Associated Students of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology: April 9: Arch & Vine

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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: Summer Session 2009 at DSPT. 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 will try our best to incorporate your suggestions in the things that we do at DSPT.
Triduum at St. Albert Priory
Students, faculty and staff of DSPT are invited to join the friars of St. Albert Priory for the Triduum.
§ Holy Thursday (April 9)
7:30 p.m. – Mass of the Lord’s Supper
§ Good Friday (April 10)
7:30 a.m. – Tenebrae
7:30 p.m. – Celebration of the Passion of Our Lord
§ Holy Saturday (April 11)
7:30 a.m. – Tenebrae
5:30 p.m. – Vespers
9:00 p.m. – Easter Vigil (Reception to follow in the Refectory)
§ Easter Sunday (April 12)
8:45 a.m. – Lauds
9:30 a.m. – Mass of the Lord’s Resurrection
5:00 p.m. – Vespers
8:00 p.m. – Adoration w/Benediction
9:00 p.m. - Compline
Upcoming Deadline for Thesis Proposals: April 15 at noon!
The LAST department meetings of the year will be taking place on Wednesday, April 22! In order to have your thesis proposal considered at one of these meetings, your proposal, with all necessary signatures, must be turned in to the department head (Fr. Edward Krasevac for Theology or Fr. Anselm Ramelow for Philosophy) by Wednesday, April 15 at 12:00 noon!
Volunteers Needed for the Alemany Dinner on Saturday, April 18
Please join the DSPT community in honoring Fr. Tommy Hayes, Fr. Vincent Lopez, and Fr. Martin Walsh at this year’s Alemany dinner by volunteering to help with the event. We need:
§ Friday set-up and decorating from 2-6 p.m. – 2 volunteers
§ Saturday prep from 2-4 p.m. –2 volunteers
§ Saturday cooks from 9 a.m. to noon – 6 volunteers
§ Saturday greeters/ushers – 6 volunteers
§ Saturday bartenders/wine servers during reception – 6 volunteers
§ Saturday food/wine/coffee servers during dinner – 11-13 volunteers
§ Saturday clean up from 9-11 p.m. – 8-10 volunteers
If you can help, e-mail Ciel at mmahoney@dspt.edu.
DSPT Recycles: Ink and Toner!
In an effort to reduce waste, DSPT is recycling ink and toner cartridges! So, if you have any empty ink or toner cartridges from your printers at home, you can bring them to DSPT to be recycled! Bring your empty ink and toner cartridges and deposit them in the bin with the green lid next to the copy machine or give them to Elissa at the front desk. If you have any questions, e-mail Elissa at emccormack@dspt.edu.
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Next Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 29

UPCOMING EVENTS/DEADLINES

Thursday, April 9

Last day to change spring 2009 enrollment without special permission.
Friday, April 10

Good Friday Academic and Administrative holiday.
Sunday, April 12

Happy Easter!
Monday, April 13

Easter Monday Academic and Administrative holiday (DSPT, CDSP, & FST only).

Early Registration for Fall 2009 begins.
Tuesday, April 14

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 new 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 15

Deadline for submitting thesis or comprehensive exam proposals for April department meetings.
Time: 12:00 noon
Thursday, April 16

Human Rights Film Festival: Fantasies of the Pacifist Other
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: DSPT Classroom 1
Speaker/moderatior: Steve Jenkins (Humboldt State University)
The Abrahamic ethics of violence have often been perceived against the false negative space of naive Euro-American conceptions of Asian religious pacifism. The power and attraction of these conceptions have been strong enough to undermine the ability of the peoples on which they are projected to authentically engage their own history and evaluate the relationship between their traditional values and their contemporary political predicament. The purpose of this presentation is to identify these misconceptions and some of their mechanisms in both popular film and academic culture and to contrast them with what Hindu and Buddhist traditions have traditionally meant by “ahimsa.”
Friday, April 17

Early registration deadline for requests to faculty for admittance in restricted courses.

Institute of Buddhist Studies: “Compassionate Violence, Torture and Warfare in the Bodhisattva Ideal”
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Jodo Shinshu Center (2140 Durant Ave., Berkeley)
Buddhist allowances for compassionate violence are dissonant with the established perception of Buddhist pacifism. Although academic studies of Buddhism have accepted that Mahāyāna and Tantric thought allow for such actions, it has been argued that these allowances are rare or merely allegorical, not general ethical guidelines. Prof. Stephen Jenkins (Religious Studies, Humboldt State University) argues that Buddhist allowances for compassionate violence are found throughout authoritative Yogācāra and Madhyamaka treatises. Building on previous work, a survey of tantric sādhanas for killing, and references to Buddhist art and folklore, this lecture also argues that the exaggeration of Mahāyāna pacifism has created a false negative space for the evaluation of tantrism.

Philosophy Movie Night: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: DSPT Classroom 1
Saturday, April 18

St. Mary’s College Episcopal Lecture Featuring Bishop John Cummins
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: St. Mary’s College (Claeys Lounge, Soda Center)
The John F. Henning Institute invites alumni, students, faculty and friends to campus for the second annual Episcopal Lecture featuring Bishop John Cummins. His lecture will be titled “Enlightened Dialogue: Vatican II Perspectives on Science and Technology and More.” The event is free, but preregistration is encouraged. For more information, or to preregister, visit the event’s website.

"Land and Spirit are One" Art Exhibit Lecture & Placing of the Aboriginal Message Stick
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: DSPT
Aboriginal art has been called the most important art movement since abstract expressionism. Many of the artists in this exhibit are internationally recognized, with work in American, European and Australian collections. “The uniqueness of this art is that it is produced by people who until recently lived in the Stone Age.” (Cecilia Alfonso, Warlukurlangu Aboriginal Artist Association)
The placing of the Aboriginal Message stick will take place at 5:00 p.m., and will be followed by a lecture with curator Virginia May.
Curator Virginia May received an MA in Visual Art in 2005 from the Queensland Institute of Technology in Australia. She is currently writing a PhD dissertation at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco on the transformative power of the arts. Virginia has lectured on the topic of Aboriginal Art at CIIS, Gaia Arts Center in Berkeley, Claudia Chapline Gallery in Stinson Beach, The Santa Rosa Junior College, and at the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art.