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PROGRAMS & EVENTSSPECIAL EVENTSStudent Life & Activities contributes to our campus environment through the celebration of various special events. These events provide a positive social outlet, allowing students, faculty and staff to have fun while bringing our college community together. Look for more information on these Fall events in our weekly newsletter “The Happenings. Welcome Back Week SeptemberHalloween Festivities OctoberAnti-Stress Week DecemberLECTURESStudent Life & Activities brings world class speakers to the Brookdale campus to share their personal stories with our students and the college community. All lectures are free unless otherwise noted.
Jim Morris: The Rookie Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Jim "The Rookie" Morris' inspirational and motivational message about following through on your dreams and promises to others connects with all audiences, young and old, male and female.
His life story is also the inspiration behind the Walt Disney blockbuster film, "The Rookie," starring Dennis Quaid. This family film won the ESPY for best sports film of the year and was recently recognized by Sports Illustrated as one of the 50 best sports films of all-time. Jim's childhood dream of becoming a major league baseball player was derailed by injuries and, admittedly, a lack of maturity. Eleven years after his retirement from baseball, Jim's dream was re-ignited by his then rag-tag high school team, when he was trying to inspire them to follow their dreams. They made each other the following bet: If they won a District Championship, Jim would have to try out for a major league team. In case you didn't see the movie, Jim's team won the District Championship and Jim followed through on his promise, going to a tryout where he threw 12 consecutive pitches at 98 mph! Three months later in front of family and his high school team, Jim achieved his dream of pitching in the big leagues by striking out all-star Royce Clayton with a 98 mph fastball! Mr. Morris’ universal message about following your dreams and keeping your promises is told through humorous stories which will inspire and motivate participants never give up on their dreams.
Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black Thursday, October 8, 2009
6:00pm in the Warner Student Life Center, Navesink Rooms
Over the course of 10 years Dustin Lance Black has meteorically evolved into one of the most unique and critically acclaimed of all Hollywood screenwriters. The product of a conservative Mormon household in California, Black attended UCLA's school of theater, film, and television, graduating with honors in 1996. He remained aware of his own homosexuality from an early age, and thus felt a strong desire to explore gay issues (particularly gay rights) dramatically through his artistic craftsmanship. Black moved into writing and directing in 2000 helming and scripting the gentle and thoughtful gay coming-of-age feature Journey of Jared Price in 2000. A series of offbeat documentaries followed that Black scripted, directed, and shot, 2001’s On the Busand2003’s My Life With Count Dracula. Black's recognition increased considerably with two achievements: he scripted numerous episodes of the quirky HBO ensemble drama Big Loveand scripted the A-list feature Milk, a biopic of slain gay rights crusader Harvey Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Penn in the title role. The film received numerous Oscar nominations and won Black an award for Best Original Screenplay. Hear Mr. Black discuss his life, works and his creative process in this lecture. This event is free for Brookdale Students with a valid I.D. and $5.00 for members of the community. Tickets will be available at the Warner Student Life Center information desk starting Tuesday, September, 8.
Ghost Hunters John Zaffis and Chrisopher Moon Tuesday, November 3, 2009
8:00 PM in the Warner Student Life Center, Navesink Rooms
World renowned paranormal investigator Christopher Moon is quickly breaking new ground with the paranormal. This former rock star turned ghost hunter is now the President of 'Haunted Times Magazine,' as well as a popular instructor at local Ghost Hunter Universities across the country. People fly in from all over the world to attend his classes and learn first-hand his secrets on how to find ghosts. Known as the "Godfather of Ghost Hunting" with over 30 years of experience studying and investigating in this field, John Zaffis has literally examined thousands of cases involving possessions, exorcisms, and paranormal phenomena. Mr. Zaffis has been featured on The Discovery Channel, Unsolved Mysteries, and numerous other television programs as a lead authority in paranormal activity. One of his most famous cases was the basis for the recent horror film The Haunting in Connecticut. This event is free and open to the public. Celebrity Chef Kevin Roberts Thursday, November 12, 2000 Kevin Roberts The Food Dude Munchies and Kissing in the Kitchen Kevin proves that it’s not only cool to cook, but fun too, giving readers food freedom with recipes that are cheap, simple, tasty and healthy.The Food Dude can help motivate students into the kitchen and cooking. Using humor, anecdotes, stories and cooking tips, Kevin's program will appeal to everyone regardless of their past cooking experience. He mixes demonstrations, cooking, tasting, audience interaction and humorous anecdotes to expose the basics of food preparation for starving students. Kevin will illustrate with his interactive lecture and cooking the importance of eating breakfast and keeping the immune system active while enduring and excelling in all new school adventures. Roberts has cooked for extreme sport athletes, Bernie Mac, Snoop Dogg and the ESPN morning show This event is free and open to the public.Cold Pizza and has appeared on over 100 other local and national TV shows. He was a top ten finalist on season four of The Next Food Network Star and spokes person for Frank’s Red Hot Sauce., encompasses cooking, nutrition, food facts and fallacies and most importantly eating into his 1 hour program geared to get young adults off the fast food and cooking and eating healthier.
LAUGH AT LUNCHTake a break from the everyday and join Student Life and Activities for these free lunchtime performances from some of the nation’s leading standup comedians. Each Laugh at Lunch presentation is held in the Warner Student Life Center’s Navesink Rooms starting at 12 noon and open to all community members. Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Hasan Minhaj is a standup comedian based in Los Angeles, California. He has performed at the Laugh Factory, Cobbs, Punchline, Improv, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and countless other venues across the nation. He has been featured as an effinfunny.com ‘Comic to Watch in 2008’, and was a two time finalist in NBC’s Standup for Diversity in 2007 and 2008. Tuesday, October, 2009 Eric O’Shea Get ready to witness not only a comedy show, but an EVENT! With over 3 million hits on YouTube, and having been nominated three times and then winning Campus Activities Magazine’s "2007 National Comedy Performer of the Year," Eric needs your help to try to cope with this crazy thing we call life! Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Mike Estime has been working steadily in Los Angeles on such hit shows as Everybody Hates Chris on the CW, Bernie Mac on Fox, Talk To Me on ABC and even guest starred on CBS’s Cosby. During that time, he has kept alive his first love; stand up comedy, which he’s done for the past 11 years, starting as a student at Howard University in Washington, DC.
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