November 2nd - November 8th

Preview
1.Talking Drum BSAI Special Edition Meeting
2. Regent Law School Info Session
3. In the Service of Learning: A Conversation About Civic Engagement and the Undergraduate Experience
4. Internship Season Kickoff
5. Neuroscience Major Info Session
6. “Hunger”
7. Speak with Confidence
8. Pre-health Registration
9. University of Texas Info Session
10. University of Miami Info Session
11. Duke in Oxford Info Session
12. Duke in Venice Info Session
13. Special Election Day Double Feature
14. Israel, World Affairs and the Peace Process
15. Villanova Law Info Session
16. NYU Info Session
17. Boston University Info Session
18. International Career Series: Humanitarian Assistance
19. Young & in Charge
20. Deadline to Withdraw from Classes
21. University of Florida Law Info Session
22. Carney, Sandoe & Associates Info Session
23. Hart Fellows Program
24. Department of Homeland Security Info Session
25. Nature Conservancy Diversity Internship Program Virtual Presentation
26. Sexual Fluidity: I Can Be Attracted to Whomever I Want!
27. Panhel Recruitment Info Session
28. ASA VOICES Pan Asian Discussion
29. Spike Lee’s Little Girls
30. Around the World in One Night
31. Through the Night
32. Mike Arneson Benefit Concert
33. Miami String Quartet
34. United in Praise Concert
35. Duke Men’s Basketball vs. Findlay
36. Duke Women’s Basketball vs. Wingate
37. Duke Women’s Basketball vs. Alaska Anchorage
38. FREE, rapid HIV testing
39. CAPS Mindfulness and Meditation Class
40. Center for Race Relations Executive Board Elections

BSA Events
Tuesday, November 3
There will be a Talking Drum BSAI Special Edition Meeting at 6:00pm in the BSA Office (OSAF) for everyone interested in having their voices be heard!

Academic Events
Monday, November 2
Dean Doug Cook of Regent Law School will conduct a group meeting in Social Sciences 228 from 11:30-1:00pm. Sign-ups available starting 10/26 in 04 Allenwww.regent.edu/law

The Program in Education, The Service-Learning Program, and the International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education are pleased to sponsor "In the Service of Learning: A Conversation About Civic Engagement and the Undergraduate Experience" with Andrew Furco, Vice President of Public Engagement at the University of Minnesota, and Elson Nash, Acting Director, Learn & Serve America. This talk will be held in the Nasher Museum of Art from 4:00-5:30pm. To reserve a seat, e-mail servicelearning@duke.edu.

What are valuable summer internship and career exploration experiences and how can you get one? Come out to the Career Center’s Internship Season Kickoff from 5:00-7:00pm in the Bryan Center Reynolds Industries Theater to hear from a panel of experts and participate in a fun & informative presentation by Career Center specialists. Learn about a range of successful strategies for finding internships and other great career exploration opportunities, including both on-campus recruiting and off-campus recruiting. Gain insight into the ways in which internships and other experiential opportunities can shed light on your career path. Check out the link above for information on last year's programs.

First-years and sophomores are invited to attend the Neuroscience major info session led by the directors of undergraduate studies in the new undergraduate neuroscience program. Learn about major/minor requirements, advising, research opportunities, and upcoming courses. The session will be held in East Duke 204B at 6:00pm.

Renowned English video artist Steve McQueen's feature film debut, "Hunger" is a cinematic punch to the gut. McQueen brings a visceral intensity to his retelling of the hunger strike instigated by Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) and several other detained Irish Republican Army members in the early 1980s who were determined to live in a Northern Ireland free from British rule. It's impossible not to make a political film out of this furiously political material, but McQueen chooses to concentrate on the more visceral, tactile elements of the story to drive his point home. "Hunger" is one of the more exciting directorial debuts of recent memory. The film will be presented in Bryan Center Griffith Film Theater at 7:00pm, and a panel discussion will follow, featuring Professor. Fred Moten (Dept. of English), Professor. Jody McAuliffe (Dept. of Theater Studies), and Professor. Richard Powell (Dept. of Art, Art History & Visual Studies).

