Alumna raises awareness
An alumna of the University of Denver hopes to raise awareness of HIV.
Barbara Wise will speak at DU Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Sturm Hall 251. Wise contracted HIV while attending DU, and will share her experience with the disease with students.
Women Empowering Women, the Pioneer Leadership Program and Campus Crusade are sponsoring the event.
For more information Eric Bergland at eberglan@du.edu.
Talk of sin today on campus
There will be a discussion about sin on campus today.
Robert McMahon, professor of English and the Honors Program at Louisiana State University, will present “The Sin in the Garden” in the Honors Seminar Room in the Mary Reed Building from 4-5:15 p.m.
The discussion will concern love and lust in the book of Genesis in the Bible.
McMahon taught an honors seminar last year on “Love and Lust in Dante’s Inferno.”
McMahon’s books include Augustine’s Prayerful Ascent: An Essay on the Literary Form of the “Confessions” and The Two Poets of “Paradise Lost.” He has also written various articles concerning literature and political philosophy.
Women’s rights photos
Amnesty International Rocky Mountain Women’s Rights Team will present a photo essay titled “Women of Dignity” at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Funky Buddha Lounge, 776 Lincoln St.
The exhibit will focus on violence against women and the process of recovery from violence. Lia Chavez, a member of Amnesty International Women’s Human Rights Team, which is coordinating the event. Melissa Ivey, a local recording artist, will perform from 7-9 p.m.
For more information contact Chavez at lichavez@du.edu.
Religious talk
Yehouda Shenhav will present a lecture concerning religion, focusing on Judaism Thursday from 12-1:30 p.m. in Room 201 of Ben Cherrington Hall.
Shenhav is associate professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Tel Aviv University and is currently a visiting scholar in the department of sociology at Colombia University.
Shenhav has recently received awards from the Israeli Science Foundation and the Ford Foundation for his work.
He has published several works including The Arab-Jews: Nationalism, Religion and Ethnicity, Manufacturing Rationality: The Engineering Foundations of the Managerial Revolution and The Organization Machine: A Critical Inquiry into the Foundations of Management Theory.
For more information contact Laurie Roster at lroster@du.edu.
Music, music, music at DU
The Lamont School of Music will hold several performances this week.
Wednesday the Lamont Jazz Orchestra, Lamont Jazz Ensemble and University Jazz Orchestra will perform in Sturm Hall Auditorium from 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Malcolm Lynn Baker will direct the Lamont Jazz Orchestra, Alan Hood will direct the Lamont Jazz Ensemble and Art Rocha will direct the University Jazz Orchestra.
The Lamont Guitar Ensemble will perform at the University Park United Methodist Church Thursday from 7:30-9 p.m.
Masakazu Ito and Jonathan Leathwood will direct.
Flo’s Underground will perform Friday from 5-7 p.m. in the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, room 121.
The performance will feature the Vocal Jazz Cabaret Combo.
All performances are free.
For more information contact the Lamont concert line at x16412 or call Victoria Brandys at vbrandys@du.edu.
Students read peace poetry
Students are invited to read and listen to poetry for peace.
Wednesday from 12-1 p.m. in the Cyber CafCB) in Cherrington Hall there will be a poetry reading of works against the war with Iraq.
Professor Haider Khan will lead “Poets Against the War.”
Students are invited to read their own work, other people’s poems and to come and listen.
For more information contact Susan Rivera at surivera@du.edu.
Preview performance
The Lamont Symphony Orchestra will hold a pre-grand opening performance March 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gates Concert Hall in the Newman Center.
Those who attened the event will receive a free gift and will be entered to win two tickets to all Ritchie Center commercial events for a year.
Lawrence Golan will direct the performance.
The event is open to the DU community and and families only.
Tickets may be purchased at the Ritchie Center box office.
Lamont will also seek feedback about the concert in a focus group. For information about the focus group contact Melinda Laz at x17869.
Go to Vegas, Mexico for break
Students can gamble in Las Vegas or work as a team in Loreto, Mexico, during Spring Interterm.
“Risky Business: Gaming and Gambling” in Las Vegas and “Working in Culturally Diverse Teams” in Mexico will be offered during Spring Interterm.
The class in Las Vegas will explore the “theory, practice and business of gambling” as students will learn how the gambling industry operates. Students must be 21 or older for the four credit course.
Students who take the course in Mexico will take part in team-based programing that will include sea kayaking, cycling and cultural tours. Students will receive kayaking instruction.
Other travel courses being offered are “Values and Virtues: Leadership and Teamwork” in San Diego and “Global Perspectives in Real Estate” in the Eastern Caribbean. Non-travel courses include “Off the Road: Jack Kerouac in Denver” and “Management Topics: Cultural Issues in Global Management.”
For more information or to register for a course, contact the Special Community Programs at x12360.
