The Valpo Core

Jus Vitae presents:

Is it Always Wrong to take a Human Life? A Discussion about Abortion, War, Capital Punishment, Assisted Suicide and what it Means to be Pro-Life

November 10, 2009, 5 pm

Harre Union, Ballroom A

It’s often said that a person cannot be Pro-Life if he or she supports a war or execution.  Conversely, is someone authentically Pro-Life if he or she opposes war and capital punishment but favors legalized abortion and euthanasia?  Hopefully this discussion will provide some answers. This will be a candid discussion about sensitive issues that encompass morality and the law. Our panelists include: Dr. Rachel MacNair, Professor Geneva Brown, Professor Derrick Carter, and Professor Ed Gaffney.

A free dinner will be served.

All students, faculty, and interested members of the community are welcome.

Event sponsor: Nursing and Pre-Med Club

Date, time and place of event: Tuesday, October 13th from 5:30-7:30 PM in the Union Ballroom

Cost: Suggested $5 donation for VU students and $10 donation for VU faculty and community members

Traditional Nicaraguan food will be available as students have the opportunity to watch a presentation about the Spring Break International Service Learning (Medical Mission) Trip to Central America.  Students who have attended the trip in previous years will be on hand to share their experiences through pictures and stories.

The dinner will be cooked and served by nursing and pre-med students.  The presentation will be given by students who have been on the spring break trip in previous years.

Saturday April 25th, 2009, 7 pm – 11 pm

Valparaiso University, Harre Union Ballrooms B&C

Hosted by Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society, Kappa Phi Chapter

Come enjoy a night of literary fun, experience new works of literature you may not have known about before (or re-experience old favorites), eat a meal with others, and learn a ballroom dance! This will be a night of food, fun, and literary surprises.  We plan to have literary themed tables, toasts, and scenes re-enacted from different literary works. Purchase a ticket for $11 at the Union Info desk, dress in semi-formal attire (formal highly encouraged!), wear a mask, and show up at 7 pm on Sat. April 25th!

This event is open to students, faculty, staff, administration, and the Valparaiso community.  We look forward to seeing you there.  For more information, please feel free to contact Katelyn.Power@valpo.edu or our chapter president, Jenna.Johnson@valpo.edu.

Come at 6 pm for a free ballroom dance lesson!

Come join us at the Taste of Asia!  Valparaiso University’s Asian American Association (AAA) is putting on the Taste of Asia on Saturday, April 4th.  It begins at 5:30 and you can come and go as you please.  There will be several performances, including an Indian song and a Middle Eastern dance, as well as, a taste of food from China, India, the Middle East and Japan.  We will also have interactive activities.  We will have one booth where you can try writing their name in various languages, such as Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, or Japanese.  We will also have a Henna booth, and various other booths  representing different Asian countries.   Only 2$/ticket, which can be purchased at the Welcome Desk at the new Harre Union!

Wordfest and The Lighter present THE CABARET!

“But what is this thing called cabaret?”

cab~a~ret (kab??r?)

2b. A restaurant or night-club in which entertainment is provided as an accompaniment to a meal; also, the entertainment so provided, a floor-show.

As in, “He spends most of his extra money at pool parlors, Austrian villages and cabaret shows,” or “Those melancholy places, the night clubs and cabarets.”  (Thanks, OED!)

Or better yet, as in, “The Lighter and Wordfest proudly present their third annual Cabaret, at which no money will be collected and no melancholy will be found (or that which is found will be tidily swept up and packaged into art).”

Date: Saturday, April 4th

Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Place: Refectory in Mueller Hall

Fare: Dinner provided free!

Program: a variety of musical, spoken word and visual media acts by students, faculty and staff

Rumors: a banjo in the hands of Prof. Owens, a guitar in those of Prof. Sponberg; the vocal stylings of Prof. Buinicki and Prof Childress; Nancy Drew’s alter ego channeled by Prof. Schuette-Hoffman; and more, oh, so much more…

Tuesday, March 24, from 3-5 pm in Ballrooms B and C of the Harre Union

Are you thinking about declaring a major? Do you wonder what it might be like to study in one of VU’s departments? Do you wonder where a certain major might lead you once you’ve finished it? Come out to the Majors Fair and ask these questions! Representatives from many of VU’s departments and colleges will be present to help answer them, in an informal “open house”-style atmosphere. It’s a good chance to get some important information that will help you in planning the course of your studies.

Pizza will be served!

Happy Naw Ruz! Happy New  Day!

This event is a celebration of the beginning of a new calendar year for the Baha’is worldwide.

Friday, March 20, 2009, 5:30-8:00 pm, in the CCLIR Community Room

Program:

5:30 Tea, cookies, and music with PowerPoint presentation

5:45 Sarah Wong and Judy Farnsworth

6:15 Keynote speech: Ray Estes, “Baha’i Faith: A Message of Unity and Light for the World”

7:00 Dinner, music, socializing

Flyer for Baha’i New Year Celebration

When: Wednesday, November 19

Where: Brandt Hall Quiet Lounge

What Time: 8 pm to about 9:15 pm

What it is : The Agape Meal is a re-creation of how the early Church might have had fellowship and worship together. How did they pray? What did they eat? What were some of the songs they sang? What did they talk about? If you have never experienced this before, come and enjoy some really good, homemade food in a casual setting, while learning something new! It is free, and people of all backrounds and religions are welcome. We invite you to join in this way of sharing love, peace, and unity from ages past.