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September 2012
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Calendar of Events
9/10-9/16 --
International Week
9/15-9/29 --
"The Zeitgeist Chronicles," Cook Theatre
9/19 --
"Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?"
Georges
Auditorium, 7 p.m.
9/20 --
AT&T Texting and Driving Demo, Kabacoff Plaza, 12-2 p.m.
10/5 --
Nursing Panel Discussion
10/7 -- "More
Than Me... It's a Girl Thing" (Benefit Showcase),
Lawless
Chapel, 7 p.m.
11/11 --
Founders' Day
Click here for more
events.
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Welcome to the September 2012 edition of the Dillard Today E-Newsletter.
Hurricane Isaac made for an eventful beginning to the year,
delaying the start of classes by one week and causing power outages
throughout New Orleans. Fortunately, Dillard students, faculty and
staff were safe throughout the storm, and the campus sustained only
minimal damage. Now the semester is in full swing, and there's
plenty happening on the Avenue of the Oaks. Read on to learn all
about it. Ex fide fortis!
Sincerely,
Mona Duffel Jones
Senior Director, University Communications
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Centenary Hosts DU
Students During Isaac
On
Monday, Aug. 27, with Hurricane Isaac rapidly approaching New
Orleans, 150 Dillard students -- those residential students who had
not already left campus -- and six staff took buses to Centenary
College in Shreveport, La., as part of Dillard's emergency
evacuation plan. Due to traffic, the buses didn't arrive at
Centenary until after 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning. But when they
finally made it, Centenary students and staff gave them a warm
welcome.
"It was such a pleasant arrival. They were out there to greet
us and assist us with our bags and make sure we had everything we
needed," said Jakarah Porter, '13, Dillard's SGA president.
"They were excellent hosts the entire time."
An incredible outpouring of support -- not only from the Centenary
community, but also from Dillard alumni in Shreveport, Miss
Louisiana, the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and many others -- made
DU students as comfortable as possible under difficult
circumstances. Students kept busy with games and orientation
exercises, and they attended the Grambling vs. Alcorn State
football game, free of charge. By the time they returned to DU on
Sept. 2, many of them had bonded.
"We made the best of everything," said Porter. "We
played pillow fights and flashlight tag. Everybody was on their
best behavior, representing Dillard well. It caused each of us to
go outside of our circles and branch out. It was fun."
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"The Zeitgeist
Chronicles" Debuts Sept. 15
"The Zeitgeist Chronicles," a brand new play
about the 2008 Obama/McCain presidential election, will debut at
Dillard University on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 8 p.m. The show was
written by local playwright Stephen Montagne and features a
13-member cast of local, professional actors. It runs through Sept.
29.
"This production examines a time of real hope and an
opportunity to be engaged, involved and proactive," said
producing director Ed Bishop. "It reminds us of what happened
in 2008 and how it affected our lives."
The show, produced by the American Theatre Project, hopes to have
audiences talking all the way to the voting booth in November. For dates and to
learn more, click here.
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Panel: Does Hip-Hop Hate
Women?
Dillard University will host "Does Hip-Hop Hate
Women? A Conversation About Sex, Love and Gender Politics in
Today's Pop Culture" on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. in the
Georges Auditorium of the Professional Schools Building. This
town-hall-style meeting conducted by leading hip-hop intellectuals
is free and open to the public.
"By using
hip-hop as the vehicle to drive this discussion, students will be
able to directly and critically think about visual literacy,
identity, black masculinity, homophobia, perceptions of women, and
how they overlap in media and public policy debates," said
event organizer Michael Wilson, instructor of African world studies
at Dillard. To learn more and to
see a full list of panelists, click here.
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Message in the Middle
Returns to Lawless
Message in the Middle, a weekly, non-denominational
worship service and lecture held in Lawless Chapel in the middle of
the week -- on Wednesdays at noon -- has returned to Dillard for
the fall semester. This is consistently one of the most inspiring,
high-energy programs on campus, and students, alumni, faculty,
staff and friends are all encouraged to attend.
Each week features a different guest preacher, and the fall series
kicked off on Wednesday with William Emmanuel Hall of the Apostolic
Church of God in Chicago. Hall founded CommuniGize, a Chicago
nonprofit organization, to serve marginalized youth ages 5 through
19 in the areas of community leadership, entrepreneurship, and
nutrition. Click here to learn
more about CommuniGize.
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DU Launches African Music
and Dance Class
As part of its
International Week celebration, Dillard University launched a
community class in African music and dance on Sept. 10. Going
forward, the class will be held on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
in Dent Hall throughout the fall semester. It is free and open to
the public, and the community is invited to attend and participate.
Dillard's
Office of International Students and Study Abroad Programs is
presenting the series in conjunction with Nfungotah Inc., a New
Orleans nonprofit organization dedicated to the survival,
education, and promotion of music and dance culture rooted in the
African diaspora. It will focus on West African music and dance and
feature a variety of instructors and musicians. To learn more,
contact Esailama Henry at (916) 705-8842 or nfungotah@aol.com, or Dr. Kimya
Dawson-Smith at (504) 816-4926 or ksmith@dillard.edu.
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