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September 14, 2010

Centre Expo Prizes Awarded!
Laura Brown won a 22” LCD TV at the Expo. Congratulations, Laura, and thank you to everyone who came by the CTL booth and signed up!
—Candace Wentz

The student winners of the free ride from Sharon’s Car Service in the EXPO drawing are Henok Tensae and Kathryn Cremer. All you need to do is call Sharon at 859-583-2093 when you want your ride. She’s a 24-hour car service licensed by the KY Department of Transportation and is a good friend to Centre students. Her local rates are very reasonable, and she can also make trips to Lexington (in particular to the airport) and Harrodsburg as well. I highly recommend her service. Drive safely and do not drink and drive!
—Mona Wyatt

Meetings/Gatherings

Be sure to click Career Services and Convos tabs to the left for a complete listing of those related events.

Sundays. Get Centred is a contemplative Christian worship service held on Sunday nights at 10 p.m. in the candlelit sanctuary of the Presbyterian Church. This half-hour service of music, prayer, scripture readings, and silence is a great way to start the week.
—Jeff Jones, Interim Chaplain

Tuesday, Sept. 14. ECCO First Meeting and Cookout. ECCO (Environmentally Conscious Centre Organization) will meet at 6 p.m. behind Pearl Hall. Come enjoy veggie burgers and other great food while we plan our efforts for this year. We will move to Pearl basement in case of rain.
—Evan Shirley

Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 14-15. Non-credited Beginning American Sign Language. Classes will be in the Ewen Meeting Room at 6 p.m. Questions? E-mail gary.crase@centre.edu.
—Gary Crase

Tuesday, Sept. 14. Chinese Club Meetng. The first Chinese club meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Ewen room (2nd floor Campus Center). There will be free pizza and drinks. The executive board will talk briefly about last year's events and will present a slideshow and the plans for this year. There will be games and rewards as well.
—Fangxing (Sophie) Han

Tuesday, Sept. 14. Eddie Montgomery's Steakhouse in Harrodsburg grand opening. Entertainment by Eddie Montgomery and friend, John Michael Montgomery, Craig Morgan, Colt Ford, Billy Dean, and more! $200 per ticket, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Camp Horsin' Around. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; a three-course meal will be served beginning at 7 p.m.; and entertainment begins at 8 p.m. Purchase tickets at the steakhouse now!
—Community Event

Wednesday, Sept. 15. The Physics Film Series presents the 50-minute film The Ghost Particle. The documentary probes the secret ingredient of the cosmos: swarms of invisible particles that fill every cubic inch of space and just may explain how the universe was created. Trillions of ghostly neutrinos move through our bodies every second without us noticing a thing. Yet without them, the sun wouldn't shine and the elements that make up our world wouldn't exist. This program explores the 70-year struggle so far to understand the most elusive of all elementary particles, the neutrino. All are welcome to view this film with us. Refreshments are served at 4 p.m., and the film starts at 4:10 in Olin 124. Click here for the current schedule of colloquia and films.
—James Kelly

Thursday, Sept. 16. A representative with Louisville Seminary will be at the entrance of Cowan during lunch. Interested students are encouraged to stop by for more information.
—Rick Axtell

Friday and Saturday, Sept. 17 and 18, is Family Weekend. Click here for schedule (in Word document format). We need several students to “host” the buildings where we are having Academic Samplers (lectures). The times are Friday, Sept. 17, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Crounse and Saturday morning from 9 a.m. through noon in Crounse and Olin. We are offering a $15 gift card for each hour-and-a-half of work to a store or restaurant of your choice. Duties are simple: we’ll have a packet with signs to put up on the doors and you simply meet, greet, and direct parents to the right classrooms. Call Mona Wyatt at 5345 or Amy Wilson at 5208 to volunteer! Click here for more.
—Amy Wilson

Be sure to mark your calendar for these upcoming DramaCentre Productions (held in Weisiger Theatre):
CONVO: The Ugly One. Sept. 15 and 16 at 8 p.m., Sept. 17 at 6 p.m., Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. Described as a scintillating absurdist comedy about beauty, identity, and getting ahead in life, The Ugly One was written by Marius von Mayenburg, a German playwright and translator. His previous plays include Parasites, The Cold Child, and Fireface, which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2000. In the play, main character Lette thinks he is normal. When the extent of his ugliness is revealed he turns to a plastic surgeon for help. But after the bandages come off, Lette soon learns that there is such a thing as too beautiful. Mayenburg's 60-minute play squarely hits any number of targets: our society's obsession with external beauty, the brutality of capitalism, and the danger of treating defining organs like mechanical parts. Directed by Rowen Haigh, Danville native and daughter of Centre drama professor Tony Haigh. Rowen is a professional director living and working in the Philadelphia theatre community.
Arcadia. Nov. 3 and 6 at 8 p.m.
The Giver. April 20-23 at 8 p.m.
—Karen Sherwoood

