The Valpo Core

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.

The author of a new book examining C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series will speak at Valparaiso University on Jan. 15.

Dr. Michael Ward, author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis, will discuss how medieval cosmology, a subject that fascinated Lewis throughout his life, offers the key to understanding the seven novels.

Dr. Ward’s talk, “C.S. Lewis, Narnia and the Seven Heavens,” will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Huegli Hall on campus and is free and open to the public.

For more information:
http://www.valpo.edu/news/index.php?action=display&newsid=3339&sy=2007

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

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

“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!

The Psychology Department and Christ College are very pleased to announce an upcoming lecture by internationally known social psychologist and one of the most famous researchers in the psychology of religion, Dr. Richard L. Gorsuch. Dr. Gorsuch is a senior faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary in the Graduate School of Psychology. His lecture, titled “Science and the Humanities: Can either address truth?,” will be held in the CCLIR room 205 on November 6th from 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm.

There will also be a “conversation hour” to be held prior to his lecture, from 3:00-4:00 pm in the Squire Room of the Union.

Lecture Description: “Science and the Humanities: Can either address truth?”

With postmodernism, there are two questions regarding truth. First, without a foundation and being skeptical, can even science claim to be finding truth? Or are there just the stories that scientists weave? Second, if there is truth, is science the only road to truth? Or can the humanities look for truth also? And what of theology? In this lecture, a new look is taken at this question - which suggests new answers and a new basis for both our understanding of both the sciences and the humanities and how they can relate to each other.

Flyer for “Science and the Humanities: Can Either Address Truth?”

Biographical information on Dr. Richard L. Gorsuch

V.U. Students for Life (VUSFL) is sponsoring speaker Hadley Arkes,
renowned bioethicist, on Saturday, November 3 from 12 noon to 3 pm
in the CCLIR Community Room.

Free to all attendees. Free pizza luncheon at 12 noon. Presentation
at 1:00 pm. Professor Arkes’ speech is entitled, “At the threshold
of a breakthrough, with a president not knowing how to cross it?”

Alexandra Levit, author of They Don’t Teach Corporate in College, is known as one of the premiere career spokeswomen of her generation.  On Thursday, November 8, 2007, she will be addressing the Valparaiso University campus and community in regards to workplace issues facing young employees.  She will be offering tactics that students can use to enhance their employability now and in the future.

The event will take place at VU’s College of Business in Urschel Hall, Room 202 at 6:30 pm.  Copies of Alexandra Levit’s book, They Don’t Teach Corporate in College will be sold for $10 each (cash/checks only, please).  Levit will also be available to sign books following her presentation.

This event is co-sponsored by Valparaiso University’s College of Business Administration and Delta Sigma Pi, the professional co-ed business fraternity on campus.

VU students, faculty/staff, and community members are welcome to attend.  Admission is free.

Official News Release for Levit event

Flyer for Alexandra Levit event

Guest speaker: Leon R. Kass, MD, PhD
Former Chair, President’s Council on Bioethics

Thursday, October 25, 6:30 pm
Community Room, CCLIR

Dr. Kass chaired President Bush’s Council on Bioethics 2002-2005. His published essays in biomedical ethics address issues of in vitro fertilization, cloning, genetic screening and genetic technology, organ transplantation, aging research, euthanasia and assisted suicide, and the moral nature of the medical profession.

http://www.valpo.edu/christc/events.html

The events described below are approved for 5th-hour credit.

Valparaiso University’s Eta of Indiana Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa invites you to attend the following events:

Lecture: “Why the European Union Will Not Become a Superpower” by Prof. James J. Sheehan, Stanford University.

Thursday, October 25th at 6:30 pm in the Great Hall of the Union. Open to the public.

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A faculty panel discussion: “States, Nations, and the Problem of the Nationstate”

Friday, October 26 at 3:00 pm, in Kade-Duesenberg German Cultural Center

Prof. Sheehan will be joined by the following VU faculty: Prof. Jon Kilpinen, Geography; Prof. Kevin Ostoyich, History; Prof. Matthew Lundin, Christ College. Refreshments to follow. Open to the Public.