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Screening of the Film "Me and the Mosque" by Zarqa Nawaz - Noon on 10/22-SCC

In many Canadian mosques, women are forced to pray behind barriers away from the men, and some mosques do not even permit women to enter the building. Journalist and filmmaker Zarqa Nawaz visits mosques throughout Canada and talks to scholars, colleagues, friends and neighbors about equal access for women. This documentary covers the historical role and the current state of Canadian mosques regarding the presence of women, mainly focusing on how they are regarded by their parish. Open to the entire campus community!

Screening of the film "Damaged Care" by Henry Winer - 10/22 at Noon in the SCC

Damaged Care is a fact-based drama about the managed care industry. Laura Dern co-produced and stars in the film as Dr. Linda Peeno, who worked as a medical reviewer and medical director for two different HMOs. Her job was to make life-or-death decisions about which patients would be approved or denied the care they neeeded. The stories in Damaged Care portray the timeless and global tensions between cost and care, economics and ethics, and society and individual patients. Open to the entire campus community!
Fundraising cycling trip for THON

Fundraising cycling trip for THON

Tyler Knabb of Reading prepares for his 920-mile, eight-day cycling trip to raise funds for the 2014 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. He will start his quest Oct. 22, traveling in a heart-shaped route through Pennsylvania that will take him to 11 Penn State campuses.