SOC Summit events
The School of Communication Summit will kick off with a dinner this Wednesday and end Friday.
There will be three sessions on communication from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. on Thursday. Three other sessions will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. One is on “Reporting Scandal on Campus,” the second is on responsibility in public service and the third is on responsibility in cultural sensitivity. There will be a lunch from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The lunch costs $10 for students and $25 for anyone else.
C-SPAN editor Steve Scully will host a panel on how the White House spins the message. There will also be sessions on confronting everyday prejudice and responsible filmmaking from 1:45 to 3 p.m.
Friday is Professional Development Day. A session on nonprofit and profit business will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. From 9:45 to 10:45 a.m., Commentator Fred Brown and 9 News reporter Adam Schrager will host a session on reputation managment.
The final session of the summit will be on maintaining great brands from 11 a.m. to noon.
Looking for a career?
The DU Career Center is sponsoring a winter career and internship fair tomorrow from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Driscoll Ballroom. Participating employers include Alpine Bank, Clean Water Action, Colorado Public Radio, Community Reach Center, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, Oppenheimer Funds, Raytheon, Time Warner Telecom and the U.S. Navy.
Pre Game Bash
There will be a Pre-Game Jam Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Sidelines Pub to cheer for the Pioneer men’s basketball team.
The jam will feature Shelby Britton and Single Track for entertainment. There will also be free giveaways, music and food specials.
Students who come decked out in all Pioneer gear could win $250 cash at the game.
Following the Pre Game Jam, the men’s team will take on South Alabama at 6:35 pm.
Interested in space?
Dr. John Mather, from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and visiting Marsico scholar, will give a free lecture on Thursday about James Webb Space Telescope and the future of space astronomy.
It will be held in Boettcher Auditorium at 7 p.m.
Photos, other images and details are available at www.du.edu/physastron.
Black History movies
Students for Africa is presenting a Black History Month film series held in the Cyber Cafe of Ben Cherrington Hall.
This Thursday, “Cry Freedom” will be playing from 12 to 2 p.m.
Richard Attenborough directed this dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s.
“Rosewood” will be played Monday 12 to 2 p.m.
Rosewood is the true story of an almost unknown incident in a small Florida town, (fictionalized, but faithful to the known facts, as documented in a 1994 report by the Florida Legislature).
Snacks will be provided.
Plays are awesome
Sposored by the Latino Student Alliance, Black Student Alliance, Center of Multicultural Excellence and DUPB, the play “Platanos and Collard Grens,” will be performed March 2 at 7 p.m.
The play, written by David Lamb, is based on his book “Do Platanos Go Wit’ Collard Greens.”
It be be performed in Davis Auditorium in Sturm Hall.
“Platanos and Collard Greens” is a comedy-drama play which addresses racial issues between the African-American and Latino cultures. The play deals with common stereotypes and prejudices between the two cultures as a love story unfolds between two college students, a young African-American (Freeman) and a Latin girl (Angelita).
Rock like the French
Jean Louis Aubert, French rock legend, is performing a concert March 9 at 6:30 p.m. in Lindsey Auditorium.
Aubert was formerly in the hit group TCB(lCB(phone, and has now gone out on his own.
He is a talented musician, and is known for writing songs that have a moving energy. The concert is free to DU faculty, students, and staff.
For tickets, please contact Terri Woellner at twoellne@du.edu.
Reflect on economy
Bridges to the Future is holding a series called “Reflections on the National Security,” featuring former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and former senator Alan Simpson Wednesday, March 9, at 7 p.m. in Magness Arena.
The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended. Call x12357 to make them or e-mail scp@du.edu.
Reich is a currently a professor at Brandeis, but prior to that served as the nation’s 22nd Secretary of Labor during President Clinton’s first term. Under his term, Reich oversaw the enactment of the Retirement Protection Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the first increase in the minimum wage since 1989.
Simpson began his political career in 1964 when he was elected to the Wyoming State Legislature as a state representative. He became a U.S. senator in 1978 and was re-elected in 1984 and 1990. He served as the Assistant Majority Leader from 1984 to 1994.
