall, Spring and Summer)
MUHS 47303. Survey of Symphonic Literature. 3 Hours.
A survey of the symphonic literature from its beginning to the present. (Typically offered: Fall Odd Years)
MUHS 4990V. Independent Study in Musicology: Contemporary Folk Music. 1-3 Hour.
Independent Study for additional in-depth instruction in various musicology topics. Prerequisite: Instructor Consent. (Typically offered: Irregular) May be repeated for up to 6 hours of degree credit.
Clubs
Diversity and Inclusion Student Council
1. It shall be the purpose of the Diversity and Inclusion Student Council to foster a sense of unity and engagement within the University of Arkansas and surrounding community by means of active collaboration with minority, cultural and identity-based organizations.
2. It shall be the mission of the Diversity and Inclusion Student Council to identify critical areas of concern and fundamental needs throughout the University of Arkansas campus in order to implement strategies that aim to promote inclusion and diversity.
3. It shall be the belief of the Diversity and Inclusion Student Council that the progression toward a more actively, rather than passively, tolerant environment mandates that all members prioritize the ideas of diversity, equity and inclusion within all components of personhood and community development.
Lavender Society
Our mission is to celebrate queerness at any and every step of a University of Arkansas student’s journey at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Vision Statement: The Lavender Society will help build a campus culture in which queer bodies can feel not only safe, but also celebrated. Hetero bodies have always been celebrated through traditional activities like marriage and graduation. Queer bodies have not—be it families refusing to attend their graduation after knowing their identity, or religious and state institutions precluding them from marrying, or even recognizing their name and gender.
Music Performers and Enthusiasts
The purpose of MP3 is to cultivate a sense of community on campus for student musicians and enthusiasts at UARK and to provide support for and engagement with Hill Records, including opportunities for involvement in the local music industry. As an RSO, we will organize and facilitate music-related events on campus including, but not limited to, jam sessions, workshops, and open mic nights.
Razorbook Club
Our purpose is to read books and build a community around our inherent enjoyment of literature. We believe that books are meant to be read and shared in a safe and accepting environment where everyone is welcome, and that we can foster a sense of community on campus by discussing books that represent and reflect the world around us.
Tabletop Gaming at the University of Arkansas
We are a special interest group dedicated to tabletop games, including Dungeons and Dragons, Magic the Gathering, and othervvarious tabletop games. We will help any students interested in playing these games gather in a community of people who also enjoy playing, and provide the means, and a location to do so.
Arkansas Roads Cities Map
Elton Monteverdi -- He has pale skin, dark blue eyes, and curly chestnut hair cut short. He uses a manual wheelchair. He is homosexual homoromantic. His heritage includes American, French, Irish, and Italian. He speaks English, Esperanto, French, and Italian. He is 17 years old in 2012.
Elton grew up in Springdale, Arkansas. As a boy, he enjoyed skateboarding. A serious fall when he was 10 injured his lower back and pelvis, leaving him unable to walk more than a few steps. After that, Elton shifted his focus from skateboarding to music. He has dabbled in several, including flute and guitar, but has the most skill with synthesizer and other electronic music.
His parents have become less involved with him, first when Elton wrecked his skateboard, and then a few years later when he turned out so obviously gay. As a result, he looked more and more for support from other adults. He also gravitated to afterschool programs and summer school, particularly the University Libraries at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, as a way to minimize the time he had to spend at home. He is a protégé of Barnaby Haden and is friends with Fracta (Frances Rangel).
Currently Elton is working toward a Bachelor of Arts in Generalist with a minor in Music at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. There he has joined the Diversity and Inclusion Student Council, Lavender Society, Music Performers and Enthusiasts, Razorbook Club, and Tabletop Gaming at the University of Arkansas. He and Fracta share several of their classes.
For fun, Elton enjoyes reading and gaming. He wears adaptive menswear. His base colors are gray, white, and denim. He likes accents of bright colors such as teal and mulberry. He also likes music-themed T-shirts.
