Midterms are here. Good luck!


WEDNESDAY 12^th

Fiesta Nacional / Día de la Hispanidad


THURSDAY 13^th

Sukkot

2:00 pm · Webster University Graduate School Information Session (for CMM, IR and NGOs) · PRH10

4:00-8:00 pm · QS Graduate School Fair at Husa Hotel ·
C/ Princesa 40 · Email bolsatrabajo-madrid@slu.edu to sign up


FRIDAY 14^th

3:00 pm · Faculty & Staff vs. Students Basketball Match · Pabellón Triángulo de Oro · C/ Bravo Murillo, 366 · Metro: Valdeacederas (Line 1)


SUNDAY 16^th

6:00 pm · On-Campus Sunday Mass · PRH Chapel, 1st Floor

Monday 17: Faculty Research Meeting (2:00 pm) / Pizza meeting Loyola (7:00 pm)

Tuesday 18 (1:30 pm): SLU-Madrid International Graduate School Fair

Wednesday 19: End of Midterms / SGA meeting (2:00 pm)

Thursday 20 (2:00 pm): Campus Ambassador seminar

Friday 21: Simchat Torah

Friday-Sunday 21-23: Loyola Retreat

La primera Ruta de los Palacios en Metro de Madrid, que permitirá acceder gratis a siete museos en palacios madrileños de los siglos XVIII, XIX y XX presentando cualquier título de transporte válido para viajar en Metro que haya sido utilizado previamente. Durante el mes de octubre y de forma gratuita, se podrá acceder al Palacio de Fernán Núñez, a la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, al Museo Lázaro Galdiano, al Museo del Romanticismo, el Museo Cerralbo, al Museo Sorolla y al Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas.

Teotihuacán, City of the Gods (through November 13) / The CaixaForum Madrid cultural center will be displaying more than 400 carefully selected pieces from Mexico's most prominent museums. Visitors will see this great city from the perspectives of some its most important cultural aspects, including its ideology, political hierarchy, architecture and art / CaixaForum Madrid · Paseo del Prado 36 · [Metro: Atocha (L1, C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, C8, C10) · 6, 10, 14, 26, 27, 32, 34, 37, 45].

TEATRO

El Perro del Hortelano (Lope de Vega) · Through December 23 / Teatro Pavón · Calle Embajadores 9 · Wed to Sat, 8:00 pm and Sun, 7:00 pm · [Metro: Latina (L5) · Bus: 17, 18, 23, 35, 60] · 9-18€

MOVIES

Mientras Duermes. Director: Jaume Balagueró. Intérpretes: Luís Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan. País: España. Año: 2011. Estreno: 14 de octubre.

Abduction (Sin Salida). Director: John Singleton. Cast: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello. Country: USA. Year: 2011. Release date: October 14.

Contagion (Contagio). Director: Steven Soderbergh. Cast: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne. Country: USA. Year: 2011. Release date: October 14.

Another Year. Director: Mike Leigh. Cast: Ruth Sheen, Karina Fernández, Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville. Country: UK. Year: 2011. Release date: October 14. 129 min.

Madrid Cultura y Arte Newsletter

ALSO, don’t forget to check out the “Cultural Offerings in Madrid” section of the Madrid Campus website >>

SPECIAL LIBRARY HOURS THIS WEEK!:
Wednesday 12 (Spanish National Holiday): University will be closed. Library open 3:00pm-9:00pm.
Sunday 16: Extension of hours (Midterm exams). Library open 12:00pm-10:00pm.

SLU-Madrid International Graduate School Fair: Tuesday, October 18 (1:30-4:30pm) at PRH Patio. Meet with representatives from more than 10 graduate schools to learn about admissions requirements, financing and how to prepare yourself academically. See Career Services for more information.

Help bring the Student Government Association back to SLU-Madrid. Informational meeting on Wednesday, October 19 from 2:00-2:30 pm. For more information, contact Dr. Ferro at aferro@slu.edu

Sign up for Student Life program of Interfaith exchange visits in Madrid city. Student Life is also organizing an Interfaith bake-sale Fair in December 1.

Changes to Residency Cards Renewal: If your appointment to renew your student residency card (tarjeta de estudiante) is on or after October 10, you will go to the police station on Calle San Faustino, 23 (Metro: Canillejas on line 5) on the date your appointment was scheduled. Furthermore, the documents required for this appointment have changed. For more information, please visit the Residency Cards section of our website.

Study Abroad: All students studying abroad during Spring 2012 must turn in all required documents before October 15. See Anna Deckert (PAH) for more information.

Help keep SLU Madrid green and save energy: If you're the last one out of the classroom, turn off the lights and shut the windows!

For inclusion of an item in the Billiken News, please submit your notice to billikenews-madrid@slu.edu no later than Friday at 6:00 pm. 

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Campus Map >>

Advertising Campus Events: If you have signs to post, please take them to the Office of Student Life (ground floor, PRH) for approval and posting.

Write for La Voz! Potential editors and reporters should contact Dr. Casmier (rcasmier@slu.edu) or Dr. Ferro (aferro@slu.edu) by Friday, October 14.

Convocatoria para el I Concurso internacional de ensayo universitario en español: "Razón y violencia", organizado por el Programa de Lengua y Pensamiento Crítico y la Escuela de Filosofía de la Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (México)

To assist you in planning your own exciting trips, visit the "Independent Student Travel" section of our website

Operación Inglés 2012: Are you interested in working as a summer camp teacher/ monitor in Spain next July? For more information about the camp, go to: http://spain.slu.edu/operacioningles or write to hbinns@slu.edu. 

Ethiopia 2012: Volunteer as an English teacher on a Salesian mission in Ethiopia next August – If you are interested in receiving information about this service opportunity, see Hamish Binns (PAH 1st floor/ hbinns@slu.edu).