USM has a variety of illustrious speakers coming here every week. Here is a sample of some of them. This list is not all-inclusive and the number of listings is contingent on space. If you, your student group, club, etcetera would like to place a listing send an e-mail to [email protected] with the word “Demosthenes” in the subject line.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Gaily Canonical: What we will have to give up
Local actors will read excerpts from great works of the western canon by authors who face the threat of censorship in Alabama due to a bill introduced by Alabama State Representative Gerald Allen. The bill would ban the use of public funds for the “purchase of textbooks or library materials that recognize or promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle.” This includes texts by Virginia Woolf, Plato, Shakespeare and Audre Lorde.
This event is cosponsored by the Women’s Studies Program and the Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity.
The readings will take place in the Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater on April 11. For more information call the Women’s Studies Program at 780-4289.
Refreshments will be served.
Mainers Serve and Return from Iraq: April 28
Join the World Affairs Council of Maine for a timely and informative evening about the role our Maine National Guard service members performed while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. We will be honored with the presence of General John Libby who will lead this panel discussion. The speakers will share their experience in the Maine National Guard and what their deployments to Iraq has meant to them as well as their perspective as to what their service has meant to the people of Iraq. The speakers will include:
General John (Bill) Libby (Adjutant General and Commander – The State of Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management),
Captain Phillip Trevino (A Battery, 1-152nd Field Artillery Commander, Maine National Guard),
Lt. Colonel John Jansen (Commanding Officer Maine ANG 133rd Engineer Battalion),
Sam Patten (Civilian, Resident Political Director for the International Republican Institute in Iraq from March 2004 to February 2005).
Registration begins at 5:45 p.m. and the presentation, with a question and answer period, goes from 6 to 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact the World Affairs Council of Maine at [email protected]
OTHER UPCOMING SPEAKERS
Tuesday, April 12
Raheem Jammeh and Michael Wingfield will give a performance “Let the Drums Speak” in the Woodbury Campus Center Dining Hall from 4 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, April 13
Dr. Howard Solomon will present the lecture “Charlie Howard and his impact on Gay Rights in Maine.” Following the lecture Solomon will then open the floor for discussion.
Charlie Howard was an openly gay young man who died because of a violent hate crime. The lecture ties into the Charlie Howard exhibit curated by Dr. Solomon.The exhibit is currently on display in the Gorham Campus Library.
The event is free and open to the public and will take place in the Gorham Campus Library from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Please RSVP by contacting Crystal Wilder at 780-5343 or [email protected]
Refreshments will be served.
Thursday, April 14
Christina Bird, author of “A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan,” will give a lecture “The Plight of Kurds.” Bird’s book received endorsement from Noam Chomsky as being a “brilliant, highly evocative portrait of people who have suffered terrible crimes but endured.”
The lecture will be held in the Glickman Family Library, seventh floor, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information contact Kamal at [email protected].
Tuesday, April 19
HONORS STUDENTS OUT FOR BLOOD: The Honors Student Association (HSA) will sponsor an American Red Cross Blood Drive at the Woodbury Campus Center on the Portland Campus this Tuesday, April 19. The drive will be held 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. The local band “The Grumps” will playing a live set from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The Ford Focus College Marketing Program, an industry-education course sponsored by the New England Ford Dealers, JWT and EdVenture Partners will host a large, interactive marketing event on the Gorham Campus. The event will feature the 2005 Ford Focus as well as interactive games with the vehicles and the awarding of the grand prize of the for the “Ugliest Car on Campus” competition.
Students can submit pictures of their cars at ww.usm.maine.edu/sb/adjustyyourfocus.html. The event will take place from 2 to 6 p.m.
For more information contact Stephanie Gavett at 712-8214 or [email protected].
Wednesday, April 20
Maine Civic Fellows and New Mainer’s Partnership will host a discussion “Exploring Diversity.” Join panelist from Somalia to discuss their culture and experiences.
The event will take place in the Woodbury Campus Center Room C from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
For more information contact Deborah Long at 223-5006 or [email protected].
Thursday, April 28
Dr. Mark Publicker, medical director of the Mercy Hospital Recover Center, will present “This is your brain on drugs.” The presentation will look at the neurobiology of alcohol and opiod addiction.
This event, hosted by Americor and The Landing Project, will take place in the Luther Bonney Auditorium from 9:30 to 11 a.m., and is free and open to the public.
For more information contact Deborah Long at 223-5006 or [email protected].