THE OXNARD COLLEGE SCHOLARS' LECTURE SERIES CONTINUES THROUGH DECEMBER The Oxnard College Scholars’ Lecture Series is presented by faculty members of Oxnard, Moorpark, and Ventura Colleges and guests. This series features rich educational and cultural events including lectures, slide shows, panel discussions and performances. This year’s series has been funded by the Oxnard College Foundation. We encourage all students and welcome members of the community to attend.
All programs are on Wednesdays from noon to 12:50 p.m. and are held in LS-8 (auditorium behind the Clock Tower). Events are free. Please purchase a parking ticket for $1 upon entering campus.
Oxnard College is located at 4000 S. Rose Avenue, Oxnard, CA.
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
“One Book, One State: Dramatic Readings from The Grapes of Wrath”
Ventura College Professors Amy Madsen, Kelly Peinado and Deborah Ventura will present three dramatic readings with commentary, from John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic about the Great Depression.
Wednesday, November 20, 2002
“Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life With Words” *
Poet, Author and Teacher Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge will read creative nonfiction from her book, poemcrazy (in its 16th printing by Random House), as well as some of her own poetry and will discuss how being a writer effects and is effected by every part of a person’s life.
* This event is o-sponsored by Poets & Writers.
Wednesday, November 27, 2002
“Urban Myths: Lies, Damned Lies and the Internet”
Oxnard College Librarian Tom Stough and Professor Michael Bowen will talk about how to determine whether the latest e-mail tale is accurate and how to apply critical thinking skills in order to evaluate the warnings that what we see and the stories we hear about the internet.
Wednesday, December 4, 2002
“Winter Holiday, 1905”
Moorpark College Professor Gwendolyn Alley and Historian Suzanne Lawrence (from the Ventura County Museum of History and Art) will take us back to winter holiday celebrations in Ventura circa 1905 in a living history performance portraying Alley’s great grandmother, Anna Paquette and Lawrence’s great aunt, Adelaide.
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
“The Human Mind/Body as an Archeological/Psychological Dig”
Professor Anthony Rodriguez will use the teachings of Sigmund Freud as a psychological backdrop for a literary analysis of Leo Tolstoy and Franz Kafka’s stories and novels. |
