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October 30 2006
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Road Show on the Open Enrollment
 


Human Resources will offer a Road Show on the Open Enrollment Process at the LGBT Resource Center on Wednesday, November 1 from Noon - 1:00 p.m. This will be an opportunity to learn more and ask questions about the online process and benefits program. Please RSVP to lgbt@syr.edu if you are interested in attending.


Creating the Triple Bottom Line: Healthier Planet, People, Economies
 


Creating the Triple Bottom Line: Healthier Planet, People, Economies presented by Dr. Debra Rowe, Friday, November 3, 2006, 10-11:30 am Schine student center room 304. Dr. Rowe is currently the Co-Chair and President of the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development, Senior Fellow at the Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future, National Co-coordinator of the Higher Education Association's Sustainability Consortium and Senior Advisory Councilor for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education to RSVP, please contact Kerry Fiesinger at the office of Off-Campus Student Services at kmfiesin@syr.edu, or 315.443.5489. Sponsored by: Division of Student Affairs


"Feminist Perspectives on Race: Interrogating Whiteness," Spring
 


CAS 100 / WSP 200, Judy Rohrer. This course looks at the long history of feminist accounts of race in the U.S with a particular critical focus on whiteness.


"Secret Life of the Law"
 


"Secret Life of the Law" Lecture Series Presents: Deirdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago

Professor McCloskey will give a talk based on her new book, "The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Capitalism" (University of Chicago Press). Are capitalism, globalization, and the middle class evil? A good many artists and intellectuals in the West since 1848 have thought so. Thursday, November 2 at 12:00pm, Eggers Hall 220 (The Public Events Room). Lunch will be served and seating will be limited. Please RSVP to Kelley Coleman kgcolema@maxwell.syr.edu, in order to reserve a seat.


AUDITIONS for the cast for the 2007 Vagina Monologues
 


AUDITIONS for the cast for the 2007 Vagina Monologues at Syracuse University will be held on the following days: Thursday, November 1st - 8:00 PM till 10:30 PM in Schine 231 and 233 and Friday, November 2nd - 5:00 PM till 7:00 PM in Schine 231 and 233.

Sign-up sheets will be posted outside of Cubicle I in OSL, downstairs in the Schine Student Center. If you have any questions feel free to contact Emily Steakley at vmcastingsyracuse@yahoo.com.


"Another Gay Movie"
 


CNY Pride will be showing "Another Gay Movie" at the Palace Theater on Wednesday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m. as a benefit for CNY Pride. Tickets will be $10, and there will be one show only on Wednesday. The Palace Theater is located at 2384 James Street.


The distributor provides this synopsis of the film: Four gay high school friends make a pact to lose their virginity before they go to college. The film is unrated, and more information, along with movie trailers, can be found at CNY Pride's web site.


"The Preacher's Son"
 


The First Unitarian Church of Ithaca and Planned Parenthood's Education Department Evening lecture, discussion & book signing with MARC ADAMS: Adams is the author of the "The Preacher's Son" which chronicles his life growing up gay as the son of a fundamentalist Baptist minister in rural Pennsylvania and culminates with his coming to terms with being gay and his coming out to his fundamentalist Baptist Christian family. WHEN? November 16, 2006 at 7pm. WHERE? First Unitarian Church Annex, 208 E. Buffalo St., Ithaca, on the corner of Buffalo and Aurora. For more information contact PFLAG @ 607-838-3629.


"Comedy at its Best"
 


Suzanne Westenhoefer - "Comedy at its Best" 7 PM - Sunday, November 5th, Ithaca Common Ground, 1230 Danby Road (96 B) Ithaca, NY 14850. (607) 273-1505

Tickets - $20 in advance, available at the Common Ground and online at www.ithacacommonground.com, $25 at the door!


Applications for a visiting faculty position to teach Lesbian and Gay
 


Lesbian and Gay Studies, Visiting Faculty Announcements: The Program in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Yale University seeks applications for a visiting faculty position to teach Lesbian and Gay Studies. This junior level position is full time for two years and may be joint with any division of the University


Hofstra University School of Law
 


Hofstra University School of Law has established an unprecedented fellowship program for students engaged in advocacy on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Each year, the law school will award fellowships to incoming J.D. students with a history of advocacy on behalf of the LGBT community.


"Voter Guide for Transgender People"
 


National Center for Transgender Equality has developed a new "Voter Guide for Transgender People" full of information and resources to help you overcome voting barriers related to gender identity and expression, as well as other common obstacles.



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