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Campus Briefs: Lecture presents U.N. in Obama presidency
Issue date: 12/3/08 Section: News
Kent Kille, a visiting scholar and professor from the College of Wooster, will present "The Role of the United Nations during the (Barack) Obama Presidency" at 7 p.m. today in the Lumpkin Hall Auditorium.
Kille will speak on the history of the United Nations and its challenges in facing new global security crises and will address how the president-elect may work with the UN.
Kille is a distinguished scholar in political science and is the author and editor of two books on leadership at the UN.
Public invited to holiday gatherings in Old Main
The community is invited to view the six holiday trees during "Winter Wonderland" from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday in Old Main.
Five of the trees feature decorations made by students of Ashmore, Carl Sandburg, Jefferson, Lake Crest (Oakland) and Mark Twain elementary schools.
Refreshments and holiday music will be available at both gatherings.
Jazz combos in concert Thursday
Eastern's three jazz combos will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center, Room 1360.
The concert will feature jazz compositions by Wayne Shorter, Clifford Brown and Horace Silver along with new compositions and arrangements by Eastern students.
There is no charge for admission.
Prizes for basketball game attendance
The second installment of "Pack the Place," the residence hall attendance competition, will take place Thursday at the men's basketball game against Tennessee State in Lantz Arena.
Residents who attend the basketball game and check in at the designated table will receive a free Eastern T-shirt and an athletic bag.
They will also be entered in a halftime drawing for an iPod.
The hall with the highest percentage of its residents in attendance will win a free pizza party for participating residents.
If the percentage is not significant, participants will receive their own pizza.
Check-in for the competition will start at 7:15 p.m. at the student entrance to the basketball court.
- Compiled by Associate News Editor Matt Hopf
Kille will speak on the history of the United Nations and its challenges in facing new global security crises and will address how the president-elect may work with the UN.
Kille is a distinguished scholar in political science and is the author and editor of two books on leadership at the UN.
Public invited to holiday gatherings in Old Main
The community is invited to view the six holiday trees during "Winter Wonderland" from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday in Old Main.
Five of the trees feature decorations made by students of Ashmore, Carl Sandburg, Jefferson, Lake Crest (Oakland) and Mark Twain elementary schools.
Refreshments and holiday music will be available at both gatherings.
Jazz combos in concert Thursday
Eastern's three jazz combos will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center, Room 1360.
The concert will feature jazz compositions by Wayne Shorter, Clifford Brown and Horace Silver along with new compositions and arrangements by Eastern students.
There is no charge for admission.
Prizes for basketball game attendance
The second installment of "Pack the Place," the residence hall attendance competition, will take place Thursday at the men's basketball game against Tennessee State in Lantz Arena.
Residents who attend the basketball game and check in at the designated table will receive a free Eastern T-shirt and an athletic bag.
They will also be entered in a halftime drawing for an iPod.
The hall with the highest percentage of its residents in attendance will win a free pizza party for participating residents.
If the percentage is not significant, participants will receive their own pizza.
Check-in for the competition will start at 7:15 p.m. at the student entrance to the basketball court.
- Compiled by Associate News Editor Matt Hopf
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