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Celebrating its 20th season, the College of Continuing
Studies will offer a "menu" of topics designed to provide stimulating
"food for thought" during its fall 2005 Lunch Box Lecture Series.
The lectures will take place on four Wednesdays - October 12,
26, November 2, and November 9 in the Bart Luedeke Center (BLC)
Theater from noon to 1 p.m. The series is free and open to the
public. All in attendance are invited to bring a lunch; coffee
and tea will be provided.
“We are celebrating 20 years of a perfect marriage since
we have had excellent faculty presentations and outstanding audiences,”
said Karen Crowell, assistant dean of the College
of Continuing Studies. “The Lunch Box has provided a venue
to invite the surrounding community to our campus. As a result,
many of the attendees have audited classes and attended other
University events."
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On October 12, Jerry
Rife, professor of fine arts, will open the series
with "Creativity, Consciousness and the Senses: Improvisation
as Spontaneous Musical Creation." Rife will explore the creative
process of improvising musicians, examine the historical role
of improvisation and the states of mental concentration that
produce inspired creation.
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"The Battle of the Multimillionaires:
The 2005 New Jersey Governor's Race," is the topic on October
26. Dr. David Rebovich, associate professor
of political science and managing director of the Rider University
Institute for New Jersey Politics, will examine various issues
the candidates will confront, the general assembly races, and
offer predictions about who the winners and losers will be on
Election Day.
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On November 2, Drs.
Margaret Cusak, associate professor of voice;
J.J. Penna associate professor of piano; and Robert
Annis, dean of Westminster Choir College, will present
"A Recital of American Song. " Westminster faculty will treat
their audience to the songs of Samuel Barber, Joel Kander as
well as Ned Rorem's epic, Ariel, based on the poems
of Sylvia Plath.
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The series will conclude
November 9 with the lecture, "The News from the Israeli Palestinian
Front: Towards the Third Intifada." Dr. Jonathan Mendilow,
professor of political science will give an update on the Middle
East conflict.
For more information, contact Crowell at Rider, at (609) 896-5033
or e-mail her at crowellk@rider.edu.
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