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Date: Thu Oct 27 2011 - 03:37:24 MDT
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:37:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Student Buff Bulletin <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Student Buff Bulletin 10/27/2011
SUBJECT: Student Buff Bulletin 10/27/2011
Student Buff Bulletin
27 October 2011, Thursday
A Boulder Campus digest of current events
In this issue:
--- Study Russian Language and Culture in St. Petersburg this
Summer Interest Meeting Nov. 1
--- Power of Words Series: What a B!*$#
--- Free Greek Cooking Class
--- Lyme Disease Benefit Event Sat. Nov. 5
--- Hydraulic Fracturing: A Look into the Science, Law and
Policy
--- Donate Your Warm Clothing to Pine Ridge Reservation
--- Why Vegan? Positive Video, Q&A and Free Food
--- Singer Trevor Hall in Old Main on Friday Oct. 28
--- See Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two for
Free on Friday
--- Denver Rockers The Foot. in Club 156 on Saturday, Oct. 29
--- Open Mic Night Monday Nov. 7
--- Lydia in Club 156 on Tuesday, Nov. 1
--- Yoga and Meditation Classes for Students On Campus
--- International Week of Italian Language and Culture
--- Lu Xun: One Classical Poem 30 Years Apart (CAS Event)
STUDY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN ST. PETERSBURG THIS SUMMER- INTEREST MEETING NOV. 1
Make this summer unforgettable - spend six weeks immersed in Russian culture and language in St. Petersburg! The program, directed by Professor Artemi Romanov, includes language courses each morning, afternoon and weekend excursions
around beautiful St. Petersburg, plus a weekend trip to Moscow! Earn nine credits; beginning and advanced Russian speakers welcome. Come to a meeting to learn more: Nov. 1, 5 p.m. HUMN 270.
Contact: Sarah Westmoreland (Sarah.Westmoreland@Colorado.EDU)
Additional information:
POWER OF WORDS SERIES: WHAT A B!*S#
Join the Dennis Small Cultural Center and the Women's Resource Center for a conversation about the impact of language, focusing specifically on gender related words and how they affect the women on our campus. This event is
happening on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. in UMC 457. Refreshments will be provided! And please remember to like our Facebook page!
Contact: dscc@colorado.edu
Additional information: http://umc.colorado.edu/studentlife/dennissmall
FREE GREEK COOKING CLASS
Join the Dennis Small Cultural Center for a Greek cooking class on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Meet in front of the Alferd Packer Grill in the UMC at 5:45 p.m. This class is first come, first serve, so arrive early to reserve your spot. Come learn the secret of Greek-style home cooking for free!
Contact: dscc@colorado.edu
Additional information: http://umc.colorado.edu/studentlife/dennissmall
LYME DISEASE BENEFIT EVENT SATURDAY, NOV. 5
Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at the St.Julian Hotel in Boulder.
Put your best hat on and enjoy a fabulous brunch with live music, a fashion show, dance performances and an amazing raffle. Cost: $60. Lyme Disease is the fastest growing
infectious disease in the U.S. Help save a life. For info about Lyme and the life that we are saving call 808-281-1362, see http://tinyurl.com/3d8s9xz and http:// www.robinsrescue.blogspot.com
Sponsored by Wesley Foundation
Contact: Tammy Ash Perkins
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: A LOOK INTO THE SCIENCE, LAW AND POLICY
The Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy will be presenting a lecture on hydraulic fracturing this Friday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m. in the Wittemyer Courtroom. The lecture will feature two presentations, one on
the science of hydraulic fracturing given by Mike Eberhard, Completion Engineering Manager with Anadarko, followed by a presentation by Michael Chiropolos, Lands Program Director for Western Resource Advocates, on the most recent developments in hydraulic fracturing law and policy.
Contact: Jason Obold
DONATE YOUR WARM CLOTHING TO PINE RIDGE RESERVATION
Have some warm clothes you don't use? From Oct. 31-Nov. 4,
drop off your warm winter clothes (coats, sweaters, hats, scarves, gloves, etc.) at the Environmental Center (UMC 355) to go to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Donations will be delivered by the non-profit Trees, Water, People.
Help spread the warmth as the season turns cold and help lower our carbon footprint by turning the thermostat down.
Contact: Susan Beckett, susan.beckett@colorado.edu
Additional information: http://ecenter.colorado.edu
WHY VEGAN? POSITIVE VIDEO, Q&A AND FREE FOOD
More and more people are choosing to be vegan. Actually, you already hold basic values that mean you should be vegan, too. Why? And how do we become vegan? Can one person really make a difference? Ask questions in a safe, friendly, helpful
atmosphere. We'll show a short, positive (non-graphic) video, talk about veganism, then answer questions. Everyone is welcome! Wednesday, Nov. 2, 5 p.m., Humanities 135. Free pizza and vegan ice cream!