Sponsored by Duke Women’s Mentoring Network (WMN), “Speak with Confidence" In The Public Eye, Effective Communication offers a workshop to dramatically improve your ability to make a speech or presentation, to speak up in class, or even make a toast at a celebration. In The Public Eye's President, Joy Javits will work with you to make your presentations elegant, compelling and clear. In this two hour workshop you will receive individual attention. Please bring a 1 - 2 minute presentation. It can be something you have spoken before, an introduction of yourself, an issue declaimed, something that would be useful to you enhanced. Everyone does not have to do this. We will work with introducing yourself, body language and vocal usage, beginnings, what is concise and listening skills. You will receive a hand out to take away, with 15 thoughts about presentations. The workshop will be held from 7:00-9:00pm in the Women’s Center.

Dean and prehealth advisor Dr. Lynn White will be speaking about courses that are necessary for students who plan to apply to health professions schools. Come hear about courses in time for registration in November. There will be two identical sessions on Monday, November 2: one at 7:00 pm in GA Downunder on East Campus and a second at 8:00 pm in Soc Psych 126 on West Campus.

Tuesday, November 3
Dean Monica Ingram from the University of Texas Law School will hold 7 individual interviews starting at 9:00am and one group session in 124 Soc Sciences from 11:00am-12:00pm. Sign-ups starting 10/27/2009.

Therese Lambert from University of Miami School of Law will be conducting a group event in 08 Language Building from 4:30-6:00pm. Sign-ups starting 10/27/2009 in 04 Allen Building. All interested students are invited.

Learn more about the Duke in Oxford summer program from University of Oxford professor David Grylls. The info session will be held in Social Sciences 139 at 4:30pm.

The Duke University Global Education Office for Undergraduates, in cooperation with Venice International University, will offer a four-week, single course program in Venice, Italy in the summer of 2010. The program is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to study aspects of Venetian history and culture, which have been particularly important in the shaping of European civilization. Professor Ken Rogerson, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Faculty member in the Sanford School of Public Policy, will direct the Duke in Venice summer program in 2010. There will be an info session from 5:30-6:30pm in Allen 304.

Head out to the Rare Book Room in Perkins Library from 7:00-9:30pm for a special election day double feature of “No Umbrella” (26 minutes) and “Please Vote for me” (58 minutes). The films will be followed with a panel discussion with Kerry Haynie, a Duke Associate Professor and Associate Political Science Department Chair, and Ralph Litzinger, Associate Professor in Duke's department of Cultural Anthropology.
“No Umbrella”:Are you convinced that there were no voting irregularities in 2004? Then witness Fannie Lewis in action on November 2, 2004 as she struggles to manage a polling station in a predominantly African American precinct in Cleveland, Ohio. Facing record numbers at the polls, Ms. Lewis spends her day on a cell phone begging for the machines and the technical support Ward 7 needs to handle the throngs of frustrated voters. On the one hand, No Umbrella is a sobering reminder of the United States’ inadequate election process. But the film sharpens its satiric edge by emphasizing Fannie Lewis’s steadfast sassiness
in the face of the day’s frustratingly repetitive rituals. This delightful
documentary won the Jury Award for Best Short at the 2006 Full Frame
Documentary Film Festival.
“Please Vote for Me”: Is democracy a universal value that suits human nature? Do elections inevitably lead to manipulation? “Please Vote for Me” is a portrait of a society and a town in through a school, its children and its families. A Grade 3 class at Evergreen Primary School has their first encounter with democracy by holding an election to select a Class Monitor. Eight-year-olds compete against each other for the coveted position, abetted and egged on by teachers and doting parents. The purpose of Weijun Chen’s experiment is to determine how democracy would be received if it came to China.

Wednesday, November 4
Honorable Isaac Herzog, Israeli Minister of Welfare and Social Services, will deliver the Rudnick Endowed Lecture on "Israel, World Affairs and the Peace Process". The talk will be held in Sanford Fleishman Commons from 5:00-6:00pm, and will be followed by a reception in the Sanford Lobby.

