Volume: 1 Number: 9
Perceptions of Mental Illness
Date of Event: May 2, 2007Length: 1 hour 16 minutes
Description: The Behavioral Science and Psychology club at Moraine Valley Community College is sponsoring a panel discussion regarding the perception of mental illness in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. Specific topics include myths and stigmas, as well as diagnoses and treatment. Our expert and professional panel will share their experience and perspective, and are available to field audience questions.
This event was held as part of Mental Health Awareness Month.
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Volume: 1 Number: 8
Silence is Loud
Date of Event: April 10, 2007Length: 52 minutesDescription: Panel discussion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues on campus to raise awareness students. Sponsored by Moraine Valley's GLOW Student Group.
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Soviet Era Gulag Camps
Date of Event: March 27, 2007Length: 1 hour 9 minutesDescription: Lecture by Alan Barenberg, University of Chicago. Alan Barenberg is a scholar who has written and spoken about life within and outside of the Soviet era gulag camps. This event is sponsored by the Moraine Valley Global Education Program and is part of the One Book, One College program .
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Volume: 1 Number: 6
The Iraq War Four Years Later: A Panel Discussion Reconvened
Date of Event: March 6, 2007Description: Four years ago , on March 19, 2003, the Moraine Valley Library held a panel discussion about the just war theory. Through eerie coincidence, this event fell on the very day that the US started bombing Iraq. Now, four years later, this panel of experts reconvenes to talk about the last four years and the future. As in the book, 1984, war has become an ongoing part of life.
This event is part of the One Book, One College program .
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Volume: 1 Number: 5
Is Love Really All We Need? : How Does Society Shape Our Relationships?
Date of Event: February 14, 2007Length: 1 hour 16 minutesDescription: At the heart of Orwell’s novel 1984, is the love story between Winston and Julia. Their love is one of protest and escape. Yet, in the end, their love crumbles under the oppression of Big Brother. While 1984 is not often discussed as a love story, Orwell does challenge the reader to consider how personal relationships and expressions of love are impacted, supported, or destroyed by our larger society.
This event is part of the One Book, One College program .
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Volume: 1 Number: 4
Arab Customs and Etiquette a Panel Discussion
Date of Event: November 28, 2006Length: Description: Faculty members discuss what is welcomed, deemed appropriate and what is taboo in social gatherings and personal interaction.
This is part of the Arab Heritage Month events .
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Volume: 1 Number: 3
Big Brother and Our Communities: Sharing, Joining, and Participating in a Monitored World
Date of Event: November 8, 2006Length: 1 hour, 1 minuteDescription: What does it mean to be in a community? How do Communities express their ideas? How does modern technology, the War on Terror, and our global economy impact the ways that communities form within and connect with larger society? Our expert panel will tackle these questions and more.
This event is part of the One Book, One College program .
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1 Number: 2
Dan Dinello lecture, Techno-Totalitarianism: Science Fiction Visions of Social Control, Surveillance, and The Eradication of Freedom
Date of Event: October 12, 2006Length: 52 minutesDescription: A filmmaker, writer and teacher, Dan Dinello recently published his first book Technophobia!—a critical analysis of science fiction visions of 21st century technologies Strangers With Candy , as well as making a number of award-winning short films including "Wheels of Fury" (starring Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello) and "Shock Asylum" (starring Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello.) His most recent film "The Ramones and Me" screened at the 2006 South by Southwest Film Festival. He also maintains a Web site—www.shockproductions.com —and writes about pop culture and science for the Chicago Tribune and Salon.com . A faculty member in the film and video department at Columbia College Chicago, Dan received a M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin Madison.
This lecture is part of the One Book, One College program .
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1984 : 60 Years Later, Does This Book Still Matter?
Date of Event: September 5, 2006Length: 1 hour, 11 minutesDescription: First published in 1948, does Orwell's 1984 still matter today? How do we think about this book's themes, and how does it speak to us in the year 2006? This event is part of the One Book, One College program .
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