Tickets for this weekend's NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Final Four in Springfield, Massachusetts, are on sale at the Lilly Center office today from 8:30am to 1pm. The DePauw women's basketball team will be in action both days (Friday @ 4pm and Saturday @ 12:30 or 3pm). Tickets are $10 for each day.

If you plan to make the trip to Springfield, please be sure to pick up your tickets in advance by 1pm today. There is no guarantee tickets would be available when you arrive at Springfield College. Contact the athletic department at drust@depauw.edu or 658-4934 if you have questions.

Knit Knite
Every Monday
7pm
Women's Center
Free and open to the public

Looking for something fun to do? Come knit with us at the Women's Center. It's free, it's fun!
No experience needed. Supplies and light refreshments provided.

The HUMP
Every Wednesday
12:30 to 1:30pm
DePauw Union Memorial Lounge (the Fishbowl)

The HUMP: A Weekly Program of the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Midday, Midweek, Middle of campus. Free Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches, courtesy of Sodexho.

This week's Hump program features guest speaker Sister Sabina Stella Santana. Her presentation is entitled: Empowering Women to Fight Oppressive Conditions.

More about the Guest Speaker:
Ms. Santana was born and raised in Uganda, studied in Kenya and did her research among the Bantu of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. She has a Master’s Degree in Education and a Degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. She taught school for fifteen years before devoting her life completely to fighting traditions that oppress women. She has traveled to more than 22 countries in the world creating awareness about the cause for which she founded, an organization known as: Shifting Ideas Through Education for African Women Incorporated.

Since 2001, Ms. Santana has given 189 awareness talks in the U.S.A. regarding female genital cutting. She also led a group of people to East Africa to do a documentary about Female Circumcision. Ms. Santana has also published numerous books they include: Out of a Dark and Narrow Tunnel; a Struggle to Be, Break the Silence; Break the Chains, One Hundred and One Poems and Homemade Tongue Twisters for Children, Ten Happy Ending Children’s Stories Vol. 1 & 2 and many songs and games.
During her free time she volunteers and teaches East African music and dances to WAMIDAN Ensemble at Wabash College. Some students at DePauw are members of this group.

Everyone is welcome: all students, faculty, staff, and members of the community.
Stay for an hour or as long as you'd like. Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the International Education and Off-Campus Study Center.

For more information about The Hump and other programs of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, please call 658-4854 or email LSTETSON@depauw.edu.

Information about the 2007-2008 Housing Lottery is now available on the Residence Life & Housing website. Please be sure to check out all the details about the process.

All students needing University housing for Fall 2007 must register for the lottery on
e-Services between March 5 and March 23.

Email housing@depauw.edu if you have any questions.

One Mic II
Friday, March 16
7-9pm
the DEN @ longden
Featuring nationally renowned slam poet: Mama Blue a.k.a Zaire Imani (w/DJ Enoch)

Open Mic Contest (calling all artists)
Sign-Ups: March 9-16
11:30am-1pm
HUB
$50 Grand-Prize (special gifts for participants)

Wednesday, March 14
7:30-9pm
Physiology Lab (downstairs of Lilly across from the fitness center)

Want to major in Kinesiology or have questions about it? Come to the open house meeting.

Kinesiology students will be available to answer questions and give you information.
Plus FOOD & DRINKS will be provided.

Saturday, March 10
11am
Opening ceremonies will be at 12:15pm
Indoor Track and Tennis Center

This weekend DePauw will be hosting the 2007 Special Olympics Indiana Women's State Basketball tournament.

Please come out and support the athletes, coaches, and families this weekend. We appreciate your support.

Special Olympics is sponsored by the Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils.

Special Guest Speaker at Gobin
Guest Speaker: Rev. David V.W. Owen
Executive Assistant to Bishop Mike Coyner

Sunday, March 18
10:30am
Gobin Church
All are welcome

For those of you interested in Ministry there will be a free luncheon. Meet at Gobin at Noon. To reserve your place please e-mail marjorielytle@depauw.edu before March 16.

The Commons Project Essay Contest
The Commons Project at DePauw University is a grant-supported initiative that works toward the constructive engagement of science and religion.

Please address the following in approximately 1500 words:
“Is it rational to believe in God or the divine in an age of science?”

Top prize in value of $300 and other prizes may be awarded.

Deadline for entry is Wednesday, April 4. Please submit papers to marjorielytle@depauw.edu.

Entries will be judged by the Commons Project Steering Committee, consisting of faculty, staff, and student representatives.

The Commons Project is funded by a grant from the Metanexus Institute.

