The Valpo Core

Both of the events described below are related to SALT’s World Relief Campaign’s fundraising effort for a Child Creativity Center in Jakarta, Indonesia:

EdJakarta: Imagination in Session Coffee House
SALT World Relief Campaign
Saturday, February 2, 8-12 pm, in the CCLIR Community Room
Donation accepted at the door
Featuring performances from fellow students (anyone can perform — sign up at the event) with information about Indonesia and the campaign between musical performances.

EdJakarta: Imagination in Session Educational Dinner
SALT World Relief Campaign
Monday, February 4, 6 pm, at St. Teresa’s
Donation accepted at the door
Featuring traditional Indonesian dishes and a presentation by Professor Nelly Van Doorn-Harder about Indonesia and the campaign.

All Core students are required to attend and respond to a screening of the film Dead Man Walking. The screenings take place this week:

Tues, 1/29, 8 pm

Thurs, 1/31, 8 pm

Sun, 2/3, 3 pm

Sun, 2/3, 8 pm

All screenings take place in Neils Science Center, Room 234.

From the Conversations Project official press release:

In advance of the presidential primaries on “Super Tuesday,” February 5th, The Conversations Project is sponsoring a panel discussion and community conversation:

Super Tuesday Spin Doctors: Lessons of the Presidential Primaries

The event will take place on Wednesday, January 30th, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Christopher Center Community Room . Panelists will start a conversation exploring the history, purpose, pros and cons of the current presidential primary system. Audience members are encouraged to share their own knowledge and experience of that system.

LINK to complete CP Super Tuesday Press Release

LINK to CP Super Tuesday Poster

From the event organizers:

Brandt Hall is working with the VU Career Center to put on a program about internships prior to the Career Fair.  While the program welcomes students of all majors, it is specifically being marketed to liberal arts students since their degrees do not require internships and, thus, they have less incentive to seek them out on their own.  The Career Center will lead a presentation and will discuss some of the benefits of internships more generally and how they can be beneficial even outside the business and engineering colleges.  They will also be providing tips about securing internships, what have been/are currently available, and can answer questions after the presentation.  We have set a tentative date/time of Jan 30th at 7 PM in CCLIR 205.

On Monday, January 28th, Goshen College Philosophy Professor Darrin
Belousek will be sharing his views on the death penalty, which are
formed in part by his Mennonite Christian faith and his commitment to
pacifism and nonresistance.  The title of his talk is, “The Gospel of
Life and the Death Penalty: An Invitation to Conversion.”

This event is a part of St. Teresa’s Soul Smorgasbord dinner and discussion
series, and will be held in their downstairs Cafe Manna dining room.
A homecooked meal will be served at 6 pm, and the discussion will start
at 6:30 pm.  This event is free for all students, and everyone is
welcome to attend.  Please contact Timothy.Taylor@valpo.edu with any
further questions.

Brauer Museum of Art

Gallery Talk

Wednesday, January 30, 7 pm

Curator Dr. Sandy Kita will talk about the current exhibition,
Japanese Prints from the Brauer Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection.

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Brauer Museum of Art

Student Coffee Hour

Wednesday, February 6, 7 pm

VU art professor Sarah Jantzi will discuss her working methods and sources of inspiration for the paintings in her current exhibition, Weeds.

Everyone is welcome to attend both of these events. Refreshments will be served.

LINK to Brauer Museum of Art homepage:

http://www.valpo.edu/artmuseum/

Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures:

An audience-participation Quiz Bowl will be held on Tuesday, February 5th, at 7:00 pm, in the Union Great Hall. All students are welcome; they will form teams who will answer questions about European history, current events, arts, literature, geography, politics, etc. There will be European prizes for the winners!

LINK to Quiz Bowl information page:

http://www.valpo.edu/foreignlang/quizbowl.html

From the Conversations Project official press release:

Valparaiso University and the Project on Civic Reflection, working in conjunction with two student organizations: Voices for Reproductive Freedom (VOX) and Jus Vitae, are pleased to present a panel discussion and community conversation:

Commemorate or Commiserate:
35 Years of Roe v. Wade

The event will be held in the Christopher Center Community Room from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2008.

This special program will explore the continuing significance of this controversial ruling by the Supreme Court, the legal construct of privacy, and the implications of judicial decisions on the social valuation of life.

LINK to Complete Version of Press Release

LINK to Poster

The GLC (Global Leaders Community) will be putting on a program on Sunday entitled, “Living in a Foreign Country.” The presentation will focus on the experience of applying and planning to leave, current experiences of international students, and reflecting on traveling by students after they have returned.  The presentation will be on Sunday at 6:30 pm in Brandt Hall’s Classroom.

During the campus-wide MLK Day celebration on January 21, Core students are required to attend the 10 a.m. Convocation and one other focus session or MLK Day-related activity of your choice and respond to the activities as directed by your instructor.

The complete schedule of events for MLK Day 2008 is available at: http://www.valpo.edu/events/mlk2008/schedule.php.