Spring Break
Campus Briefs
Issue date: 2/28/07 Section: News
Black.White dads on campus today
Bruno Marcotulli and Brian Sparks, the two fathers from the FX reality show "Black.White," will talk about their experiences with the show today in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
The show took two families of different races and using makeup, they were transformed from a white family to a black family and vice versa.
During the presentation, Marcotulli and Sparks will relate their experiences and tell what they learned about racism.
The presentation is tonight at 7 in the Grand Ballroom.
Women in sciences and math celebration today
Project WISM, celebrating women in sciences and math will be from 7 to 9 tonight in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Grand Ballroom.
The project, created by Mary Anne Hanner, the college of sciences dean, will focus primarily on women who have to choose a major in science or math. It will include a panel discussion with professional women in the field and a student. The panel includes: Dr. Marlene Kremer, a physician from Mattoon; Dr. Ann Fritz, a biology professor; Janette Smith, a chemist from Marathon Oil Company; and Lauren Coutant, a Charleston native who is a senior at the University of Illinois majoring in nuclear engineering.
The event is not open to the public.
-Michelle Simek, Health and Science Reporter
Discrimination discussion and video today
A presentation of Jane Elliott's classroom exercise on discrimination will be at 2:30 p.m. today, as part of the International Forum.
Sue Songer, international student adviser, and Nikki Classen, international programs grad assistant, will lead the discussion after excerpts from Elliott's video, commonly called "The brown eyed/blue eyed study."
The event is in the Charleston/Mattoon Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Deadline to drop a class is Thursday
Thursday is the deadline to drop a second-term class with no grade. Contact the Office of Registration for more information, or visit, click here, or call 581-3831.
Bruno Marcotulli and Brian Sparks, the two fathers from the FX reality show "Black.White," will talk about their experiences with the show today in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
The show took two families of different races and using makeup, they were transformed from a white family to a black family and vice versa.
During the presentation, Marcotulli and Sparks will relate their experiences and tell what they learned about racism.
The presentation is tonight at 7 in the Grand Ballroom.
Women in sciences and math celebration today
Project WISM, celebrating women in sciences and math will be from 7 to 9 tonight in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Grand Ballroom.
The project, created by Mary Anne Hanner, the college of sciences dean, will focus primarily on women who have to choose a major in science or math. It will include a panel discussion with professional women in the field and a student. The panel includes: Dr. Marlene Kremer, a physician from Mattoon; Dr. Ann Fritz, a biology professor; Janette Smith, a chemist from Marathon Oil Company; and Lauren Coutant, a Charleston native who is a senior at the University of Illinois majoring in nuclear engineering.
The event is not open to the public.
-Michelle Simek, Health and Science Reporter
Discrimination discussion and video today
A presentation of Jane Elliott's classroom exercise on discrimination will be at 2:30 p.m. today, as part of the International Forum.
Sue Songer, international student adviser, and Nikki Classen, international programs grad assistant, will lead the discussion after excerpts from Elliott's video, commonly called "The brown eyed/blue eyed study."
The event is in the Charleston/Mattoon Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Deadline to drop a class is Thursday
Thursday is the deadline to drop a second-term class with no grade. Contact the Office of Registration for more information, or visit, click here, or call 581-3831.
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