**************************************************** EV 04/08/2004 NEWSLETTER NUMBER 27 **************************************************** CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: April 8 Thursday Mo Rocca Talk 9 Friday Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate"(ongoing) 10 Saturday Trail Days at Castle Rock State Park 13 Tuesday An Evening with Carol Moseley Braun 14 Wednesday Natan Sharansky Lecture* 15 Thursday EV Goes to the SF Symphony* 22 Thursday M. Jacqui Alexander Discussion: "The New Militarization, The State and the Making of the Citizen Patriot" 26 Monday M. Jacqui Alexander Discussion:"Pedagogies of the Sacred" 28 Wednesday EV Talent Show* May 7 Friday EV Yosemite Trip* 16 Sunday EV Runs Bay to Breakers* - Stanford Muay Thai Kickboxing Classes - Apply for the 2004 James Redford Award - Spring Quarter Ballroom Dance Class Lineup - Spring Scrapbooking Workshops - Upcoming Classes and Programs at the Bechtel I-Center * Starred events require advance signup. See individual event listings below for details. Information in this newsletter is also shown on the EV website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/EV ------------------------------------------------------ 1. TONIGHT: Mo Rocca, former Daily Show correspondent Thursday, April 8th, 7:30pm Kresge Auditorium Kick off the spring quarter with political comedy from this VH1's I Love the 70s/80s commentator and former reporter for the award-winning Daily Show. Currently, Rocca is the host and co-executive producer of Smoking Gun TV, a series of Court TV specials based on the popular website that unearths and posts entertaining, scandalous, and bizarre documents. Best known for his wacky, tongue-in-cheek news reporting, Rocca is also a regular panelist on NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me", and a frequent commentator for CNN, Headline News and the Fox News Channel. Admission: Stanford students with SUID who paid their Speakers Bureau special fee will be admitted to the event first, for FREE. Doors open at 7:00 pm. Other students and members of the Stanford community will be admitted afterward as space permits, for a $5 fee. For more information, visit http://speakers.stanford.edu/bios.rocca.html. Have questions? Contact Pallen Chiu at pchiu@stanford.edu. Sponsored by the ASSU Speakers Bureau ------------------------------------------------------ 2. Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate" April 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 8:00pm Memorial Auditorium Come see Ram's Head Theatrical Society's spring musical! Based on one of Shakespeare's timeless classics, "Kiss Me, Kate" unfolds on and off the stage as a company attempts to put on a show of The Taming of the Shrew. Actors, actresses, stage-hands, and gangsters go head to head as the double plots evolve, and the fates of the performance and the players hang in the balance. A not-to-be-missed singing, dancing, musical extravaganza! Tickets: $9 for Stanford students, $15 general admission. On sale now in White Plaza, weekdays from 11:00am-1:00pm, online at www.stanford.edu/group/rams-head/, at the Stanford Store, or e-mail joliva@stanford.edu. Buy your tickets today! Sponsored by Stanford Ram's Head Theatrical Society ------------------------------------------------------ 3. Trail Days at Castle Rock State Park Saturday, April 10th, meet 8:15am, return ~4:00pm Meet by EV office, go to Castle Rock State Park Now that the weather is nice, come spend a day outdoors, working to restore trails and habitat at Castle Rock State Park! Time permitting, we'll take a brief hike around the park after we finish. We'll provide lunch and a free t-shirt. For more information, contact Craig Foster at cdfoster@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Community Service Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 4. An Evening with Carol Moseley Braun Tuesday, April 13th, 7:30pm Kresge Auditorium Come hear Carol Moseley Braun speak on her history-making experiences in public service, as the first female senator from Illinois, first female African-American senator and first African-American Democratic senator. Throughout her career, Ms. Moseley Braun has been a consistently strong voice for equal opportunity, the prevention of discrimination on the basis of race, gender or sexual orientation, reproductive freedom and social and economic justice. Ms. Moseley Braun has also served as the U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, and in 2004, ran as a Democratic candidate for the Presidency. For more information, visit