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                          THIS WEEK AT BRANDEIS
            Student Union Announcements for November 25, 2007
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    View and submit online: http://union.brandeis.edu/announcements/
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Things to Know...
  A1. World AIDS Week 2007!
  A2. STAR Office Hours
  A3. The Love of the Nightingale
  A4. Vagina Monologues Auditions

Stuff to Do...
  B1. Tue - Gun Forum
  B2. Tue - TCFI's Semester Show
  B3. Wed - Volunteer Vacations Fundraiser at Uno's
  B4. Thu - Hispanic Studies Meet the Majors
  B5. Fri - Test of Fire
  B6. Sat - The Irving Fine Society: Britten.


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A1. World AIDS Week 2007!
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More than 25 million people have died of AIDS worldwide since 1981.
Student Global AIDS Campaign invites you to join the fight against
HIV/AIDS during World AIDS Week this year. Please come to our events
including the AIDS Memorial Quilt, FREE HIV Testing, and more!  All
donations from World AIDS Week events benefit Kenyan AIDS Orphans.

*Monday-Tuesday Nov. 26-27th*
5-9PM in the Shapiro Atrium
Join the Student Global AIDS Campaign for an exhibition of the AIDS
Memorial Quilt at Brandeis University. Founded in 1987, The AIDS
Memorial Quilt is a poignant memorial, a powerful tool for use in
preventing new HIV infections, and the largest ongoing community arts
project in the world. Each "block" (or section) of The AIDS Memorial
Quilt measures approximately twelve feet square, and a typical block
consists of eight individual three foot by six foot panels sewn
together. Virtually every one of the more than 40,000 colorful panels
that make up the Quilt memorializes the life of a person lost to AIDS.
(www.aidsquilt.org)
Co-sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public
Life.

*Tuesday, Nov 27th*
6-9 pm Shapiro Atrium
Attend a screening of the powerful Oscar-winning film "Common Threads:
Stories from the Quilt" to hear stories behind the AIDS Memorial
Quilt.

*Wednesday, Nov. 28th *
4PM at the Peace Circle by Usdan
Join the Student Global AIDS Campaign as we hold a memorial vigil in
the Peace Circle. Come out and light a candle in memory of victims and
to show your support in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

*Thursday Nov. 29th*
10AM-4:30PM in the Intercultural Center
Join the Student Global AIDS Campaign in the fight against HIV/AIDS by
attending our FREE HIV Testing Event. Testing will be on a first come,
first serve basis.
Food will be provided! Suggested donation $1.
Co-hosted with the Boston Medical Center.

*Friday Nov. 29th*
11AM-1PM at the Rabb Steps
Join the Student Global AIDS Campaign in spreading awareness about
HIV/AIDS with the KickMe Campaign.

                  Contact: Lauren A. Maramara <lmara2 -AT- brandeis.edu>

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A2. STAR Office Hours
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*Sunday-Thursday from 2-4pm and 7-10pm*
Shapiro Campus Center Room 324!

STAR (Students Talking About Relationships) provides free,
face-to-face, confidential peer counseling.  Come to STAR to talk about
your relationships with friends, food, partners, parents, alcohol,
classes, siblings, or anything else that is on your mind!  At STAR, you
can just say anything.


                    Contact: Allie B. Indeck <aindeck -AT- brandeis.edu>

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A3. The Love of the Nightingale
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*Wednesday-Friday Nov. 28-30th*
8PM in Spingold at the Laurie Theater!

The rich retelling of the Philomele story. This play passionately
demonstrates the violence that stems from enforced silence: the dumb
Philomele kills her rapist's son in an awful act of violence. The core
of the story concerns Tereus, King of Thrace, who marries Procne,
daughter of the King of Athens. Procne pines in her Thracian exile and
sends for her beloved sister, Philomele. Her husband Tereus is to
escort the sister to Thrace, but enroute he rapes her, and when she
threatens to talk, he cuts out her tongue. It's a powerful theatre told
with devastating vitality. 

               Contact: Susanna A. Quaintance <squeue -AT- brandeis.edu>

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A4. Vagina Monologues Auditions
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Come audition for this year's production of the Vagina Monologues! 

Auditions will be
- Wednesday November 28th from 7 pm - 12 am and
- Thursday November 29th from 9 pm - 12 am. 

The actual auditions will be in Shapiro Campus Center room 315.
Please sign up for a 5 minute time slot. 
It is best to arrive at least 10 minutes before your audition time in
order to pick a monologue and fill out an audition info sheet. 
No preparation or previous acting experience is necessary for the
audition.

If you have any additional questions please contact Sarah Krevsky
skrevsky@brandeis.edu

                  Contact: Sarah R. Krevsky <skrevsky -AT- brandeis.edu>

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B1. Tue - Gun Forum
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November 27, 2007 - 06:00PM             Shapiro Campus Center ArtGallery

A panel discussion regarding the implementation of guns on campus.
Students have the opportunity to voice their concerns to student
representatives on the president's advisory committee.

                     Contact: Julia Sferlazzo <jsfer -AT- brrandeis.edu>

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B2. Tue - TCFI's Semester Show
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November 27, 2007 - 07:00PM                        Sherman Function Hall

Come to TCFI's semester show! Too Cheap for Instruments is an all girls
folk/folk-pop a capella group with a sense of humor. There will be
performances by Brandeis' own Juggling Society and the Clark Bars, a
co-ed a capella group from Clark University. There's fun for everyone
throughout the night. We hope to see you there. Suggested donation of
$3.

               Contact: Rebecca S. Sniderman <rsnider -AT- brandeis.edu>

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B3. Wed - Volunteer Vacations Fundraiser at Uno's
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November 28, 2007 - 06:00PM             Uno's- 155 Bear Hill Rd, Waltham

Great Meal--Great Cause!
Dine in or take out ALL DAY to have 20% of your check donated to
support Volunteer Vacations alternative spring break trip.
**Check your mailboxes after 11/26 for the slip you MUST present to
have your check donated
***A Waltham Group van will be traveling from the Admissions Parking
Lot to Uno's from 6-8pm


               Contact: Anastazyia M. Vareschi <av294 -AT- brandeis.edu>

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B4. Thu - Hispanic Studies Meet the Majors
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November 29, 2007 - 02:00PM                                 Shiffman 219

Interested in Hispanic Studies? Thinking about becoming a major or
minor? Come to the Hispanic Studies Meet the Majors. Come to enjoy
music and FREE CUBAN FOOD, to meet majors, minors, and faculty, and to
learn more about the department.  THIS THURSDAY, 2-3PM in SHIFFMAN
219.


                 Contact: Rachel C. Nimmons <rnimmons -AT- brandeis.edu>

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B5. Fri - Test of Fire
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November 30, 2007 - 07:00PM                 Shapiro Campus Center Atrium

Bring a friend or partner to this Jeopardy-style game and test just how
well you know each other.  Have fun and relax in an interactive and
inviting atmosphere! Great prizes and raffles! Come join the fun!  LIVE
OR GET BURNED!!

                  Contact: Yesenia A. Crespo <ycrespo -AT- brandeis.edu>

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B6. Sat - The Irving Fine Society: Britten.
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December 1, 2007 - 08:00PM                         Slosberg Recital Hall

The Irving Fine Society (Nicholas Alexander Brown, Music Director)
presents a musical tribute to Benjamin Britten, the greatest British
composer of the 20th century. Hear his legendary "Ceremony of Carols"
and other choral, vocal and instrumental selections. 

FREE with Brandeis ID
www.irvingfinesociety.org

                  Contact: Nicholas A. Brown <nabrown -AT- brandeis.edu>


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