ARGUMENT AND ADVOCACY EVENT - SPCA

As part of SCOM 350, we are planning a Community Service Learning Event for the Rockingham/Harrisonburg SPCA, Tour for Life! This is a pet adoption event that will take place on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 from 3pm-7pm. Cats and dogs will come from various SPCAs in search of a new, loving family! The event will also consist of food, Smoothie King, performances by JMU A capella groups at 3:30 & 6:00pm, kids activities and much more! We would love for you to come out and support us in our project! If you have time to spread the word to your classes, friends and families we would greatly appreciate it!

Who: RH-SPCA, SCOM 350 Students and North Shore Animal League
What: Tour for Life Pet Adoption Event
When: Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 (3-7pm)
Where: East Market Square Shopping Center - PetSmart Parking Lot!
Why: Adopt a pet, support SCOM students & have a great time!

If you have any questions feel free to contact us at brown4jl@jmu.edu or visit the website Tour for Life Website!

ARGUMENT AND ADVOCACY EVENT - Multiple Events

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> - GAY-FINE-BY-ME DAY - Wear your t-shirt. All day.
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> - Dr. Mary Frances Arnold Workshops in Taylor 405
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> - Friends, Foes or Advocates: Allies in the Making - 10 am
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> - Leadership: The Ultimate Road-Trip - 2 pm
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> - Breaking Barriers: Setting Yourself Up to Succeed - 4pm
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> - National Day of Silence: All day
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> - Dr. Mary Frances Arnold: "Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore"
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> --- Saturday, April 18th ---
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> - RELAY FOR LIFE!!

Readings for Tuesday

Legalization of Prostitution

Pro

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samara-oshea/is-it-time-to-legalize-pr_b_90986.html

http://www.liberator.net/articles/prostitution.html

http://www.progressiveu.org/231243-legalizing-prostitution

Con

http://www.zenit.org/article-20747?l=english

http://sisyphe.org/article.php3?id_article=691

http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/mhvlegal.htm

Some FYIs

http://www.prostitutionprocon.org/

ARGUMENTATION AND ADVOCACY - Karly Moletteri Advocacy Event

Tuesday, April 21st at 6:00pm in Memorial Hall room 3235. It will be a Student Voices panel with the Diversity Council and the IDLS Department that will allow open discussion on multiculturalism in the classroom and how to bring non-Eurocentric perspectives/books into the classroom.

ARGUMENT AND ADVOCACY EVENT - 31st Annual Communication Studies Conference

You may attend the keynote as an event and then any panel as another event.

Dr. Steven Schwarze, awarding winning scholar of environmental communication, will present the keynote address at the upcoming 31st Annual Communication Studies Conference "Constructing Healthy Communication Environments."

Monday, April 13, 2009 at 7:00 pm

“Unhealthy Communication, Unhealthy Environments: Diagnosing the Asbestos Crisis”

Dr. Steven Schwarze

Associate Professor of Communication Studies University of Montana Festival Conference and Student Center, Ballroom A

During that address, Dr. Schwarze will discuss his research on how rhetorical discourses, such as those surrounding the asbestos crisis in Libby, Montana, shape public perceptions of such environmental problems. Dr. Schwarze will also participate as a faculty discussant at the panels of undergraduate communication scholarship presented throughout the conference.

On Tuesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15 poster and panel sessions will be held throughout the day in Warren Hall, Transitions highlighting original undergraduate scholarship, exceptional service learning projects, and outreach by students in the School of Communication Studies. As part of this conference, a special performance by nationally ranked members of the JMU Individual Events Team will be included on a panel discussing performance studies as scholarship on Tuesday, April 14 from 3:30 - 4:30 pm.

The complete conference program can be found online at: http://sites.google.com/site/jmuscomconference/

These events are sponsored by The College of Arts & Letters and the School of Communication Studies and are part of a month long “Communication Exhibition” hosted by the Schools of Communication, Information, and Media in the College of Arts & Letters.

All events are free and open to the public.

ARGUMENT AND ADVOCACY EVENT - Interfaith Passover Seder

COME JOIN CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY

AND JMU HILLEL FOR...

INTERFAITH PASSOVER SEDAR!

WHERE?! CCM (Catholic Campus Ministry) 1052 South Main Street (right near the FedEx and Mike's Mart)

WHEN?! April 8th @ 5:30 pm (service begins at 6 pm sharp)

$5 at the door for non-Jews attending

WHAT?! Interfaith Passover Seder. A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

Dress: dressy casual, no jeans

Contact Hillel Religious Chair, Kat Sinclair at sinclakm@jmu.edu, or check out www.jmuhillel.org for more info!

Readings for Thursday

Some readings about gun control:

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/23/Worldandnation/Having_guns_on_campus.shtml

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/17833874.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,304806,00.html

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070813/METRO/108130057/1001

http://www.freecolorado.com/2003/02/cuccw.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/14/guns.on.campus/index.html