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The Pugh Center Noontime Lecture Series Presents: Body Images - by Cindy Pierce

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:12:11 GMT

Monday, February 13, 11:00am - 1:00pm

Please join us for an informal conversation with speaker Cindy Pierce. She will be addressing Body Image and Gender Duality. Light lunch will be provided. Cindy Pierce's evening presentation: Ringing the Doorbell: Saner, Healthier Sex in College will start at 7:00pm in the Page Commons. Sponsors: Male Athletes Against Violence/Students Health On Campus/Feminist Alliance/The Pugh Center/Wellness Seminar.

Ringing the Doorbell: Saner, Healthier Sex in College

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:54:12 GMT

Monday, February 13, 7:00pm

Guest speaker Cindy Pierce offers a fresh, honest and funny perspective for young men and women on the ins and outs of healthier, saner (and safer!) sex. In this hilarious keynote, Pierce uses anecdotes and her social research to demystify sex and relationships in college. Students walk away with safer and more realistic expectations around sex. Pierce is shaking people out of their comfort zones. She is the co-author of Finding the Doorbell: Sexual Satisfaction for the Long Haul.

Russian Maslenitsa (Shrovetide Festival)

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:43:49 GMT

Thursday, February 16, 5:00pm - 7:30pm

Maslenitsa is a celebration of Russian culture through communal food preparation followed by a celebratory feast. This event immerses participants in the symbolism and communal spirit of Russian Shrovetide. Participants welcome the approaching spring with sun-shaped bliny (Russian pancakes) eaten with various fillings. Even though this is a Russian event, we will welcome anyone passing through to join us. Sponsored by the German and Russian Department I

Pugh Center Noontime Lecture Series: Remembrance of the Holocaust with Educator David O. Solmitz

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:22:04 GMT

Monday, February 20, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Title: From Brunswick Germany to Brunswick, Maine: What the Journey has Taught Us Please join us as educator David O. Solmitz shares his father's story about surviving the Holocaust and what we can learn from that terrible time and behavior. The discussion will focus on warning signs of genocide, and will engage those who attend in a thought-provoking discussion. This program will promote awareness and understanding, and ask us to reflect on how conflict arises (in the context of genocide) and what we can do to prevent it. Lunch will be provided.

Crystal Night: A Lesson for Our Times

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:01:42 GMT

Monday, February 20, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Educator David O. Solmitz shares his father's story about surviving the Holocaust and what others can learn from that terrible time and behavior. The discussion will focus on warning signs of genocide and will engage those who attend in a thought-provoking discussion. This program will promote awareness and understanding, and ask us to reflect on how conflict arises (in the context of genocide) and what we can do to prevent it.

Bringing in the Bystander - Presentation

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:19:55 GMT

Tuesday, February 21, 7:00pm

Establishing a Community of Responsibility: Bystander Intervention and Sexual Violence© This prevention program emphasizes a bystander intervention approach and uses a community of responsibility model to teach bystanders how to intervene safely and effectively in cases where sexual assault may be occurring or where there may be risk. Its main message is that ?Everyone in the community has a role to play in ending sexual violence.? For more information please visit: http://www.unh.edu/preventioninnovations/index.cfm?ID=BCC7DE31-CE05-901F-0EC95DF7AB5B31F1

The Hammil Family Native Spirit Dancers

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:18:02 GMT

Thursday, February 23, 7:00pm

Hoop dancing is a form of story telling dance incorporating any number of hoops, which are used to create both static and dynamic shapes or formations representing various animals and storytelling elements. These include the butterfly, the eagle, the snake, and the coyote, with the hoops symbolizing the never-ending circle of life. (The Foothills Focus, Feb. 2011) Part of S.H.O.U.T! week.

Award-Winning Filmmaker Spike Lee

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:58:06 GMT

Friday, February 24, 7:00pm

Free tickets are required. Tickets will be made available to the Colby community on February 15th. Members of the public interested in attending can send an e-mail to ngsintet@colby.edu to reserve tickets. Live feeds in Lovejoy, the Pugh Center, and LoPo (Cotter Union) are free, open to the public, and do not require a ticket. S.H.O.U.T! (Speaking, Hearing, Opening Up Together) is a student-organized weekend of events celebrating multiculturalism and community building at Colby. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Screenings of three of Spike Lee's films will be held at Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville, in the weeks preceding the event. Crooklyn (1994), Wednesday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m. Malcolm X (1992), Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7 p.m. Do the Right Thing (1989), Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m.

Amnesty International Maine Winter Meeting

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:36:46 GMT

Saturday, February 25, 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Activists from AI Maine (student and local groups) will gather to discuss plans for the year to come, the state of the world, activism, and human rights. Focus will be on Child Soldiers. This conference will promote diversity, start dialogue on activism, human rights, and social justice. Contact Aquib Yacoob for more information at asyacoob@colby.edu

The Kemba Smith Story

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:59:13 GMT

Monday, February 27, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

At the age of 24, Kemba Smith, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine for her boyfriend's drug activities. Smith, seven months pregnant at the time with no criminal record, became a "poster child" for mandatory sentencing when she was sentenced to 24.5 years in prison with no possibility of parole. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws have made her and an increasing number of women casualties of excessive punishments that do not fit their crimes. Smith will share how she became the "poster child" by coming from a middle class, college experience to dating one of the FBI's most wanted and then being pardoned by former President Bill Clinton.

SHOC Presents: Hugo Schwyzer: Men, Women and Body Image

web@colby.edu (Colby College) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:57:11 GMT

Monday, March 05, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Hugo Schwyzer will present on current cultural issues surrounding body image, gender identity, media, and social pressures. This presentation will provide an insightful perspective on an important part of our culture (our physical and internal identity). The program will provide a safe space for students to discuss these issues.