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October 2-Education Panel, 4:30 p.m.

The Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning, the Augsburg Education Department & Alumni Office Invite you to a Panel Discussion on "A Mandate to Teach & A Call to Educate: Views from the Schoolhouse

Panelists:
Steve DeLapp, Principal, Barton Open School
Lynn Nordgren, President, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
David Jennings, Superintendent, East Carver Public Schools [District 112]

Moderated by Rep. Martin Sabo '59 [ U.S. House of Representatives, 1978-07
Foss Center, Hoversten Chapel, Augsburg College
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Friday, October 2, 2009

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Library Opens Early This Saturday

This Saturday, September 26, Lindell Library will open EARLY for the convenience of WEC and graduate students. Hours this Saturday are 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. Come study, research, and use technology.

Library hours are always available at www.augsburg.edu/library

Remember also, that online resources are available 24/7 at that web site.

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Bargain Books 25% Off This Week at the Bookstore

Bargain Books are 25% off this week. Purchase $25.00 dollars in bargain books and get a Barnes & Noble eco-tote for fifty cents.

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Community Time

Join faculty and staff colleagues for refreshments and conversation in the East Commons on Tuesday, September 29, 3:45-4:30. We'll introduce and welcome new faculty and staff around 4:00.

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Medieval Game Night with the Goliard Society

Huzzah! The first meeting of the Goliard Society of Medievalists is next Sunday, October 4, from 7 to 9 PM in Lindell 301. We'll have a brief organizational meeting, then play medieval games. (NOT D&D, but authentic games from the Middle Ages.)

We'll provide the pizza. Please bring your own beverage. All are welcome.

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FOTE Film Fest: Fight Club

Join Professor Bob Cowgill and students from the iTerm/Fate of the Earth (FOTE) program to watch "Fight Club", a stinging critique of American consumerism. Oh, and guys also beat the snot out of each other!

See it again, or for the first time. But remember the first rule of fight club: don't talk about fight club. Admission is free, this Tuesday, September 29, 9:30 PM, in SCI 123.

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Mpls. Sister City Iraqi Delegation at Augsburg

A delegation of 14 Iraqi professionals will be coming to Augsburg College as part of the signing of the Sister City Agreement between Najaf, Iraq and the City of Minneapolis on Thursday, October 1st from 1:30pm until 3:00pm in the Foss Chapel. All are welcome!

Among the visitors will be professors from Kufa University, former Najaf City Council members, heads of NGOs, and the Najaf minister who oversees the millions of citizens displaced by the last 6 years of war. This endeavor is a people-to-people approach to world peace, and our guests will be hosted by local families.

For more information, please contact Mary Laurel True, Center for Service, work and Learning, 612-330-1775 or truem@augsburg.edu.

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Augsburg Dining Fall Semester Hours

Commons: M-F 7:30am-7pm
Hot Breakfast: 7:30-9am
Hot Lunch: 11am-1:30pm
Hot Dinner: 4:30 pm-7
Saturday & Sunday
Brunch: 11:30-1pm
Dinner: 5-7pm

Coopers:
M-F 7:30-8pm
Saturday 7:30-5pm
Sunday (non WEC) Closed
WEC Sundays: 7am-2 pm

Aclub Grille
M-F
11am-2pm & 5-9pm
Grill Closes at 8:30pm C-Store Open till 9pm

Nabo:
M-Th
7:30-8pm
Fridays
7:30-6pm
Non WEC Saturdays
9-3pm
Non WEC Sundays
Closed
WEC Saturdays 7am-3pm
WEC Sundays 9am-1:30pm

Hours subject to change.

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Heroes and Heroines

Hispanic Heritage Month: Accomplishments, Heroes and Heroines

Hispanic Heritage Month is an excellent time to reflect on the lives of those who came before and after 1850. They were men and women of extraordinary courage, vision and purpose who opened the doors for other generations. During these days of remembrance, we need to pay tribute to all figures of Hispanic/Latino or Chicano ancestry whose lives and accomplishments should not be forgotten; especially of those working the land, factories or living a life with little recognition.

