Let's Talk

Let’s Talk at 5710 will be canceled on Friday 5/27 and Friday, 6/3. If this is an emergency, please call Student Counseling & Resource Service at 773.702.9800 or stop by 5737 S. University Avenue.

The other two Let’s Talk sites at Rockefeller Chapel and the Office of International Affairs is available during its regularly scheduled time. For more information, please visit the SCRS website at counseling.uchicago.edu.

Weekly Schedule - May 27 to June 2

Friday, May 27

Sabor Cultura! Taste of Latin America
Presented by: La Unidad Latina,Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc.
7 PM – 9PM
5710 S. Woodlawn Avenue

Monday, May 30  (5710 is closed)

SausageFest
Presented by: Office of the Reynolds Club & Student Activities (ORCSA)
8:00 – 10:00 PM
McCormick Tribune Lounge of the Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University Avenue

Tuesday, May 31

The Politics of the Classroom: Building Learning Communities
Presented by the Center for Teaching and Learning
12 Pm – 1:30 PM
133 of Gate Blake, 5845 S. Ellis Avenue

Preparing for the Academic Job Market
Presented by: Career Advising & Planning Services
4:00 – 5:30 PM
West Lounge of Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street

5710 Study Break: Make Your Own Sushi
Presented by: 5710 S. Woodlawn and the Culinary Club
6:00 – 8:00 PM 
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue

Wednesday, June 1

Backpack to Briefcase: Intern Edition
Presented by: Career Advising & Planning Services
5:00 – 6:30 PM
Third floor theatre of Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street

OMSA End of the Year Mixer
Presented by: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA)
5:00 – 7:00 PM
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue

Weekly Schedule: May 19 - 26

Friday, May 20

Acclaimed Dancer and Choreographer Claudia Lavist, co-founder and director of Delfos Danza Contemporánea
Presented by: The University of Chicago Department of Music and the Implementation Committee of the Arts Practice and Scholarship Initiative
1:30 – 3 PM
1010 E. 59^th Street, 4^th floor Of the Fulton Recital Hall

Korean Fever in Chicago 2011
12:25 – 12:50 PM
Bartlett Quad, 5640 South University Avenue

Faculty of Color Panel
Presented by: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA)
5:30 – 6:30 PM
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue,

Race & Immigration in the American City
Presented by: Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture (CSRPC)
All day
Lobby of School of Social Service Administration, 969 East 60th Street

Springtime BBQ
Presented by the Chinese Undergraduate Student Association
5 PM – 8 PM
The Point on the Lake Front

Noche de Galeria Puerto Rican Students' Association
Presented by: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
7 PM– 10:30 PM
Hutch Commons, 1135 E. 57th Street

Saturday, May 21

OMSA Research Initiative Grant Symposium
Presented by: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA)
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
5710 S. Woodlawn Avenue

Eighteenth Annual "Eyes on the Mosaic" Graduate Student Conference – “Theorizing Race: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Race and Ethnicity”
Presented by: Minority Graduate Student Association
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
5710 S. Woodlawn Avenue

Celebrate Hyde Park May Fest
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Off Campus (see description)

The Sleeping Beauty
Presented by: The University Ballet of Chicago
7:00 PM
Mandel Hall, 1131 East 57th Street

The Atomic Age: A Film Screening and Symposium
Presented by: International House
9:00 AM –5:00 PM
Home Room of the International House, 1414 East 59th Street,

MGSA "Eyes on the Mosaic" Race Conference- 5/20-5/21

Please join us this year for the 18th Annual MGSA "Eyes on the Mosaic" Race Conference! This conference will allow graduate students from around the country to present their work which uses race as an analytical framework. This year, our theme is "Theorizing Race: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Race and Ethnicity."

The conference will kick off with the Faculty of Color Panel on Friday, May 20 from 5:30 PM -6:30 PM at the OMSA building (5710 S. Woodlawn). The panel will feature Francisco Gaytan from Northeastern Illinois University, Frances Aparicio and Mary E. Pattillo from Northwestern University and William McDade and Matthew Briones from the University of Chicago.

The Research Initiative Grant Symposium will take place on Saturday, May 21 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Presenting as part of this year’s Symposium are--

The Revolution Will Be Digitized: Black Youth, Social Networking, and Political Discourse
Edward James III, AB Candidate, Political Science in the College

Baptists, Ballrooms, and Boystown: Socio-political Struggle Within a Gay Subculture
Jonathan Lykes, AB Candidate, Political Science in the College

The Great Debate: A Study of the Urban Debate Leagues and their Impact on Academic Achievement in the Chicago Public School System
Roxana Ng, AB Candidate, Public Policy in the College

We are also very excited to welcome Professor John Marquez from Northwestern University as our keynote speaker this year!

We hope you can join us!

All events will take place at the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA) at 5710 S. Woodlawn. Please contact Jean Chen at jmchen@uchicago.edu with questions or concerns.