http://speakers.stanford.edu/bios.rocca.html. Have questions? Contact Pallen Chiu at pchiu@stanford.edu. Sponsored by the ASSU Speakers Bureau, Stanford in Government, Black Community Service Center, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Natan Sharansky Lecture Wednesday, April 14th, 12:00noon Dinkelspiel Auditorium Come and hear Natan Sharansky - Israeli Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, former Soviet dissident, human rights activist and winner of the Congressional Gold Medal - address the campus. Minister Sharansky will discuss his role as a human rights activist and how it relates to the current situation in the Middle East. To be guaranteed a seat, please register in advance for this event by doing one of the following: - Register at the website for Caravan for Democracy - Sign up in White Plaza on Thursday 4/8 or Friday 4/9 from 11:30am-1:00pm For more information, visit http://speakers.stanford.edu/bios.rocca.html. Have questions? Contact Pallen Chiu at pchiu@stanford.edu. Sponsored by the ASSU Speakers Bureau, Stanford Israel Alliance and the Office of the President ------------------------------------------------------ 6. EV Goes to the SF Symphony: Charles Dutroit and Martha Argerich Thursday, April 15th, 8:00pm Davies Symphony Hall in SF Join your neighbors and enjoy the thrills of the San Francisco Symphony with pianist Martha Argerich playing pieces by Ravel, Schumann, and Prokofiev! We have arranged discounted prices and cover part of your ticket cost to offer you tickets to the show for just $12 per ticket. If interested or for questions, please respond to Hollis at whitt@stanford.edu before Sunday, April 11. Tickets will be awarded by lottery and you will be notified Sunday if you are chosen. Preference will be given to applicants who have not attended concerts in this EV-wide series previously this year. Carpools will be arranged as needed. Join us! Sponsored by the EV Education and Cultural Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 7. Two Discussions with M. Jacqui Alexander Thursday, April 22nd, 6:00pm Monday, April 26th, 4:00pm Locations TBA Presented by the Chicano/Latino Graduate Student Association, The Graduate Workshop in Interdisciplinary Pedagogy: Race & Social Justice, and Familia de Stanford: Thursday, April 22nd @ 6:00pm "The New Militarization, The State and the Making of the Citizen Patriot" Sexuality studies and transnational feminism have developed largely along separate disciplinary tracts. Alexander offers an analytic path out of this disciplinary segregation by way of an examination of this contemporary moment of U.S. militarization and empire building, to show how these are racialized, sexualized processes in which the state has mobilized a new figure--the citizen patriot--as one of the anchors for the success of empire. Monday, April 26th @ 4:00pm "Pedagogies of the Sacred" Experience is an important dimension of daily life as well as an important category for feminism, but we have rendered it as if it were absent Spirit, understood it primarily as secularized and antithetical to the sacred. Using her own priestancy in two African-based spiritual communities of Vodun and Santeria, Alexander traces how experience, history, memory, consciousness, voice and agency--customarily positioned as secular--are all readily intelligible within the precinct of the sacred. If you would like more information about co-sponsoring or helping out with this event and others like it, please contact CLGSA through Zamora at zamoram@stanford.edu Sponsored by the Chicano/Latino Grad Student Association, The ASSU Speaker's Bureau, The LGBT Community Resource Center, The Graduate Workshop in Interdisciplinary Pedagogy: Race & Social Justice, The Women's Community Center, The Program in Modern Thought & Literature, Familia de Stanford, African & African American Studies, The Office of Religious Life, and The Center for Studies in Race & Ethnicity ------------------------------------------------------ 8. EV Talent Show Wednesday, April 28th, 8:00pm-10:00pm CoHo in Tresidder We need performers! Participate in the first-ever EV talent show. Whether you sing, play the piano, violin or any other instrument, dance, read poetry, imitate, do stand-up comedy, juggle, or know how to hula-hoop, we all want to see it. You do not have to be a superstar. Express ANY talent you want in a relaxed, fun, "anything goes" atmosphere. Individuals and ensembles are welcome. Two $50 gift certificates for Tower Records will be raffled among the performers. To sign up or get more information, contact Armin at