Dean Noe Bernal from Villanova Law School will hold a group information session from 10:00am-12:00pm in Breedlove Board Room. Sign-up in 04 Allen starting 10/28/2009

Andrea Gershwin of NYU Law will make a presentation and take questions from students interested in NYU Law from 5:30-7:00pm Social Sciences 119. Sign-up starts in room 04 Allen on 10/28/2009

Boston University Assistant Director Nicole Price will conduct a group session for interested students in 124 Social Sciences at 6:00pm. All are invited. Sign-ups start on 10/28/2009 in 04 Allen.

The Kappa Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Duke Democrats & The Lambda Omega Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Present...Young & In Charge: A Conversation about Political Engagement among Youth. These past two years have shown our generation's political prowess and engagement. Is it just the hype or are we really striving to make a CHANGE? Join a panel of students, recent grads, and young professionals who were heavily involved in the political campaigns of the past 2 years as we tackleissues surrounding the political awareness & engagement of OUR generation. The discussion will be held at 7:00pm in Old Trinity Room (next to Chick-fil-a). Panelists include representatives from both the Obama & McCain campaigns as well as peers who are currently seeking public office. The panelists are Young & In Charge. The real question is: are you?

Thursday, November 5
The Sanford School of Public Policy is sponsoring International Career Series: Humanitarian Assistance from 6:00-7:00pm in Sanford 04.. The International Career Series encourages careers in international organizations, advocacy, and non-governmental organizations. Accomplished speakers share their experiences working in international affairs in an informal setting, and offer insightful anecdotes depicting typical missions around the world. Our first speaker is Fiona Terry, who has spent most of the past 15 years involved in humanitarian relief operations in different parts of the world, including in Northern Iraq, Somalia, the Great Lakes region of Africa, Liberia, and along the Sino-Korean border. From 2000 to 2003 she worked as a research director with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) in Paris, before spending three years in Myanmar (Burma) with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Terry is the author of "Condemned to Repeat" The Paradox of Humanitarian Action" (2002). This event is organized by The International Policy Lecture Series (IPLS).

Friday, November 6
The deadline for withdrawing from a course is 5:00pm. Students wishing to withdraw from a course should have picked up a Withdrawal Form or made an appointment with their academic dean for this purpose by 5:00 pm. on this date. To be valid, the completed form must be returned to the dean's office by the return date indicated on the withdrawal form.

University of Florida Law School Assistant Director of Admissions Jake Henry will lead a group meeting in Soc Psych 129 from 1:00-3:00pm. Sign-ups starting 10/30/2009 in 04 Allen building.

Career Opportunities
Tuesday, November 3
Carney, Sandoe & Associates will hold an info session from 6:30-7:45pm in the Bryan Center Multicultural Center.

Wednesday, November 4th
Are you currently in your last year as an undergraduate at Duke? Are you interested in working and living in a developing country? Do you want to combine independent research with service to a community partner? If yes, then consider applying to become a Hart Fellow! The Hart Fellows Program, which is part of the Hart Leadership Program, based out of the Sanford School of Public Policy, offers recent Duke graduates the opportunity to spend 10 months working with organizations around the world that are facing complex social, political and humanitarian problems. Come find out more about the program, the experiences of past fellows, and the application process at 5:30pm in Sanford Building Room 223. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to combine travel, research, and international service!

Thursday, November 5
Department of Homeland Security will hold an info session from 10:00-11:00am in Page 106.

Saturday, November 7
The Nature Conservancy Diversity Internship Program will have a virtual presentation (all day). The Diversity Internship Program is designed to help The Nature Conservancy (TNC) attract individuals from a variety of socio-cultural experiences. The goal is for each intern to have a high- quality experience, a committed mentor, and a relevant project that provides them with additional skills and training. TNC will be hiring students to fill OVER 40 PAID INTERNSHIP positions during summer, 2010. To view the PowerPoint presentation on this wonderful opportunity, visit the Career Center's BlackBoard organization page. If the Career Center is not already on your organization page, enter the keywords "Career Center" in the search box on the Organization tab. Select the "Enroll" button to the right of the Career Center listing.

