Posted on May 21, 2004

Karin
Hamm-Ehsani, assistant professor of German, presented a paper titled “Screening
the Transnational Turkish Community in German Film” at the 9th International
Cultural Studies Symposium at Ege University in Izmir, Turkey. The paper explores recent cross-cultural
films and their representation of identity formation and negotiation by the
second- and third-generation Turkish migrants in Germany.
The symposium, “City in [Culture in] City,” was organized by the Ege University Department of American Culture and
Literature, the Department of English Language and Literature and the American
Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT), the Cultural Office of the American
Embassy and the British Council.

Posted on May 21, 2004

Two Union
College seniors — Juliane Moran and Chelsea S. Woodard — will present a
joint exhibition of their paintings, watercolors, prints and drawings May 24
through May 29 in the Arts Atrium Gallery.

A reception with the artists is
set for Thursday, May 27, 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Moran's works, titled “In Mom's
Eyes,” is a collection of vivid floral paintings and prints based on digital
pictures taken by her mother. The paintings range in size from 28×30 inches to
40×62 inches, and the prints range in size from 3×5 inches to 9×9 inches.

Woodard's works, titled “Picture Album,” consist of
large paintings and works on paper. Her large paintings focus primarily on
people. The other works are watercolors and drawings.

This exhibition
is sponsored by Internal Education Fund and the Union College Arts Department.

For more information, call ext. 6714.

Posted on May 21, 2004

“Rolling Thunder: The Fifth Annual Bob Dylan Birthday
Celebration” is set for Thursday, May 27, at 6 p.m. in “The Sanctuary” at Old
Chapel at Union College.

The evening is open to the public and free. (A suggested
$5 donation will go to the Chris Ryan Scholarship Fund.)

In the fall of 1975, Dylan donned a gray felt hat and hit
the New England road with a wild and woolly cast of
characters the likes of which the rock world had never seen. Allen Ginsberg
stroked his beard and chanted at Kerouac's grave. Joan Baez donned a wedding
gown that fit her “like a snake.'' Roger McGuinn kept his attaché case phone close,
just in case he got shot. And pickers and hangers-on like Ramblin' Jack
Elliott, T Bone Burnett, Ronnie Blakely, Mick Ronson and Joni Mitchell made the
scene as surreal as they could on a nightly basis. Through it all, the thunder
never stopped. As playwright and tour scribe Sam Shepard put it, “Dylan's
cowboy boot heel drove a hole through the floor …”

“The Sanctuary gang can't hope to re-create the visionary
madness that was Rolling Thunder, but they will try,” said Dale Metzger,
organizer of the event.

The contemporary cast includes emcee Michael Eck, Los
Ramblers, The Rumdummies, Bryan Thomas, Greg Haymes, Mitch Elrod, Albie, Tom
Raider, Chris Busone, Zimmerbeat, Mario Sevayega, Roadside Blues Band, Carl
Smith, Dana Monteith's Iowa 80, Joe Pasko, Jason
Martin and others.

The evening starts with a barbecue outside of Old Chapel.
A pub menu and beverages will be available. And cake, naturally, will be served
to all who sing a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday” to Bob, celebrating his
63rd birthday on May 24.

Old Chapel is located near the center of the Union campus,
accessible from the Union Street
entrance.

For more information contact Dale Metzger at 388-6124
(dalemetz99@aol.com) or

Tyson Fricker at 432-6634 (mandhand@aol.com)

Posted on May 21, 2004

IDEAS, a new electronic
undergraduate journal on Asia created by Union students,
has issued a call for papers.

Members of the editorial board are
soliciting colleges and universities in the Americas,
Asia and Europe. The first issue
of the e-journal is scheduled for fall 2005.

The mission of IDEAS (International
Digest for the Expression of Asian Studies) is to encourage and support
undergraduate excellence in Asian Studies, according to Prof. Linda Patrik,
faculty advisor. It aims to build bridges between undergraduate researchers in
the Americas
and in Asia through their academic and artistic work.

Plans are to publish research
papers, artwork and multimedia pieces including new experiments in
technological media and digital art. “We want to explore the creative
possibilities offered by an electronic journal that cannot be offered by a
regular paper journal” Patrik said.

For more information, visit the
IDEAS web site at: http://ideas.union.edu

Members of the journal's editorial
board are Nat Brown, Aaron Edelstein, Sascha Donn and Beth Lee-Herbert. Tomas
Gold is the web designer. Angel Hart is graphic artist.

Posted on May 21, 2004

Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, and R. Douglas
Geivett, professor of philosophy in the Talbot School of Theology at Biola
University, La Mirada, Calif., will debate “Does God Exist?” on Monday, May 24,
at 7 p.m. in Old Chapel.

Geivett specializes in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and
philosophical theology. His published books include Contemporary
Perspectives on Religious Epistemology, co-edited with Brendan Sweetman
(Oxford University Press, 1992), Evil and the Evidence for God (Temple
University Press, 1993), and In Defense of Miracles, co-edited with Gary
R. Habermas (InterVarsity Press, 1997).

Shermer is director of the Skeptics Society, and the host of the
Skeptics Lecture Series at Caltech. He is the author of Why People Believe
Weird Things (W. H. Freeman, 1997) and How We Believe: The Search for
God in an Age of Science (W. H. Freeman, 1999).  His analysis and
debunking of Holocaust denial can be found in his book Denying History,
co-authored with Alex Grobman (in press). He has his own radio show, Science Talk With Michael Shermer, on
NPR. He has contributed to documentaries aired on A & E,  The
Discovery Channel, and the Learning Channel.

The debate has been organized by
students of Psychology 135: The Psychology of Religion, and the Psychology
Department.