Day of Peace and Campus Safari Opportunity

One INQ section has organized a Day of Peace with many events going on. They are trying to get a lot of people to attend in order to make it a success. Therefore, I will count the Day of Peace as a Campus Safari entry. You can go and blog about it in a Campus Safari and that can take the place of any other Campus Safari item.

Here is a letter from the INQ instructor explaining the Day of Peace and detailing some of the events included:


My name is Michael Ruscoe, and I teach a section of Inquiry based on the theme of “The Beatles, Rock and Roll, and Teen Culture.” For our class project this semester, we’re producing Southern’s first-ever “Day of Peace.” Scheduled to coincide with the anniversary of the death of former Beatle and noted peace activist John Lennon, the Day of Peace is a collection of events designed to help promote peace within ourselves, across the campus, across the community, across the nation, and around the world.

We have a tremendous schedule of events planned. On Wednesday, November 30, we have two World War II veterans—one American and one German—who will participate in a panel discussion on the topic of “The Cost of War, The Benefit of Peace.” That event will take place at 12:15 p.m. in Engleman C112. Then, on December 1, we have an afternoon and evening of entertainment taking place in Lyman Auditorium. The show will feature presentations by the Southern Dance Team, Step Team, and the Symphonic Pulse Dance Company; a demonstration by the Southern Karate Club, a Slam Poetry reading, a concert by the vintage rock-and-roll band Old Man Noises, and a student variety show. Mayor DeStefano will also be on hand to speak, and a number of other dignitaries have been invited to appear as well. A club fair will also be held in the lobby of Lyman Auditorium during the Day of Peace. The festivities begin at 3 p.m., and last until 10:30. A schedule of events will be distributed to you soon.

My students have worked incredibly hard to pull this all together, and we have a tremendous slate of events planned. What we need now is an audience. I implore you in the strongest possible terms to urge your students to attend our Day of Peace festivities. In fact, you might even consider basing an assignment on their attendance of our event. If your class period coincides with the Day of Peace events, you might consider using that time to have your students attend the festivities. You could ask your students to attend and write about the importance of peace in their daily lives. You might ask them to watch a portion of our show and direct them to write about how the show contributes to peace within themselves, or on the campus as a whole. You could ask them to write about new things they’ve discovered about the campus by watching our presentation. You could even ask them to write a review of the portion of the show they saw. The possibilities are endless, and we encourage you to share your own suggestions. What we need most are people in the seats!