armins@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Education and Cultural Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 9. EV Yosemite Trip Friday-Sunday, May 7th-9th Yosemite, CA Mark your calendars now for a spring weekend getaway...hiking and 2 nights' camping in gorgeous Yosemite! Details coming soon! For more information, email Dani Flemming at danif@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Sports and Outdoors Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 10. EV Runs Bay to Breakers Sunday, May 16th, 6:00am San Francisco Join your fellow EV residents for the largest, craziest race in the nation. We'll be coordinating training teams for both running and walking. Check out http://www.baytobreakers.com/ for more information. Contact Miranda at mirandamac80@yahoo.com to get on the interest list. Sponsored by the EV Sports and Outdoors Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 11. Stanford Muay Thai Kickboxing Classes Spring classes are Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:30pm-10:00pm Location: Roble Gym basketball court Try the first two classes for free! This is a great way to get and stay fit plus learn self-defense applicable in real-life situations, fast! See http://kickboxing.stanford.edu for more information. Sponsored by Stanford Muay Thai Kickboxing ------------------------------------------------------ 12. Apply for the 2004 James Redford Award * Win a $500 Scholarship * Receive this prestigious award personally from James Redford (son of filmmaker and actor Robert Redford) when he visits Stanford in April * Write a simple 500-1000 word essay addressing a topic concerning the ethics and policies of organ donation * Application and topic available online at www.stanford.edu/group/ode/redford.html or at the HAAS Center * Application due April 12th by 5:00pm at the HAAS Center OR email it to terrells@stanford.edu Questions? E-mail terrells@stanford.edu Sponsored by Stanford Organ Donation Education (ODE) ------------------------------------------------------ 13. Spring Quarter Ballroom Dance Class Lineup! The following series sponsored by the Stanford Ballroom Dance Club are 6 weeks in length. Each class within the series runs for 1.5h. (1) The Level I class this quarter is American Rhythm with a twist of swing! This class will cover Rumba, Cha Cha, and East Coast Swing. Kerry Kelly is back this quarter to teach this fun and upbeat class. FIRST CLASS April 18th. 1:30 - 3:00pm RBC $25/$40 (2)The Level II West Coast Swing and Nightclub Two Step class will begin with the basic steps but will move forward quickly from there. West Coast Swing, sometimes called the "great grandaughter of swing", originated from a dance called the Savoy Style Lindy. For more information on the birth of WCS see: http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3wcs1.htm. UCWDC World Grand Champion Richard Kear is teaching this series. FIRST CLASS April 18th. 3:00 - 4:30pm RBC $25/$40 Advanced Class Series: SBDC is also offering a four-week advanced hustle series. Choreographer and champion dancer Ylva Wintzell will be the instructor for this class. The series will be held in Roble Room 33 from 4-6pm on the following days: April 25th, May 2nd, May 9th and May 23rd. No audition required. To read more about Ylva see: http://www.geocities.com/hosylva/profile.html For more information email sbdc_registrar@yahoo.com or see: http://ballroom.stanford.edu Registration available in person on the first day of classes or at: http://ballroom.stanford.edu Sponsored by the Stanford Ballroom Dance Club ------------------------------------------------------ 14. Spring Scrapbooking Workshops Wish you could make beautiful albums of all of your memories, but think it^Òs too complicated and there^Òs not enough time? Join us for a weekly Scrapbooking Workshop, Wednesdays 3-5 PM! Learn to make beautiful albums simply and quickly! Every week of the Spring Quarter, March 29 ­ June 4, we will meet in Escondido Village to scrapbook together and learn new layout ideas. If you would like a beginner^Òs class, it will cost only $15 for the quarter, and if you already scrapbook, it will cost only $10 for the entire quarter. If you can^Òt commit to the entire quarter, you can come to individual sessions for $2/session. Would you like to come, but you can^Òt find anyone to watch your children? Bring them along! Please contact Yvonne Fernández for details: yvonnefernandez@yahoo.com 650-497-7947 ------------------------------------------------------ 15. Upcoming Classes & Programs at Bechtel International Center TOURS ----- Wednesday Tours: Enjoy the pleasures