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WK 15 Apr. 28-May 04

Monday, April 28
12:00 pm - 1 pm // Dish It Up | FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture + Building a Movement to End Violence Against Women // Women's Resources Center // PUJA
1:30pm-5:30pm// Turkish Studies Symposium: After Gezi Park Protests – Rethinking Turkish Politics and Political Culture// 210 Illini Union, 1401 W Green Street, Urbana// Free// Joey
4pm// Cultures of Law in a Global Contexts - Gilmore// Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum; 600 S. Gregory Street; Urbana IL// Free// Joey
6-8PM // Community Gamelan // School of Music, Room 1188, 1114 W. Nevada Street, Urbana // CORIE 
7-9 // Hot Topics | Dangerous Intersections: Critical Race Perspectives on Men of Color and the Fight Against Sexual Violence // CHRIS

Tuesday, April 29
12:00 pm // Resume Mania // Main Library, Scholarly Commons, Room 306 // ANNE

12:00 pm - 1 pm // Last Lecture Series: Lessons Learned from Homeland by Kimiko Gunji // Asian American Cultural Center // PUJA

Roshni:  She began teaching in the states, but had a hard time leading her class due to the language barrier. After, she decided she would over-prepare and write out her lesson plans in Japanese and translate them into English to memorize. The plan seemed perfect, but as she started her class her mind went blank. Her students noticed her struggle and helped her through the lesson. Due to their kindness and support, Gunji Sensei was inspired to translate their compassion to her future students.

Puja: We all have the ability to affect the lives of others, and certainly in a positive way. You never know who is looking to you for inspiration.

2pm// Lemann Lecture Series: Rediscovering Africa? The Role of Brazilian Experts and Expertise in Mozambican Agriculture// 101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign// Free// Joey
4:30pm// Roundtable Discussion: The French Research University in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities// Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building// Free// Joey
5-7PM // An Evening of Carnatic Music // 321 Main Library // CORIE

Brigitte: I had never seen these instruments before, but the mridangam was a drum like instrument, the veena was kind of like a lyre/string instrument, and the kanjira was like a tambourine.

Jill: The instruments included a veena, a mridangam, and a kanjira. I had personally never heard the names of these instruments before, but Brigitta and I concluded they are similar to a lyre, drum, and tambourine.

5:30PM // Speak Out: Black Women and Sexual Assault // Women's Resources Center, 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd Floor, SW Corner Wright & Green // ROSHNI

7:00pm //Jim McKelvey, Co-Founder of Square Lecture //  Illini Union I-Rooms // Free // Cate

Anne: For those of you who do not know what the square is, it is the small little white thing that you can plug into your iPhone and swipe credit cards with it, I’m sure everyone has seen it. Going into this lecture, I wasn’t sure what to expect, I thought Jim would be some old man who had been working on this device for years but to my surprise, Jim was a very young man.

Maggie: He said how taking a course, computer science 50, could teach someone the basics of computer coding when he or she knew no previous knowledge on the topic. I really enjoyed this lecture and thought Jim seemed like a down to earth guy. I always like when good guys make it big, and I have a feeling the Square will be popular for a long time

Wednesday, April 30
2pm // Cultures of Poverty, Lyric Subjects, and Sandra Cisneros's Wicked, Wicked Ways // Department of Latina/Latino Studies, 1207 W. Oregon, Room 103, Urbana // CHRIS

4pm // Nunavut: Canada's Frozen Territory // Beckman Auditorium of the Beckman Institute 405 N. Mathews Avenue, Urbana // BRIGITTA

4pm // Physics Colloquium: "Messy magnets and dirty superfluids" // Gil Refael, California Institute of Technology // 141 Loomis // SEANO

Joey: Although there is a stereotype that this level of intelligence warrants an awkward, anti-social, mad scientist-creating mental preoccupation, in my experience I have noticed the exact opposite. The people in this room were relaxed and carefree. It reminds me of the saying “the more you know, the more questions you have”.

5:30pm-6:30pm // Saying No More to Violence: Latino/a Student Activist Panel// La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 West Nevada Street, Urbana // ROSHNI 
7:30pm // Diavolo // Krannert Center, Tryon Festival Theatre // BRIGITTA
7:30pm // UI Wind Orchestra Chamber Concert // KCPA // SEANO
There's also big band jazz going on at the same time in the building.

Thursday, May 01
12:00pm // Lecture Series: CHILE 40 Years After the Coup: The Pursuit of Truth and Justice and Historical Accountability through Declassified U.S. Documentation // 12:00 pm // Location 101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign // Cate
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm // Self-care: The ultimate prevention of burnout // School of Social Work Room 2015 // ANNE

5:00 pm // Krannert Uncorked with Lauren Turk and Friends, Motown/blues // Krannert Center, Stage 5 // JILL

Chris: The show was a small ensemble a man an on piano and a woman singing for most of the show. All of the songs were original, and ranged from happy and uplifting to more sad and emotional. I was a bit disappointed that there was less information presented than when I went to the show about the civil rights, but the music was excellent, so I still really enjoy the show

7:30PM // UI Jazz Band IV and UI Jazz Vocal Ensemble // Krannert Center, Studio Theatre // CORIE

Friday, May 02
12:00 pm // EUC Visiting Scholar Lecture: The Integration of the Arab Mediterranean Countries into the EU Market: The European Neighborhood Policy As a Three-Level Game // Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building // JILL
10 am // Archaeology Day 'Engage the Senses' // Davenport Hall // ALEX


Saturday, May 03

undisclosed time //  "Free" // Krannert Museum // Free // Cate

Cate: The first performance was extremely interesting because it stood out from all of the rest. She video taped 40 minutes of just her face with her eyes closed and had it fast-forwarding on a white screen while she sat in a “V” crunch facing away from the audience. This “V” crunch was continued throughout the entire video. The effect of the static movement caused by the fast forwarding was mimicked by her body as she began to become fatigued from holding this crunch position for so long.

3 pm // I-Pan Steel Drum Band // Champaign Public Library // ALEX
7:30 pm // Sinfonia da Camera: Three's a Charm // Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall // MAGGIE 
7:30 pm // David Rousseve/REALITY: Stardust // Krannert Center, Colwell Playhousel // $10 - $35 // KELLY

Sunday, May 04 
3:00 pm // UI Jazz Saxophone Ensemble and UI Jazz Guitar Ensemble // Krannert Center, Studio Theatre // $4 - $10 // KELLY

Kelly: I learned a bit about jazz "etiquette" as well. A few times during the songs, a performer would get a solo, and once that was finished, the audience would burst into applause right in the middle of the song. A few of the other music-based performances I've been to would keep silent during the entire song, but during this concert it was acceptable to voice approval before it was finished.

Lindsey: They played a bunch of really great songs that I have never heard of and then they played a Willy Wonka cover. It was really great.

3 pm // Krannert Center Debut Artists: Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano, and Samuel Gingher, piano // Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall // MAGGIE 

7:30PM // UI Latin Jazz Ensemble // Krannert // CORIE

Corie: I went to the Latin Jazz Ensemble tonight, and truly enjoyed it. I did not know what to expect going into the event, with mixed cultures creating one experience.

Alex: People were not afraid to move and dance a bit, which i usually don't see at krannert.