Events Archive - The Voice of Wilkinson

Berlin 1948: The Candy Bomber, the Baseball Sergeant and the Airlift That Saved a City, a speaking engagement with Col. Gail Halvorsen (Berlin Candy Bomber) and Sergeant Earl Albers, Nov. 17, 2010

October 18, 2010 by Laura Silva | Events

Col. Gail Halvorsen, “Berlin Candy Bomber” Col. Gail Halvorsen, the world-famous “Berlin Candy Bomber,” will be speaking with Sergeant Earl Albers from the 1948 siege in Germany and the events leading up to it. Col. Halvorsen has been honored twice in the White House for his heroic post WWII flights, bringing food and rations

(re-): un-historical documents curated by Ellina Kevorkian, Oct. 18-Nov. 12, 2010

October 18, 2010 by Laura Silva | News

The exhibition (re-): un-historical documents curated by Los Angeles artist Ellina Kevorkian, opens Monday, October 18, in Chapman University’s Guggenheim Gallery. The exhibition looks at six contemporary artists who engage history in multiple ways in the re-consideration of iconic images from art history. These artists do not appropriate images because they are easily identifiable, but

French Film Night – La Grande Illusion

October 14, 2010 by Laura Silva | Events

Join the Chapman French Club tonight in Argyros Forum 202 at 7 p.m. for a free viewing of La Grande Illusion, a film by Jean Renoir. Snacks and extra credit included! Student French Club Page!

How to Assess the Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus, a lecture by Richard Swinburne

October 13, 2010 by Laura Silva | Events

Oct. 13, 2010, 7 p.m., Wallace All Faiths Chapel Whether or not Jesus rose bodily from the dead remains perhaps the most critical and contentious issue in Christianity. Richard Swinburne considers the evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus and concludes that the evidence makes it probable that God raised Jesus from the dead. Richard Swinburne

Humans Consist of Two Parts: Body and Soul

October 7, 2010 by Laura Silva | Events

Human beings have a mental life of sensation, thought, purpose, desire, and belief. Although these mental states in part cause, and are caused by brain states, they are distinct from them. Richard Swinburne argues that we can only make sense of this interaction by supposing that mental states are states of a soul, a mental

Chapman University poetry series continues with UCLA poet

October 6, 2010 by Laura Silva | News

Time flies when you’re enjoying poetry. Tabula Poetica is already well into its fall poetry series at Chapman University and will welcome its third visiting poet Tuesday, Oct. 12. Read More!

Paul’s Piazza Pasta Party coming right up, Monday, Oct. 11

October 6, 2010 by Laura Silva | News

Don’t make dinner on Monday, Oct. 11. That’s the day of “Paul’s 2nd Annual Piazza Pasta Party,” and everyone’s invited to this old-fashioned Italian Columbus Day celebration in Attallah Piazza. Italian Read More!

Chapman seeks to recruit bilingual writers | chapman, writers, project – News – The Orange County Register

October 6, 2010 by Laura Silva | News

Chapman seeks to recruit bilingual writers chapman, writers, project – News – The Orange County Register

Tibetan Buddhist Retreat, Jan. 2011

October 4, 2010 by Laura Silva | News

Tibetan Buddhist Retreat: SOC 326, Mind, Self and Society in Tibetan Buddhism. This is a 10 day retreat course at a Tibetan-American Meditation Center in Colorado Rockies (Shambhala Mountain Center). For those interested in Eastern Paths of Liberation, this is a wonderful opportunity to explore the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the Sacred

‘Article of Hope’ screening and discussion with producers

October 4, 2010 by Laura Silva | News

A documentary telling the extraordinary story of Israel’s first astronaut and a tiny Nazi-era Torah he carried to the heights of space on the ill-fated 2003 Columbia space shuttle will be screened at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, in Memorial Hall (download flyer). NASA Astronaut Michael Massimino Following the screening of “An Article of Hope”