of spring on this series of tours highlighting some of the Bay Area's special gems. Sign up and pay in advance at the I-Center to reserve a place. We will go in private cars. April 14 9:30 am to 12:30 p.m. Wildflower Walk on Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Guided introduction to the geology & ecology of the area, and sweeping views of the Bay. $2 . April 28 9 a.m. to 12:30. Walking tour of historic "Professorville", where Stanford's first faculty built their homes. Our guide will introduce various styles of architecture and share stories of early Stanford history. We will end the morning with refreshments in private home in Palo Alto. May 12 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. San Francisco Highlights -visit the elegant Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, picnic by Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park and stroll through the Arboretum. $ 8 (museum admission) or $11 (w./ guided tour). Bring a picnic lunch. June 2 9 am - 12:30 pm. Filoli Mansion and Formal Gardens, Guided tour of 16 acres of gardens. $8. WORKSHOPS --------- Wednesday April 14 6 to 9 p.m Life Transitions, with Anna Fernandez. Newly arrived? or time to leave Stanford? This workshop offers a model to put these transitions in perspective and a chance to share experiences and explore ways to think about what is happening in your life. Sign up by April 13. Wed., 6 to 9 p.m. INTEREST GROUPS: PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, SINGING, COOKING ------------------------------------------------------- Monday 7:00-9:00 International Chorus. Come and join this ongoing chorus at anytime to learn songs from around the world or teach a song from your country. Mondays, starting Apr. 5, 7 - 9:00 p.m. Contact: Buki bukipapillon@yahoo.co.uk). Tuesday 10:30-1:00 American Home Cooking, with Dolly Sacks. Tue., Apr. 20- May 11, from 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. 4 sessions/$35. Wednesday 5:30-9:00 International Cooking. Learn how to prepare delicious meals from Mexico, France, Italy and other countries, from our great team of international "chefs". Wed., Apr. 21, 28, May 5, 12, and 19, from 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. 5 sessions/$40. Thursday: 3:00-5:00 International Photography Group. Share your passion for photography with other amateur photographers like you! Bring new ideas and learn some techniques. We'll meet alternate Thursdays, Apr. 8, 22, May 6, 20 and Jun. 3. Bring some photos (any format). Contact: Mi Jiang (mij1979@hotmail.com) or Gisele (gisa_costa@hotmail.com). Friday 1:30-3:00 Cake Decorating, with Claudia Perez-Maldonado, Fri., 1:30 - 3 p.m., Apr 23, 30, May 7 & 14 , Fri. 4 sessions/$30. 4:00-5:00 Reading Group. Do you love to read? Join Harriet Bell in this informal new group. The group will jointly pick the books and your meeting dates! For more information, Contact: Harriet (harrietjobell@hotmail.com). LANGUAGE CLASSES ---------------- Monday 10:00- 11:30 Beginning Spanish II, with Deborah Minguito Pantoja (Spain). Mon., Apr. 12 - May 24, 10 - 11:30 a.m., 7 sessions. 4:00-5:30 Beginning French II, with Catherine Dameron (France). Mondays, Apr. 5 - May 24, 8 sessions. 4:30-6:00 Russian for Advanced Students, with Anna Novokhatskaya. Mondays, Apr. 12 -May 24, 4:30 - 6 p.m., 7 sessions. 5:00-6:00 French Conversation, with Faustine Kurz and Catherine Dameron (France). Mon., Apr. 12 - May 24, 5 - 6 p.m. Tuesday 4:00-5:00 Beginning Chinese II (Mandarin), with Mi Jiang (China). Tue., Mar. 30 - Jun. 8, 11 sessions. 7:30-9:00 Beginning Portuguese, with Ana Urban (Brazil). Tuesdays, Apr. 13 - May 25, 7:30 - 9 p.m., 7 sessions. Thursday 1:00-2:15 Spanish Conversation, with Claudia Yarto (Mexico). Thursdays, Apr. 8 to May. 27, 1 - 2:15 p.m., 8 sessions. 4:30-6:00 Beginning Russian, Level 2, with Anna Novokhatskaya (Russia). Thu., Apr. 8 - May 27, 4:30 - 6 p.m., 8 sessions. ARTS AND CRAFTS --------------- Monday 1:00-3:00 Introduction to Drawing, with Edward Stanton, will expose you to a wide repertoire of traditional and nontradi-tional artist's materials, forms and styles. No experience necessary! Mon., 1 - 3 p.m., Apr. 12 - May 24 , 7 sessions. Tuesday 1:30-4:00 Drawing and Watercolor, with Trevlyn Williams. This class aims at getting students comfortable with drawing, making line and tonal representations of various subject matter. Weather permitting some classes will be outdoors. Tuesdays, from 1:30 - 4 p.m., Apr. 20 - Jun. 1. 7 sessions.