Weekly Schedule: May 13- May 19

Friday, May 13

Superstition Bash
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Hutchinson Commons of Reynolds Club, 5706 South University Avenue

Cocktails and Clay
Presented by the Hyde Park Art Center
8:00 PM – 12:00 AM
5020 S. Cornell Avenue

Sunday, May 15

Multi-faith Celebration
Presented by Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
8:00 – 9:30 PM
Rockefeller Chapel, 1156 East 59th Street

Monday, May 16

Career Exploration Seminar for MAs
Presented by: Career Advising & Planning Services
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Room 203 of Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street

TAPS/UT ArtSpeaks presents a discussion with Oskar Eustis
Presented by:University Theater
1:30 – 3:00 PM
First floor theater of Reynolds Club, 5706 South University Avenue

Panel Discussion with David Henry Hwang
Presented by: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA)
3:00 – 4:30 PM
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue

CCIA: Classical vs. Pop- Careers in Music
Presented by: Career Advising & Planning Services
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Library of Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street

Artspeaks with Oskar Eustis and David Hwang
Presented by: International House
7:30 – 9:00 PM
Assembly Hall of International House, 1414 East 59th Street

Reflections from the Emerging Minds Project -Gabrielle Newell

Emerging Minds Project | April 2011
Gabrielle Newell - First Year

The purpose of the Emerging Minds Project (EMP) is to create an intellectually open and dynamic environment for students to learn about and discuss social justice issues of today. Each month, a group of 11 students come together at 5710 to dialogue with an experienced facilitator who works in the field.

*The views and opinions expressed in these blog entries are that of each individual author and do not necessarily reflect a collective opinion of the EMP cohort or that of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.

"Religion"

As usual, I left our meeting this week feeling like there was so much more for us to discuss. The question of religious expression, particularly in public life, is a topic that can never be exhausted or satisfactorily answered. So, I would like to share a couple questions that I’ve been thinking about since our meeting with Ms. Teresa Hord Owens, Dean of Students at University of Chicago.

Reflections from the Emerging Minds Project - Meltem Naz Kaso

Emerging Minds Project | April 2011 Meltem Naz Kaso- First Year

The purpose of the Emerging Minds Project (EMP) is to create an intellectually open and dynamic environment for students to learn about and discuss social justice issues of today. Each month, a group of 11 students come together at 5710 to dialogue with an experienced facilitator who works in the field.

*The views and opinions expressed in these blog entries are that of each individual author and do not necessarily reflect a collective opinion of the EMP cohort or that of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.

“Freedom of Religion” or “Freedom from Religion”

Teresa Hord Owens, the Dean of Students at University of Chicago Divinity School, is the first person who challenged me to ask myself the question above. Being from Turkey, a country that strives to adapt secular practices despite its 98% Muslim population, I have realized how relevant it is to understand the difference between “the freedom of religion” and “the freedom from religion.” Does freedom of religion in private life require being free from religion in public sphere? By promising individuals the right to freedom of religion, is it our obligation not to force them towards freedom from religion? These are all very complicated questions that seem easy to ask but nevertheless hard to answer. But I am proud to say that after last week’s session, I have modified my answers. Now I am a strong believer of the idea that individuals may or may not believe in God. Similarly, they may practice religion or be firm atheists. In any case, nobody is “free from religion” in a sense that gaining religious competency is fundamental for anyone living in a pluralistic society.

Mountains that Take Wing! Film Screening on 5/18

In an exciting intersection of different cultures, two women, Angela Davis and Yuri Kochiyama, share their experiences as scholars, activists, and political prisoners in contentious 20th century America. Their powerful messages of justice and equality hold a relevance and magnetism that cannot be ignored. In honor of Asian-American Heritage Month, 5710 presents a film screening of Mountains that Take Wing!

Mountains that Take Wing: Film Screening
5710 S. Woodlawn
May 18th, 2011
6:00pm




"Telling the story of twentieth-century social change as a chronicle of affection, of correspondence in postcards and letters, of mutual admiration and activist friendship, of two embraces between two comrades, Mountains That Take Wing reminds us that the wild wonder of liberation struggle is not only ours for the taking but already, literally, in our own hands. It is a film that educates with tenderness and passion." — Erica R. Edwards, Professor, UC Riverside

Mountains that Take Wing Trailer

Artspeaks: Oskar Eutis and David Hwang on 5/16

The University of Chicago's ArtSpeaks series offers intimate and engaging opportunities to dialogue with creative artists who offer extraordinary innovation and vision to the Arts community.

The Smart Museum and the International House present:

Artspeaks: Oskar Eustis and David Hwang
Assembly Hall, International House
Monday, May 16th, 2011
7:30pm

Below is some background information on these two amazing artists, which you can find here.
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"Mr. Hwang's imagination [is] one of the most striking to emerge in the American theater in this decade" —Frank Rich, The New York Times

Writer/producer David Henry Hwang and Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theater in New York, engage in a conversation about their craft, including the creative development of Hwang's upcoming production of Chinglish at the Goodman Theatre.

Book Review: part asian. 100% hapa.

part asian. 100% hapa.

By: Kip Fulbeck

Kip Fulbeck defines the term hapa as follows:

ha•pa (hä’pä) adj. 1. Slang. of mixed ethnic heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry. n. 2. Slang. a person of such ancestry. [der./Hawaiian: hapa haole. (half white)]

While this term was once derogatory, Fulbeck claims that is has been claimed by mixed heritage peopled of Asian of Pacific Island descent. He started The Hapa Project to draw visibility to Hapa identity and to allows Hapas to answer the oft-asked question, “What are you?” in their own words. A photographer, Fulbeck assembled the answers to this question along with beautiful portraits, a series which has been printed into a book, part asian. 100% hapa, and which also travels as a photo series. At once funny, heartwarming, and fresh, part asian. 100% hapa is a book worth checking out.