“Second Interview” workshop

• Thursday, March 15, 12:15pm, 210 Harrison Hall

“Finding an Internship”

• Tuesday, March 20, 12:15pm, 210 Harrison Hall

March 14 - March 21

12:00 Women's SCAC Basketball Game
1:30 Student Congress
2:00 Women's SCAC Basketball Game
3:30 Brass Tacks
4:00 He Said, She Said, The Truth About Date Rape
4:30 We've Got Beef: Coverage of Women's Final Four
5:00 Newsbreak
5:30 The View
6:00 Tigerfire
7:00 YLT
8:00 The Source
8:30 Delta Zeta Breaking News
9:00 We've Got Beef: Bracket Special
11:00 Underground

Tune into Channel 3 D3TV!
Want to promote a club or organization on TV but don't know how to get started?
Email d3tvpromotions@depauw.edu.
We can help!

Applications due Monday, March 19

Help your Greek Chapter and the DPU community by providing resources, education, and by advocating wellness ideals.

If you did not make the information session or would like additional information
please contact Lizzy Bartelt or Katie Roth.

Thursday, March 15
9-11pm
at the Duck

You're in LUCK! We're having a senior night at the DUCK!

Come enjoy being a second-semester senior and hang out for NCAA Basketball, Jazz at the Duck and a Senior Gift Drive.

And if you needed more of a reason to show up, there will be an appetizer bar too! We hope to see you there.

Do you love to dance? Do you love Bollywood song and dance?

If you would like to perform a Bollywood dance for the upcoming ISA Food Festival, please contact Susanne or Jessica.

Rehearsals are once a week, starting this Friday, March 16 at 4pm.

Thursday March 15
12:15-12:50pm
S-Center at ARC-211, Harrison Hall

Effective communication with professors is a key to college success but it can be intimidating or confusing. This workshop will give you tips for making that communication a little bit easier.

We are offering brief Guided Tours of the new version of TigerMail (GroupWise 7) this Thursday, March 15, in the Julian Auditorium.
There will be a session at 4pm, and a NEW session has been added at 7pm!

You are also welcome to attend the Guided Tour for staff and faculty members on Friday, March 16, at 9am.

PLEASE REMEMBER we will be moving to the new version on March 23 at the beginning of Spring Break.
When we move your email, your TigerMail password will be the same as your Novell password.

For more information, visit the website at http://www.depauw.edu/it/tigermail/.

Wednesday, March 14
4:15pm
Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media's Watson Forum

Sarah Shepherd '97, Senior Producer for CNN "Larry King Live", will visit DePauw as a guest of The Gertrude and G.D. Crain Jr. Lecture Series.
Shepherd's presentation, "Behind the Scenes with Larry King Live" and is free and open to all.

March 19 (Last one until April 2!)
7:30-8:15pm or 8:15-9pm
Lilly Center Neal Fieldhouse

For those wanting to develop athletic ability through speed, quickness, flexibility, balance and plyometrics. There is no need to sign-up, only show-up.

Student Monthly In-Service to the Lilly Center for the Month of March has been changed to Thursday, April 5.

Sorry for any inconveniences. The Lilly Center will still have the regular April In-Service on April 12.

Please email rdortch@depauw.edu for any questions.

The Margaret Gilmore Library Science Scholarship is a one year scholarship awarded to a DePauw alumna (or a graduating woman) who is planning a career in library and information science. The successful applicant will be awarded the scholarship for graduate study in an accredited graduate library school. The deadline for application is May 1, 2007 for the coming academic year.

Guidelines from the will of Margaret Gilmore state that applicants are to be “selected on the basis of personality, character, and scholastic ability,” and that, “each recipient is to make her own choice of Graduate School.”

You may apply for the scholarship by sending a letter of application, a resume and two letters of reference to:

Rick Provine
Roy O. West Library
Administration
provine@depauw.edu
658-4434

Welcome to Arts@DePauw, a bi-weekly newsletter created to provide information on all DePauw art events for subscribers.

All DePauw creative and performing art events are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, except DePauw Theatre and DePauw Opera Theatre performances.

For ticket reservations and information, contact the DePauw Performing Arts Center by phone at (765) 658-4827 or by email at pacboxoffice@depauw.edu. For additional Arts@DePauw information, check out www.depauw.edu/arts.

To view newsletter, please visit: http://www.depauw.edu/arts/newsletter.html

DePauw Weekly is now available online!

Please visit all 2006-07 editions at http://www.depauw.edu/student/studentlife/newsletter/.