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EVENT
Two Sided Story Film Screening

From Sarah Cassel ’13:

In the film, Emmy award director, Tor Ben Mayor follows a group of 27
Palestinians and Israelis who meet under the frame of a unique project
called “History through the Human Eye” led by Parents Circle-Families
Forum – bereaved Palestinian and Israelis for Peace and
Reconciliation.

The project’s goal is to acknowledge the narrative of the other.
Together they create the conflict mosaic. Among them include Bereaved
families, Orthodox Jews and religious Muslims, settlers, ex soldiers
in the Israeli army, ex security prisoners, citizens of the Gaza
strip, kibbutz members, second generation holocaust survivors, non
violent activists and more. Each and every one holds his own
historical truth, and carries with him his own emotional baggage.

The movie will be followed by a panel discussion with one
representative from each sponsoring group.

Co-sponsored by: Students for Justice in Palestine, J Street U, and
Wesleyan United with Israel

When: Tuesday, April 30th, 7:30 – 9pm
Where: PAC 001
Cost: $0

EVENT
Jewish Community Barbecue

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From Rebecca Koppel ’14:

Come enjoy the beautiful sunshine that we will (hopefully) receive on
Saturday afternoon and join the Wesleyan Jewish Community, AEPi, and
the Bayit at a barbecue in the Bayit backyard. There will be Hebrew
National hotdogs, delicious hamburgers and food for the meat-free, the
gluten-free, and the taste-free among us! Everyone is welcome to this
free event! Invite your friends!

When: Saturday, April 27th, 4-6pm
Where: Bayit Backyard
Cost: FREE!!!!
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MUSIC
SHOFCOchella

SHOFCOchella

Maeve Russell ’14 wants you to come jam all day and night with SHOFCO and Psi U DAY AND NIGHT!!!

DAYTIME FESTIVAL: Music! Games! Food! Dunk tank!
CONCERT FEATURING: THE ROOKS, JOSH SMITH & THE RIOT ACT, AND E. OKS!! 10pm at Psi U!
**Tickets for concert on sale for $2 all week in Usdan. $3 at the door.

Daytime Festival (1 – 5pm)
Listen to live music by several student bands.

1:00- 1:30 – Surprise Guest
1:45- 2:30 Molly Rocket & the Crooks
2:45-3:30 Grand Cousin
3:40-4:10 New School
4:10-5:00 Boston’s Hip-Hop group FlyRydaz

**BRING CASH TO THE DAYTIME PARTY FOR POPCORN / COTTON CANDY / GAMES / DUNK TANK AND FOR THE ROOKS MERCH AT NIGHT**
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5K for Brighter Dawns

From Alexa Crawford ’15:

Run for a cause! Help improve health conditions in the slums of
Bangladesh in the 3rd annual 5K for Brighter Dawns! The race will be
around campus, starting at the Usdan Courtyard. Take the race at any
pace; the important thing is getting out there and supporting the
cause.

Pre-register online here.

T-shirts, tote bags, and small gifts made by the Bangladeshi residents
of Khalishpur can be purchased at the event, and refreshments will be
provided. Awards will be given out for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

When: Saturday, April 27th, 10am – noon
Where: Starting at Usdan Courtyard
Cost: $10
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Movie Screening: Still Life

From Xian Hui Ang ’15:

Instead of the Chinese movie stereotypes like “Kung Fu Hustle” or
“Shaolin Soccer”, Chinese House would like to present you “Still Life”
:)

P/s: You’re gonna need some Kleenex with you.

When: Friday, April 26th, 7pm
Where: Exley 150 (Tishler Hall)
Cost: $0

EVENT
French Hall Semi-Formal

French Hall FormalFrom Alicia Gansley ’15:

Join past, present, and future residents of French Hall for refreshments, live jazz, and dancing! It is sure to be a lovely evening. Please wear semi-formal attire.

When: Friday, April 26th, 8:30 – 11pm
Where: French Hall Lounge in Nics 7 Basement
Cost: $0

EVENT
Shakti presents HOLI

 

From Nandita Vijayaraghavan ’13 and Lauren Javaly ’15:

Missed it last time? The picture above should fill you in. Holi is the
Festival of Color in India and we’re celebrating it right here at Wes
again this year! If you’ve ever dreamed of showering your friends,
frenemies and/or strangers with colorful powder, Saturday is your day.
Bags of powder are $1 each, and proceeds go to MINDS. There also will
be dancing and water balloons, free of charge. Be sure to get there at
3 to get powder in time for the countdown at 3:30!

Wear white.

When: Saturday (April 27th) 3 – 5pm
Where: Foss Hill
Cost: $1 per bag of powder
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FEATURED
Relive the Wesleyan Thinks Big Magic!

Hey Wesleyan,

For anyone of the sad souls who were unfortunate enough to have missed this spring’s Wesleyan Thinks Big event or thought that the liveblog (or lack there of – sorry, the chapel wifi was and still is super spotty) and the awesome Argus article was just not enough, here’s your chance to relive the WTB experience!

Wesleyan Thinks Big is basically a magical extravaganza of Ted Talks meets your favorite professors meets all the kittens, sloths, and babies in the world. The event happens every semester, so make sure you go next fall. Professor Gil Skillman (who spoke during the event last fall) returned to emcee this spring.

The videos from the event have recently been processed and uploaded onto Youtube by WesPregame (Thanks IMS, youdabest!). Here is the playlist to all five videos!

The individual videos and some information about each talk and the speaking professor will be located after the jump.

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EVENT
VegOut Mindful Meal

From Manon Lefèvre ’14:

BuHo and WesFRESH invite you to a combined Mindful Meal and VegOut
this Friday evening! We’ll be cooking up a gigantic delicious
vegetarian, community meal cooked from locally sourced ingredients.
The mindful meal is an opportunity to thoughtfully reflect on the
processes that bring good food to our plates and beyond, considering
our meal as a part of much larger food system. We will take the time
to appreciate this holistic approach to thinking about food from farm
to fork to waste, all facets of the food movement represented on
campus. It’s a celebration of good food and good people!

For this VegOut we’ll be selling tickets in Usdan this week for $4 -
we’re hoping to make enough money to keep VegOut self-sustainable, so
contributions are appreciated. Please bring your own utensils and
plates!

This meal is co-sponsored by Buddhist House, Farm House, Out House,
Earth House, WesFRESH, and SALD

When: Friday, April 26th, 6:30 – 8pm
Where: Buddhist House
Cost: $4