I just found out that Thomas Lynch was the subject of a PBS documentary. You can watch the program in its entirety here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/undertaking/
If you have any interest in learning more about the undertaker's trade, here's your chance.
N. Scott Momaday, a Native American author we'll be reading later in the semester, will be giving a reading at the U on Tuesday, October 21. The reading will be held at 12:15 pm in the Ted Mann Concert Hall on the West Bank.
If you choose to go to the reading, you will have the opportunity to get extra credit. (The guidelines on your syllabus for the Lynch reading apply.)
For more information: http://www.grad.umn.edu/News/ford/