The College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Speaker Series presents Professors Daniel and Cheryl Albas, Department of Sociology at the University of Manitoba, presenting "Aces and Bombers: Student Life and Everyday Life," at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in the East Asian Room, Chester Fritz Library.

They will present a classification of the strategies students employ to manage self impressions after grades have been awarded and examination papers returned. These encounters between students are of three types: first, when students who have scored a top grade in this exam (Aces) encounter other students who received a low or even failing grade (Bombers); second, when Aces encounter other Aces; and, third, when Bombers encounter other Bombers.

The impression management strategies employed in these encounters are constrained by well-known rules of modesty in regard to one’s own achievements and considerateness for lesser achieving peers, dictated by the particular encounter type described above. These rules are spelled out and in this presentation we attempt to generalize the findings to a wider universe of interactions.