Blood drive
Greek Councils Spring Philanthropy will be a Bon Fils Blood Drive, which will take place all day Wednesday in Driscoll Student Center. All students, staff and faculty are invited to donate.
Documentary film
screening
A screening of the award winning documentary “For the Bible Tells Me So,” which explores homosexuality and the Bible, will be shown on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Lindsay Auditorium.
Following the film there will be an open dialogue with biblical experts and members of the LGBTIQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trangender, Intersex, Questioning) community. The event is free, presented by the University Chaplain, the Center for Multicultural Excellence and DUPB.
Diversity Summit
The 7th Annual DU Diversity Summit will be held on Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s theme, “One DU: Greater Expectations for Inclusive Excellence,” will examine DU’s progress toward implementing inclusive excellence throughout the campus. This event is free and registration is now open.
Holocaust
Awareness Week
This week Never Again! will sponsor the 2nd Annual Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week.
This year’s theme is “Hate Kills,” and the week will include a talk by keynote speaker Joseph Sebarenzi, former head of the Rwandan Parliament and a survivor of the genocide in Rwanda tonight at 7 p.m. in Lindsay Auditorium. A screening of “The Pianist” will be on Thursday at 8 p.m. in Davis Auditorium.
On Friday at 6 p.m. in the Merage and Allon Hillel Center, in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a student-led Shabbat service and dinner, which will include an interfaith memorial service is being held. The week will end with the conference on “Taking a Stand: Youth Against Genocide” on Sunday from 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m
Student’s thesis
presenation
Graduate student Stacey Sotosky will present the culmination of her thesis work, a performance cinema experience which explores the unearthing of the ATRA ritual performance. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
Sneak preview
of film
A Screening of the film “Where God Left His Shoes” will be shown on May 7, at 7 p.m. in the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. The showing is free and open to the public in conjunction with Project Homeless Connect which will take place on May 9. This sneak preview of the film is presented by DUPB, Vulcan Productions, Denver’s Road Home and the Mile High United Way, among others.
Latin American immigration
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Association will present author and professor Peter Smith on May 15, at 5 p.m. in they Cyber Café in Ben Cherrington Hall. This lecture is titled “Hugo vs. George: Latin America’s Pink Tide and the United States.”
Essay contest
The Nation magazine is holding an essay contest for college students and will award a $1,000 grand prize and a subscription to Nation to the winner. Five finalists will be awarded $200 each.
The 800 word or less submissions must answer the question: “what have you learned from a personal experience that the next president should know before setting the agenda for the country?”
Entries will be accepted through May 31. A winner will be announced by Sept. 4. Essays can be submitted at studentprize@thenation.com.
DU Tube
Deadline for submissions for DU Tube is June 3. Students are invited to submit video entries about life on DU for incoming students. Winning submissions will be shown at the 2008 Discoveries Orientation.
