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As I mentioned at the end of class, the University offers 2 Lewis prizes every year. Winning one of these prizes would mean you'd have something impressive to put on your resume or application to a program or grad school, and it would also mean you'd be $125 richer.

Because I felt the revisions on your papers could have been more extensive in most cases, I'd like to give you the opportunity to revisit your essay one more time, work on some of the issues in it, and boost your grade a bit. If you revise your essay for the Lewis prize (due Mar 15), I'll give you up to 5% more on your final essay grade, which in most cases would mean boosting it half of a letter grade. I'd love it if one of you won, but the extra credit is tied only to your revision and submission of the essay, not to whether you win. If you're interested in revising your essay for the prize and extra credit, I'd like to hear from you via email or at my office hours because I'd like to meet with you while you're doing this revision.

You can turn in your essay to me on Monday, Mar 14 (two copies--I want all of your drafts, but they'll want just a clean, final copy) and I'll turn it in for the prize for you, or you can turn it in yourself to the Undergraduate Majors Office, 7195 Helen C. White on Mar 15 and give me your draft packet on Weds, Mar 16.