Monthly Archive for March, 2010

Page 2 of 8

SLU Connection Will Observe Earth Hour This Saturday


SLU Connection will be participating in Earth Hour on Saturday from 8:30 to 9:30 PM.

During this hour, SLU Connection will join SLU, St. Louis, and hundreds of other cities around the world in showing our support for the environment. Take a look around SLU during this hour as campus goes dark and be sure to turn off your own lights and unnecessary electronics.

For more information, check out www.earthhour.org.

 

Reinert Hall Hosts Second Annual Easter Egg Hunt Complete With Fabulous Prizes

Reinert will be hosting their second annual Easter egg hunt in the dark on Monday, March 29, 9 pm.

But this egg hunt is different. Instead of Snickers and Laffy Taffy, these eggs have numbers on them which correspond to over $400 in prizes.

Prizes include SLU gear, DVDs, and Gift Certificates from these fine establishments:

*Cafe Ventana
*Vito’s
*Crave Coffeehouse
*The U
*The Fountain
*The Cupcakery
*Pappy’s Smokehouse
*Missouri Botanical Gardens

The first 100 hunters will receive a free gift certificate for a free Fitz’s float. The one who finds the golden egg will get free Cardinals tickets.

Happy hunting! Sponsored by Reinert Hall, Billikens After Dark, and the Commuter Assistance.

Image by Oberazzi – Licensed under Creative Commons

 

SLU’s Health Law Association Hosts Health Reform Symposium on Tuesday

SLU’s Health Law Association wants to inform you on the health care reform recently passed by Congress.

I want to invite you to an event SLU’s Health Law Association (HLA) is putting together for the university-wide community. On Tuesday, March 30, at 7 pm, in SLU’s Busch Student Center (Saint Louis Room), HLA will be hosting a Health Reform Symposium. The purpose of the Symposium is information — informing students about the federal health reform bill’s various provisions, discussing likely outcomes and changes to health care that will follow, and answering questions from the graduate and undergraduate students.

We anticipate that the Symposium should last no longer than 1.5 hours. The format of the Symposium will include a 20-30 minute primer on the bill by Professor of Law Sidney Watson, followed by brief statements by the panelists about how the bill may impact various professions and constituents. Most of the time will be used for Q & A from the audience. The panelists will include professors from various disciplines, along with experts from the Missouri health care community.

We are fortunate to have informed health care scholars on our campus, and this health reform bill is momentous and complex. We hope to give students a valuable opportunity to learn the details of the reform package and have an informed discussion about the potential implications of this bill. We look forward to seeing you Tuesday, March 30!

For more information, contact hlaslu@gmail.com.

Image by Mikey G Ottawa – Licensed under Creative Commons

 

Keep a Child Alive Holds HIV/AIDS Discussion and Movie Screening Tonight in the Billiken Club

Check out Keep a Child Alive’s discussion on HIV/AIDS  and screening of Philadelphia tonight in the Billiken Club:

Keep a Child Alive (KCA) is a worldwide organization that strives to provide life-saving anti-retroviral treatment, care, and support to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. KCA was cofounded by Leigh Blake and Alicia Keys in 2003. KCA at SLU aims to not only engage the global public about HIV/AIDS, but challenge individuals in the Saint Louis area to educate themselves about HIV/AIDS today. KCA will be hosting a brief discussion about HIV/AIDS today. The movie “Philadelphia,” one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality and homophobia will follow the discussion.

The discussion will bengin at 7:30, with the movie to follow.

This event is sponsored by Billikens After Dark. For more information, contact kca.at.slu@gmail.com.

Image by jonrawlinson – Licensed under Creative Commons

 

Saintsations to Hold Informational Meeting Tonight in the Chaifetz

Interested in dancing in front of thousands of fans in the Chaifetz Arena? Check out the Saintsations informational meeting tonight in the arena:

There will be an informational meeting on Thursday, March 25, at 7 pm at Chaifetz Arena. Information about the tryout procedure and attire, practice schedule and time commitment will be discussed. Additionally, you may ask any questions you may have regarding the cheer and dance teams. Incoming freshman and current SLU students who are interested in auditioning are strongly encouraged to attend. If you live out of town and cannot attend, we will be more then happy to answer any of your questions via email at sluspiritteams@gmail.com.

Tryouts for the Saintsations will be held on Saturday, April 17, from 12 to 4 pm and Sunday, April 18, from 9 am to 2 pm. Both sessions are mandatory.

The Saintsations are revising their program for next year. The program will now consist of two separate teams, a dance squad and an all-girl cheer squad. Members of both squads will be under the Saintsations title at SLU. All prospective dancers and cheerleaders must be accepted by Saint Louis University prior to auditions. You must be enrolled as a full time student at SLU to be an eligible candidate.