* Thursday 4:00-5:00 Cross Stitch is a fun and relaxing needlecraft. Let Claudia Yarto show you how -- all you need is time and a little patience. No experience necessary! Materials are free for the first class. Thu., 4 - 5 p.m., Apr. 8 to May. 27, 8 sessions.* Friday 12:35-2:00 Pastel Drawing. Joo Hee Han will give you lessons in a specific style and technique of pastel drawing. Everyone is welcome, including moms with tots! Fridays, from 12:45 - 2 p.m. , Apr. 16 - May 28. 7 sessions.* DANCE AND SPORTS ---------------- Monday 7:00-10:00 Argentine Tango. Learn to dance the Argentine Tango with Leslie Gordon. Monday, Apr. 5 - May 3, from 7 - 10 p.m. 5 sessions. Each night we offer 2 classes and a practice. Learn the fundamentals from 7:00 - 8:15, or join the intermediate class from 8:15 to 9:30. Open practice for all from 9:30 to 10. Wednesday 9:00am Stanford Sporty Spouses: Tennis. All levels are welcome, beginners to advanced! (Please note however that we don't have a coach, so can't offer lessons as such - sorry!). Anyway, come along to knock up, play a game and meet other sporty spouses! We meet every Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. at Escondido Village courts. Contact Bonamy Gauvain (bonamygauvain@hotmail.com) Thursday 9:30am Walking for Fun and Fitness! Join Nicola Crook at The Dish, uphill and down with views of the bay. Meet at the main gate (intersection of Stanford Ave.and Junipero Serra). Thursdays, starting Apr. 8, at 9:30 am. Contact: Nicola (nicacrook@hotmail.com). Friday 5:00-6:30 Middle Eastern Belly Dance, Let Hala show you how to increase your fitness, flexibility, inner balance, and vitality while enjoying the harmonies and rhythms of eastern music. Fri., Apr. 16 - May 21, from 5:00 - 6:30 pm, 6 sessions/$30. ONGOING ------- Monday 10:30- 12:00 The International Play Group meets on Mondays, between 10:30 am and noon at Rinconada Park, in Palo Alto. Everyone is welcome to join this informal group at any time throughout the year! Contact: Therese Gyger (328-7407) Friday 10:00-12:00 Friday Morning Coffee: This informal gathering is an ideal way to meet other spouses and learn about the many options for enriching your stay in the Stanford area. Join us every Friday, between 10 am and noon! We each bring a snack, fruit, or fruit juice to go with the coffee and tea provided by the I-Center. Volunteers are always needed to help set up (at 9:45 am) and put away afterwards! Everyone (with and without children, new and returning) is equally welcome! On April 30, Jennifer Casper, from the WorkLife Center, will speak on child care options and the many summer camps and other fun activities for children. *On May 7, International Day, everyone is encouraged to bring a typical snack from their country and, if you have one, wear your traditional dress. Any Day of the week International Playgroup Co-op. Join other parents to share child care and get some time-off! We're starting a playgroup co-op and an evening babysitting coop. Sign-up at the I-Center. Contact : Charlotte (acgiovan@hotmail.com) Any Day of the Week Professional Liaison for International Spouses. Meet a local person with similar career interests. Application forms are in the I-Center lobby. For more information, contact Gwyn Dukes (gdukes@stanford.edu). TheResource Center for International Families provides information about on getting settled in the Stanford area and building your life here. Spouse volunteers are available to speak with you in many languages about continuing your education, volunteering, employment, recreation, & travel, Hours are posted in the lobby on the web site. UPCOMING CLASSES / EVENTS: -------------------------- Sat May 8 12:00-5:00pm Annual I-Center International Festival. Continuous entertainment from around the world under a big tent on the side lawn, food booths & cultural displays. 12 noon - 5p.m. Watch for special programs the preceding week. Sun May 9 6:00pm International Pot-luck/Music Night. Bring a dish of food to serve 8 to 10 people and enjoy tastes from around the world, followed by a musical performance! Everyone is welcome! Sponsored by CCIS. For more information, contact Gwyn Dukes at gdukes@stanford.edu Sponsored by the Bechtel International Center ------------------------------------------------------ How to Post Announcements to this Newsletter: This newsletter will go out on Thursdays each week before 5pm. Stanford-affiliated organizations can send announcements to evnewsletter@stanford.edu before 5pm on Wednesday the night before the newsletter goes out. Announcements sent later than 5pm on Wednesday will not make that Thursday's newsletter. ------------------------------------------------------ END EV NEWSLETTER 27, April 8, 2004