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This Week Ahead

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There are quite a few events taking place on campus this week, here are just a few that we are highlighting:

Thursday October 11, 2012

Study Skills Lecture Series: Preparing for Tests and Test Taking

6:00 – 6:50 PM in Siceluff Hall Room 222

The purpose of the Preparing for Tests and Test Taking presentation is to assist students in developing an effective system to study for their classes. Many students state that they study, but few have developed a comprehensive plan.

ODYSSEY the Play from 7:30-10:00 PM in Craig Hall Coger Theatre

“This dramatic adaptation of Homer’s myth begins with a modern young woman who is struggling to understand Robert Fitzgerald’s translation of The Odyssey. A classical muse appears, and the young woman becomes the goddess Athena–a tireless advocate for Odysseus in his struggle to get home. With her trademark irreverent and witty twist on classic works, Zimmerman brings to life the story of Odysseus’s ten-year journey, depicting his encounters with characters such as Circe, the Cyclops, Poseidon, Calypso, the Sirens, and others.

Written by Homer as translated by Robert Fitzgerald.”

SAC After Hours Presents: Karaoke Night

At the Plaster Student Union Food Court from 9:00 PM – 11:59 PM

Friday October 12, 2012

The Leadership and Volunteerism Center is doing a service project on October 12 with Community Partnerships, contact Timothy817@live.missouristate.edu for more information.

Sunday October 14, 2012

SAC Films Presents: Magic Mike

At 9:00 -11:59 PM in the PSU Theater

Here is a cute puppy that’s getting into the Fall Festivities of Halloween!

The Week Ahead

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ATTENTION: If you are looking for Volunteer hours and a chance to get involved look no further! The Volunteer and Leadership Center are putting on the event Into the Streets!

“Into the Streets is an annual program offering hundreds of Missouri State University students the opportunity to go into the Springfield community and help out at local agencies, non-profits and other places of need.  Through this program, students will learn about a non-profit agency, find out ways to continue to be involved and help serve the community.”

The Volunteer Date is: September 29 and it’s going on all day! Today is the last day to sign up, you’re still welcome to show up and work it, but for more information contact Patrick Grayshaw for more information!

OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
OA Fly Fishing Trip: Sign-Up Here!
  • Date: Saturday, October 6
  • Location: Roaring River State Park, MO
  • Cost: $35
  • Deadline to Register: Friday, September 28
  • Description: OA’s Fly Fishing Trip travels to Roaring River State Park to pursue rainbow trout on the fly.
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46TH ANNUAL SKI TRIP is QUICKLY Approaching!!!
Date: Jan. 5-11, 2013
Location: Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Cost: $575 (the first 20 to sign up before October 1st receive the early bird discount of $25)
  • Round-trip transportation
  • 4-day lift pass
  • 5-nights lodging
Deadline to register: Nov. 2, 2012
INTRAMURALS
Register for the Table Tennis Tournament and Basketball (5-on-5) Tournament by September 28!!
FITNESS
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN BEARFIT CLASSES! Classes are held 6 days a week. The cost is $2 per class (exact change) for a member and $3 per class for a non-member (in addition to the daily usage fee). Class options include: Low Impact Aqua Fitness, Cycling, Power Kick, Bear Strength, Power Hour, and TABATA to name a few. Unlimited passes are $35. Class schedules can be picked up in the FRC welcome center.
WELLNESS
SHARP- Self Defense for Women
Campus Recreation & the Dept. of Safety + Transportation
In the Foster Recreation Center Studio A
6:30-9:30PM
Session II:  Held October 8-9, 2012
                 Register by October 5, 2012
Session III: Held November 5-6, 2012
                 Register by November 2, 2012
As a student, I understand that this time of the semester is very busy with midterms and tests but once you’re over the first trials, you’ll truly find a place to settle in, and if you’re still looking for opportunities to get involved them come by the PSU and meet tons of people, get connected and start connecting learning to life! Have a wonderful week ahead everyone 🙂

The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Preview

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This movie is excellent and a must see for all of you Super Hero Loving movie goers! Come out on either September 26 or 30 at 9 PM in the PSU Theater and enjoy the feature film! Here is a quick preview of the movie as well as a review.

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Review:

“The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father’s former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.” — (C) Sony

This Week Ahead!!!

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There are tons of events coming up over the next week so make sure to take advantage of all of these opportunities to get involved and really enjoy your college experience!!!
Thursday, Sept. 20, Totally Red, 7pm, Craig Hall Balcony Theater. This play is a unique and fun retelling, in multiple styles, of the classic battle of wit and deception: Little Red Riding Hood. We meet Red (who is nobody’s fool) and the wolf (who tries to be cool) and granny ––well, sometimes she’s left in the dark! Words, music and dramatization by Dinah Toups. Lyrics and music by Barbara Walker.  Tickets are $8 and available at any Missouri State Tix office. Also showing Sept. 21-28.
 
Thursday, Sept. 20, SAC After Hours Presents Trivia Night, 9pm-midnight, PSU Food Court. Come to the food court for a night of trivia and fun! Some of the trivia will be focused around public affairs. You may enter teams of five or less. We will have prizes for the top three teams.
 