Contact: Vegan Justice League
Additional information: vegan@colorado.edu
SINGER TREVOR HALL IN OLD MAIN ON FRIDAY, OCT. 28
Program Council presents Trevor Hall, a reggae rock singer who has toured with Matisyahu, Stevie Nicks and Ziggy Marley. Hall will be joined on stage with Cas Haley, the runner-up on season two of America's Got Talent. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. in Old Main on Friday, Oct. 28. Tickets are $15/$30 for VIP, which will include exclusive seating and a pre-show Meet and Greet. CU students only; BuffOne card required for entry.
Contact: Connie Redfield, Program Council
SEE HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART TWO FOR FREE ON FRIDAY
Program Council's Friday Night Film Series sets off your Halloween weekend with the final installment of the Harry Potter films. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, HP7.2 follows Harry, Ron and Hermione as they search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes to defeat the Dark
Lord. As always, the movie starts at 9 p.m. in CHEM 140 with free popcorn! Visit http://www.programcouncil.com for all of our upcoming events!
Contact: Connie Redfield, Program Council
DENVER ROCKERS THE FOOT. IN CLUB 156 ON SATURDAY, OCT. 29
Program Council presents The Foot. with 12-Year-Old Mind and Brown's Bad Week in Club 156 on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8:30 p.m. Nationally recognized at CMJ in 2010, The Foot. blends old and new influences into a unique sound, while 12-year-old
Mind, a recent competitor in CU's Battle of the Bands harnessing the mixture of rock and electronic. Tickets are $8 presale at http://www.programcouncil.com or $10 at the door.
Contact: Connie Redfield, Program Council
OPEN MIC NIGHT MONDAY, NOV. 7
The first Monday of every month is Open Mic Night for CU & Naropa students! Held at CU's Wesley Chapel, 7:45 p.m. Seeking poets, musicians, singers, actors, dancers, mimes and more! Also seeking audiences to enjoy their marvelous
talents! Free! 1290 Folsom St., across from Folsom Field, one block north of Colorado Ave, at the corner of University Heights Ave. Seriously fun.
Contact: Roger Wolsey
Additional information: http://www.wesleyf.org
LYIDA IN CLUB 156 ON THURSDAY, NOV. 1
Program Council presents indie rock legend Lydia with Ashtree on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 8:30 p.m. in Club 156. Formed in 2003, Lydia has gone through multiple line-up changes and album releases, the band is now a duo who released a brand new album this past summer. Denver's Ashtree (formerly Ashtree Close) will heat things up. This show is almost sold out, so get your tickets while you can at http://www.programcouncil.com!
Contact: Connie Redfield, Program Council
YOGA AND MEDITATION CLASSES FOR STUDENTS ON CAMPUS
Free yoga and meditation classes. Come chill out after class with some yoga and guided meditation. Everyone is welcome. No experience needed. Classes are every Monday and Thursday at
5:30 p.m. in Ketchum 120.
YESPLUS WORKSHOP
Want to de-stress in the midst of papers, exams and projects? Want to meet some great friend who want to make a difference? Call us or come to yoga to learn about the yesplus workshop starting Nov. 2.
Contact: George Guyver
Additional information: http://www.facebook.com/CUYogaClub
INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
The French and Italian department celebrates International Italian Language and Culture Week 2011: "Buon compleanno, Italia! (Happy Birthday, Italy).
Tuesday, Nov. 1, "Reimagining the Risorgimento: Italian Heroes, Bandits and Political Ambition" presented by Nicole Jobin, 7 p.m., HUMN 150.
Wednesday, Nov. 2 Italian Table 4:30-5:30 p.m. HUMN 345.
Thursday, Nov. 3, an evening with Giuseppe Verdi, 7 p.m., CU
Museum of Natural History. Refreshments following.
Contact: Chiara Torriani
LY XUN: ONE CLASSICAL POEM 30 YEARS APART (CAS EVENT)
November 4, 2 p.m., HUMN 150. A lecture by Prof. Eva Shan Chou, City University of New York, Baruch College. In 1903, when he was 21, Lu Xun wrote one of his most famous and patriotic classical poems. Yet this poem survives in his hand
only because he wrote it out again in 1931. Why 1931 and what did the poem mean to him 30 years later?
Contact: julie Kang
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/cas/
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