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Volume 2 Number 15
Mental Illness and Campus Violence
Date of Event: May 1, 2008
Length: 1 hour 14 minutes
Descripton: A timely panel discussion of experts discussing the relationships between mental illness and campus violence. This event is sponsored by the Psychology Club and Psychology Department for Mental Health Awareness Month.
Volume 2 Number 14
Race In America: Talking About America's Biggest Issue
Date of Event: April 15, 2008
Length: 1 hour 18 minutes
Description: Would you laugh at a racist joke? Would you date somebody of a different race? Do you worship with people of a different race? Are your neighbors members of a different race? To a large extent, America remains segregated along racial lines, but how often do we discuss this segregation in a meaningful way? Why are we afraid to talk about this issue? This panel will set aside the fear and delve into race issues in America.
Volume 2 Number 13
Women in Islam
Date of Event: March 25th, 2008
Length: 1 hour 21 minutes
Description: What does the The Qur’an say about women in Islam? What role do women play within the Muslim communities in our area? Panel members from around the Southwest Suburbs of Chicago will discuss the role of women within the Islamic faith.
Volume 2 Number 12
Readings from Eve Ensler's The Good Body in honor of Women's History Month
Date of Event: March 19th, 2008
Length: 45 minutes
Description: As part of the Women's history month events, members of the Theater Department and Speech team read from Eve Ensler's monologs, The Good Body. For more information on Eve Ensler's work and VDay activities, visit Vday.org. Also, the library has a great DVD of Ensler's Vagina Monologs.
Volume 2 Number 11
African-American Men Tell Their Stories
Date of Event: March 5th, 2008
Length: 1 hour 38 minutes
Description: Several of Moraine Valley's African-American men come together to tell their own stories and reflect on the roads they have taken to Moraine Valley.
Volume 2 Number 10
Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Date of Event: February 12th, 2008
Length: 58 minutes
Description: Amy Krouse Rosenthal,children's book author, and creative nonfiction writer
Volume 2 Number 9
The Civil Rights Movement in the Era of Globalization, Immigration and Increased Social Stratification: Where do we go from here?
Date of Event: February 6th, 2008
Length: 1 hour 31 minutes
Description: Panel discussion of the current state of the Civil Rights movement by David Johnson, Berve Power, and Eddie Read.
Volume 2 Number 8
Crisis in the Sudan featuring Simon Deng
Date of Event: February 5th, 2008
Length: 54 minutes
Description: Discussion of the Crisis in the Sudan by special guest Simon Deng who is a human rights activitist and former child slave.
Volume 2 Number 7
Presentation on Petra, Jordan
Date of Event: November 14th, 2007
Length: 15 minutes
Description: Discussion as part of Arab Heritage Month about the archeological site at Petra, Jordan.
Volume 2 Number 6
Scenes from A Restaurant MicroFiction
Date of Event: November 7th, 2007
Length: 1 hour
Description: Scenes from A Restaurant MicroFiction, original pieces performed by Moraine Valley Community College COM 107 Creative Writing Students
Volume 2 Number 5
The Real Malcolm X featuring Delwyn Jones
Date of Event: November 7th, 2007
Length: 1 hour 20 minutes
Description: Delwyn Jones, Assistant Professor of communications at Moraine Valley, asks us to consider the question who is Malcolm X? Is he a pop-culture icon, historic figure, inspirational leader, or racial agitator?
Volume 2 Number 4
The Autism Spectrum The Gifts We Share featuring Barbara Tobias
Date of Event: October 31, 2007
Length: 2 hours
Description: Barbara Tobias, from the DuPage County Autism Society, speaks on the Autism Spectrum.
Volume 2 Number 3
The Other 1960s: What We've Forgotten About the 60s
featuring Dr. Lendol Calder
Date of Event: October 10, 2007
Length: 1 hour
Decriptions: Dr. Lendol Calder, Professor of History at Augustana College, will ask audience members to think about the 1960s in new ways. What is the popular-cultural view of the 1960s, and what does the historic record show us? Students, staff, faculty and members of the general public are invited to come and learn about the other 1960s.
Volume 2 Number 2
The Basics of Islam
Date of Event: September 26, 2007
Length: 1 hour
Description: Sheikh Kifah Mustapha, Imam and Associate Director of the Mosque Foundation of Bridgeview, presents "The Basics of Islam." This lecture and discussion reviews the core beliefs, history, and practice of the Muslim faith.
Volume 2 Number 1
Malcolm X Opening Event featuring Dr. Abdul Alkalimat
Date of Event: September 20, 2007
Length: 1 hour
Description: Malcolm X scholar Abdul Alkalimat of the Univery of Illinois presents the opening discussion of the life and historical context of Malcolm X for the college's One Book, One College program on The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
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