WK 7 Mar 3-9

Monday, March 3

- 12:00pm - 12:50pm // Under Pressure and in Hot Water: Algae Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals // 3310 Newmark Civil Engineering Lab // KELLY
- 4:00pm // Cultures of Law in a Global Context-Benton Lecture // Lincoln Hall Rm 1092 // Free // CATE
- 5:00 pm // Public Lecture: “How Important was 1453?" // Room 1065, Lincoln Hall //  JILL

- 7:00pm-9PM // Illini Art Therapy // Women's Resources Center, 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd Floor, Champaign // CORIE

Tuesday, March 4

- 4:00 pm-5:30 pm // Symposium on Survey Research in the 21st Century //Deloitte Auditorium, Business Instructional Facility // ROSHNI
- 5:00pm // Thinking About Answers: Looking Back and Ahead // College of Business Instructional Facility, 515 E. Gregory Dr., Champaign, IL // CHRIS
- 7:00 PM–9:30 PM // The Trials of Muhammad Ali - Community Cinema: Illinois Public Media/Independent Television Services Documentary Film Series // Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL // BRIAN

Brian: The part that caught my attention the most was when the said he was a political athlete, but where are such athletes now?

- 7:00 pm // Lecture Series: Breaking Bad’s RJ Mitte // Illini Union I-Rooms //  JILL

Maggie: His lecture was focused on what his life has been like living with the condition, and how he has overcame his insecurities that came along with it.

Joey:  He worked hard to become an actor, overcame gross adversity, and got the role of a lifetime. Why should he be some intelligent, thoughtful speaker?

Alex: His lecture was mostly about making the best of your situation, and how to find good in whatever you take on. He said lots of things that i would expect a motivational speaker to say, but he had incredible back stories and experiences to make his point.

- 7:00 pm // German Film Series: Nichts Bereuen (No Regrets) // Lincoln Hall, Room 1090, 702 S. Wright Street, Urbana // BRIGITTA

Wednesday, March 5
- 3:00 pm // "Tal Como Somos (Just As We Are)" Film Screening and Discussion // 223 Gregory Hall // PUJA
- 4:00 pm // Salih Brkic: Bosnian Journalist and Filmmaker // Room 66, Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana // ANNE

- 5:00 PM // Susan Bazargan Graduate Lecture // Lecture Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center EIU // ALEX
- 7:00pm-9PM // Illini Art Therapy // Women's Resources Center, 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd Floor, Champaign // CORIE

- 8:00pm and recurring //  dance jam boogy // IMC in urbana // SEANO

Thursday, March 6

- 11:30am - 12:00 PM // Mindful Meditation // Gallery of Ancient Mediterranean Cultures, Spurlock Museum // BRiAN

Lindsey: I think the most important thing I learned at the mediation session was how to breathe and how to sit in a chair correctly.

- 5:15 pm // Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building // Lecture: The Trouble with Stars: Vernacular vs. Global Stardom in Two Forms of European Popular Culture // LINDSEY

Brigitte:  One guy had a vision of babies being named after him, shirts sporting his name in a tag line, and being featured in a Simpsons episode.

Chris:  In this video, famous soccer stars envisioned their lives changing based on successes and failures on the soccer field. Although the video was pretty humorous, it was apparent that a statement was being made regarding celebrities in both a local and international context.

Jill: He pointed out that being a “star” is more of an American thing;

- 7:00pm-9:00 pm // Sex & Gender Film Series | Pray the Devil Back to Hell //Women's Resources Center, 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd Floor, Champaign (SW corner of Wright & Green St) // ROSHNI

Puja: we are introduced to Fatima Gailani, an important humanitarian leader from Afghanistan who lived in exile during the Soviet invasion of her country. Over a decade ago, she was chosen as a commissioner to help draft the new constitution of Afghanistan’s next government.

Cate:  -In WWI only 15% of casualties were civilian and increased to 65% in WWII. Now 80% of war casualties are civilian (mostly women and children).

- 7:30pm // Meredith Monk: On Behalf of Nature // $10-30 // Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse // CATE
- 7:30 pm // Orpheus in the Underworld // Krannert Center, Tryon Festival Theatre // BRIGITTA

Friday, March  7
- 9:00 AM // Garden Smarter, Not Harder // Extension Auditorium, 801 N. Country Fair Drive, Champaign, Ill // ALEX
- 12:00pm// EUCE Director's Lecture Series: Halting a Tragedy of the Commons: The EU and the Arctic// Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building// Free// JOEY
- 12:00 pm // "Working to Make Chicago the Most Immigrant Friendly City in the U.S." // Latzer Hall at the University YMCA // PUJA- extra!
- 12:00pm //  Bach's Lunch Concert Series // Springer Cultural Center // ALEX
- 12:00pm // ISTC - Sustainable Seminar Series - The Realities of Energy in Illinois and Beyond “It’s much more interesting than you think.” // Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, One E. Hazelwood Dr., Champaign, IL 61820 // CHRIS
- 3:00 pm // Pathways Into Single Motherhood and Their Implications for Children in Nicaragua // 101 International Studies Building // PUJA
- 7:00pm// Lemann Lecture Series: Taxation Issues in Brazil// 101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign// Free// JOEY
- 7:30pm // Orpheus in the Underworld // Krannert Center, Tryon Festival Theatre // $8-$27 // KELLY

- 8:00pm and recurring // The Planets // Staerkel Planetarium // SEANo

Sean:

Uranus

PRO: HILARIOUS name, all your friends will laugh when you tell then where you’re from. Also the cliffs of Miranda sounds amazing. A fall from the top would take 10 minutes to hit the ground. That’s enough time to thoroughly contemplate suicide after the decision’s been made.

CON: You could slip on a 10 million mile ice cliff and fall.

Saturday, March 8
- 12:30pm-4:00 // Spurlock Museum WorldFest // Spurlock Museum // $5 // LINDSEY

Roshni: It was really nice seeing how kids find joy in the little things. I started reminiscing about my childhood and how carefree I used to be.

It was really fun watching kids interact with different cultures and how curious the kids were. It was nice interacting with them because I forgot how kids live life so simply.

- 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm // Spanish Story Time: Book Fiesta // The Urbana Free Library Children's Department, 210 W Green St, Urbana // ANNE

Anne: After we had all sung the song, she had told us what the song was about and it was about a spider that liked to bite people. It was kind of an odd choice for a children’s event but oh well

- 7:30pm // Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Inextinguishable // Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall // MAGGIE

Sunday, March 9
- 3:00 pm // Lecture: "Water Supply on Shaky Ground: Life Leading up to the Eruption of Vesuvius" by Duncan Keenan-Jones // Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum // BRiAN

- 3:00 pm // Rudolf Haken, Viola Performance // Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall // MAGGIE

Kelly: The music was really pretty. It featured Rudolf Haken on the viola and a pianist playing in tandem. The style was definitely more traditional and reminded me of a fairytale or historic fiction movie.
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http://www.ted.com/talks/esta_soler_how_we_turned_the_tide_on_domestic_violence_hint_the_polaroid_helped

http://www.ted.com/talks/leslie_morgan_steiner_why_domestic_violence_victims_don_t_leave

http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men //  Corie

Corie: The three videos strung together were an interesting insight to domestic violence, a subject we are aware of, but don't truly take the time to understand it.