Associated Students of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology: April 23: Arch & Vine

IN THIS ISSUE

Important Announcements
Upcoming Events/Deadlines

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Arch & Vine Question of the Week
Answer the Question of the Week here! Your answers will help DSPT serve you better! This week’s topic: the Tri-School Coffee House (see event below for more information about the Tri-School Coffee House). Don’t forget to submit your name to be included in the raffle! Each week that you answer the Question of the Week, you will be entered in a raffle for some great prizes! Raffles will be held once or twice a month (more frequently the more people respond). Thank you to everyone who responded to last week’s Question of the Week! We received some great comments about the good things about DSPT and some specific suggestions that can be used to support both the academic and spiritual life of DSPT students.
Coffee Goodness Running Low???
The cost of coffee to DSPT has increased exponentially this year! To keep the coffee goodness flowing, please place a small donation in the box next to the coffee machine. The suggested donation is $0.50 per cup. Remember: a small cup of coffee at Peet’s costs $1.70, which is what you’ll have to pay if the coffee goodness is forced to stop flowing!
Early Registration for Fall 2009 Ends Friday, April 24!
Early Registration for Fall 2009 is Monday, April 13 through Friday, April 24. You should begin your registration process by making an appointment to meet with your academic advisor and reviewing your student WebAdvisor record to “Check for Registration Blocks.” You will be unable to participate in Early Registration if there are any blocks on your record. After April 24, the next opportunity to register for courses is during General Registration (August 31 – September 4). Warning: failure to register during Early Registration could delay the processing of your financial aid!
Next Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 29

UPCOMING EVENTS/DEADLINES

TONIGHT

Sino-European Displacements: The Circulation of Prints Between the Low Countries and China in the Seventeenth Century
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: JSTB Chapel
This visual presentation will focus on the circulation of prints, especially Jesuit prints from the Low Countries, between China and Europe in the seventeenth century. After an overview of the visual sources and how they travelled, it will analyze how these images created new contexts, both in China and Europe. Finally, by examining the power of perspectives, it will show how travelling perspectives can cause displacements in the “composition of the place.” Speaker Nicolas Standaert, SJ is professor of sinology at the Catholic University of Louvain. He specializes in the cultural contacts between China and Europe in the seventeenth century. His recent books include The Interweaving of Rituals: Funerals in the Cultural Exchange Between China and Europe and An Illustrated Life of Christ Presented to the Chinese Emperor. A wine and cheese reception will follow.

Faith in Human Rights Workshop: Dialogue and Discussion about the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: PSR Bade Museum
Moderator: Munir Jiwa (Center for Islamic Studies, GTU)
Panel: Rabbi Margaret Holub (Mendocino Jewish Community), Hatem Bazian (UCB), Rebecca Gordon (GTU), Rita Maran (UCB)
Opening Narrative and Respondent: Survivors International (Survivors International is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing essential psychological and medical services to survivors of torture who have fled from around the world to the San Francisco Bay Area. SI aims to help survivors put the pieces back together by providing the support they need to re-establish healthy and productive lives after their experiences of torture.)
Friday, April 24

End of early registration for Fall 2009.

Owl of Minerva: The Chemical Prosthetic: Drug Culture
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: DSPT Galleria
Speaker: Mauricio Najarro
What do we hold against the drug user? What do we hold against the addict? We cannot afford to ignore the urgency of coming to a better understanding of the toxic drive in culture. This presentation seeks to explore new means of tracing how and why drugs offend us. Does philosophy have anything to say about drugs and their relationship to an ethical life? How can we, in the age of the War on Drugs, continue to feel comfortable with simple categories (good, bad, socially acceptable)? From cocaine to coffee, sugar to beer, patriotism to religious fervor, culture has always been strangely linked to the drug.
Saturday, April 25

The Songs of the Book of Revelation
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Berekeley
Speaker: Earl Palmer (M.Div.)
The book of Revelation contains a series of grand chorales (celebrated by Handel in the “Hallelujah” chorus). Revelation has many themes but its central message is that although there is great evil, the Lamb of God is the Lord of history, and we should not be afraid. The last book of the Bibl is not an escapist book but a book against fear. For additional program information and to register, visit the New College Berkeley website.

New Muslim Cool
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley)
Tickets are now on sale for the much-anticipated official World Premiere screenings of New Muslim Cool at the world-renowned San Francisco International Film Festival. Tickets may be purchased online. In addition to the April 25 screening, there will be two screenings at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas (1881 Post St. at Fillmore, San Francisco) on Sunday, April 26 at 3:00 p.m. and Monday, May 4 at 6:30 p.m. The April 26 screening will be followed by a panel called “Truth, Youth, and the New Muslim Cool” with several leading scholars and filmmakers including director Jennifer Maytoena Taylor and artist and community activist Hamza Perez. Moderated by Professor Munir Jiwa, this will be an exciting and open forum to discuss mass media and independent film images of Muslims. All are welcome!
Monday, April 27

Yuck, It’s Monday: Coffee, Bagels, Cream Cheese, and Time Together
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Location: GTU Student Lounge
Everyone knows that feeling when you wake up after a fun weekend and remember, “Oh yuck, it’s Monday!” So, the GTU Doctoral Students will be hosting “Yuck, It’s Monday” on the fourth Monday of each month in the GTU Student Lounge. Bagels, cream cheese, decaf/regular coffee will be available. Fredonia Thompson will be making the coffee – if the carafes of coffee or plates, utensils, etc. run out, let her know. You can also get hot water and tea bags on the second or third floor if you prefer.
Tuesday, April 28

DSPT Mass & Lunch
Time: 11:10 a.m.

Theology of the Body Study Group
Human Love in the Divine Plan: “on earth as it is in heaven”
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: DSPT Classroom 3
A discussion group is reading through John Paul II’s revolutionary teaching on the Theology of the Body. For more information, contact Ed at ehopfner@oakdiocese.org or Br. Dominic David at dominic.david.op@gmail.com.
Wednesday, April 29

Emmaus Road Initiative Session: From Self to Person: A Sacramental Understanding of Who We Are
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: DSPT Classroom 1
“The knowledge of what it means to be a person,” wrote Romano Guardini, “is inextricably bound up with the Faith of Christianity.” The word “person” entered into the vocabulary of Western culture only after Christian theologians, in speaking of the three Persons of the Trinity, gave the word persona a philosophical profundity never before associated with it. In achieving this milestone in theological anthropology, the theologians of the fourth and fifth centuries laid the groundwork for a revolution in human self-understanding which it may be the special privilege of 21st century Christianity to rediscover. The Emmaus Road Initiative presentations are made by Gil Bailie, an author, lecturer, and the founder and president of the Cornerstone Forum. Visit http://www.test-cornerstone.org/VENUES/Berkeley-Dominican-School.html for information on the Emmaus Road Initiative.
Thursday, April 30

Islam and Human Rights Lecture
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (1433 Madison Street, Oakland)
DSPT and the Center for Islamic Studies and Center for Jewish Studies at the GTU invite you to the third lecture in the Faith in Human Rights series: Islam and Human Rights, by Abdulaziz Sachedina, Ph.D. Dr. Sachedina is the Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and author of numerous texts, such as The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism and Islamic Biomedical Ethics.
Friday, May 1

Tri-School Coffee House
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: DSPT
The yearly Tri-School Coffee House is an opportunity to enjoy the talent of others (and to share your own!), while enjoying some food and fun! So… dust off your harmonica, practice that dance routine and let others enjoy! To get on the program for the evening and claim your show biz debut, contact Hannah Mecaskey (hmecaskey@op.dspt.edu).