Like any immigrant group that has shaped mainstream American culture before fully asserting its economic or political contribution, Hispanics are getting settled in economically and academically as well as with their advances in the arts and in sports. Below we list names of achievers whose accomplishments, either from decades ago or recently, are worth mentioning due to how they changed or are improving our lives in this great United States of America. Among them are:

• Mr. Luis W. Alvarez won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968.
• Ms. Ellen Lauri Ochoa became the first Hispanic women in space in 1993. She has since completed four flights, logging almost 1,000 hours in space.
• Ms. Lucrezia Bori made her operatic debut at the age of 21. She became a heading performer at the New York Metropolitan Opera. She died in 1960.
• Mr. Ramon Navarro born in Mexico in 1899 was a trailblazer for US Hispanic actors in the era of silent movies.
• Ms. Romana Acosta Banuelos the first Latina Treasurer of the United States in 1971.
• Mr. Jose Antonio Romualdo Pacheco was in 1875 an important figure in California politics. He remains the only Hispanic Governor of California.
• Mr. Esteban Bellan was the first Hispanic to play Major League Baseball, and among US's greatest. He became a successful manager in his native Cuba, and died in 1932.
• Mr. Cesar Chavez, a Mexican-American farm worker who became in the 1960s and for decades after a pivotal figure in labor relations and civil rights. Eight US states have declared his birthday, March 31, a public holiday.

A recent achievement issue of Hispanic magazine (2008-09) features six prominent Hispanics or Latinos, from a prize-winning writer to a university president. They are:
1. Mr. Michael Ramirez. In the span of 14 years he won two Pulitzer Prizes. Currently he is the senior editor and editorial cartoonist for Investor's Business Daily. Mr. Ramirez is quick to point out that he doesn't work for awards. "I want to be a catalyst to get people involved. I want to be a catalyst of thought," he says.
2. Ms. Deidre Connelly. Since 2005, Ms. Connelly has been president of Lilly USA, the world’s 10th largest pharmaceutical company. She joined Lilly in 1984 as a sales representative in San Juan Puerto Rico, and worked her way up to the top. She attributes her success to good people.
3. Mr. Alex Pels. Fueled by experience as a former executive producer and vice president of production and programming for MTV Networks Latin America, Mr. Pels came to mun2 with a zeal for creativity and insight into the dynamic and diverse viewership of young, hip, bilingual Hispanics. It's through passion that creativity and dedication build. "I respond to things that I feel passionate about," he says.
4. Mr. Daniel Lubetzky. Mr. Lubetzky is a Stanford Law School graduate and the son of a holocaust survivor and a Mexican Jew. For Daniel, food led to peace and profit; while in Israel researching economic cooperation between Arabs and Israelis, he discovered a sun-dried tomato spread that sparked a global enterprise. "Trading partners get to know each other, break stereotypes and build relationships," he says.
5. Dr. Elsa A. Murano. In 2008, Dr. Murano took office as president of Texas A&M University, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to run the enormous university. "It's tremendous reflection of what is possible," she told the Houston Chronicle. A native of Cuba, Murano and her family left the island when she was 2 years old and resided in Latin America before settling in Miami.
6. Mr. Oscar Hijuelos. The first Latino ever to win a Pulitzer Prize in fiction. The Cuban-American scribe Oscar Hijuelos made waves with his novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, released in 1990. His contemporaries and many scholars credit Hijuelos with the commencement of a Latino literary renaissance. He is planning two new novels through 2010.

Last but not least, a TIME magazine's cover story features Judge Sonia Sotamayor with a headline that reads "Latina Justice." Indeed, she is an American story of courage and vision. Judge Sotamayor was raised by her mother, who worked two jobs after her father died. Though determined to succeed, she says she never imagined being nominated to the highest court. Today, she is a member of the highest court.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!!


For more description of these famous Hispanics or for any other information contact Emiliano at chagil@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1309. -¡Viva America!

