The Office of Civic and Social Engagement sponsors RockThe Vote Speaker: Jerry McElroy
Vander Vennet Theatre - 7 pm
What the Candidates Say About...the Economy at 7:00 pm in Vander Vennet Theatre. Professor Jerry McElroy (from Business Administration and Economics) will discuss the perspectives of both presidential candidates on issues related to the economy (fuel costs, housing, unemployment, poverty, and more.) plenty of time for discussion and Q&A!
The English Department presents a Poetry Reading by Richard Tillinghast.
Haggar Parlor - 8 pm
The distinguished poet Richard Tillinghast will be reading from his newest collection, "The New Life," October 15th at 8 pm in Haggar Parlor on the Saint Mary's campus. Refreshments will be served. A Q/A session will follow the reading.
The "Professor's Choice" Film Series "Rashomon" (Kurosawa, 1950).
Introduced by Elena Malits (Religious Studies, Ermerita).
College Student Center, Vander Vennet Theatre - 7 pm
Rashomon is a Japanese crime drama that is produced with both philosophical and psychological overtones. An episode (rape and murder) in a forest is reported by four witnesses, each from their own point of view. - Who is telling the truth? What is truth? ~ Frode S. Stringer {fstringe@direct.ca}
The Civic and Social Engagement Office sponsors Super Tuesday Lecture: Jan Pilarski & Regina Wilson
Spes Unica 145 - 7 pm
What the Candidates Say About...Abortion, at 7:00 pm in Spes Unica 145. Professor Jan Pilarski (Justice Education) and Regina Wilson (Campus Ministry) will discuss the candidates' positions on abortion and recent developments within the republican and democratic parties related to this issuers. Lots of time for discussion and Q&A!
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The "Professor's Choice" Film Series presents "Medium Cool" (Haskell Wexler, 1969).
Introduced by Bob Hohl (Library)
Regina Hall Room 152 - 7 pm
Few documents in any medium captured the political unrest of the late '60s with greater clarity than Medium Cool, a remarkably accomplished directorial effort from award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Wexler took to the streets of Chicago with a film crew to record how the city prepared for the 1968 Democratic Convention, and he put himself in the middle of the violent clashes between police and protestors that went on to define that event. Wexler then wove this material into a narrative about John (Robert Forster), a TV news cameraman whose ability to observe impartially the events around him is challenged by the violence of the riots, as well as by his relationship with Eileen (Verna Bloom), a young widow whose husband died in Vietnam. While it's no surprise that Wexler's footage of actual events bears the ring of truth, his staged sequences have a rough, improvised quality that meshes perfectly with the real-life sequences, and the result is a work that blurs the lines between fact and fiction. Wexler's mix of visual polemics, on-the-spot documentary, human drama, Brechtian disorientation, media-savvy analysis of television, and fashionable sex, drugs, and rock & roll made Medium Cool as intelligent and challenging as anything Jean-Luc Godardproduced in Europe at the time, and Wexler's film has for the most part better withstood the test of time. It's a shame that Wexler directed so few features after Medium Cool, but, as both a work of art and a document of a central moment in American history, it remains an essential and invaluable film. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
The Center for Spirituality sponsors the Quest Project Fall Lecture Series: Rev. Dr. Antje Jackelen
Little Theatre, Moreau Center for the Arts - 7:30 pm
Theories of Emerging Complexities: A Theological Approach to the QUESTion
Rev. Dr. Antje Jackelén, Past Director of the Zygon Center for the Study of Science and Religion and current Bishop of Lund, Sweden. She is the first woman bishop to be appointed after a popular vote in the diocese in the Church of Sweden.
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Notre Dame home football games impact campus life at Saint Mary's. Expect traffic to be affected four hours before kickoff and four hours after the game. Proceeds from campus parking benefit the Athletics Department at Saint Mary's.
The Class Gift Campaign sponsors the Third Annual Karaoke Idol.
Little Theatre, Moreau Center for the Arts - 7 pm
Join the Class Gift Campaign for our Third Annual Karaoke Idol!
It all takes place on Thursday, November 6 @ 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre in Moreau. With free food, great prizes and campus celebrity judges.
Register a team to perform, or join the audience as classmates and faculty sing and dance for your entertainment. Sign up a team by emailing Heather Frey at hfrey@saintmarys.edu by Monday, Nov 3.
The event is free to attend/perform, but we hope you will make your gift to your Class Gift Campaign while you are there. Proceeds benefit your own class's Senior Gift, which each class gives to Saint Mary's upon graduation. It's a great way to say thank you for your time here and to help make the Saint Mary's experience possible for future generations.
Questions? To register a team? Email hfrey@saintmarys.edu.
/Class Gift Campaign is formerly known as Senior Gift and Quarters Campaigns./