Social Events
Thursday, November 5
Sexual Fluidity: I Can Be Attracted to Whomever I Want! Sexual attraction is a powerful and sometimes surprising thing. How is the sex or gender identity of your sexual partner related to your sexual orientation? Does it matter how you identify? Bisexual? Lesbian? Queer? Curious? Find out how woman-to-woman relationships have been described over time from romantic friendships to butch/femme to Boston marriages to lesbian hookups. This group was established two years ago to support women who have an attraction to other women and includes both undergraduate and graduate women. They gather periodically for discussion, to build community, and offer support. Many women who love women on the Duke campus feel isolated and as though they are the only one who feels this way (no matter how they identify: Bisexual, lesbian, questioning, queer, trans, no labels please). So, if you are looking to be a part of such a support network please join the group at 6:00pm in The Center for LGBT Life 2 West Union Building.

Fraternity and Sorority Life and Panhellenic Association will hold a Panhel Recruitment Info Session from 8:00-9:00pm in White Lecture Hall 107. The session will involve a panel sharing information about sorority life and the recruitment process and answering anonymously submitted questions. Everyone interested is encouraged to attend the session.

Cultural Events
Tuesday, November 3
The Asian Student Alliance will sponsor ASA VOICES Pan Asian Discussion at 7:00pm in the Bryan Center Multicultural Center. This will be the kickoff VOICE's forum, ASA's political series of the fall, and will be a general circle discussion involving different groups. Food from Panda will be provided.

Come to the Mary Lou Williams Center this Tuesday night from 7:00-9:30pm to watch the Spike Lee Joint, Little Girls. There will be free popcorn and Twizzlers!

Wednesday, November 4
Discover Worlds will be hosting "Around the World in One Night" at 7:00pm in Reynolds Theater, a benefit concert including different performing art groups from around campus such as Sabrosura, DefMo, and Irish Dance. All proceeds benefit very high achieving orphans of the genocide in Rwanda. They each have incredible stories and you can learn more on the DW website. http://discoverworlds.org/taking-action/scholars/ Free t-shirts will be given away at the event. For more details and updates, visit the facebook event http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=159214823601&ref=ts

Thursday, November 5
The Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture presents a special Duke Arts Weekend event: Through the Night, an 80 minute, one-man play performed by Def Jam poet and Obie Award-winning actor and playwright Daniel Beaty, explores black stereotypes through the eyes of six black males: a brilliant ten-year-old boy, his father, a neighborhood store owner; a drug dealer with AIDS; a gay marketing executive; a priest and father with a food addiction; an inner-city youth torn between college the relationship with his girlfriend. Through the Night is directed by Duke University Theater Studies Department alum Charles Randolph-Wright. Q&A and reception will follow. The show will be held in the Bryan Center Reynolds Industries Theater at 7:00pm. Not appropriate for children under 12 years. Strong Language. Free tickets are available at the Box Office. $5 Service Fee for on-line and phone reservations. Reserve at tickets.duke.edu or by calling 919-684-4444.

Saturday, November 7
The congregation at Duke Chapel is sponsoring the Mike Arneson Benefit Concert, In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin', by Duke Chapel Choir, conducted by Rodney Wynkoop. This concert will be held in the Duke Chapel from 8:00-10:00pm. All proceeds are going to Mike Arneson, a 15 year old victim of traumatic brain injury last June. Tickets are $25 each, and are available at Regulator Bookshop, Durham, and Womancraft in Chapel Hill. Contact Karen Witzleben at 919/493-9278 or kwitz@earthlink.net with questions and also to get tickets.

In this special evening of collaborative performance, the world-renowned KLR Trio takes the stage with the Miami String Quartet, who plays with "sweeping authority, fluency, and hushed poignancy" (Miami Herald). The program is anchored by a new, CAS-commissioned piano septet from Ellen Taafe Zwillich, the first woman to ever win the Pulitzer for music composition.The program will be as follows: Boccherini: String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5Dvo'ák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81Ellen Taafe Zwillich: Piano Septet (2008, CAS Commission) The show will be held in the Bryan Center Reynolds Industries Theater at 8:00pm and the cost is only $5 for Duke students.

