Campus Notes
February 6th, 2004
Prof to discuss religion in antiquity
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof. Isaiah Gafni will lecture
on the influence of geographic location on the development of
religion Monday at 7 p.m. in the Michigan League Ballroom.
The lecture, titled “What a Difference a Place Makes: Jews
and Christians East of the Euphrates,” is part of a lecture
series called “Judaism and Christianity in the Roman
World.” The Frankel Center for Judaic Studies is sponsoring
the series.
‘U’ opens Angell Hall’s rooftop telescope
to public
People will have the opportunity to look through Angell
Hall’s rooftop telescope tonight from 8 to 11 p.m. Most
notably, the double star Albireo, made up of a blue and an orange
star, is expected to be visible.
The event is free, and the Student Astronomical Society will be
available to answer questions. The roof can be accessed through the
elevators on the State Street side of Angell Hall.
Dance concert held to celebrate St. Petersburg
As part of the University’s celebration of St.
Petersburg’s 300th anniversary, Alonzo King, founder of the
San Francisco LINES ballet, will perform a dance set to the music
of Shostakovich’s String Quartet no. 15. tonight at 8 p.m. at
the Power Center.
Among the other performers are University dance faculty Peter
Sparling, Jessica Fogel, Gay Delanghe and Ruth Leney Midkiff, who
will all perform pieces inspired by Russian poets and composers in
an event titled “Dances for Petersburg.” Student
tickets are $8.
Opportunity to volunteer overseas offered
The Career Center will offer students the opportunity to
volunteer overseas for at least two weeks and no more than two
years. An informational meeting will be Monday from 4 to 5 p.m. in
room nine of the International Center.
Professor will discuss European anti-Americanism
Lars Rensmann, political science professor at Free University in
Berlin, will give a lecture titled “Hannah Arendt and the
Problem of European Anti-Americanism.”
Rensmann, also a research affiliate for the European Studies
Council at Yale University, will speak in room 3308 of the Modern
Languages Building today from 4:10 to 6 p.m. The event is sponsored
by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.
Culture bus to send students to event at Detroit
museum
The Arts at Michigan Culture Bus will take students to the
Wright Museum of African American History for a musical titled
“Sarah, Ella & Pops” Sunday from 1:30 to 5 p.m.
The musical, by the Plowshares Theatre Company, remembers Ella
Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Sarah Vaughn. Actor James Bowen,
singer Sheila Alyce and Detroit jazz musician Marcus Belgrave are
among the many performers of the show.
The event is part of the Brown v. Board of Education
Theme Semester. Students can purchase tickets for $11.50 on the
University website.
MLK panel focuses on American security policies
Nabih Ayad, Kary Moss and Brian Silver will take part in a panel
Monday at 4 p.m. in the Michigan League Hussey Room. The event is
part of the University’s 17th annual Reverend Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Symposium.
Nabih Ayad is a member of the Arab-American Defense Council.
Kary Moss is the executive director of the Michigan chapter of the
American Civil Liberties Union. Brian Silver is a political science
professor at Michigan State University.
The symposium, titled “Patriotism and Fear: Defining
American Security Today,” is sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford
School of Public Policy and the group Students of Color in Public
Policy.
Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Ryan Vlcko.
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