The Valpo Core

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

and

The Office of International Studies

Valparaiso University

present

A Lecture by

Professor Marie-Pierre Arrizabalaga

“Pyrenean Women and Immigration into the United States in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries”

Thursday, December 6

7:00 pm

Kade-Duesenberg German House and Cultural Center

822 Mound Street, Valparaiso

Refreshments to follow

Professor Arrizalabaga is Maître de conférences and Chair of the Department of Applied Languages at the University of Cergy-Pontoise, VU’s partner university in France. She is a specialist in Basque history and immigration issues.

You are cordially invited to help us celebrate the VU-Cergy partnership.

Flyer for Arrizabalaga talk

Campus Crusade for Christ is bringing a speaker to campus to discuss how to build strong relationships with the opposite sex:

“Winning at Relationships,” with speaker Mike Worley

Wednesday, November 28th at 8:00 pm in the Christ College Refectory (Mueller Hall)

Mike Worley’s Bio:

Mike is a 1995 graduate of the University of Denver with a degree in communications. He also earned a master’s degree from Denver in business and sports management. He excelled in the classroom and on the basketball court. Mike was named the first-ever National Junior College (NJCAA) Male Athlete-of-the-Year in 1993 as he scored over 1,100 collegiate points. In 1991 he was named one of the top 100 high school basketball players in the country by Basketball Magazine. He is one of the few collegians to ever play Division I, II, and JUCO basketball during his career.

“Winning at Relationships” flyer

On Thursday, November 29th, in Mueller 140 from 5-6:30 pm, a focus group associated with S.A.L.T. will be holding an awareness Q&A discussion about the problems of the current foster care system and the burden placed on the system related to the increasing number of children. The session will begin with a brief overview and history of the system. The panel of 3-4 guests will then discuss their involvement in the system and their experiences. Then the discussion will turn to questions and comments from the audience. The panel will consist of two current foster parents (one from the Valpo area and one from about an hour away), a training facilitator for Porter County foster families, and possibly someone who has gone through the foster system.

Foster Care Panel flyer

Here’s an interesting film that ties in with current Core readings and discussions of Elias Chacour’s book Blood Brothers. A discussion will follow the screening.

Promises, a film by Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg and co-director and editor Carlos Bolado

Tuesday, 11/13 at 7 pm in CCLIR 205
Wednesday, 11/14 at 8 pm in VUCA 1412

Sponsored by the Core Program

Promises follows the journey of one of the filmmakers, Israeli-American B.Z. Goldberg. B.Z. travels to a Palestinian refugee camp and to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, and to the more familiar neighborhoods of Jerusalem where he meets seven Palestinian and Israeli children.

Though the children live only 20 minutes apart, they exist in completely separate worlds; the physical, historical and emotional obstacles between them run deep.

Promises explores the nature of these boundaries and tells the story of a few children who dared to cross the lines to meet their neighbors. Rather than focusing on political events, the seven children featured in PROMISES offer a refreshing, human and sometimes humorous portrait of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Running time, 106 minutes.
Arabic, Hebrew and English dialogue with English subtitles.

(This description of the film is taken from: http://www.promisesproject.org/film.html. See this website for more information. See also http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282864/.)

November 14, 7 pm, CCLIR Community Room

Shane Claiborne is the author of The Irresistible Revolution and the founding partner of the community “The Simple Way.” He will be speaking on the topic “Another Way to Be.” His talk will focus on his own experiences of living in simple community along with other Christians in solidarity with the poor in Philadelphia. A sample chapter of his book is available at:

http://www.thesimpleway.org/shane/sampler.pdf

Sponsors: Chapel of the Resurrection (SALT) with OMP and VUCAB

Students Against the Crusader Mascot and SALT present
A Peace and Social Justice Symposium Session

“Reconciling Image with Identity: The Problem with the Crusader Mascot”

What: an open-ended discussion on the Crusader mascot issue
When: Saturday, Nov 10, 11:00-11:50 AM
Where: Mueller Hall, Room 12

Flyer for Crusader mascot discussion

“It’s about fear, death, and technology. A comedy, of course.”

Thus spoke Don DeLillo about his prize winning novel, White Noise. Has he got it right? Come find out.

John Duvall
Lecture on White Noise
Monday the 12th at 8 pm
VUCA–Duesenberg Recital Hall
Refreshments to Follow
CORE approved

A Wordfest event… and you know you like those!

Thursday, November 7, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Alumni Study Lounge

Residents will discuss different political issues and how their perspective on issues may be skewed by the facts to which they have access  or which media outlets they frequently refer to for information. Professor Jennifer Hora has provided resources, including a PowerPoint presentation, and students will have the opportunity to discuss the upcoming year and what to watch for as they prepare to vote in their first presidential election.

Miss Julie
by August Strindberg
R. Andrew White, director

Thursday, November 8 @ 8pm

Friday, November 9 @ 8pm

Saturday, November 10 @ 2pm and 8pm

Sunday, November 11 @ 7pm

During the celebration of Midsummer Eve, Miss Julie, the daughter of a count, defiantly crosses the lines of social class by mingling inappropriately with the servants on her father’s estate. The beautiful, aggressive young woman goes to the kitchen where Jean, her father’s charismatic and pompous valet, tempts her into a frightening and viscous war of manipulation and domination with devastating results. Betrayal, defiance, passion and lust collide in what is, perhaps, August Strindberg’s most famous play.

More info: http://www.valpo.edu/theatre/season.htm

Join Student Senate and Discuss the New Union at a

New Union Town Hall Meeting

and see and hear more information about:

- The New Union and its program
- What it will look like
- What will it do for you?
- What will it do for the campus?
- Why is it being built?
- What are the unique services in the Union?

When: Tuesday, Nov 13
Time: 8:30 pm
Where: Christopher Center, Community Room

FREE REFRESHMENTS