Events
The Old Thieves: The Legends from Artegio
January 22, 2009 (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)
Location: Wexner Center for the Arts
"Probably the most audacious heist movie you'll ever see-and all the more remarkable for being a true story."-Trondheim International Film Festival
The Old Thieves is a chilling yet humorous documentary portrait of the Mexican underworld in the 1960s. The four notorious bandits interviewed in the film were legends in their own time, belonging to a subculture of petty crooks who became celebrities. Handsome and well-dressed, their exploits were the stuff of Hollywood crime capers. The most famous of the bunch, El Carrizo, proudly recalls the time he unknowingly robbed the home of the president of Mexico. Intimate interviews and archival footage vividly recall a time when these charming professional thieves were virtually unstoppable-and reveal the price they eventually had to pay. Nominated for Best Picture and Best Director at the Ariels, Mexico's national film awards. (85 mins., 35mm).
Student ticket: $5.00
Link: http://www.wexarts.org/fv/index.php?eventid=3495
Contact Information
Contact: Joel Diaz (jdiaz@wexarts.org)
Phone: (614) 292-3535
Y tu quien eres?
January 22, 2009 (12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
Location: Faculty Club
Lunch Discussions about Latino Issues.
Contact Information
Contact: Indra Leyva-Santiago (leyva-santiago.1@osu.edu)
Phone: (614) 688-8449
Promoting Diversity in the Mathematical Sciences: Success Stories
January 22, 2009 (4:30 pm - 7:30 pm)
Location: 355 Jennings Hall 1735 Neil Avenue
Carlos Castillo-Chavez is Regents Professor, Joaquin Bustoz Jr. Professor of Mathematical Biology, and executive director of the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute and the Institute for Strengthening the Understanding of Mathematics and Science (MTBI/SUMS) at Arizona State University. More that 100 underrepresented students mentored by MTBI/SUMS faculty have gone on to graduate school. For his efforts to help underrepresented students earn doctoral degrees in the sciences Chavez has been honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) with the 2007 AAAS Mentor Award. He served as dissertation adviser for four Hispanic Americans who earned their doctorates in mathematics or the biological sciences. Another eleven Hispanic Americans whom he mentored have earned doctorates in the biological sciences, mathematics, statistics or bioinformatics.
This event is free of charge and open to all students, faculty, staff, and the public.
For further information or special accommodations, please contact the Mathematical Biosciences Institute at (614) 292-3648 or the Office of Minority Affairs at (614) 292-4355.
Contact Information
Phone: (614) 292-4355
OSU Voices Read Dr. MLK Jr. Mountaintop Speech
January 22, 2009 (All Day)
Location: MCC Website
In honor of MLK Jr. Day, and in honor of the legacy of Dr. King Jr.'s amazing work for social justice in the world, please visit the MCC website to view our debut film of a multicultural range of voices of students and staff reading Dr. King Jr.'s famous final speech: I've been to the Mountaintop.
The link will remain live on our website as the first film in our new videos gallery.
Link: http://www.mcc.osu.edu/videos
Contact Information
Contact: Christina Cappelletti (ccappelletti@studentlife.osu.edu)
Phone: (614) 688-8449