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MONDAY 9
Classes resume (full day)
TUESDAY 10
9:00 am · Christian Life Community Meeting · PRH15
1:45-2:30 pm · International Coffee Tasting with an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony · Student Lounge
2:00 pm · Spanish and English Majors/Minors Meeting · PRH5
WEDNESDAY 11
Registration for Fall 2012 begins!
2:00 pm · Communication Majors Meeting · PRH4
THURSDAY 12
2:00 pm · European Business School of Wiesbaden, Germany’s Presentation on Masters of Science Programs in Finance, Management and Marketing · PRH10
4:00-5:15 pm · "Design Considerations in the New Generation of Aircraft" by Hector Barrio Crespo · PRH13
5:30-6:45 pm · Guest Speaker: Paula Barreiro López on “Art under Franco” · PRH16
FRIDAY 13
2:00-3:00 pm · SGA Presidential Candidate Forum · Student Lounge
2:00 pm · CTE Conversations on Teaching: “Academic Honesty and Student Writing” · PAH20
3:00 pm · All-Faculty Meeting · Library Reading Room
3:00-5:00 pm · Padel Tournament · Green Canal
SUNDAY 15
6:00 pm · Mass · Capilla de San Timoteo
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THIS WEEK IN SPORTS  |
Click here for the latest news from sports director, César Rioja >>
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| THIS WEEK IN MADRID |
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Atlético Madrid vs. Real Madrid: La Liga continues. This Wednesday, April 11 at 10:00 pm in the Estadio Vicente Calderón (Paseo Virgen del Puerto, 67; Metro: Pirámides/Marqués de Vadillo) or on La Sexta and Telemadrid.
Museo de Traje (Costume/Clothes Museum): Clothes make the madrileño: within walking distance from campus, a fascinating, rotating display of the history of fashion in Spain along with temporary exhibitions--currently: “Pedro Rodríguez: Alta costura sobre papel.” Also, the Museum is home to one of Madrid’s best outdoor terraza-restaurants. Avenida Juan de Herrera, 2 (Metro: Moncloa).
Student Life recommends Alfredo's Barbacoa, the best hamburguers in Madrid.
Click here for more cultural offerings >>
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Monday, April 16 (1:30 pm): “Good and Bad Poetry, Good and Bad Repetition: An Exploration of Stylistics and Poetics.” Dr. Michael Toolan, English, University of Birmingham, UK (PRH14).
Monday, April 16 (4:00 pm): “Africans in the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid: Integration or Segregation?” Dr. Lucía Ferreiro, Universidad Europea de Madrid (PRH16).
Tuesday, April 17 (11:00 am): Guest Speaker: Kristine Muñoz, "Art and Science, Interpretation and Coding: The Empirical-interpretive Nature of Ethnographic Research Methods" (CMM-393 class, PRH5).
Wednesday, April 18 (11:00 am): “Los Indignados - From La Puerta del Sol to Occupy Wall Street: We Are the 99%.” Carlos Paredes, Spokesperson for Democracia Real Ya and main organizer of the 15th May Demonstration.
Wednesday, April 18 (4:00 pm): "La comparación de voces con fines judiciales" Dra. Juana Gil, CSIC (PAH24).
Wednesday, April 18 (2:00 pm): Career Services Interviewing Skills Seminar (PRH10).
Thursday and Friday, April 19-20 (12:00 pm / 08:00 pm): theatre Production.
"El lugar donde mueren los mamíferos" by Jorge Díaz.
April 19-21: "Identity, Culture and Communication" - A Cross-Disciplinary International Conference. |
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Registration for Fall 2012 opens on April 11. Get your PINs!
This week, we celebrate Madrid’s Billiken News 150th issue.
Listen and discuss with Dr. Robert Krizek (Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Communication) ways of incorporating digital production into our teaching. Sign up for this event with Sulma Farfán (sfarfan@slu.edu). Wednesday, April 11, 4:00 pm. Seminar Room, PRH 1st floor.
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This week’s Cultural Coffee Break features coffees from around the world, as well as an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony. Tuesday, April 10 (1:45-2:30 pm in the Student Lounge).
Find out more about this year’s Student Government Association presidential elections at Presidential Candidate Forum on Friday, April 13 (2:00-3:00 pm) in the Student Lounge.
Brown Bag Conversations on Teaching: "Academic Honesty and Student Writing." Friday, April 13, 2:00 pm. PAH20.
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