[Students] Events Today!!!!

[Kim Jefferies]

Don't forget...

 

Topic: American Indian Stereotypes in Film: Myth and Reality
When:       April 23, 2009, 2:00 PM

Where:     Hall of Languages 203


Angelo Baca will speak on Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 2:00, in Hall of
Languages 203, on how American Indian stereotypes have been portrayed in
film and the kinds of films

indigenous people are making today to show a "real" Native American
experience. There will be a Q&A session following the talk.

Angelo Baca, Native-American/indigenous filmmaker, Navajo and Hopi
heritage, graduated with a Masters in Communication from the University
of Washington. He is a graduate 

of the Native Voices Program in Communication and American Indian
Studies. He has been accepted into numerous Film Festivals, Conferences,
Symposiums, and the ABC/Disney 

Summer Film Workshop. He is a lecturer, adjunct instructor for numerous
community colleges, mentor, and community leader in Native American
studies, film, and history.

 

Mayo Review event featuring author Tony Hayes

When:       April 23, 2009, 7:00 PM

Where:     Hall of Languages 203

 

A native of Madison, Tennessee, Tony Hays received his MA degree in
English/Creative Writing at Texas A&M University at Commerce in December
1991. His work has appeared

in Insight on the News at the Washington Times, Accuracy in Media, Civil
War Times Illustrated, Appalachian Heritage, The Christian Reader, Cats
Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher 

Education, Buffalo Spree, Archaeology, the Free Republic and The
Progressive Review. A scholar as well as a novelist, he is a member of
the Robert Penn Warren Circle and has 

published criticism on Warren's early novel Night Rider. Tony Hays is an
active member of Mystery Writers of America and the Appalachian Writer's
Association, he is the author 

of three novels, two historical mysteries and a contemporary satire, The
Trouble With Patriots, set in the Middle East and released in 2002 by
Bridge Works Press. It has now 

been optioned for film. His first novel, Murder on the Twelfth Night,
was nominated for the Tennessee Volunteer Book Award. His newest
historical mystery, The Killing Way, was 

released this month, by Tor/Forge.

 

Copies of Tony Hays' books will be available for purchase and author
autograph.

 

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