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April 16-22, 2012 Share in Facebook  Submit your Billiken News >>  
THIS WEEK
This week
Identity, Culture & Communication: A Cross-disciplinary Conference
MONDAY 16

1:30 pm · Guest Speaker: Dr. Michael Toolan, University of Birmingham · “Good and Bad Poetry, Good and Bad Repetition: An Exploration of Stylistics and Poetics” · PRH14

4:00 pm · Guest Speaker: Dr. Lucía Ferreiro, Universidad Europea de Madrid · “Africans in the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid: Integration or Segregation?” · PRH16

TUESDAY 17

9:00 am · Christian Life Community Meeting · PRH15

11:00 am · Guest Speaker: Dr. Kristine Muñoz, the University of Iowa · "Art and Science, Interpretation and Coding: The Empirical-interpretive Nature of Ethnographic Research Methods" · PRH5

10:00 pm · Soccer: BILLIKENS vs. Caná FC · Green Canal

WEDNESDAY 18

11:00 am · Guest Speaker: Carlos Paredes, Spokesperson for Democracia Real Ya and Organizer of the May 15th Demonstration · “Los Indignados - From La Puerta del Sol to Occupy Wall Street: We are the 99%” · PRH10

11:00 am · Guest Speaker: Daniel Agromayor, McDonalds · International Business Conference · PRH3

2:00 pm · Career Services: Interviewing Skills Seminar · PRH10

4:00 pm · Guest Speaker: Dr. Juana Gil, CSIC · "La comparación de voces con fines judiciales" · PAH24

THURSDAY 19

Identity, Culture and Communication: A Cross-Disciplinary International Conference · Library Main Reading Room

2:30 pm · Departure of Oceanography Trip to Murcia and Alicante from Avenida del Valle28.

8:00 pm · SLU Madrid theatre El lugar donde mueren los mamíferos · Colegio Elías Ahúja (Calle Rector Royo Villanova, 4: Metro Metropolitano) · Free Admission

Departure of Academic trip to Lisbon, Portugal. 

FRIDAY 20

Identity, Culture and Communication: A Cross-Disciplinary International Conference · Library Main Reading Room

3:00 pm · Students vs. Faculty/Staff Soccer Match · Green Canal

12:00 am and 8:00 pm · SLU Madrid theatre El lugar donde mueren los mamíferos · Colegio Elías Ahúja (Calle Rector Royo Villanova, 4; Metro: Metropolitano) · Free Admission

SATURDAY 21

Identity, Culture and Communication: A Cross-Disciplinary International Conference · Library Main Reading Room

Sierra Club: Hiking Trip in La Cabrera · Meet at 10:00 am in PRH · Sign up in the Finance Office before Wednesday 18.

SUNDAY 22

6:00 pm · Mass · Capilla de San Timoteo
THIS WEEK IN SPORTS  Sports
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THIS WEEK IN MADRID
Hans Haacke. Castillos en el Aire: An art exhibition that explores the relationships among art, patronage and advertising. Museo Reina Sofia - Edificio Sabatini, Planta 3 (Metro: Atocha).

Music for Haiti: A benefit concert featuring works by Guridi, Chilcott, Mozart, Vivaldi, Purcell, Piazzola, Lloyd Weber and more. April 21 at 8:00 pm at Spain’s National Auditorium. Calle Príncipe de Vergara, 146 (Metro: Cruz de Rayo).

Ana Aizpún (Campus Ministry) recommends Soho, a New York style restaurant with good food at good prices. Calle Jorge Juan, 50 (Metro: Príncipe de Vergara or Velázquez).

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UPCOMING...
Tuesday, April 24 (10:00 am): Guest Speaker: Llanos González Espinosa, Director of Nursing at La Zarzuela Hospital. "The History of Nursing in Spain". NURS-252, NURS-370, NURS-330, NURS-360, and first year nursing students are invited. PRH16.

Thursday, April 26 (12:30 pm): Dr. Joe Yates, Director of Social Science, LJMU. “From Early Career Researcher to Academic: Social Science Research in the Real World”.

Thursday, April 26 (2:00 pm): Cultural Coffee Break-Miami/Cuba.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Higher Learning Commission Team to Visit St. Louis Campus - April 23-25, 2012: A team of university senior administrators, deans, and faculty representing the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools will visit SLU’s St. Louis Campus and video conference with Madrid’s Accreditation Committee to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the University. The University has been accredited continuously by the Commission since 1916. The report, Magis: Advancing Mission into Saint Louis University's Third Century, prepared by SLU as part of the self-study process and submitted to the HLC, is available to view here >>

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OPPORTUNITIES & INVITATIONS
SLU Madrid actors take to the stage for the outrageous and hilarious comedy by Jorge Díaz: El lugar donde mueren los mamíferos. Three performances only: April 19 at 8:00 pm and April 20 at 12:00 am and 8:00 pm in the Auditorium of Colegio Elías Ahúja. Calle Rector Royo Villanova, 4 (Metro: Metropolitano) · Admission Free!

Identity, Culture & Communication: A Cross-disciplinary Conference sponsored by SLU Madrid’s Department of Communication. April 19-21. Keynote address by James Curran, Direct of Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Center, University of London: "Demystifying the Internet" (11:20 am on April 19). For more information, click here >>
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