Monday, Sept. 20. Blood Drive. The Central Kentucky Blood Center will be on campus collecting blood donations in the Ewen Meeting Room on the second floor of the Campus Center between noon and 6 p.m. Look for sign up opportunities outside of Cowan Sept. 15-17. Remember that one hour of your time can save a life! Questions? E-mail patrick.noltemeyer@centre.edu.
—Patrick Noltemeyer

Monday, Sept. 20. CONVO: Does America Have a Written Constitution? A Glance at Judicial Politics. 7:30 p.m. in Weisiger Theatre. Professor Emeritus Larry Matheny will give the address in this annual convo in celebration of our Constitution.

Wednesday, Sept. 22. CONVO: In the Shadow of the Raid. 7:30 p.m. in Weisiger Theatre. The filmmakers of this documentary will be on campus to talk about their film which discusses the aftermath of an immigration raid at a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa. This was one of the largest workplace raids in history. Click here for more.

Thursday, Sept. 23. CONVO: Dudamel and the Vienna Philharmonic. 7:30 p.m. in Newlin Hall. Professors Larry Bitensky, Barbara Hall, Nathan Link, and Ian Wilson will give a joint convocation in preparation for the following Monday’s Vienna Philharmonic performance.

Friday, Sept. 24, through Sunday, Oct. 10. Spotlight Lexington. Looking for something to do? “Spotlight Lexington” will include various types of entertainment, food, and the opportunity to experience the World Equestrian Games even if you can’t make it to the Horse Park! There are three main venues for Spotlight Lexington: Triangle Park, Cheapside Park, and the main stage at Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza. The main stage will host athletic ceremonies, a live feed broadcasting the competition from the horse park, and nightly concerts. Click here for the schedule.
—Community Event

Saturday, Sept. 25. Oktoberfest Block Party. Eat, drink, and enjoy crafts, fine food, great beer, bratwurst, cheeses, and other fine foods--all out on the street from 4 to 7 p.m. on 4th and Walnut Streets. $15 will get you a dozen beer tastings, as well as tastes of our fine food offerings. Even better, the money will go to the Heart of Danville as they raise money for outdoor seating and benches in our historic downtown. Tickets can be purchased at V-The Market, Heart of Danville, or the Visitor Center. There are only 500 tickets available, so act quickly! For more information, contact Adam Johnson adamjohnson@danvillekentucky.com.
—Adam Johnson

Tuesday, Sept. 28. Moon Festival Party. Join us in the Pearl Hall basement from 6 to 8 p.m. to enjoy Chinese and Japanese food, including mooncakes, and some other traditional food from Asia.
—YaYa Zhou

Wednesday, Sept. 29. CONVO: Domestic Violence Awareness. 8 p.m., Vahlkamp Theatre. The director of the domestic violence group in Lincoln County, Lone Gooch, who is also a marriage and family therapist, will speak on the what treatment and legal options are available for domestic violence victims, and how societal attitudes toward women and relationships contribute to the belief that violence is an acceptable way to solve problems.

Friday, Oct. 1. CONVO: The Night Kite Revival. 8 p.m. October 1, Weisiger Theatre. Three spoken word poets bring you “the planet’s ultimate spoken word theater experience.” Anis Mojgani, Derrick Brown and Buddy Wakefield team up to create “a disarming verbal circus successfully reviving, redeeming, and releasing its audiences from the heaviness of lives caught in holding patterns.”

Tuesday, Oct. 5. Sophomore Survival—you spoke, we listened. This 4th annual program just for sophomores will be at 5 p.m. Get information in three brief sessions on internships, choosing a major, and resume writing. We’ll have snacks throughout and a pizza party at the end. Door prizes and a grand prize ($50 to Walmart) at the end. Call 859-238-5283 to sign up, deadline is Oct. 1.
—Sherri Gowens

Notices

Soccer Referees Wanted. If you are interested in getting certified to referee “the beautiful game” or are already certified and would like to referee recreational and competitive games for local youth soccer club (ages 8-17), please contact Shawn Lyons at shawn.lyons@centre or at 859-227-0987. Great way to earn money, stay fit, and help local soccer program.
—Shawn Lyons '81

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