Qualities: Good (+2) Dexterity, Good (+2) Gay, Good (+2) Generalist, Good (+2) Listener, Good (+2) Musical Intelligence
Poor (-2) Limited Mobility
Taken (T)
Currently Taking (C)
Planned (P)
Freshman Fall 2012
GS 10010 Introduction to General Studies. 3 Hours. (C)
GS 11110 College Research. 3 Hours. (C)
GS Read Everything in Sight. 3 Hours. (C)
MUSC 10103 Music and Society 3 Hours. (C)
PEAC 19051. Special Topics: Wheelchair Yoga. 1 Hour. (C)
PHIL 10103. Critical Reasoning: Discovery, Deduction, and Intellectual Self-Defense. 3 Hours. (C)
Bachelor of Arts in Generalist
at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville
Majors (63 credits): Generalist Core (9 credits), Knowledge Series (9 credits), Polymathematics (9 credits), General Confluence (3 credits), Thought Processes (3 credits), Cultural Awareness (3 credits), Language Arts (3 credits), General Electives (3 credits), Nine Intelligences (9 credits), Interdisciplinary Studies (9 credits), Capstone (6 credits)
Generalist Core
Majors take all 3 courses (9 credits). Minors take either GS 10010 or 10020 and GS 20010 (6 credits). Certificate students take GS 1010 (3 credits).
GS 10010 Introduction to General Studies (C)
GS 10020 The Importance of Generalists (P)
GS 20010 Interdisciplinary Thinking (P)
Knowledge Series
General Studies offers a series of classes for research and a series for memorization, because those are two primary ways of putting together different concepts. Majors choose one series of 3 classes (9 credits). Minors take 1 class from each series (6 credits). Certificate students choose 1 class (3 credits).
GS 11110 College Research (C)
GS 21110 Professional Research (P)
GS 31110 Archives, Databases, and Libraries (P)
Polymathematics
Majors take GS 2250, any class from 2260-2264, and GS 3330 (9 credits). Minors take GS 2250 and any other class in this category (6 credits). Certificate students take GS 2250 (3 credits).
GS 22250 Introduction to Polymathematics (P)
GS 2263 In the Footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci (P)
GS 33330 Specialization Is for Insects (P)
Topical Studies
Majors take 1 class (3 credits) in General Confluence, Thought Processes, Cultural Awareness, Language Arts, and General Electives (total 15 credits). Minors take 1 class (3 credits) in any two categories (total 6 credits). Certificate students take 1 class (3 credits) in any category.
General Confluence
These classes combine different fields to teach Generalist skills.
Music for Awareness (P)
Thought Processes
These classes deal in mental tools and techniques.
Critical Analysis (P)
Cultural Awareness
These classes prepare students to deal with diverse cultures.
Multicultural Skills (P)
Language Arts
These classes deal in reading, writing, and speaking.
Read Everything in Sight (C)
General Electives
All other classes in General Studies may be counted as electives.
Superpowers and Supernaries (P)
The Nine Intelligences: A General Studies Core
Majors take 1 course (1 credit) in each of the Nine Intelligences (total of 9 credits). Minors take 6 courses (6 credits) and certificate students take 3 courses (3 credits) from any of the Nine Intelligences. Students may take courses with a higher number of credits if they wish. This lays a foundation of diverse experiences at the college level, and assists students in making connections with people in many different fields.
Musical
MUHS 37103 Topics in Musicology: Music of the Ozarks (P)
Bodily-Kinesthetic
PEAC 19051. Special Topics: Wheelchair Yoga. 1 Hour. (C)
Instruction and participation in specialized activity. (Typically offered: Irregular) May be repeated for up to 4 hours of degree credit.
Logical-Mathematical
PHIL 10103. Critical Reasoning: Discovery, Deduction, and Intellectual Self-Defense. 3 Hours. (C)
This is a practical, "hands-on" course in sound reasoning, critical thinking, and the careful evaluation of evidence and argument. The course will utilize a range of real-world sources (television, Internet, magazines, etc.) and will be informed in content and method by the psychology of human judgment. (Typically offered: Irregular)
Linguistic
FREN 30010 French Medieval and Renaissance Literature (P)
Visual-Spatial
Arkansas en Plein Air (P)
Interpersonal
Diversity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility (P)
Intrapersonal
PSYC 21110 - Human Sexuality (P)
Naturalistic
Ecoregions of Arkansas (P)
Existential
PSCI 31110 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (P)
Interdisciplinary Studies
Majors take 3 courses (9 credits). Minors take 2 courses (6 credits). Certificate students take 1 course (3 credits).
