Events on Campus

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As I said I'll be posting things that I know/hear about around campus here for your benefit.

I don't know the details yet but next week is Islamo-Fascism Week and the Muslim Student Association is doing and Islam Awareness Week as a counter to it.

Next week is also National Coming Out Week that Queers & Allies, GLBTA, Women's Initiative, AU Players, Mission Improv-able and the United Methodist Student Association are holding. The events I know about are:

Oct 22 - 8pm Hughes Formal Lounge, The Coming Out Monologues

Oct 23 - 8:15pm in MGC 247, Bisexual/Fluid/Pansexual Discussion

Oct 24 - 8:15pm in MGC 203, S&M 101

Oct 25 - 8:15pm in MGC 200, Trans 101
10pm in Kay Spiritual Center, Spiritual Healing Session

Oct 27 - 11am in MGC 203, PFLAG Meeting for Parents, Students and Friends

The College Republicans are still doing Ron Paul on Oct 23 at 8pm, you will need to reserve tickets on their website at www.aurepublicans.com/site/?q=node/637 .

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Europe Forum

Sponsored by the Europe Council

Turkey at the Crossroads:

Foreign & Domestic Challenges

Dr. Bulent Aliriza

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Tuesday
October 23, 2007

11:00 - 12.30

Batelle Atrium

All welcome

Dr. Bulent Aliriza joined CSIS in 1994 when he established the Turkey Project. As Director of the project, he focuses on Turkey 's foreign policy, domestic politics, and economy. He is also Co-Director of the CSIS Caspian Sea Energy Project, also established in 1994, which focuses on the transportation of oil and gas from the Caspian region to world markets. Prior to joining CSIS, he was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Earlier, he served as a diplomat in New York and Washington . Dr. Aliriza has a B.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and obtained his doctorate from the University of Oxford .


For more information, please contact Michelle Egan at [e-mail].

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I'm sure everyone is upset about the Carter thing, feel free to come to me and I'll let you know everything I found out about it.

The Africa Council at American University is proud to announce these
upcoming Africa-related events.


October 25 (12:30-1:30 PM, Bentley Lounge)

Lynn Fredriksson, Africa Advocacy Director for Amnesty International will
deliver a brownbag talk at 12:30 pm on October 25 entitled, ³Statelessness
and Self-Determination in Somaliland.² Ms Fredriksson is a Ph.D. Candidate
from the University of Wisconsin, Madison who travels to Africa on a regular
basis. Bentley Lounge, Gray Hall.


November 2 (12:30-1:30, Bentley Lounge)

Daniel Smith, ³The Nigerian Factor: Corruption and Its Discontents²
Daniel Jordan Smith is Associate professor of Anthropology at Brown
University. He has worked in Nigeria since the late 1980s, first as a public
health advisor with a nongovernmental organization and later as an
anthropologist. He has published widely on Nigeria in journals such as
Africa, American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Canadian Journal of
African Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Population and
Development Review, and World Development. His recent book, A Culture of
Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria, is
published by Princeton University Press (2007). Bentley Lounge, Gray Hall.


November 8 (8:10 PM ­ 10:30 PM, Clark 11)

Jimmy Kandeh is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University
of Richmond. He is the Author of numerous articles on Western African
politics and is a recipient of U.S. Institute of Peace Grant. His areas of
specialty are comparative politics and African politics. In 2004, he
published ³Coups from Below: Armed Subalterns and State Power in West
Africa² (Palgrave Macmillan). He will be reflecting on the causes of the
civil war in Sierra Leone.

Also forthcoming (more details soon)

November 9, Chris Alden, LSE, China and Africa

November 16, Jean-Pierre Karegeye, UC Berkeley, ³Remembering Rwandan
Genocide: Testimony, Denial, and Artistic responses.²

November 28, Africa Faith and Justice Network, AFRICOM Panel

December 5, Saida Hodzic, GMU, ³The Gender of Consensus: African
Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Female Genital Cutting Laws²

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Sorry about the double post I just got info about this event:

Swords and Ploughshares
Journal of International Affairs
and
International Organization for Migration
Present

The Iraqi Refugee Crisis:
Forced Migration and Displacement in the Middle East

Event:
Thursday, October 25, 2007
5:30-8:30pm
McDowell Formal Lounge, American University

Keynote Address

Dana Graber Ladek, International Organization for Migration
Dana is an international development professional with more than ten years of experience developing and implementing humanitarian assistance and community stabilization projects around the world. As IOM’s Iraq Displacement Specialist, she recently has been interviewed by the BBC, NPR, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, Reuters, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, among others. Dana has worked in Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Cambodia, Colombia, Honduras, Japan, Costa Rica, Cuba, and Guatemala.

Panel Discussion

Elizabeth Ferris, Brookings Institute Scholar
Dr. Elizabeth G. Ferris is Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC and Co-Director of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement. Her current research interests focus on the politics of humanitarian action and on the role of civil society in protecting displaced populations.

Sarnata Reynolds, Refugee Program Director, Amnesty International
Sarnata Reynolds is the Refugee Program Director of Amnesty International USA where she promotes the enforcement of international human rights standards pertaining to refugees and asylum seekers. In September, she participated in a 10 day mission to Jordan documenting the situation of Iraqi refugees. She provides testimony before Congress regularly and recently discussed the situation of Iraqi refugees.

Joan Timoney, Director of External Relations, Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
Prior to joining the Women’s Commission, Joan served as the Vice President for Programs at the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit organization that seeks to inspire a new generation to serve in the federal government. She is a graduate of George Washington University and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.


Refreshments will be provided.

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I wasn't even aware the Carter thing was a big issue. I mean, the guy probably requested it that way, to not have that many people--and if the guest wants it, he/she gets/should get it. Better for the person to come somewhat than not to come at all. Besides, a lot of us have seen him already, and while he's alright, he's not that good. To people who haven't seen him, they're not missing that much. It's not like it's Stephen Colbert or anything...

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Here are some events to kick off the month of November!

On the 7th the College Democrats are brining Terry McAuliffe in Ward 2 for 8-9pm. He is in charge of the Hillary Supporters and was the DNC leader from 2001-2005.

On the 8th Valerie Plame is actually coming. It will be from 8:15-9:15 in Ward 1. Valerie Plame is the Plame in the Plame Scandal, I wonder if there will be any spies trying to kill her...

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Damn, Plame is finally showing at AU.

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I just saw this. I'm a bit upset that SA hasn't really advertised this as I put money down on it. But come on, who wouldn't put money down on a chocolate fountain?

Winter Spectacular
Sunday, January 13, 7:00 to 11:00 p.m., Tavern
AU students, staff, and faculty are invited to join us for a DJ, air hockey, billiards, golden tee arcade game, ping pong, digital photos with frames, key chains and snow globes, cotton candy, snow cones, and a tasty chocolate fountain. All free!
Sponsor: Student Activities, Housing and Dining Programs, AU Club Council, and Student Government
Contact: Kimberly Herrera, x3393 or [e-mail]