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ARHU Convocation Contest

October 17, 2022 College of Arts and Humanities

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Enter for your chance to win a lunch with Dean Stephanie Shonekan.

Want to have lunch with the new College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) Dean Stephanie Shonekan? Take your chance by entering our ARHU Convocation Contest. Below we feature 23 songs and/or albums representative of the majority of the college’s departments/units and selected by students from ARHU’s Undergraduate and Graduate Advisory Board. Students were asked to identify songs and/or albums that they believe best represent their department/unit. Dean Shonekan announced the contest during ARHU’s convocation on October 13, 2022.

To enter, fill out the google form by Sunday, October 23 at 11 p.m. The person who identifies the most correct answers will win. If there is a tie, the winner will be selected at random. There are either one or two songs for each of the following departments/units:

Department of American Studies

Department of Art

Department of Art History and Archaeology

Department of Classics

Department of Communication

Department of English

The Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies 

Department of Linguistics

School of Music 

Department of Philosophy

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 


Songs and albums include:

  1. “Achilles Come Down” by Gang of Youths 
  2. “Avinu Malkeinu” by Barbra Streisand
  3. “Bad Reputation” by Joan Jett
  4. “Danzón No. 2” by Arturo Marquez
  5. “Different Colors, One People” by Lucky Dube
  6. “I Still Haven't Found What I’m Looking For” by U2
  7. “Language” by Tori Kelly
  8. “My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors” by Moxy Früvous
  9. “People Have the Power” by Patti Smith
  10. “Pompeii” by Bastille
  11. “Fire Water Burn” (with samples of “The Roof is on Fire”) by the Bloodhound Gang
  12. “Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home)” by Baddiel, Skinner and Lightning Seeds
  13. “The Times They Are a-Changin’ ” by Bob Dylan
  14. “Respect” by Aretha Franklin 
  15. “Shalom Aleichem” (traditional song)
  16. “13th Century Metal” by Brittany Howard
  17. “Tom Sawyer” by Rush
  18. “Tongue Tied” by Grouplove
  19. “Viva la Vida” by Coldplay
  20. “We Can Work It Out” by The Beatles
  21. "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye 
  22. “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush
  23. “Yo No Soy Diferente” by Gian Marco

Please note that the Department of History is not represented. You must be a member of the ARHU community to participate.