Monthly Archive for November, 2009

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Freshman Student Authors Novel

Published by Colin Shevlin on November 17, 2009 in Awesome Students. 0 Comments

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SLU’s own Matt Chapman has pursued a storytelling talent to every amateur fiction writer’s dream, a published novel.

The freshman English and Biology major penned his vampire-thriller Tainted Veins after encouragement from his high-school English teacher. According to his publisher’s press release, the novel follows two young adults who have a “penchant for danger”:

17 year old Ian Stonard’s life is turned upside down when his father is mysteriously murdered. Driven by a need for answers, Ian enlists the aid of his gal-pal, Rachel Blake, and together they struggle to stop the unleashing of a vampire virus upon an unsuspecting world.

Look for Tainted Veins this December from Charles River Press.

 

Philosophy Club Hosts Healthcare Discussion Wednesday

Published by Colin Shevlin on November 17, 2009 in Presentations and Student Group News. 0 Comments

On Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 pm, The Philosophy Club is hosting the annual “Disputed Question: Is Health Care a Human Right?” in the Pere Marquette Gallery in DuBourg. The club explains below:

The Disputed Question is a public debate given by eight students. It is a tradition which has its roots in medieval Jesuit Universities. We are expecting a great turnout; there is quite a ‘buzz’ going around about this year’s topic. After the debate, Griffin Trotter Ph.D, M.D. of SLU’s Center for Health Care Ethics will be giving the “magisterial response.”

We also meet every Wednesday at 4:30 at Laclede’s Bar and Grill. You are always welcome. We have a weekly turnout of 20-25 students and around 40-50 who come over the course of a month. During our meetings we host lively discussion about philosophical topics. The club is open to “all majors, minors, and lovers of wisdom.” In addition to discussion, we invite popular professors to come and give presentations about a topic of their choosing.

We are a very active club with a real dynamism not found in most people’s experience of Philosophy. In the past we have discussed issues such as: “Is Race a Biological Reality, a Social Construction or a Myth?”, “Must Sex Involve Commitment?”, “Do Limits Exist of Logical Reasoning?”, and “What Constitutes a Person?” We also aren’t above the lighter and more active side of Philosophy. In the spring we plan on going to Merrimac Caverns for the spectacular event “The Cave in a Cave,” where we will read Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in a real live cave [Editor's note: or at least what we perceive to be a real live cave].

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Campus Ministry Remembers the Victims of the SOA

Published by Colin Shevlin on November 16, 2009 in Campus Ministry. 0 Comments

This Thursday, over 70 students, faculty, and staff from Saint louis University will be traveling to Columbus, Georgia for the annual School of the Americas (SOA) vigil and protest.

The SOA, which has since been renamed WHINSEC, is a military training program for Latin American soldiers located at Fort Benning, a US army base. Graduates have been implicated by many human rights organizations, as well as the UN, in human rights abuses and assassinations in Latin America, including those of Bishop Oscar Romero, four American missionary women in El Savlador, the massacre in the town of El Mozote, El Salvador, and the murders of the Jesuits and their co-workers in San Salvador in 1989.

Next week, campus ministry will be holding several events on campus to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the deaths of the Jesuit martyrs in El Salvador and to raise awareness about the SOA. Everyone in the SLU community is invited to attend.

For more details, check out the events page here on SLU Connection or Campus Ministry’s website.

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What’s Going on with Chartwells This Week

Published by Colin Shevlin on November 16, 2009 in Chartwells. 0 Comments

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Chartwells has a lot going on this week. Check out their schedule of events below:

Saint Louis University and Chartwells will once again host the annual Thanksgiving dinner Today, November 16, in the Wool ballrooms in the BSC from 4-7pm, last year over 1000 students, faculty and staff attended this event. This year, menu items include sweet potato casserole, carved roast turkey and pumpkin pie to name a few, so come one, come all. The price per person is $7.38 (meal plans & flex dollars are accepted).

On Tuesday, November 17, Chartwells will host a Chef’s Table from 11am-1pm in the Marketplace; we will feature this month’s super food, cranberries. Samples will be available, and the menu option consists of cranberry brie bites, cranberry pancakes, cranberry bruschetta, cranberry festive sparkler.

Greek food today, with slight variation (such as the addition of the tomato after 1500 AD), is about the same as it has been for over 2000 years. To learn more interesting fun facts about Greece, its culture and food, drop by Griesedieck Wednesday, November 18, for dinner and enjoy the Big Fat Greek Wedding themed dinner.

Got something on your mind about foodservice, then stop by Wednesday November 18, from 6-8pm in the BSC room 352 for the Director’s Social, enjoy some great appetizers like cannelloni bites, feta cheese & sun-dried tomatoes. Meet and greet other students, faculty and staff and Chartwells management, and let us know your thoughts about food service at SLU. Space is limited so please RSVP to eric.macharia@compass-usa.com if you would like to attend.

For more information please visit us at www.dineoncampus.com/stlouis.

 

KSLU Sports Recruiting Sports Broadcasters

Published by Colin Shevlin on November 16, 2009 in Billiken Athletics and KSLU. 0 Comments

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Interested in bringing the wide world of sports to the world wide web (and channel 18)? The only sports radio station at SLU is looking for talented broadcasters interested in covering live games and hosting talk shows.

Some of the benefits include interviewing members of Billiken sports teams, building a portfolio of personal work, and having the best seats in the house at basketball games!

For more information, email kslusports@gmail.com.