LGBT film festival lineup announced

movie still from Reaching for the Moon

The lineup has been announced for the Your Normal LGBT Film Festival at the Normal Theater. All tickets are $7 unless otherwise noted. Tickets are available with cash only at the Normal Theater box office. Wednesday, Oct. 16, will have a free 7 p.m. screening of Break Through. Funded through micro-financing and online donations, the

Working with student veterans

Safe Zone Brown Bag

The Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology will hold a brown bag discussion session on student veterans at noon, Monday, Oct. 28, in the Resource Commons at the Instructional Technology and Development Center. Participants will discuss the unique educational needs and experiences these students bring to the classroom. The group will hear from those who

Leader of Nuns on the Bus to speak

photo of nuns on a bus

Sister Simone Campbell, the leader of the Nuns on a Bus movement will give a workshop on campus Saturday, Nov. 2. Campbell is the national coordinator of NETWORK, a Catholic social justice lobby striving to close the gap between rich and poor. She will talk about faith and how it can achieve universal justice. She

Angels in America performances

The School of Theatre and Dance will perform Angels in America: Part Two – Perestroika by Tony Kushner. Kushner wrote the two parts of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes so they could be presented as stand-alone plays: Millennium Approaches (Part One) and Perestroika (Part Two). In Part Two the scourge of

Miss Representation showing

poster for Miss Representation

In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a woman’s value and power lie in her youth, beauty and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader. The documentary Miss Representation explores how the media’s misrepresentations of

Latino Heritage Month celebrated

image for Latino Heritage Month

Illinois State University’s Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program is joining forces with campus and community groups to celebrate Latino Heritage Month from mid-September to mid-October.

Safe Zone Brown Bag

Bring a lunch and join the roundtable discussion with a student panel for the Safe Zone Brown Bag series at noon, Tuesday, Oct. 15, in Student Services Building, room 375.