Human rights fest
The Argus Human Rights Festival will be held Sept. 26-29 on the Auraria campus.
The festival will include the showing of 22 films from the Human Rights Watch International Fim Festival and speakers from human-rights groups.
The subject of slavery will be the focus of the first night, with Kevin Bales hosting.
The event is $5 to $8 per program. Call 720.314.3785 for information.
Iraq debate part of bridge project
The bridge to the future will continue to be built on Wednesday when the University of Denver hosts a debate about the war with Iraq.
Former National Security Advisor Richard Allen and Craig Barnes, attorney and author will participate in the debate entitled “War with Iraq: The Power, the Policy and the Public.”
The debate will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Sturm Hall Auditorium.
Allen served as a national security advisor in the Reagan administration.
Almost a holy dinner party
The world of theater in Denver has produced two new plays that will be showing through October.
The Arvada Center will be showing “The Dinner Party” through Oct. 6 in Arvada, and the Curious Theatre Company will be staging “An Almost Holy Picture” through Oct. 26 at the Acoma Center.
For information contact the Arvada Center at 720.898.7200 and the Curious Theatre Company at 303.623.0524.
Faculty awarded
The University of Denver will honor members of the faculty and staff during the “2002 Faculty and Staff Awards Convocation” Friday in Magness Arena in the Ritchie Center.
The ceremony will begin with a luncheon at noon, followed by the presentation at 12:30 p.m.
The presentation will consist of various speakers and the awards presentation.
Faculty awards include Lawrence N. Argent receiving the University of Denver Distinguished Scholar Award; Susan L. Stakel receiving the University of Denver Distinguished Teaching Award and Andrew E. Busch receiving United Methodist Church University/Scholar Teacher of the Year.
Staff awards include Barbara J. Stephen, Outstanding Service and Nick Mather, Red and Gold Award.
Call x14948 for information.
A DAM good show
The Denver Art Museum will be showing a series of artistic films as part of “Film series: The Mean Streets of Film Noir” through Oct. 29.
The DAM stated on its Web site that the film series will “provide a dark look at the underside of American culture in the 1940s and 50s.”
The DAM will show Laura (1944) today; Out of the Past (1947) on Oct. 1; Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) on Oct. 8; Gun Crazy (1949) on Oct 15; Night and the City (1950) on Oct. 22 and Kiss Me Deadly (1955) on Oct. 29.
The event is sponsored by the Denver Psychoanalytic Society.
Single tickets are $7. For information call 720.913.0105.
The world in a classroom
The Study Abroad Office will hold a Study Abroad information fair today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Penrose Lawn. The fair will give students the opportunity to see the various places that are options for studying abroad this year. On Friday the Study Abroad office will welcome back students who studied abroad last year. The office will serve pizza to the students from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.For information call x14913.
Greeks have fun in an extended rush
Bid day is the last day of Sorority Recruitment, when women who attended recruitment activities are invited to join one of the five sororities.Women’s recruitment was longer this year; an extra day was added. Ashley Flynn, Panhellenic Vice President of Recruitment, said she believed that an extra 45 minutes with each chapter helped the women feel more comfortable making their decisions.Lisa Harris, a new member of Alpha Gamma Delta, said, “Recruitment was a fun way to meet new people and a great way to start the year.”Jennifer Lappies, also a new member of Alpha Gamma Delta, agreed that it was a way to meet people on campus and to become active in the DU community.The fraternities on campus also recruited a new crop of members. Max Goldberg, Sigma Chi recruitment chair, said he was happy with the new members of Sigma Chi.