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Homecoming 2009

Today officially kicks off Homecoming 2009. Show your Auggie pride by decorating your office or work space. Judging will take place on Tuesday morning and the winners will be announced at the ASAC Homecoming Variety Show tomorrow evening.

The Homecoming King and Queen will be crowed tonight at the Student Pep Rally and Coronation at 7:30 p.m. in the Si Melby Gym. Homecoming 2009 will begin with a bang with a firework display following the Student Pep Rally in front of Kennedy Center. Bring your family to campus to enjoy the impressive show put on for the enjoyment of students and alumni alike.

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Homelessness Awareness Event October 15

12,582 children in Minnesota experience homelessness every year.

Join us on October 15 as a tenant of Card Board Box City to raise awareness on family homelessness!

Spend one night in a card board box on the Minnesota State Fair grounds and see how it transforms your life and the lives of families in need!

There is NO age or group limit for this event! Bring your family, friends, church group, sports team...EVERYBODY!

All pledges raised for this event will benefit the families served by Families Moving Forward.

Don't let another child go homeless! Join the cause to end family homelessness!

For more information and to register your group, go to: www.spacc.org/projecthome

or email Sara stenstrom@csp.edu

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Jazz Pianist Jason Moran on Campus - October 13

After seven years on the inestimable Blue Note Records, 34 year-old pianist Jason Moran has proven his brilliance as a performer. He's established himself as a risk-taker and a seeker of new directions for jazz as a whole. Looking to the wider world of art for inspiration, Moran has found it in edgy 20th century painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat ("JAMO Meets SAMO" and his ongoing series of "Gangsterism" compositions), Egon Schiele (from whose painting entitled "Facing Left" Moran borrowed the title of his second album for Blue Note), and Robert Rauschenberg, whose chaotic refinement inspired Moran's third album Black Stars, featuring the legendary Sam Rivers.

Moran's driving philosophy involves an effort to turn the proverbial marginality of Jazz to advantage. He and his group plan to invade the worlds of conservatory and vernacular art, scramble black Americana and European modernism (in the mostly disused but worthy tradition of Duke Ellington), combine the databases of "traditional" and "experimental" jazz, and generally thrill audiences. Augsburg College will have a taste of this compelling creative adventurism when Mr. Moran visits the campus on October 13, 2009.

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Mark Hanis Lecture

Mark Hanis Lecture on October 9th. Come listen to Mark Hanis speak on genocide prevention.

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Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) Training

Please join other students, faculty, and staff for one or more of the following IFYC training sessions at Hamline University. The training is free and transportation is provided. Augsburg participants will have the opportunity to shape inter-religious dialogue on campus this year.

Tuesday, Sept. 29
10:45 AM - 1:15 PM*, Lunch Provided.
Topic: Religious Pluralism 101 & The Six Hallmarks of an Interfaith Bridge-Builder

6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Topic: Common Action for the Common Good: How to Organize an Interfaith Service Event

Wednesday, Sept. 30
11:30 AM - 2 PM, Lunch Provided.
Topic: What's Your story? Storytelling as a Tool of Interfaith Dialogue

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Topic: Dialogue Facilitation Training: Skills for a Shared Values Dialogue

To sign-up for any of the sessions or learn more information, please contact Lonna Field, fieldl@augsburg.edu, 612-330-1467.

*Augsburg's Campus Ministry is providing free transportation, so the times listed by each session are the estimated time of departure from and arrival to the Foss Center area of Campus.

**If you would like to find your own transportation, you are still welcome to attend. Please let Lonna Field or Pastor Sonja Hagander know so you can learn the exact locations of the training(s).

