1. “Making Sense” of the shootings at Virginia Tech
2. Nobel Prize winner not attending Brew Bayou reading
3. Sudanese refugees to share experiences following Lost Boys
4. Public relations executive to address corporate responsibility
5. “Full House” actress to discuss her drug addiction tonight
6. U.S. attaché to Baghdad to speak at Law School
7. Power Lunch featuring “Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage”
8. Haggerty Museum opening exhibit of Japanese prints
9. Math and chemistry departments to hold colloquiums
10. Top state bloggers participating in Law School forum
11. Donate used books to support literacy education
12. Baccalaureate Mass needs musicians, ushers, ministers
13. Relay for Life raises funds and celebrates cancer survivors
14. This Week in History
15. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of April 23

 

1. “Making Sense” of the shootings at Virginia Tech

Senseless violence is just that — it doesn’t make sense. Trying to explain it is impossible; nevertheless, one can respond in important ways.

Besides prayer for all who have been affected, it's important to simply feel the sadness, anger, confusion and pain that such violence evokes. While it can be tempting to try to deny its reality, the violence did happen and merits being acknowledged, just as the victims deserve to be mourned.

It's also important to offer comfort and receive it, recognize courage and affirm it, act with kindness and accept it from others. It may not seem like a lot, but in the midst of horror, gestures and acts that might seem small can have great power to bring light to an otherwise dark situation.

Finally, when senseless violence threatens to undermine one’s faith in a loving God, it helps to remember that God is not an impassive observer of the events in this world. God weeps, too, as Jesus did at the tomb of His friend Lazarus, and, moreover, He is able to do the one thing we cannot, namely, bring life when death seems the only reality.

No, there is no sense to be made of senseless tragedy, but faith and hope tell us to look for something beyond the suffering.

Courtesy of University Ministry.

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3. Sudanese refugees to share experiences following Lost Boys

Two Sudanese refugees will share their stories and how they came to the United States following a showing of Lost Boys of Sudan today, Monday, April 23, at 7 p.m. in Todd Wehr Chemistry room 112. The program is sponsored by Marquette JUSTICE and Darfur Action Coalition.

Lost Boys of Sudan is an award-winning documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest civil wars, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children.

4. Public relations executive to address corporate responsibility

John Paluszek, Visiting Diederich Professional-in-Residence, will discuss“Corporate Social Responsibility — Here and Around the World” today, Monday, April 23, from 7 to 8 p.m. in Raynor Library Conference rooms B and C. A reception will follow.

Paluszek is senior counsel at Ketchum Communications, Inc. (New York and Washington, D.C.) specializing in reputation management.

5. “Full House” actress to discuss her drug addiction tonight

Jodie Sweetin, former “Stephanie Tanner” star of “Full House,” will speak today, Monday, April 23, at 7 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium about her previous addiction and how it affected her life. This free event is sponsored by Marquette University Student Government.

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6. U.S. attaché to Baghdad to speak at Law School           

Jim Santelle, Arts '80, justice attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, will offer his unique perspective on the Iraqi justice system and efforts to establish the rule of law in Iraq during an appearance at the Law School on Tuesday, April 24. Santelle will join Mike Gousha, distinguished fellow in law and public policy, for the discussion at 12:15 p.m. in Sensenbrenner Hall, room 325.

Santelle is a prosecutor with the U.S. attorney's office in Milwaukee, but for the past 14 months has been in Baghdad training, assisting and supporting members of Iraq's judiciary.
 
Santelle will take questions from Gousha and Marquette law students.

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8. Haggerty Museum opening exhibit of Japanese prints

The Haggerty Museum of Art will present an exhibition of 18th and 19th century vividly colored Japanese prints from its permanent collection from April 26 to June 17. “Hokusai, Horoshige and the Utagawa School Japanese Prints from the Haggerty Collection” will open with a reception on Thursday, April 26, featuring the 6 p.m. lecture “The Golden Age of Japanese Woodblock Prints” by Dr. Annemarie Sawkins, associate curator. More than 40 artworks will be on display.

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13. Relay for Life raises funds and celebrates cancer survivors

Relay For Life of Marquette 2007, a fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society, will run from 6 p.m. April 27 to 6 a.m. April 28 at Valley Fields. During this American Cancer Society fund-raiser, teams have at least one member walking on the track for 12 consecutive hours.

The night begins with the Survivor Lap immediately followed by the Survivor Dinner to honor those who have fought or are currently fighting cancer. All cancer survivors are invited. Music, games and entertainment will revolve around the “Decades” theme.

Relay For Life celebrates hope through survivorship and symbolizes life.

Register by Friday, April 27. Contact Hayley Ford or Laura Dillon about survivorship information or Katie Scannell about team participation.

15. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of April 23
 
•  Daytime piling/sheeting will be driven and removed on Tory Hill west of 10th St. this week.

•  Daytime pile driving will take place south and east of 6th and Michigan, on the new westbound I-794.

•  Daytime demolition work continues at 13th St. south of Clybourn, and on the High Rise Bridge over the Menomonee River Valley.

•  Westbound Clybourn between 6th and James Lovell will close on Monday, April 23, a long-term closure.

•  St. Paul Ave. between 5th and 13th streets will be closed to through-traffic in both directions on Tuesday, April 24, from 3 to 6 a.m. It will also be closed on Wednesday and Friday, April 25 and 27, beginning at 5:30 p.m. and ending at 6 a.m. the following mornings.

•  Both eastbound and westbound I-794 will be closed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (April 24 to 26) from 11:59 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next mornings. This closure will span from the ramp to southbound I-43 to the Milwaukee St. exit, including access ramps within those limits.

•  The Plankinton off-ramp from northbound I-43 will be closed on Tuesday and Thursday, April 24 and 26, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next mornings.

• Ramp traffic from southbound I-43 to westbound I-94 will shift beneath the “wiggle” bridge on Tuesday, May 2. A temporary traffic shift that puts all I-43 traffic (north and south) into the new northbound roadway will follow. With this shift, work will begin on the southbound ramp off Wisconsin Ave. and the I-43 southbound roadway.