Sunday, November 8
Join United in Praise gospel choir and praise dance ministry at 2:00pm in Reynolds Theater as they celebrate New Life in Christ! This will definitely be a praise party you don't want to miss! Featuring guest choir of North Carolina Central University. Free Admission!!! A light reception will follow the concert. For more information contact Concert Manager Britney Peguese bjp11@duke.edu

Athletic Events
Tuesday, November 3
Duke Men’s Basketball plays Findlay (exhibition) at 7:00pm at home.

Thursday, November 5
Duke Women’s Basketball plays Wingate (exhibition) at 7:00pm at home.

Sunday, November 8
Duke Women’s Basketball plays Alaska Anchorage (exhibition) at 2:00pm.

Health and Wellness Events
Monday, November 2
Know Your Status is sponsoring FREE, rapid HIV testing from 10:00am-5:00pm in Bryan Center Meeting Room B. No blood involved! Cheek swabbing will be used instead. Results will be available in only 20 minutes and those who get tested will receive a free t-shirt!

Wednesday, November 4
The CAPS Mindfulness and Meditation Class for November-December is now open for registration. The 4 session class will be held on Wednesdays from 12:15-1:30pm, beginning November 4 and concluding December 2. Registration is required!

Leadership Opportunities
The Center for Race Relations will be holding elections for Executive Board positions on Wednesday, November 11th at 8:30pm. Applicants must submit their name, the position they intend to run for, and a paragraph (around 250 words) about why they wish to run by Saturday, November 7th, 11:59 PM. For those who are unsure or thinking about running, you are invitedto meet with current Executive Board members on Wednesday, November 4th at 9PM in the CRR Office (across from the MCC in the Bryan Center).
To be considered, you MUST BE AT DUKE in Spring 2010 and Fall 2010. If you are planning on going abroad or otherwise spending a semester away from Duke, you cannot run for a position.

The positions available and their responsibilities:

Co-President, External Affairs & Co-President, Internal Affairs
Each Co-President will have a defined set of responsibilities and tasks to complete, but both will be working in tandem to direct strategically the CRR's programming toward achieving its vision. Co-Presidents must be responsible managers with a sense of vision for the future.

2 Directors of Dialogues
Directors of Dialogues will be responsible for the planning and execution of dialogues, as well as training facilitators to lead the dialogues. These trained facilitators will form a Dialogues Committee, which the Dialogues directors manage. Dialogues directors should stay informed about Duke current events to understand the issues that students are talking about. Directors then reach out to relevant groups to create a safe space for these dialogues.

2 Directors of STUD (Students to Unite Duke)
Directors of Students To Unite Duke use social programming to bring together students from different groups across campus. These programs have included the highly successful STUD parties, as well as basketball watching parties and study breaks. STUD directors constantly think of creative, new ways to use social programming to unite Duke.

2 Directors of Common Ground
The directors of Common Ground are responsible for the planning and execution of the fall and spring Common Ground retreats. The directors ensure that Common Ground is well-run and that participants have a deeply reflective and challenging experience. They will also be responsible for post-Common Ground programming to continue the conversations had at Common Ground about race, gender, and sexuality.

2 Directors of Academics
Directors of Academics are in charge of the new CRR House Course, which is a semester-long course about race, gender, and sexuality. The Directors of Academics will assistant-teach the CRR House Course this spring and then go on to teach the course in the fall. They are responsible for the curriculum and engaging the students beyond the house course as well.

2 Directors of Marketing
Marketing Directors are in charge of the CRR's image. They brand the CRR, align the CRR's self-image with that of other Duke students, and publicize CRR events.

1 Treasurer/Secretary
The Treasurer/Secretary is primarily responsible for applying for funds and managing the CRR's budget. The Treasurer/Secretary also takes minutes during Exec meetings.

1 Webmaster
The webmaster will need to create a CRR website, and update it frequently (or learn to edit the CRR website in its current form, which we can't figure out how to edit: http://www.duke.edu/web/racerelations/).

1 Historian
The historian is responsible for recording all CRR events and keeping records. The historian takes pictures, can take oral histories and testimonies, and collect information about the CRR's growth over the years.