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Events
Year in Review: 2008
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Students and faculty pose outside of the Apollo Theater in Harlem after taking a tour through the area as part of Hofstra's Black History Month celebration.
February
February 1 to 29: Hofstra University celebrated Black History Month with a number of multicultural events. These included a lecture titled "The Role of the Civil Rights Movement in 21st-Century Politics" by civil rights attorney Fred Brewington; a screening of the Spike Lee film When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts; and an excursion to Harlem to visit sites of cultural significance.
February 1: The Department of Music began its spring 2008 season with a performance of Moliere's Tartuffe by the Hofstra Opera Theater. This was followed by a number of student recitals, concerts by the American Chamber Ensemble and Hofstra String Quartet -- Hofstra's professional music groups in residence -- and the Hofstra Jazz Ensemble, Hofstra Chorale and Chamber Singers, Hofstra Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, Hofstra Chorus and String Orchestra, and Hofstra Symphony Orchestra.
February 5: The Hofstra University Museum presented an original exhibition of works by Long Island artist Wendy Csoka. Bells, Baubles and Farce was held in conjunction with the spring Hofstra Cultural Center conference At Whom Are We Laughing? Humor in Romance Language Literatures.
February 6: Professor Steven L. Schooner, an expert in the government's use of contractors, gave a thought-provoking lecture titled "Too Dependent on Contractors? Minimum Standards for Responsible Governance" at a lecture sponsored by the Hofstra Law Review.
February 7: The Institute for the Development of Education in the Advanced Sciences (IDEAS) launched its spring 2008 lecture series with "When Dinosaurs Ruled New York" presented by Hofstra Geology Professor J Bret Bennington. This was followed by "A Different View from Space" by NASA astronaut Charles Camarda; "The Science of Fireworks" by Felix J. Grucci, Jr.; and "The Increasing Pace of Climate Change and Its Impacts" by Climate Institute Chief Scientist Michael McCracken.
February 8: Legal and business professionals, academics, and top regulators gathered at Hofstra Law School to discuss the current state of the foreign exchange market and the declining dollar. Walter Lukken, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, gave the keynote address. Also among the panelists was Francisco Ramon-Ballester, adviser to the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund.
February 8: School of Communication students James Calinda, Liliana Candelario, and Luis Servera celebrated the premiere of their film Alma De Mi Padre on the Independent Film Channel. The students graduated from the summer program at the Ghetto Film School, an organization that connects talented young people to artistic, educational, and career opportunities in film and video. The students produced Alma De Mi Padre on location in Mexico City over the course of six days.
February 8 and 9: Hofstra's V-Day Production Club presented the 10th anniversary performance of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, with a focus on "Women of New Orleans: Katrina Warriors." Ticket sales benefited V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls.
February 9 and 10: McGuire, renowned sportscaster Dick Enberg's one-man play about legendary Marquette basketball coach Al McGuire, was presented as a fund-raiser for Hofstra Athletics and the Department of Drama and Dance. Mr. Enberg was at each performance to answer questions from the audience.
February 10: The Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series began its spring 2008 season with the theme "Spring, Sing, Swing." Concerts included Unforgettable: A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole, in conjunction with African-American History Month in February; The Feminine Musique, featuring works by female composers; the Long Island premiere of Life, Love, Song! -- A Visit with Gena Branscombe; and a big band performance titled Swing Into Spring -- Broadway and Hollywood!
February 13: U.S. District Judge John Gleeson spoke to a packed house at Hofstra Law School on "The Sentencing Commission and Prosecutorial Discretion: The Role of the Courts in Policing Sentence Bargains." Judge Gleeson's speech, part of the Howard & Iris Kaplan Memorial Lecture Series, recommended that prosecutors be given the discretion to reach sentence bargains with defendants, even if the agreed-upon sentence is outside the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
February 27: Novelist Jonathan Lethem, whose work ranges from science fiction to westerns to crime fiction, spoke as part of the "Great Writers, Great Readings" series. Mr. Lethem's best-selling novel The Fortress of Solitude was an examination of the crucible of adolescence, rock music, superheroes, Brooklyn gentrification and interracial friendships.
