UTSA Diversity Week scheduled for Nov. 11-15
(Nov. 7, 2002)--UTSA Diversity Week will be held Nov. 11-15 at the 1604 Campus. All events are free and open to public.
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Diversity Week Events
Nov. 11
Veterans' Day interactive display: "Honoring All Who Served." 11
a.m. - noon, Sombrilla Plaza
UNESCOnesco Tolerance Day: "The Necessity for Tolerance for Interfaith
Dialogue." 5:30 p.m., University Center Laurel Room
Nov. 12
Music from the band OLOGY. Noon-1 p.m. Sombrilla Plaza
Nov. 13
Display: hate crime prevention. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., University Center 2nd floor
lobby
Workshop: "Stop the Hate!" 11 a.m-noon, University Center Anaqua
Room
Nov. 14
Display: "Through the Eyes of Others." 11 a.m.-1 p.m., University
Center 1st floor lobby
Nov. 19
Film screening: "The Quarrel." 4-6 p.m., University Center Retama
Auditorium.
Los Angeles screenwriter/producer David Brandes will speak at a special screening of "The Quarrel," from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 19 at the 1604 Campus University Center Retama Auditorium. Produced in Canada in 1992, the film is Brandes' award-winning screen adaptation of Chaim Grade's haunting post-World War II story of two Holocaust survivors who meet accidentally in a Montreal park in 1948, only to take up an argument left unresolved nine years earlier.
One is a pious Rabbi who runs a yeshiva for Jewish orphans, the other a secular writer who has long since lost his religious faith. As they spend the day together, the men--portrayed by actors Saul Rubinek and R.H. Thomson -- alternately cling to one another in shared experience and then bridle over their opposing views of God and the world.
Described by leading film critics Michael Medved and Jeffrey Lyons as one of the 10 best films of the year, "The Quarrel" received numerous accolades from both secular and religious groups, including two Canadian Academy Award "Genie" nominations (best screen adaptation and best director).
Brandes' presentation, sponsored by Hillel at UTSA, is part of this year's Diversity Week observance. A reception will follow the film and discussion. The event is free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Division of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, Department of History, Office of Multicultural Programs and Hillel at UTSA.
For more information, call Rosalind Horowitz, (210) 458-2672.
For more information about Diversity Week events, contact Ann
Margaret Trujillo, student leadership and cultural programs, at (210)
458-4160.
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
Bexar
County legislative delegation meets with UTSA officials
UTSA
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Downtown
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UTSA Diversity Week scheduled for Nov. 11-15
Author
to speak on teaching writing Nov. 14 at UTSA
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