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Auggie Athletics Update

Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):

Friday, September 25:
Men's Soccer -- Wisconsin-Oshkosh 3, Augsburg 2
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2009/9/25/msoc092509.aspx?path=msoc

Volleyball -- Augsburg 3, Gustavus 2 (25-23, 25-16, 15-25, 20-25, 15-13)
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2009/9/25/vb092509.aspx?path=wvball


Saturday, September 26:
Men's Cross Country -- Augsburg 12th at University of Minnesota Roy Griak Invitational
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2009/9/26/mcc092609.aspx?path=mcross

Women's Cross Country -- Augsburg 31st at University of Minnesota Roy Griak Invitational
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2009/9/26/wcc092609.aspx?path=wcross

Football -- St. Olaf 24, Augsburg 14
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2009/9/25/fb092609.aspx?path=football

Women's Soccer -- Augsburg 0, Macalester 0 (2OT)
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2009/9/25/wsoc092609.aspx?path=wsoc


Upcoming Events:
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/

Monday, September 28:
Men's Golf at Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugold Invitational.

Wednesday, September 30:
Men's Soccer at St. Olaf, 4 p.m.
Volleyball at St. Benedict, 7 p.m.
Women's Soccer vs. St. Olaf, Edor Nelson Field, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 2:
Volleyball at MIAC/IIAC Border Battle, at St. Olaf -- vs. Buena Vista (Iowa), 6 p.m.; vs. Cornell (Iowa), 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 3:
Volleyball at MIAC/IIAC Border Battle, at St. Olaf -- vs. Luther (Iowa), 11:30 a.m.; vs. Dubuque (Iowa), 3 p.m.
Football vs. Hamline, Edor Nelson Field, 1 p.m.
Women’s Soccer vs. St. Catherine, Edor Nelson Field, 5:30 p.m.
Men’s Golf at MIAC Championships, Bunker Hills GC, Coon Rapids, Minn.
Women’s Golf at MIAC Championships, Bunker Hills GC, Coon Rapids, Minn.

Sunday, October 4:
Men’s Golf at MIAC Championships, Bunker Hills GC, Coon Rapids, Minn.
Women’s Golf at MIAC Championships, Bunker Hills GC, Coon Rapids, Minn.

Monday, Oct. 5:
Men’s Golf at MIAC Championships, Bunker Hills GC, Coon Rapids, Minn.
Women’s Golf at MIAC Championships, Bunker Hills GC, Coon Rapids, Minn.

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IBM Server For Sale - $295 OBO

I am selling a used IBM xSeries 306m 8849-E1U server machine. This model is listed on several reputable sites for over $1,000, so this is a huge bargain! $295 Or best offer. Cash Only.

The technical specifications are as follows:

Processor: Pentium 4, 3.0GHz, 64-bit, 800MHz Bus Speed
L2 Cache: 2MB
Hard Drive 1: 80GB SATA
Hard Drive 2: 80GB SATA
RAM: 1GB (max 8GB) DDR2 SDRAM, 533MHz
Graphics Card: ATI RADEON 7000M, 16MB
Optical Drive 1: 24x CD-ROM
Network Adapter 1: Fast Ethernet
Network Adapter 2: Fast Ethernet
RAID Controller
Interface Ports:
1 x Serial Port
2 x PS/2 connections for mouse/keyboard
1 x VGA Port
4 x USB 2.0 Ports
Power Supply: 350 Watt
Form Factor: Rack-mountable, 1U
17.3 in x 22 in x 1.7 in
24.3 lbs.
IBM ServerGuide Software Included

Interested? Email me: brownp@augsburg.edu

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Support NF/Win Mauer Bobblehead

There is less than a week left to get your donations in for a chance to win the autographed Joe Mauer Bobblehead!

Thank you once again to all of you who have sponsored my marathon by donating to the Children's Tumor Foundation. Just when I thought the raffle drawing was done with, Joe Mauer and his family graciously sent me a signed bobblehead to give to one lucky donor. My goal this year was to raise $2,000 dollars to help find a cure for Neurofibromatosis and Joe is going to help me do it. Any donation of $20 or more between now and September 30 will make you eligible in the drawing for the signed bobblehead. To find out more about why I am raising money for Neurofibromatosis or to find out how to donate check out this web site:

http://www.active.com/donate/nftwincities2009/arachelontherun

Thanks again so much for your support.

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