Fridays at Newcomb: Newcomb Book Club
Friday, January 24, noon
Anna Many Lounge, Caroline Richardson Building
Join us for a book discussion at the first Fridays at Newcomb of the
spring! Free books available. This Spring's Zale-Kimmerling
writer-in-residence will be Susan Choi. She will be giving a reading on
March 17, 2014. In anticipation of her visit, we will be hosting a
discussion of her book
A Person of Interest as
the first Fridays at Newcomb of the spring. Pick up a copy of the book
from the Newcomb College Institute and then join us on Friday, January
24 at noon in the Anna Many lounge of the Caroline Richardson building
for a discussion of the book. This discussion will be open to all --
students, alumnae, interested community members. Lunch will be provided.
Please contact Laura Wolford at
lwolford@tulane.edu if you have any questions.
Roe v. Wade and the New Jane Crow: Reproductive Justice in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Thursday, January 30, 7pm
Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium
Reception to follow
Lynn Paltrow, JD, is the executive director and founder of the National
Advocates for Pregnant Women. A graduate of Cornell University and New
York University School of Law, she has worked on numerous cases
challenging restrictions on the right to choose abortion as well as
cases opposing the prosecution and punishment of pregnant women seeking
to continue their pregnancies to term. Ms. Paltrow has served as a
senior staff attorney at the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project, as
Director of Special Litigation at the Center for Reproductive Law and
Policy, and as Vice President for Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood
of New York City. Ms. Paltrow conceived of and filed the first
affirmative federal civil rights challenge to a hospital policy of
searching pregnant women for evidence of drug use and turning that over
to police. For more information,
visit the Facebook event page.
Python Programming Workshop: Spring 2014
Tuesdays, 5pm
Have you ever wanted to make a game or web based app? Want to play with
the new RaspberryPi computers? No previous programming knowledge
required, Sign up
here for
free python workshops hosted by Women in Technology, Tuesday nights at
5pm in the spring semester with prizes for the best projects and most
assignments completed. Python is a great introduction to programming
because it's simple to use and easy to read. See our
facebook group for more updates.
Other spring events:
Newcomb Film Series: Girl Rising
Monday, March 24, 8pm
Lavin-Bernick Center, Kendall Cram Lecture Room
Girl Rising is a groundbreaking feature film about the strength
of the human spirit and the power of education to transform societies.
The film presents the remarkable stories of nine girls around the world,
told by celebrated writers and voiced by renowned actors revealing a
critical truth: educate girls and change the world. Co-Sponsored by
TUCP and CELT.
Newcomb Film Series: Hannah Arendt
Wednesday, April 2, 6:30pm
Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium
This award-winning film profiles the influential German-Jewish
philosopher and political theorist. Arendt’s reporting on the 1961 trial
of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker—controversial both for her
portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils—introduced her now-famous
concept of the “Banality of Evil.” Co-Sponsored by Women in Politics.
An Evening with Kate Bornstein
5th Annual Custard Lecture
Thursday, April 10, 7pm
Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium
Kate Bornstein is an author, playwright, and performance artist. She's
best known for her books on postmodern gender theory, Gender
Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us and My Gender
Workbook. She has written Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to
Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws, and a memoir, Kate
Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger. Co-Sponsored
by Gender & Sexuality Studies, the
Office of Gender and Sexual Diversity, and the Gender Exploration Society.