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THIS WEEK
This week

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WEDNESDAY 16

10:00 am · "Just How Do We Learn A Second Language Anyway?" · Moderated by Cristina Matute · PRH8

12:00 pm · Faculty Research Grant Presentations, Fall 2011 · Reading Room I

Verónica Azcue: “En busca de un escenario: Don Quijote en el teatro del exilio español de 1936”

Rafael Cabañas: “La narrativa de Ramón Gómez de la Serna y Carmen de Burgos”

2:30 pm · "Global Public Health" · Presentation by Wendy Wisbaum, MPH · PAH17

THURSDAY 17

11:00 am · Segunda sesión del seminario "El cuento español en el siglo XXI: Nuevas generaciones" · Eloy Tizón, Iban Zaldua · PRH8

2:00 pm · Internship Informational Meeting · PRH10

4:00 pm · Graduate School Expert Panel · Rice Room, Loyola Hall

8:00 pm · The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov · Colegio Mayor Elias Ahuja, C/ Rector Royo Villanova, 4

FRIDAY 18

12:00 noon/8:00 pm · The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov · Colegio Mayor Elias Ahuja, C/ Rector Royo Villanova, 4

2:00 pm · Campus Ambassador Seminar · PRH10

SUNDAY 20

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

UPCOMING: NEXT WEEK

Monday 21

11:00 am · “Una aproximación a la crítica literaria: Lukács, Bajtín y los pensadores españoles (Ortega, Bergamín y Mariano Baquero Goyanes)” by Dr. Luis Beltrán Almería, Catedrático de Teoría Literaria de la Universidad de Zaragoza

7:00 pm · Kleist Night: The 200th Anniversary of the Death of German Writer Heinrich von Kleist · Student Lounge

Wed 23-Sun 27: Brussels trip (ECON-395)

Friday 25: Thanksgiving / V Tennis Tournament / Segundo Simposio de Estudiantes Graduados y Subgraduados

Saturday 26: Islamic New Year

Sunday 27: First Sunday of Advent

THIS WEEK IN SPORTSSports

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THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK INMadrid

The Hermitage in El Prado: El Prado National Museum is organizing an exhibition that will allow the Spanish public to explore the varied collection of the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum · Nov 8--Mar 25 · Bus: 9, 10, 14, 19, 27, 34, 37, 45 · Metro: Atocha (L1) / Banco de España (L2)

Foster´s Hollywood. Pay one-another one free! October 25 to December 1

Movie: Melancholia. Lars von Trier directs a drama set in a world that is about to crash into another planet. In the days leading up to the end of the world, two sisters played by Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg ponder the meaning of their lives.

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Computer Lab Schedule (PAH19):

Mondays and Wednesdays: 10:00 am-12:00 noon
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Fridays: 10:00 am-12:00 noon / 2:00 pm-6:00 pm

Archaeological research at Tel Regev (Israel): Dr. Carolina Aznar, co-director of the project, will present the results of the 2011 season and will announce the goals of next year's season · Wednesday 23 · 2:00 pm · Room TBA

XI Semana de la Ciencia - Madrid (November 7-20)
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If you are in the process of renewing your Tarjeta de Estudiante and will be leaving the Schengen area for the Christmas Break, you MUST OBTAIN an autorización de regreso as soon as possible.  The police station on Avenida de los Poblados, s/n (Metro: Aluche) will be processing re-entry permits from 4:00pm - 6:00pm, Monday through Friday.  For this appointment you will need to take proof that you are in the process of renewing or obtaining a residency card, the application form for the autorización de regreso and form 790 showing that you have paid the corresponding fee.  For more information, please read the Residency Card section of our website.

Food Drive: Bring non-perishable food to Padre Rubio Hall lobby area · November 1 to November 25

Submit your announcement here no later than Friday at 6:00 pm.

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OPPORTUNITIES & INVITATIONS

Participate  in the "INTERFAITH" BAKE SALE · Funds will be for the Jesuit Refugee Service in the Horn of Africa · November 30 · 10:30 am-2.30 pm · Student Lounge

Thinking of Grad School? Meet with SLU alumni who will provide tips and answer questions about graduate programs (MAs in Communication, English, International Relations, Spanish, and MS in European Business, Finance) · Thursday 17 · 4:00 pm · Rice Room, Loyola Hall

Celebrate the Weekly Youth Mass with the Universidad de Comillas · Every Saturday · 9 pm · C/ Santa Cruz de Marcenado, 24

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