Campus Notes

By  On  November 21st, 2003

Downtown A2 to celebrate holiday season

An old-fashioned celebration will take place today in downtown
Ann Arbor. Marking the beginning of the holiday season, Christmas
carols will be sung and the downtown tree lights will be turned on.
The lighting event, Light Up for Life, will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on
Main Street and is sponsored by the Main Street Area Association.
Non-perishable foods and wrapped toys will be accepted for the C.S.
Motts Children’s Hospital. Refreshments will be served.

Activist-author to discuss gender issues in prisons

Activist and author Angela Davis will discuss gender issues in
America’s prison system today in a lecture titled, “How
Gender Structures the Prison Industrial Complex.” The event,
7:30 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium, is part of the 7th Annual Vivian
Shaw Lecture and is sponsored by the Department of Women’s
Studies.

Museum exhibit to display human fetishes

Today the Michigan Media Union Video Studio will showcase the
works of Guillermo Gomez-Pena, depicting various human fetishes, in
an event titled “Mexotica: A Living Museum of Fetish-ized
Others.” The event will be from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and is
sponsored by the School of Art and Design.

Play on interracial relationships to be shown

“Interracial,” a play exploring interracial
relationships among young people, is showing Monday at the
Mendelssohn Theater in the Michigan League. The event begins at 7
p.m. and is produced by the Theatre Company.

Taiwanese poet to give lecture, slideshow

In an event titled “The Empty Pavilion: Poetry and
Painting: A Semiotic Approach,” Lo Ch’ing will lecture
and present a slideshow of his works and experiences. Ch’ing
has had his works displayed at various museums around the world,
including the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum and the Royal
Ontario Museum. The event is sponsored by the Center for Chinese
Studies and the Asian languages and cultures department and will be
Monday at 4 p.m. at 1636 School of Social Work.

Computer science and engineering building to open

University President Mary Sue Coleman, Jerry Levin, American
Household Inc. chief executive officer, and Kevin O’Connor,
co-founder of DoubleClick Inc., will attend the groundbreaking of
the Computer Science and Engineering Building on North campus. The
event is today at 4:30 p.m.

Award-winning Texas professor to give lecture

University of Texas architecture Prof. Michael Benedikt will
lecture on the architectural effect of doors and lighting. Benedikt
is a winner of the Amoco Foundation Teaching Award, the
Chancellor’s Council Teaching Award. The event will be at the
University’s Art and Architecture Auditorium, 2000 Bonisteel
Blvd., beginning at 6 p.m. and sponsored by the College of
Architecture and Urban Planning.

Poet, novelist to give reading at Business School

Poet and novelist Richard Katrovas will read his poetry Monday
at Hale Auditorium in the Business School. Katrovas also teaches
English in Prague and New Orleans. The event, which will begin at 5
p.m., is sponsored by the English department.

ISA to celebrate Diwali with light festival

The Indian Student Association will celebrate Diwali today with
a festival of lights, dances, skits, music and fireworks at the
Michigan League Ballroom. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Space is
limited

— Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Ryan Vlcko.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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