ENGL 30025 The Ideal Society (P)
PHYS 20060 Physics of Music (P)
PHYS 2060L Physics of Music Laboratory (P)
GNST 31003. The Queer U.S. South. 3 Hours. (P)
Presents queer perspectives on the U.S. South. Focuses on autobiographical, historical, and critical-qualitative analyses that attest to the innovative or inventive ways LGBTQ+ communities have survived and thrived in southern areas often deemed antithetical to a liberatory gender/sexual political agenda. (Typically offered: Spring Even Years)
Elton joins the campus think tank BridgeHeads for his team project, exploring issues of intersectionality in the student experience and how to improve success rates for those with challenges.
Capstone
The department of General Studies offers a variety of culminating experiences. With advisor permission, however, students may substitute equivalent classes from another department. Majors take either the individual Capstone or the Team Project (3 credits) and 3 credits of other classes, totaling 6 credits. Minors take 3 credits from Field Experience, Internship, or Research Project.
GS 4998 Team Project (P)
Minor in Music
at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville
A minimum of 18 semester hours in music courses to include:
MUSC 10103 Music and Society 3 (C)
MUTH 16003 Music Theory I 3 (P)
MUTH 26003 Music Theory II 3 (P)
MUHS 37003 Music in Western Civilization 3 (P)
Six hours of additional music department courses to be determined by the student in consultation with a music faculty adviser and to include at least three hours of 3000- or 4000-level classes. 6
MUAC 21102. Music Technology. 2 Hours. (P)
MUHS 47303. Survey of Symphonic Literature. 3 Hours. (P)
MUHS 4990V. Independent Study in Musicology: Collecting Contemporary Folk Music. 1-3 Hour. (P)
Total Hours 18
Music Courses
MUAC 21102. Music Technology. 2 Hours.
Introduces skills for transcribing music using music notation software and sound reinforcement systems. Covers MIDI sequencing and audio recording and editing software to produce accompaniment tracks and create compact discs of music and multimedia projects. Prerequisite: Music major pursuing a Bachelor of Music or Honors Bachelor of Music degree, and sophomore standing. (Typically offered: Fall, Spring and Summer)
MUHS 47303. Survey of Symphonic Literature. 3 Hours.
A survey of the symphonic literature from its beginning to the present. (Typically offered: Fall Odd Years)
MUHS 4990V. Independent Study in Musicology: Contemporary Folk Music. 1-3 Hour.
Independent Study for additional in-depth instruction in various musicology topics. Prerequisite: Instructor Consent. (Typically offered: Irregular) May be repeated for up to 6 hours of degree credit.
Clubs
Diversity and Inclusion Student Council
1. It shall be the purpose of the Diversity and Inclusion Student Council to foster a sense of unity and engagement within the University of Arkansas and surrounding community by means of active collaboration with minority, cultural and identity-based organizations.
2. It shall be the mission of the Diversity and Inclusion Student Council to identify critical areas of concern and fundamental needs throughout the University of Arkansas campus in order to implement strategies that aim to promote inclusion and diversity.
3. It shall be the belief of the Diversity and Inclusion Student Council that the progression toward a more actively, rather than passively, tolerant environment mandates that all members prioritize the ideas of diversity, equity and inclusion within all components of personhood and community development.
Lavender Society
Our mission is to celebrate queerness at any and every step of a University of Arkansas student’s journey at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Vision Statement: The Lavender Society will help build a campus culture in which queer bodies can feel not only safe, but also celebrated. Hetero bodies have always been celebrated through traditional activities like marriage and graduation. Queer bodies have not—be it families refusing to attend their graduation after knowing their identity, or religious and state institutions precluding them from marrying, or even recognizing their name and gender.
Music Performers and Enthusiasts
The purpose of MP3 is to cultivate a sense of community on campus for student musicians and enthusiasts at UARK and to provide support for and engagement with Hill Records, including opportunities for involvement in the local music industry. As an RSO, we will organize and facilitate music-related events on campus including, but not limited to, jam sessions, workshops, and open mic nights.
Razorbook Club
Our purpose is to read books and build a community around our inherent enjoyment of literature. We believe that books are meant to be read and shared in a safe and accepting environment where everyone is welcome, and that we can foster a sense of community on campus by discussing books that represent and reflect the world around us.
Tabletop Gaming at the University of Arkansas
We are a special interest group dedicated to tabletop games, including Dungeons and Dragons, Magic the Gathering, and othervvarious tabletop games. We will help any students interested in playing these games gather in a community of people who also enjoy playing, and provide the means, and a location to do so.
Arkansas Roads Cities Map
