Aurora University's volleyball team to 'Dig for Life' at charity game
Aurora University's volleyball team will host a fundraiser for breast cancer research on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The team will play Wisconsin Lutheran College at 7 p.m. in Thornton Gym in Alumni Hall, 1410 Marseillaise Place in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission is free. The event is in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness month during October.
Coach Jamie Walters said the team will sell pink "Dig for Life" T-shirts for $5. Donations will be accepted and information about breast cancer will be available. Several cancer survivors who are mothers of AU players will serve as honorary team members.
The Spartans are among Northern Athletics Conference volleyball teams that hold an annual "Dig for Life" program during October to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research. All funds raised will be donated to Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center in Milwaukee. Call (630) 844-5261 for more information.
"Relating the Holocaust to the Modern Israeli Psyche": "Relating the Holocaust to the Modern Israeli Psyche" will be presented by Aaron Cohen, a Jewish journalist, at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 at Aurora University. Cohen will speak in Perry Theatre in the Aurora Foundation Center at 1305 Kenilworth Place in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission is free. The sponsor is AU's Wackerlin Center for Faith and Action. Cohen is executive editor of JUF News and Chicago Jewish Community Online, www.juf.org. He is a founder of the Write On For Israel, Chicago, program, which prepares high school students to be effective Israel advocates in college. Past-president of the American Jewish Press Association, he received AJPA's Joseph Polakoff Award for a distinguished career in Jewish journalism. Call (630) 844-6535 for more information.
"Poetry, Art, and Myth": Native American author and artist Ramson Lomatawama will explore "Poetry, Art, and Myth: Directions Old and New in Hopi Culture" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 at Aurora University. The program is free to the public in the Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures in Dunham Hall, 1400 Marseillaise Place in Aurora. Lomatawama of Hoatvela, Ariz. was raised on a Hopi reservation. His upbringing is reflected in his poetry, jewelry, stained glass and blown glass creations. The artist hand carves kachina dolls from cottonwood using a stone tool. Additionally, he uses natural pigments in his paintings. He is also a consultant in creative writing, glass art and cultural anthropology. Lomatawama will read from his poetry books, "Silent Winds: Poetry of One Hopi," "Ascending the Reed" and "Drifting Through Ancestor's Dreams." Call (630) 844-7844 for more information.
Blood drive: Aurora University's Student Nurse Association will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 in Dunham Hall lobby at 1400 Marseillaise Place in Aurora. The public is invited. Heartland Blood Center will conduct the drive with assistance from AU student nurses. Each donor will receive a pair of flannel lounge pants and refreshments. Donors must be at least 17 years old and weigh at least 110 pounds. A driver's license, blood donor card or other photo identification is required. Reservations are requested. Call (630) 844-7832.