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Miss Representation screening

Journalism & Mass Communications students/faculty are invited to this free screening of “Miss Representation,” a film about how the media portrays women, especially women in power. These messages play out in real life, making it difficult for women to advance in leadership roles. The screening will be held in Armory Room 218 on April 24, from 5-7 p.m.

Sexpressions! Call for Performers

The CU Women’s Resource Center Presents: Sexpressions! A talent showcase celebrating a positive expression of women’s sexuality by women identified performers. We are looking for all forms of expression: dance, art, spoken word, song, instrumental…be creative! If you are interested please contact Ruvini DeFonseka at wrcprograms@colorado.edu with a brief description of what you would like to perform/contribute and your contact information.

Queer Women in Community

Are you a queer woman looking for community on campus? QWIC is a social gathering for all ages that meets in the Women's Resource Center. Join us every Monday for food, conversation, and fun! QWIC meets every Monday from 6:15 – 8:00 PM in the Women's Resource Center (UMC 416).

Kitchen Table

Kitchen Table is a casual, social, and safe space for women of color and multi-ethnic women on campus. Students, staff, and faculty that identify as women of color are welcome to attend! Come and kick it to enjoy FREE FOOD, music, and good company!!! Join us April 3 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Women's Resource Center, UMC 416!

Interested In Youth Empowerment And Educational Reform? - Sign Up Now For INVS/EDUC 2919!

If yes, contact verveer@colorado.edu to register for INVS/EDUC 2919: Renewing Democracy in Communities and Schools. A practicum course, INVS/EDUC 2919 invites undergraduates to work alongside K-12 students as they identify and address salient community issues. The course, which has been approved for the Education Minor, Human Diversity Core, and the AmeriCorps scholarship program, will meet on Mondays at either 1:00-2:30 p.m. or 2:55-4:25 p.m. and once weekly at a local elementary, middle, or high school in fall 2013.

Family Therapy for Youth with Mood Problems

The Colorado Family Project, a group of clinicians and researchers at CU, is conducting a study of family-based therapy for youth with mood swings and a family history of bipolar disorder. Treatment focuses on helping youth and their families understand and cope with mood swings, develop plans for preventing moods from getting worse, communicate more effectively, and solve family problems. Treatment is free of charge, and families are compensated for participation in regular research interviews.

Michael Hardt, Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.

The English Graduate Student Council (EGSC) proudly announces the 1st Annual EGSC Spring Speaker: Michael Hardt, Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. British and Irish Studies Room, Norlin Library, M549. Michael Hardt who will be reading new work entitled, The Right to the Common, is a professor at Duke University and a political theorist, perhaps best known for the book Empire, co-authored with Antonio Negri. This event is free and open to the public.

New Fall 2013 Core Course: RUSS 2241, The Vampire in Literature and the Visual Arts

Course will pursue the question of why the vampire will not “die,” but instead continues to appeal to modern and post-modern imaginations. Through a wide range of readings, art, film and critical analyses we will trace the evolution of the literary vampire from a terrifying creature of lore into the Romantic and highly sexual being of popular Western culture. Approved for Arts & Sciences Core Curriculum: Literature and the Arts.

Maymester Core Course: HEBR 2350/ JWST 2350. Introduction to Jewish Culture

Come and explore the development of Jewish culture as it moves across the chronological and geographical map of the historic Jewish people with an emphasis on the variety of Jewish ethnicities and their cultural productions. Taught in English. Approved for Arts & Sciences Core Curriculum: Human Diversity. This is also one of the required introductory courses for the Jewish Studies major and minor.

Russian folk music ensemble Zolotoj Plyos at CU-Boulder

April 3, 7 p.m., University Club Ballroom Zolotoj Plyos is a trio of three outstanding musicians originally from Russia. The repertoire of Zolotoj Plyos consists of authentic folk songs from numerous regions in Russia and Ukraine, which they perform in Russian, Ukrainian and Yiddish. In addition, they play more than 30 different traditional folk instruments and perform traditional dances.