Events

La Alianza, a Latino cultural group at Case Western Reserve University, will sell quesadillas March 5-6 from 9 to 11 p.m. in Wade Pioneer Room. Stop by the fundraiser and enjoy a quesadilla while preparing for midterms.

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will welcome Leo Braudy, university professor and Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature at University of Southern California, to campus for his lecture, “The Hollywood Sign: How a Temporary Commercial Sign Became a Permanent International…

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Omega Chapter will host “To Know Me is to Love Me,” a program on sexual assault awareness with the Rape Crisis Center. The program will be held March 8 at 8:08 p.m. in Thwing Center’s Spartan Room. Business casual attire is encouraged. Additionally, the sorority is…

Player's Theatre Group will present The Borrowers by Mary Norton, adapted for the stage by Charles Way, March 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. and March 4 at 2:30 p.m. The performance will be held in the Eldred Black Box Theater, located on the Case Quad. The entrance to the theater is downstairs through the red…

The Program in Ethnic Studies and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will host a reading of slam poetry by French author Patrice Aba. All members of the campus community are invited to this event March 5, beginning at 3 p.m. in the Guilford House Parlor (first floor). Aba is an…

Ever wondered what other places of worship look like? This is an opportunity to visit and have brief tours of a Hindu temple, a Muslim mosque, a Christian church, and a Jewish synagogue. The event will take place March 4 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Meet at Hillel for free chartered buss…

Gmail creator and Case Western Reserve University alumnus Paul Buchheit (CWR ’98; GRS '98, computer engineering) will speak to 1,750 students who grew up using the technology he created when he delivers the 2012 commencement address May 20 in Veale Convocation Center. Buchheit, a partner at the…

Cleveland Hillel Foundation and Hillel Undergraduate Leadership Council will host an interfaith Shabbat March 2 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Guests can come see a Shabbat service at 6 p.m. and participate in a traditional Shabbat dinner at 7 p.m., where they can discuss and learn Jewish traditions and…

The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence and Newman Catholic Campus Ministry will host Claudio Betti, assistant to the president of The Community of Sant’Egidio, March 2. Betti will discuss “Spreading Peace Through Dialogue and Service.” His talk will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the…

Ethics and values can be a difficult discussion in college courses, as they can stir up powerful, sensitive and potentially negative feelings. But they also are critical to discuss. In order to address this issue, the Beamer-Schneider Professorship in the philosophy department, assisted by the…