Volume CXXX
September 25, 2006
Issue 3
Did you see that Poster?!?!?!?
Fisher Center Decades: Looking back to move Forward
Dear student body, molo (“hello” in Xhosa, a South African language). This article is coming out in the last week of September, meaning that come October you all will be viewing some informative but shocking displays around campus. These displays are a part of a month long event presented by Sankofa: Black Student Union called Decades: Looking Back to Move Forward. This event will involve four other cultural clubs: Latin American Organization, Hillel, and the International Student Association in conjunction with the Asian Student Union. The basic idea of Decades is that each of these cultural groups has experienced some
Don’t forget Parents Weekend is coming up!
Caitlyn Schrader ‘10 Herald Contributor
Inside:
1 2 4 6 7
News Campus
A&E
Camphoho.com The Strokes
Op-Ed
William Smith Pride Fire Marshal Editorial
Sports
We’re still searching for a sports writers! Contact herald@hws.
The Herald needs your help! As always, you should feel guilty for not contributing to The Herald. Please help continue our tradition of ‘excellence.’
Every Tuesday Night In the Office Next to the ATM in Scandling 7 p.m.
If you play sports or do another activity, quit. We need you more.
sort of civil rights atrocity that has led to their current level of equality. Following this thought, each cultural club has chosen a decade to highlight, in a week, either those atrocities, or their group’s prevalence over them. In combination with various speakers throughout the month, each group will also be placing displays around campus, which will hopefully invoke you to attend the lecture and/or movie of that week. Trust me when I say, that some displays will move you beyond your comfort zone, but then again that might be the reason behind them. For if you feel discomfort in viewing the images, think about the discomfort of the people it actually occurred to. More information about
Photo depicts a 1919 lynching of William Brown in Douglas County, Nebraska Decades: Looking Back to Move Forward panels and movies times and venues can be found on the light board in Scandling Center and on the Daily Update.
Art Gender and Activism The Fisher Center is an organization that offers opportunities for individuals to express and explore what it means to be a man and women in today’s society allowing one to understand this concept through “the lens of gender.” The organization was founded after receiving a generous donation of 1 million dollars from Emily and Richard Fisher, from whom this organization received its name. Each fall, the Fisher Center sponsors a lecture series, where they invite guest artists and speakers to come to campus and speak. This year a variety of different guests will be coming to address this years theme: Arts and Gender Activism The series began on Thursday, September 21, when dancer, choreographer, and activist
Ananya Chatterjea, presented “Dancing My Politics,” a lecture which explained how the connection of different dance styles such as, classical, yoga, martial arts, contemporary dance, and Odissi Indian dance, can help our bodies express identity, representation and politics. On September 29, Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman will be presenting “Climbing Poetree: Art, Our Weapon, Our Medicine, Our Voice, Our Vision,” at 8 p.m., and a workshop at earlier that day at 4:30, called “Smokin’ Wordz.” The workshop is accompanied by a Surgeon General’s Warning that reads, “attending this workshop may elevate your heart rate…contains high levels of explosively expressive, politically charged, rapid-fire, spoken word poetics.” It will definitely be worth the thrill ride, so don’t forget to check
it out! On October 4, Susan Griffin will be presenting “Ecologies of Soul: Restoring the Connection Between Self and World, Art and Society,” and the next day she will be reciting excepts from her poetry and prose that relate to the lecture series’ theme. Rock musician and professor Mark Levine will deliver a talk called “Heavy Metal Islam: The Untold Struggle of Islam’s Generation X”, which explores the idea that global politics is present in youth music throughout the world, as it “blends political dissent and virtuosity.” Sounds intriguing, but come see for yourself!! Lastly, Jennifer L. Pozner will present her lecture, “Broadcasting, Bombs, and Babes: Women’s Activism for Media Justice,” on November 29, a lecture heavily focused CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Photo courtesy of Long Island University
Whitney Burton ‘07 Contributor