VALPARAISO | The Valparaiso University Chorale, which recently completed a 10-day West Coast tour, will be featured with the acclaimed Alice Millar Brass Ensemble during the David G. Truemper Memorial Concert on April 1.The fifth annual Truemper Memorial Concert is being performed in conjunction with Valparaiso's annual Institute for Liturgical Studies and begins at 8 p.m. in the Chapel of the Resurrection on campus.Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for senior citizens and students. Call (219) 464-6950 to purchase tickets.This year's concert, exploring "The Church's Song in the Public Square," will feature the performance of a variety of contemporary hymns with commentary by the Rev. James Wetzstein, associate pastor at the university and an expert on liturgical art. New hymns from the recently-published worship books of both the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will be performed, along with Morten Lauridsen's "O Nata Lux," Samuel Barber's "Easter Chorale" and other works.The chorale is one of the nation's premier Lutheran collegiate choirs and earlier this spring presented the concert "Songs of Pain, Protest, Gratitude and Celebration: A Tapestry of Classical, Global and Gospel Psalmody," during the Central Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association.

AUB finds new president after year-long search

The American University of Beirut's board of trustees has unanimously voted to elect Peter F. Dorman as the 15th president of AUB, the university announced on Friday. Dorman is professor of Egyptology at the Oriental Institute and in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. Dorman will succeed John Waterbury, who has served since 1998. The announcement follows a year-long international search that solicited the input of consultants, faculty, staff, students, and alumni worldwide, the statement said. "The search demanded intense coordination of our constituencies and a unique understanding of AUB, its goals and future needs. I would particularly like to recognize the diligent work of the presidential search committee led by Board of Trustees vice chair Philip S.

San Francisco SPCA Condemns Animal Killings in San Francisco Art Institute Exhibition

San Francisco SPCA President Jan McHugh-Smith today condemned the content of a current exhibition at the San Francisco Art Institute, describing it as barbaric and depraved. The exhibit, "Don't Trust Me," is the work of Paris-based Adel Abdessemed, and includes videos of six animals - a pig, goat, doe, ox, horse and sheep - being bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 27, 2008 -- San Francisco SPCA President Jan McHugh-Smith today condemned the content of a current exhibition at the San Francisco Art Institute, describing it as barbaric and depraved. The exhibit, "Don't Trust Me," is the work of Paris-based Adel Abdessemed, and includes videos of six animals - a pig, goat, doe, ox, horse and sheep - being bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer.

Dennis Hopper's son makes debut in teen horror

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Henry Lee Hopper, the 17-year-old son of Dennis Hopper, will play the lead role in a new teen horror from Wes Craven.

The Rogue Pictures project, tentatively titled "25/8," also stars Denzel Whitaker ("The Great Debaters") and Shareeka Epps ("Half Nelson").

Hopper will play Bug, one of seven teens haunted by a serial killer who supposedly died when they were born 15 years earlier. The film takes place over the course of a day as the mystery of who (or what) is stalking the small-town high schoolers unfolds. .

Five ‘don’ts’ when attending business networking events

Networking mixers can be a fabulous way to efficiently and effectively develop relationships and grow your business.

However, knowing what to do is essential. There are a number of articles out there with ideas on what to do. Knowing what not to do can be, and often is, even more important.

1. Don�t sell. First of all, more than 90 percent of the people in this world do not like to be sold to, and when they are in public, they like it even less.

The biggest reasons I come across as to why people don�t like networking mixers or events is that a) they are worried they are going to be accosted and sold to or b) they walk in wanting to sell and don�t have success.

Obviously, these two things are diametrically opposed to one another, so both parties will be unsatisfied.