‘What does it mean to be a Latina?’
WHAT: Skits will be performed about stereotypical views of Latina women, with a PowerPoint and discussion to follow.
WHEN: 7 p.m. today
WHERE: La Casa Latino Culture Center, 715 E. Seventh St.
MORE INFORMATION: This event is sponsored by Gamma Phi Omega, Sigma Lambda Gamma, Sigma Lambda Upsilon and La Casa for March, Women’s History Month.
‘Reauthorizing No Child Left Behind’
WHAT: Guest speaker will discuss this landmark legislation signed by President Bush in 2002, which is up for reauthorization by Congress this year.
WHEN: 1:30 p.m. Thursday
WHERE: Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union
MORE INFORMATION: Chester Finn, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, will focus on suggestions for modifications to the No Child Left Behind Act, which is set to expire this year. He will also share ideas about national standards and tests. For more information, visit the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy Web site, www.indiana.edu/~ceep/.
‘Hume’s Newtonianism of the Mind’
WHAT: Lynn Joy, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, will present her paper.
WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. Friday
WHERE: Ballantine Hall, Room 003
MORE INFORMATION: Joy’s paper focuses on Hume’s relationship to Newton and the double aspect of his science of the mind. For more information, visit the Department of History and Philosophy of Science’s Spring 2007 Colloquium Series Web site, www.indiana.edu/~hpscdept/Colloquium.shtml.
Hungarians celebrate Independence Day
WHAT: A program and reception will commemorate Hungarian independence.
WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today
WHERE: Indiana Memorial Union, Room 150, University Club President’s Room
MORE INFORMATION: Held early due to spring break, this event was organized by the IU Hungarian Cultural Association and the Central Eurasian Studies Department, with support from the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center and the Russian and East European Institute.
‘Developing India: How the Other Two-Thirds Lives’
WHAT: India Studies guest lecture by Barbara Crossette
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. today
WHERE: India Studies House, 825 E. Eighth St.
MORE INFORMATION: Crossette is consulting editor for the United Nations Association of the United States of America and former U.N. bureau chief for the New York Times, according to the Web site for the India Studies Lecture Series for Spring 2007, www.indiana.edu/~isp/events-s07.shtml.
Brown University professor to \npresent speech
WHAT: Susan Harvey presents the Religious Studies Graduate Conference keynote address.
WHEN: 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday
WHERE: Ballantine Hall, Room 340
MORE INFORMATION: Harvey is the author of “Scenting Salvation: Ancient Christianity and the Olfactory Imagination.” Harvey specializes in late antique and Byzantine Christianity, with an interest in Syriac studies, according to the Brown University Department of Religious Studies Web site.
