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Thursday, April 17, 2008

4:00-6:00pm

Pabst Theatre

144 E Wells Street

Milwaukee, WI

This major world affairs event held annually at the Pabst Theater will explore the role of the media in framing Foreign Policy issues prior to the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. Two guest experts will be featured in this Wisconsin Public Radio LIVE Broadcast.

David Marash
Former Lead Anchor, Al Jazeera English, Washington, DC http://english.aljazeera.net/English

Dave Marash joined Al Jazeera English from the ABC News’ Nightline where from 1989 he was an award-winning correspondent covering global as well as US domestic stories.

Marash’s coverage of world events has been highly acclaimed, winning him an Emmy Award in 1980 for coverage of the Sandinisa Revolution in Nicaragua, in 1994 for coverage of the war in Bosnia, in 1996 for coverage of the domestic terrorism in Oklahoma City and in 1996 for covering the explosion of TWA flight 800 off the coast of Long Island and an Emmy Award nomination in 2005 for coverage of the effects of the Asian tsunami in Sri Lanka.

He was also been awarded the Du Pont Award and Global Health Award in 2000 for a three part series of Nightline programmes on the effects of AIDS in Zimbabwe.

He was also awarded the Overseas Press Club Award for his radio reports of the 1972 Black September hostage killings at the Munich Olympic Games.

Claudia Rosett
Journalist-in-Residence, Foundation for Defense of Democracies http://www.defenddemocracy.org/

Claudia Rosett is a Journalist-in-Residence with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Currently based in New York, she has reported over the past 27 years from Asia, the former Soviet Union, Latin America and the Middle East. In recent years she has focused on the United Nations, especially U.N.-related corruption and terrorist money trails; and also writes about democratic movements in despotic states. From 1984-2002 she was a staff writer at The Wall Street Journal, working as Book Review Editor in New York (1984-86); Editorial-Page Editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal based in Hong Kong (1986-93); as a Reporter and then Bureau Chief based in Moscow (1993-96); and as a member of the Editorial Board in New York (1997-2002).

For her on-site coverage of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising, Ms. Rosett won an Overseas Press Club Citation for Excellence. In 2005 she won the Eric Breindel Award and Mightier Pen Award for her reporting on corruption under the United Nations Oil-for-Food program.

FREE for All STUDENTS!

The Chinese Lantern Festival, which is held by the Chinese Club at UWM, will be celebrating the occasion at the church of Our Lady of Divine Providence (2055 N. Fratney St, Milwaukee, WI 53212). Door opens at 6:00 PM. For ticket costs and additional information, please contact: duw@uwm.edu.

Thank you very much and Happy Chinese New Year.

Anime Milwaukee

Anime Milwaukee

Feb 29-30, 2008
Friday: Noon-Midnight
Saturday: 10AM-Midnight
Sunday: Noon-5pm. UWM Union.
Door ticket Prices: $25 UWM Students at door. $30 Non-UWM Student at the door.

Discussion and exampled of Japanese style animation (anime), pop culture and costume play (cosplay). Informative panels on Kabuki, LGBT in Manga, Anime Music Videos, Comics, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Japanese culture and many, many others. If you have any interest in Japanese Animation, Japanese culture, Kabuki, Voice Acting, Sci-fi, Table top gaming or video gaming, then you don’t want to miss this event!

Sponsored by the Japanese Animation Association at UW-Milwaukee, UWM Sociocultural Programming, Union Theater, LGBT Resource Center, Strategic Game Club at UWM, Funimation, MAGE at MSOE and MST3K at UWM. For more information, please contact the Japanese Association at UW-Milwaukee
(anime_Milwaukee@yahoo.com) or see www.animemilwaukee.com

Every Thursday at 7pm, join us in Garland Hall 104 for a screening of an Asian Film. Refreshments are served, and as always there will be discussion after the film.

For information on the weekly film titles, please contact Ryan Kane at ryan.kane@yahoo.com.

Study Abroad Fair

The Center for International Education will host its semesterly Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday, February 20th from 9am-2pm in the Union Concourse. Stop by to learn about the study abroad opportunities for summer 2008, fall 2008, and the academic year of 08-09.

For more information please visit: www.overseas.uwm.edu

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