This year's Campus Life activities schedule focuses on
what most college students enjoy: hanging out, watching
movies and listening to music.
Due in part to the opening of the new student center Nov.
6, Campus Life takes an internal approach to activities
this year, giving the many talented speakers and entertainers
already on campus a chance to shine. Students can hear
advice from a coach, listen to a faculty member sing or
watch their fellow students slam at open mic night.
"Campus Life is operating differently this year. We used
to do a large performing arts series with outside speakers
and entertainers," said Melissa Ginotti, director of Campus
Life. "We're not doing that this year. Budget cuts are
one reason, but we also are taking advantage of the opportunities
for change associated with the new student center."
As requested by the University's Retention Task Force,
more evening and weekend events are scheduled to keep students
involved after the school day has ended.
"We hope to target adult learners, too," said Ginotti. "We
want families with young children to find something they
can enjoy."
This year's events include:
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MOVIE MADNESS: Campus Life will be
hosting
a Friday Night & Monday
Midday Movie Series.
Films, including
"Superman Returns," will be
viewed at the new student center
shortly before they are released
on
DVD.
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One new program this year is the Friday
Night & Monday
Midday Movie Series. Campus audiences can enjoy popular
films — every Friday night and Monday during the day — before
they're available for home rental. Movies are free and
open to all EMU students, faculty, staff and their family
and friends. Friday night movies will be shown at 7:30
p.m. at University Park in September; at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
in various campus locations during October; and at 7 and
9:30 p.m. in the EMU Student Center Auditorium beginning
in November. Monday mid-day movies will be shown 10 a.m.,
12:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the lower level of
McKenny Union in September and October, and in the EMU
Student Center Auditorium beginning in November. Movies
scheduled include "X-Men: The Last Stand," "Pirates of
the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "Superman Returns," "Over
the Hedge," "The DaVinci Code," "The Waterboy," "Saw II," "Talladega
Knights," "Ant Bully" and "You, Me and Dupree."
The showing of "Pirates of the Caribbean" coincides with
Pirate Week, Sept. 18-23.
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SHIVER ME TIMBERS: Pirate
Week will be
celebrated again,
with a number of activities
scheduled
Sept. 18-23. |
Back by popular demand for its second year, Pirate
Week is a weeklong celebration
of International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Activities include
a campus scavenger hunt complete with treasure map and
pirate prizes, craft activities including paper bag parrots
and decorating an eye patch, pirate poker night, capture
the flag, pirate movies, a pirate parade and more. All
departments and student organizations are invited to
join in the fun. Any department or organization interested
in adding an event to the week's schedule should contact
Campus Life at 487-3045.
Thursday Evening Tunes showcases the
musical stylings of talented EMU students, faculty and
staff as well as local bands and soloists. Performances
will take place every Thursday evening from 7-9 p.m., in
the dining room of McKenny Union. Thursday Evening Tunes
will move to the new student center when that facility
opens Nov. 6. Open auditions for volunteer performers are
scheduled Monday, Sept. 11, 5-7 p.m., McKenny Union.
EMU's national slam award recipients, the Poetry Society,
host the National Collegiate Poetry
Slam on campus April
4-8. For each month leading up to the big slam, the Poetry
Society will "spit" during open mic sessions in the
dining room of McKenny Union/EMU Student Center. Open mic
nights are scheduled 7 p.m., Sept. 13 and 27; Oct. 11 and
25; and Nov. 8 and Dec. 6.
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Kamenetz |
Anya Kamenetz, 25-year-old "Village Voice" columnist
and author of "Generation Debt: Why Now is a Terrible Time
to be Young," is scheduled to speak Thursday, Sept. 28,
7 p.m., McKenny Union Ballroom. Kamenez will speak to students
about debt management, personal finances and today's economy,
and encourage students to take an active role in advocating
for their financial futures.
Eastern Excursions are scheduled again
this year, beginning with a trip to the Tigers' final regular
season home game against Kansas City Saturday, Sept. 30.
Buses depart at 6 p.m. and return at 11 p.m. Cost is $15
for EMU students and tickets go on sale Sept. 6. Tickets
are $35 for faculty and staff, and go on sale Sept. 13.
The cost includes a game ticket, food voucher and motor
coach transportation.
A trip
to Cedar Point's Halloweekends is
scheduled Saturday, Oct. 14. Buses depart at 10 a.m.
and return at 12:30 a.m. Tickets are $35 for EMU students
and go on sale Sept. 6. Tickets are $55 for faculty and
staff, and go on sale Sept. 13. The cost includes a
ticket to the park, a $5 food voucher and motor coach
transportation.
A
whole day of shopping fun, great dining options and
entertainment at Great
Lakes Crossing in Auburn Hills
is scheduled Dec. 9. Buses depart at 9:30 a.m. and
return at 6 p.m. Cost is $10 per student and tickets
go on sale Sept. 6. Tickets are $18 for faculty and
staff, and go on sale Sept. 13.
A trip to see the Detroit Pistons play at The Palace will
be scheduled this winter. Details have not yet been announced.
A series of monthly "Saturday Night
Life" events begins
in October, featuring a variety of activities including
live bands, DJs, karaoke and board and video gaming. These
Saturday night activities are designed to provide a safe,
alcohol-free entertainment alternative. Halloween
Harvest Night kicks off the event series Oct.
14, in McKenny Union, followed by Super
Hero Night Nov.
11; and a Pajama Party Dec. 9. The
events continue in 2007 with a Hawaiian Beach Night
Jan. 20; a Spring Fling Feb.
17; a St.
Patrick's Day event March 17 and Greek
Town Casino Night April
14. Events
run 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
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Mehuron |
If you were to give your absolutely last lecture ever,
what would you say? The Last Lecture Series asks
faculty members to share their most important lessons,
as if it was their last. Kate Mehuron, from the department
of history and philosophy, will speak Oct. 11, 7 p.m.
Jeff Bernstein, political science, will present "The
Essential Wisdom of Norm Peterson," Nov. 14, 7:30
p.m., and Nov. 16, 11 a.m. Heather Neff, English language
and literature, will present "Forbidden Zones" and
Ron Woods, African-American studies, also is scheduled
to speak.
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Genyk |
Learn about leadership, inspiration, motivation and teamwork
from EMU athletic team coaches in the Coaches
Leadership Lecture Series. These lectures are
targeted to student organizations and their members, as
well as the broad campus community. Head Football Coach
Jeff Genyk will speak Oct. 5, 6 p.m., in the team room
of the Convocation Center. Kim Berrington, volleyball head
coach, presents "Being
a Leading Woman," Oct. 17, 7 p.m., in the Stadium Club
of the Convocation Center. Athletic Director Derrick Gragg
will speak Nov. 7, 7 p.m., in the auditorium of the EMU
Student Center.
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Boggs |
Long-time civil rights and social justice activist Grace
Lee Boggs is the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day keynote speaker.
Born to Chinese immigrant parents in 1915, Boggs has been
an activist in many social movements of this century, including
labor, civil rights, black power, Asian American, women's
and environmental justice. Boggs and husband, James, an
African American labor activist, worked together on grassroots
groups and projects in Detroit for more than 40 years.
At the President's Luncheon, Boggs will present "This
is the Time to Grow our Souls,"
Monday, Jan. 16, 2007, noon, in the EMU Student Center
Grand Ballroom. Her keynote, which will draw on the essay,
"Thinking Dialectically Toward Community," will
be presented at 3 p.m. in Pease Auditorium.
For more information about events and activities, call
Campus Life at 487-3045.
