Weekly Calendar 4/12 - 4/19

SATURDAY 4/12

Duke Start-Up Challenge
11:30 am. Fuqua School of Business
Presentations of projects by Duke entrepreneurs and keynote speech by Matthew Szulik, chairman of RedHat.

Election 2008: Do We Really Elect Our President This Way?
3:00 pm. Von Canon Room, Bryan Center
A discussion on politics and the election by John Aldrich, professor of political science.

DukeEngage: Tackling Real-world problems where they happen
3:00 pm. Von Canon Rooms, Bryan Center
Hear DukeEngage students and staff discuss aspects of the DukeEngage experience.

MONDAY 4/14

Border Stories: Experiences traveling to the US-Mexico border
12:30 pm. Law School, Room 4047
A group of Duke students share their experiences traveling to the US-Mexico border over Spring Break. This interactive and innovative presentation puts a human face on the immigration debate in this country. Sponsored by Int'l Human Rights Law Society and DBA.

TUESDAY 4/15

Live Jubilee
5:00-7:00 pm. West Campus Plaza
Jubilee is a non profit band that supports International Justice mission to fight and end child prostitution and slavery. We recognize that the world is one interconnected biological and cultural ecosystem, we are all part of one common body. Therefore, when one part aches, we all suffer in due time. We recognize the reality of injustice and inequality experienced both locally and globally. Therefore we seek to promote ideology and action of justice, equally, and health through our music, and the conscientious sharing of wealth via our non profit status as LIVE JUBILEE. Our aim is to praise and award exemplary organizations that help others to help themselves.

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
7:00 pm. Sanford 04
Mohamed Alayyan, publisher and chairman of Al Ghad, Jordan's independent Arabic daily newspaper, discusses his role as a pioneer in new media and journalism in the Middle East.

WEDNESDAY 4/16

Grassroots Campaigns information sessions
3:00, 5:00, and 7:00 pm. Mad Hatters, 1802 W. Main Street
Information about Grassroots Campaigns and recruitment for local campaigns.

A Conversation on Tibet
6:30-8:00 pm. Griffith Film Theater
With: Gang Yue, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Asian Studies, UNC; Tashi Rabgey, Director of Contemporary Tibetan Studies Initiative, UVA; Losang Rabgey, Emerging Explorer at National Geographic; Scott Savitt (Duke 1985), former foreign correspondent in Beijing for Los Angeles Times and United Press International; moderated by: Ralph Litzinger, Associate Professor, Department of Cultural Anthropology, and Director, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, Duke.

FRIDAY 4/18

Woodsmont
12:00-4:00 pm. East Campus Quad
Woodsmont is the eighth annual festival celebrating the Duke-Durham neighborhood Partnership by inviting kids that Duke students serve and their families to East Campus for an afternoon of fun, games, food, and more.