| Monday, February 1, 2010 |
Spring Semester classes begin |
| Friday, February 5, 2010 |
Last day to add a class without instructor permission |
| Friday, February 12, 2010 |
Last day to drop a class without notation on record |
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
Last day to designate grading option (S-D-R) |
| Monday, March 15, 2010 |
Dr. James W. Loewen
Author of Lies My Teacher Told Me
OEC Auditorium
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Professor Loewen is a sociologist who spent two years at the Smithsonian surveying 12 leading high school textbooks of American history. He is a best-selling author and, in addition to Lies My Teacher Told Me, wrote Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong. The Gustavus Myers Foundation named his new book, Sundown Towns, a “Distinguished Book of 2005.” He co-wrote Mississippi: Conflict and Change, which won the Lillian Smith Award for Best Southern Nonfiction. The book was rejected for public school text use by the state of Mississippi, leading to the path-breaking First Amendment lawsuit Loewen et al. v. Turnipseed, et al. He also wrote The Mississippi Chinese: Between Black and White, Social Science in the Courtroom, and The Truth About Columbus.
Loewen attended Carleton College and has a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University. He taught race relations for 20 years at the University of Vermont and taught previously at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. He now lives in Washington, D.C., continuing his research on how Americans remember their past.
He has been an expert witness in more than 50 civil rights, voting rights, and employment cases. His awards include the First Annual Spivack Award of the American Sociological Association for “sociological research applied to the field of intergroup relations,” the American Book Award (for Lies My Teacher Told Me), and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship. He also is Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians.
Sponsored by Multicultural Student Services, Office of Institutional Diversity, Service Learning, Tutor-Mentor, Center for Intercultural Learning and Community Engagement, Campus Ministry, Faculty Development, American Culture and Difference, Justice and Peace Studies, and University Lectures.
The talk is free and open to the public. |
| Monday, March 29-Monday, April 5, 2010 |
Mid-term and Easter break |
| Tuesday, April 6, 2010 |
Classes resume (mid-term break ends) |
| Thursday, April 8 |
"Media Constructions of Urban Problems: The Wire as Case Study"
Speakers: Dr. Wendy Wyatt and Dr. Peter Parilla
JRC 126
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Although HBO’s The Wire wasn’t a ratings success, critics hailed the show, which ran for five seasons, as one of the best in television history. The show began with what Paco Martin Del Campo of Columbia University called a “deceivingly simple cops-and-robbers narrative” in which “the wire” was a wiretap aimed at catching Baltimore’s drug kingpin and his cronies. As the plot developed, however, the wire took on symbolic meaning as well—the interconnectedness of all of Baltimore’s important institutions: the police department, the drug trade, City Hall, the unions, the school system and the media. The series makes interesting observations about structural problems facing America’s cities but also, as Del Campo notes, raises questions about power and who has it. Finally, it “provides a powerful argument for why American cities remain poor, corrupt, and dehumanizing.”
During this session, we’ll look at some of the issues raised in The Wire, question whether the show authentically and truthfully portrays Baltimore’s urban problems, and explore what the show wants us—as viewers—to do with the issues it presents. ACD faculty member Wendy Wyatt will be joined by UST sociologist Peter Parilla, who is co-teaching an honors seminar on The Wire with Wyatt this semester. |
| Friday, April 9-Sunday, April 11, 2010 |
"From Vices to Verses: A New Era of Hip Hop and Action" Three-day conference at the University of Minnesota to highlight the transformative power of hip hop.
The University of Minnesota will be hosting “From Vices to Verses” a conference featuring workshops, performances, discussions and educational events centered on how hip hop pedagogy, activism and culture can educate, empower and transform communities.
Organized by Voices Merging at the U of MN, along with University and community partners, the conference will focus on three central themes:
• April 9: “I Used to Love H.E.R.: Bring Back the Love,” exploring hip hop feminism and women’s roles—past, present and future—in the culture. Keynote speaker: hip hop activist and former Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Rosa Clemente.
• April 10: “Remixing Borders, Transcending Boundaries,” focusing on using hip hop as a tool to create unity and move beyond generational, national and cultural boundaries. Keynote speaker: hip hop activist and author Bakari Kitwana.
• April 11: “Us,” focusing on hip hop’s power to heal and transform individuals and communities through organizing, activism and youth engagement. Keynote speaker: educator and multidisciplinary artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph.
Other presenters include filmmaker Rachel Ramist, Chaka Mkali of the Hope Community Center, Sage Morgan Hubbard of Northwestern University, Ruth Nicole Brown of the University of Illinois, poet and activist Tish Jones, rapper/poet/writer Kyle “Guante” Myhre, photographer B-Fresh and many more.
On Saturday, April 10, noted Twin Cities performers Toki Wright, Maria Isa, PosNoSys, Ill Chemistry, the Tru Ruts crew and others will take over the Cabooze for a special concert. More details TBA.
Registration for the conference is free. For updates, see
http://vicestoverses.blogspot.com<http://vicestoverses.blogspot.com/> |
| Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
Kristin Naca Poetry Reading: Bird Eating Bird
JRC 126 Auditorium
7:00-8:00pm
From the National Poetry Series website (www.posterband.com/previouswinners.html):
A winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series mtvU Prize as selected by Yusef Komunyakaa (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), Kristin′s work perpetuates NPS′s tradition of promoting exceptional poetry from lesser known poets.
Her poems are playful and serious all at once. They explore the richness of her cultural and linguistic heritage, which spans the globe from Mexico to the Philippines. They defend with vigor and humor the color purple. And they analyze the insecurities of the letter ′h′ -- among other things.
For thirty years, the National Poetry Series has discovered many new and emerging voices and has been instrumental in launching the careers of poets and writers such as Billy Collins, Mark Doty, Denis Johnson, Cole Swensen, Thylias Moss, Mark Levine, and Dionisio Martinez. |
| Monday, April 19-Friday, April 30, 2010 |
Early registration for summer sessions & fall semester |
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
"An Evening with Native American Films"
JRC 126 Auditorium
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Presented by Elizabeth Day and Migizi Pensoneau. Elis Marrubio of Augsburg College will show one film from the Migizi/MCTC summer program for Native youth. |
| Friday, May 14, 2010 |
Spring semester classes end |
| Monday, May 17, 2010 |
Study Day |
| Tuesday, May 18-Friday, May 21, 2010 |
Final exams |
| ;Saturday, May 22, 2010 |
Spring commencement |