·       Friday, Sept. 21, Ms. Xanath Caraza Poetry Reading – Conjuro, 6pm, PSU 313. A tri-lingual reading in Spanish, English and Nahuatl (Language of the Aztecs) exploring linguistic diversity among Latinas by Xanath Caraza, a traveler, educator, poet and short story writer.  Poetry, Q&A, and book signing.
 
·       Saturday, Sept. 22, SAC Films presents: Brave, 7pm, PSU Theater. Special Family Weekend showings! Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse. Showing again on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 2pm and 9pm.
 
Monday, Sept. 24,   Dr. David S. Fitzgerald “Unauthorized Immigration to the US: US Policy and Its Effects,” 6:30pm, PSU 313. A public lecture from David FitzGerald, Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Gildred  Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations, University of California at San Diego. Co-sponsored by the Latin American, Caribbean and Hispanic Studies (LACHS) Program and the Department of Political Science.
 
Monday, Sept. 24, Chess on the Square, 5-8pm, Park Central Square, Downtown. Springfield Chess Club invites students to join them for chess on each Monday night at the gazebo.
 
Tuesday, Sept. 25, Spanish Film Night: La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In), 5pm, SICL 225. Brilliant plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard seeks to overcome the grief of his late wife’s disfigurement in a fiery car crash by inventing skin that’s impervious to injury. But his experiments on a living woman hasten his descent into madness.  2011, rated R, 120 minutes.
 
[youTubeVideo url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrzWS7fNq74″ width=”680″ height=”413″]Tuesday, Sept. 25, SAC Lectures Presents: MTV’s The Buried Life, 7pm, PSU Theater. Join Student Activities Council for an evening with our friends from the MTV’s hit series The Buried Life!  The Buried Life (TBL) originated in 2006 when four now-twenty-something’s – Ben Nemtin, Dave Lingwood, Duncan Penn and Jonnie Penn – set out in an old RV to complete a list of “100 Things We Want To Do Before We Die,” and help out strangers along the way to accomplish something off of their own lists.  In mid-2008, MTV’s Reveille’s Howard T. Owens helped the team check off #53: Make a TV Show, by capturing the four in a reality show, in real time with no manipulation and no assistance from MTV, except for cameras rolling. Involved in every aspect of the show’s creation, production and airing, Ben Nemtin, Dave Lingwood, Duncan Penn and Jonnie Penn are co-executive producers of the TV series.  They work to keep it authentic to their original vision: “Simple and practical things demonstrate that, with creativity and the help of others, a person can accomplish anything, anything is possible.”
 
Tuesday, Sept. 25, MSU Symphony Orchestra “Premiere Concert,” 7:30pm, HHPA.  TheTrumpet Sonata by faculty composer Dr. John Prescott will be premiered in its complete orchestral version, with Soloist trumpet professor Dr. Grant Peters.  The Sonata was composed and dedicated for Dr. Roger Stoner, former Head of the MSU Music Department, who will be in attendance. Additional selections to be performed will include a portion of Petruchkaby Stravinsky and Borodin’s Symphony No. 2.
 
Wednesday, Sept. 26, Celebracion de Celebraciones, 7pm, PSU Ballroom West.
 
·       Wednesday, Sept. 26 (and Sunday, Sept. 30), SAC Films presents: The Amazing Spiderman, 9pm, PSU Theater. Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father’s former partner.
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·       Thursday, Sept. 27, SAC After Hours: Capture the Flag, 9pm, North Mall. Meet at the bear on the North Mall for a campus wide game of capture the flag! Bring your friends and join a team!
 
Friday, Sept. 28, SAC Comedy Presents: Hannibal Buress, 7pm, PSU Theater. Hannibal Buress is a stand-up comedian from Chicago. He currently resides in New York City with zero pets and an XBOX 360. He has a cable package with the Starz network but he never watches it. He’s appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Lopez Tonight, the Late Late show with Craig Ferguson, the Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Live at Gotham, the John Oliver Show. He can also be seen in LOUIE, 30 ROCK, the upcoming Adult Swim series THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW, and has previously written for 30 ROCK and SNL. Hannibal’s first album, My Name Is Hannibal, is available now through Stand Up! Records and he recently recorded his one hour Comedy Central Special “Hannibal Buress: Animal Furnace.” which released in May.

Movie Preview: Amreeka

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Here’s the story line of “Amreeka”:

“Muna, a single mother in Ramallah, has applied for a visa to the US. When it comes, her son Fadi, an excellent student, convinces her they should go. After an incident at customs begins their exile badly, they join Muna’s sister and family in Illinois. Muna needs a job: although she has two degrees and 15 years’ experience in banking, she settles for work at White Castle, telling the family her job’s at a nearby bank. It’s spring, 2003, and the US invades Iraq. While friends come from unlikely places, Fadi meets prejudice at school. How he’ll respond to it and to American youth culture and how Muna will sort things out with her family are the rest of the story. Tragedy or hope?” – IMDB

This is definitely a great movie to broaden your world view on life. Next here is a trailer of the movie!

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