Fall 2001

Performances
Sept. 12-13 "The Spirit of Cambodia" cultural program 7 pm, Carpenter Performing Art Center, Call 562-985-7000 for ticket information.

Oct. 11-13 Leonard Crofoot in "Nijinsky Speaks"
8 pm., Martha Knoebel Dance Theater
Call 562-985-7000 for ticket information.

Nov. 10 Bill Maher (host of ABC's Politically Incorrect)
8 pm, Carpenter Performing Arts Center (Warning: Adult themes and language.) Call 562-985-7000 for ticket information.

Nov. 11
Tou Ger Xiong, (Hmong Cultural Consultant, Comedian, Storyteller, Rap Artist, and Actor) "Teaching Culture Through Laughter"
7 pm, University Theatre, free and open to the public (Park in Lot 7.)

Nov. 16 Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor (jazz pianists)
8 pm, Carpenter Performing Arts Center Call 562-985-7000 for ticket information.

Conference
Nov. 9
Marcia Baxter Magolda and Patrick Hayashi, "Transforming Higher Education to Promote Student Learning"
8:30 pm-3pm, The Pointe, The Pyramid
Call 562-985-4538 for more information.

Film
Nov. 6 West Beirut ,Winner of the International Critics Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival and Academy Award-nominee for Foreign Language Film. In this clever, engaging, and frequently humorous 1998 film, that the Los Angeles Times describes as"honest, authentic and heartfelt," a Lebanese teenager in 1970s Beirut comes of age while coping with the civil war that ravages his homeland.

Guest Speakers
Sept. 10
Erin Gruwell, (Teacher Education, CSULB) "Individual Action and Social Change"
11 am-12:15 pm, MM-200 and 6:30 pm lecture, North Campus Center (Park in the Parking Structure and purchase a day permit for $1.75.)

Sept. 24
Marcia Beauchamp (The First Amendment Center), "Rights, Responsibilities, and
Respect: A Civic Framework for Living With Our Deepest Differences"
11 am-12:15 pm,
MM-200 and 4 pm, workshop for teachers, North Campus Center Conference Room (Park in the Parking Structure and purchase a day permit for $1.75.)

Oct. 1
Mike Farrell (star of M*A*S*H and Providence), "Prisoners' Rights: A Conversation on the Death Penalty"
8 pm, Carpenter Performing Arts Center, free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Park in Lot 12 and pay Special Event parking fee.

Oct. 5
Jan Lundberg (The Lundberg Letter and Culture Change), "Energy Crisis or Sustainable Opportunity"
10-11:30 am, CBA-140A

Oct. 8
Huong Tran Nguyen (Distinguished Teacher in Residence, College of Education, CSULB), "Diversity, Identity, and the Conditions for Civic Engagement"
11 am-12:15 pm, MM-200

Oct. 15
Catherine Ryan Hyde (author), Pay It Forward
11 am-12:15 pm, MM-200; 4 pm,
workshop for teachers, North Campus Center (Park in the Parking Structure and purchase a day permit for $1.75.); 6:00 pm, film screening and evening lecture, University Theatre (Park in Lot 7.)

Oct. 25
Frank Wilson, M.D., (Stanford University) "A Design For Children's Education in the Digital Age: Can Parents, Teachers, and Communities Collaborate on a Strategy?"
12:30-1:45 pm, Faculty and Staff Conference Center (ELIB-110) and 4-5:30 p.m., Reception in the Japanese Garden (Purchase a day permit for $1.75 and park in Lot 14 or 16.)

Oct. 29
Jackson Katz, (Founder, Mentors in Violence Prevention) "Responsibility for Action in the Face of School Violence"
11 am-12:15 pm, MM-200

Nov. 12
Tou Ger Xiong (National Association for Multicultural Education), "Cultural Diversity and Learning to 'Do' American Life,"
11 am-12:15 pm, MM-200. (Co-sponsored by the Center for International Education and the College of Liberal Arts)

Nov. 15
Howard Rosenberg (Los Angeles Times Television Critic), "Media Influence on Citizenship and Decision-Making: For Better or Worse"
3:30-4:45 pm, Faculty and Staff Conference Center, East Library-Room 110

Nov. 19
John I. Goodlad and Stephen J. Goodlad (Institute for Educational Inquiry), "Educating for Democracy"
11 am-12:15 pm, MM-200 and 4:30 pm, Faculty and Staff Conference Center, East Library-Room 110

Nov. 26
Michael Pritchard (Western Michigan University, Center for the Study of Ethics in Society),"Moral Education, Citizenship, and the Professions"
11am-12:15 pm, MM-200

Dec. 5
Starhawk (feminist and peace activist), "The Interconnectedness of Political Activism and Beliefs"
6:30 pm, location TBA

Dec. 6

Andrei Safirov (Professor of Political Science at the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow), "Where Is Russia Heading?" An evening to benefit the Russian Program at CSULB 7 p.m., Daniel Recital Hall (parking available in Lot 12), $10 per person. Call (562) 985-4318 for more information. (Sponsored by the Russian Program.)