October 17-23: Trump, Boba, and Family Weekend!
Monday, October 17Event: Startup Salon (pizza + discussion!)Location: Digital Scholarship Lab in the RockTime: 6:00 p.m.The Peer Entrepreneur-in-Residence (PEIR) program through the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship is excited to announce the launch of StartupSalon, a weekly meet up for entrepreneurs on campus. Discuss your ideas, get feedback, and guidance to resources.Event: Jagoda Marinić: The American Dream – A Dream Turned GermanLocation: Watson Institute Joukowsky ForumTime: 4:00 p.m.The Brown German Club, along with the Brown Department of German Studies and DUG, is delighted to welcome prize-winning writer and journalist Jagoda Marinić to campus next week.Jagoda Marinić is a German-Croatian author who writes in prominent venues about identity, migration, citizenship, and integration. In 2012, she became the founding Director of the Interkulturelles Zentrum Heidelberg, which has since become a model structure for welcoming and integrating new citizens to Germany and Europe. She joins us at Brown to speak about issues of immigration, integration, and citizenship in Germany as highlighted in her latest book: "Made in Germany - Was ist deutsch in Deutschland?"Tuesday, October 18Event: The Rise of Trump: What's Next for American Politics?Location: Peterruti LoungeTime: 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Henry Olsen will discuss the election and how Donald Trump was able to become the Republican party's nominee. His talk will center on a discussion of the future of political parties in the United States. Henry Olsen is a former Vice President of the Manhattan Institute and former Vice President and Director of American Enterprise Institute's National Research Initiative.This event is co-sponsored by the Public Policy DUG, Watson Institute, and Young Americans for Liberty.Duck and Bunny Cupcakes will be served!Wednesday, October 19Event: FINAL Presidential DebateLocation: BERT (85 Waterman), Room 130Time: 8:45 p.m.Join the Dems for the FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. What will Trump do next? How will Clinton respond? And how will the Fox News moderator keep them in line? Reminder that the election is less than one month away!Also, keep your eyes out for LiveBlog coverage of the debate on Blognonian's Facebook page.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW8pUGD-t98Event: Pizza in the Hut!Location: HillelTime: 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.Want a break from midterms? Want to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot? Or do you just want to eat some free pizza while listening to talented student musicians? If the answer is yes, come to Pizza in the Hut! There will be hanging out in the sukkah, listening to music, and eating free food!Thursday, October 20Event: Sukkot Bagel Brunch!Location: HillelTime: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.Enjoy delicious bagels while chatting with friends and reflecting upon the holiday of Sukkot!Event: Lecture—Birding to Change the WorldLocation: SciLi 315Time: 4:00 p.m.How do you defend a threatened wetland? Gather a wild flock of children, urban birds, passionate college students, older birders and park-lovers, and turn your boring dissertation into an action-research project.Sponsored by Science and Technology Studies and the Pembroke Center Working Group on Animal Studies.Event: A Girl Walks Home Alone At NightLocation: Smitty BTime: 9:00 p.m.BUFF is getting you in the Halloween spirit with the Iranian vampire film, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night! In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire. Come check out this awesome, modern twist on vampires and get in the mood for Halloween!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YGmTdo3vuYFriday, October 21Event: Family Weekend Begins!For a full schedule for times and events, click here.Event: Boba + Cake Pops on the GreenLocation: Main GreenTime: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.Who says no to boba and cake pops??The Brown Women's Club Volleyball Team will be selling MILK TEA BOBA and COFFEE BOBA as well as various flavored CAKE POPS on the main green on Friday the 21st!! Come by for a sweet treat and help us fundraise for Nationals!
Saturday, October 22Event: Cornell vs. Brown Football GameLocation: Brown StadiumTime: 12:00 p.m.Bring your parents to the football game this weekend! (And maybe tailgate less aggressively than for Brown/Harvard).Sunday, October 23 Event: CSJJ Open HouseLocation: Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice. 94 Waterman Street.Time: 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.For centuries, the institution of slavery pervaded every aspect of life in America, and its reverberations are still keenly felt today. On Sunday, you and your parents can explore the Center's recently renovated 19th century house. While you're at the Center you can view the exhibition in their gallery, The Black Shackle: African Americans and the Coal Economy, which examines the stories of the African Americans who migrated from the rural South to make their home in the coal fields of West Virginia, Tennessee, and Eastern Kentucky, a stunning glass wall art piece Rising to Freedom, and a symbolic slave garden.