What Matters This Election? Find Out at "It Matters!"
A unique and timely collaborative program for the Fall 2008 semester titled It Matters! Engage. Participate. Vote is being coordinated through the University Library to provide students, faculty, staff and the community an opportunity to explore together many of the “hot” issues in the November election. It Matters! Engage. Participate. Vote. features art exhibitions, brown bag discussions, class projects, and voter education events. A variety of events are scheduled throughout the semester.
The program begins with the art exhibition in the University Library Art Gallery I Express running from Aug. 22 – Nov. 5. I Express . . . explores themes SSU students identified as important in the current election cycle – such as war, terrorism, and the environment. Participating artists were selected by the spring 2008 Gallery and Museum Methods class and include: Katy Anderson, Allegra Burke, Nuala Creed, Rob Keller, Thomas Pratt, Mario Uribe, and Nancy Worthington.
The It Matters! lecture and discussion series begins on Sept. 17 at noon in Schulz 3001 with Paul Gullixson, Editorial Director of the Press Democrat and Steve Cuellar, Associate Professor, SSU Economics Department speaking on “War and the Economy.” The discussion will be moderated by David McCuan, Associate Professor Political Science Department.
The remaining schedule can be found at: http://library.sonoma.edu/itmatters/
Scene it Movie Series Offers Free Blockbusters to All
For everyone that wanted to see the summer blockbusters but couldn’t find the time to get there; the summer blockbusters have come to the campus. Residential Life and Associated Students Inc. are proud to present the Scene It movie series, select Saturdays this semester at 9 p.m. Tickets are free for students, staff and faculty. The event is BYOP (Bring Your Own Popcorn).
The schedule includes:
*9/6 Sex and the City (Warren Auditorium)
*9/13 Indian Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Warren Auditorium)
*9/20 Baby Mama (Warren Auditorium)
*9/27 Wanted (Warren Auditorium)
*10/4 Speed Racer (Cooperage)
*10/25 The Dark Knight (Cooperage)
*11/1 Kung Fu Panda (Cooperage)
*11/15 Hancock (Cooperage)
*12/13 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Cooperage)
For more information, visit www.sonoma.edu/SAEM/seawolfscene or call 4-2804.
SAVE THE DATE
LECTURES
"WAR: FROM THE NORTH BAY TO IRAQ" – Lecture by sydicated columnist Norman Solomon. War and Peace Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Sept. 2, Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. 4-4115.
"THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR" – A lecture by Anthropology Professor John Wingard. War and Peace Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Sept. 9, Warren Hall Auditorium, Ives 101. 4-4115.
"SECRET CODES IN SHAKESPEARE: AN ESSAY ON BACONIAN, OXFORDIANS, CATHOLICS AND FILTHY MINDS" - Dean William Babula’s paper surveys the strange world of passionate code seekers and Shakespeare. Arts and Humanites Forum, 12:05-12:55 p.m., Sept. 11, Schulz 3001.
SOCIAL JUSTICE - Former Peruvian President, Alejandro Toledo addresses
issues surrounding social injustice, indigenous people, education and democracy in his lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25 in the Evert B. Person Theatre. The event is the fourth in a series of annual lectures in the Andrea Neves and Barton Evans Social Justice Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the School of Extended Education, the Osher Lifelong Learning, Associated Students and organized by the School of Education and the School of Social Sciences. The lecture is free and open to the public on a first come, first serve basis.
FILMS
HONEYDRIPPER (John Sayles, 2008) Set in 1950’s Alabama, a juke-joint owner recruits a guitar-playing drifter to help him save his club. With Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Vondie Curtis Hall, Dr. Mabel Johns, Keb Mo, Stacy Keach and Mary Steenburgen. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free. 7 p.m., Sept. 5. Warren Hall Auditorium, Ives 101.