Showing posts with label free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free. Show all posts

Monday, September 24, 2007

The New French Revolution



A couple of days ago, a few people brought to my attention an interesting op-ed piece in The New York Times.

This piece, written by Roger Cohen, gives his opinion on some of the changes we might soon see in the French national culture due to the newly elected President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy.

Read the op-ed piece by Roger Cohen here:
NY Times: The French Revolution

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Nine Paris Museums to Test Free Entry in 2008




In an attempt to bring more visitors to the less frequented museums of Paris, and at the request of the President of the Republic, the Ministry of Culture and Communication is going to trial free entry to the following nine museums:




Read more about the museums:
La gratuité des musées sera expérimentée au premier semestre 2008

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Win a BYU FS Tee!




The tees are in the mail, and should be here soon. We know you're all excited about getting your hands on one of these signature BYU French Studies tees, so we're giving you a chance to get one free while at the same time helping us make the blog and podcast better.



To enter for a chance at getting a free tee, do the following:

  • Click on the Comments link at the bottom of this post.
  • When the comments window opens leave a short answer to the following questions.
    1. What would you like to see on the French Studies blog?
    2. What is something you think might be interesting for the French Studies podcast to cover?
    3. Which color and size of tee would you like if you win? (Small Medium Large or XL) See the choices here.
  • Now click the "Other" button and fill in your name (first and last please) so we know who you are if you win (you can leave the website blank)
  • Please only one post per person.
  • The contest will continue until we have the tees in the office.
  • That's it buddy!
A winner will be randomly chosen from those who post. If someone posts, but does not include their real name, we won't know who it is and will have to randomly choose another winner.
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