The Valpo Core

Wordfest event: the Accabellas open for award-winning fiction writer, Margaret McMullan

When: Thurs, Feb 21st at 6 pm

Where: Brauer Museum

What: music, art, literature, refreshments, book signing

COME OUT OF CURIOSITY; STAY FOR THE CULTURE.

McMullan has most recently published When I Crossed No-Bob (2007), the sequel to her first young-adult novel about a Southern family during the Civil War. When I Crossed No-Bob shares some of the same characters but occurs during the period of Reconstruction. McMullan also writes adult novels, short stories, and essays. She is currently a professor of English at the University of Evansville, in Evansville, Indiana, where she lives with her husband, Patrick O’Connor and their son, James.The three of them have work in an upcoming issue of National Geographic for Kids.

Check her work out at: http://www.margaretmcmullan.com/index.html

Experience the “Passion Story” as never before, presented in mime with narration and music from Dances With Wolves. It is performed by Ascension Lutheran Church’s Youth Mime Ministry from Waukesha, WI. Twenty-five youth strong, grades 9th-12th, the group invites you to share Jesus’ struggle in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Last Supper, Peter’s denial of Jesus and the Crucifixion in a unique venue. This ties in with the Core unit on love and the reading in Core later this semester from the Gospel According to Luke.

Important Details:

When: Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 10 pm celebration service

Where: Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University

The award-winning South African film Tsotsi, will be shown Friday, Feb. 15, as Valpo’s International Film Festival continues.

In the slums of Johannesburg, 19-year-old Tsotsi’s life has no meaning beyond survival until, after stealing a woman’s car one night, he discovers a baby in the back seat. The film follows Tsotsi as he brings the baby back to his home and finds his sense of empathy and humanity renewed. Tsotsi won the 2005 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

The screening will begin at 7 p.m. in Neils Science Center. Tickets are free for faculty and staff.

Dr. Charles Schaefer, associate professor of history, will lead discussion of Tsotsi following the screening.

LINK to more information on this film and the rest of the International Film Festival:

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

From the event organizers:

On Monday, February 18th, V.U.’s Pastor Cunningham and St. Teresa’s Father Kevin McCarthy will be exploring the practice of private confession in the Lutheran and Catholic traditions. Both traditions have long recognized that private confession and reconciliation can play an important role in accepting God’s forgiveness, so please join with them in discussing how we can best reconcile ourselves to Him and heal our consciences.

This event is a part of St. Teresa’s Soul Smorgasbord dinner and discussion series, and will be held in St. Teresa’s (1511 LaPorte Ave.) 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 to all, and everyone is welcome to attend. Please contact Timothy.Taylor@valpo.edu with any further questions.

Thursday, Feb 14th at 7:30 p.m. there will be free entertainment in the Chapel of the Resurrection featuring a professional performing group from China, along with the VU Symphony and Windiana Concert Band. Having been invited by Valparaiso University, the Zhejiang Butterfly Performing Troupe is making a special trip to America to perform traditional Chinese instrumental and vocal music, folk dances, acrobatics, and excerpts from a famous classical Chinese opera for the opening ceremony of the Confucius Institute at VU. You won’t want to miss this rare opportunity to see these three musical groups combine their unique styles, rhythms, and talents and perform together!

LINK to more information:

http://www.valpo.edu/news/index.php?action=display&newsid=3381&sy=2007

LINK to Confucius Institute website:

http://www.valpo.edu/gce/graduate/programs/confucius.php

Friday, Feb. 8 and Saturday, Feb. 9, 6:00 pm both nights, in the Great Hall of the Union

Student ticket: $16.50 (may use meal card)
Non-students: $20

Tickets available at the Union Information Desk and the International Studies Office in Meier Hall

Banquet includes: Hummus with pita bread, Baba ghanous, Middle Eastern eggplant salad, Tabouli, Lebanese salad, Bulgogee (Korean beef), Chili chicken, African stew, Baklava, Chocolate pineapple, Russian tea cake, Bolivian brownies

Recipes will be available! The event also includes a World Talent Show and a World Fashion Show–come check it out!

There is a special event coming up this weekend that is VERY relevant to the Love Unit of CORE. The VU Women’s Conference is putting on its annual production of The Vagina Monologues.

A terrific cast of VU female students perform these monologues which are alternately witty, sad, poignant, bawdy, and hilarious. Along the way a lot of important information is conveyed about female sexuality.

These performances are NOT for the faint-hearted. The language is direct and uncompromising because the point of the show is to give voice to words and ideas that women have not been allowed to talk about.

Tickets are available at the Union Information Desk. Performances are at 7 p.m. this Friday and Saturday, February 8 and 9. A shorter performance followed by a talk-back discussion is Sunday at 2:00 p.m. All performances take place in Neils Science Center, room 234.

Thursday, February 7th, 9:00 pm

Union Squire Room

Hosted by: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

What does a world redeemed by God look like? Politically? Socially? Economically? In our own selves? Speaker Allen Wakabayashi will talk about the political, social, and personal conditions of this world and where God plays into it all. This event is free and free refreshments will be served.

A Lecture by Matt Glowacki

Monday, February 4th, 7:30 pm

Neils Science Center, room 234

Sponsored by Union Board-Hot Topics

Matt is an engaging and entertaining speaker who uses clips from popular television shows to highlight stereotypes in American culture. He is funny, interactive, and encourages his listeners to examine the many ways TV imitates life and life imitates TV.