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|November 2015
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
As we begin to segue into a weeklong break for the Thanksgiving holidays (returning on November 30th and poised for final exams to begin 11 days later), I want to let you know about numerous upcoming student and community gatherings meant to inspire, encourage and equip a diversity of people who embrace the religious and spiritual life as essential.
Before I share highlights about coming attractions, I'd first like to lift up a number of events and initiatives worth noting. Below is a link to some of the historic affiliated chaplaincies that serve our campus. Each of their sites is full of information about religious observances—recent and to come—and collaborative programs with one another, as well as service and cultural organizations that display the interfaith and intercultural dynamics of Vanderbilt student life. You'll also find a link to Vanderbilt's Interfaith Council, which embodies student leadership from across this broad spectrum of beliefs, spiritual practices and philosophical worldviews.
In retrospect, one recent huge event that drew hundreds of students from every quarter was the celebration of Diwali. The OUCRL, along with VIC, Vandy Karma and the South Asian Cultural Exchange, took pride in this annual festival of lights, a symbolic enactment of light and knowledge overcoming darkness and ignorance. See the article below to get the full view of this spectacular display of talent and community.
We are looking ahead to building on this shared anticipation of light blessing and enlightening the world as days continue to grow shorter. Here are two events to be shared by our Jewish and Christian student organizations. A Christian ecumenical observance of Advent will occur on Tuesday, Dec.1, in Benton Chapel at 5 p.m., followed by holiday refreshments at 5:30 p.m. The Jewish holiday of Chanukah (Dec. 6 -14) will be observed with a joint program offered by Vanderbilt Hillel and Chabad.
Last, the OUCRL and Vanderbilt Divinity School's Religion and the Arts in Contemporary Culture have a groundbreaking collaborative work that we want you to know about. On December 2-3 and Dec. 5, we will offer six events celebrating the centenary of Thomas Merton, the most widely published contemplative Catholic of the 20th century. We will explore the life and legacy of Merton as artist, poet, writer, mystic and activist who engaged deeply and meaningfully in interfaith dialogue long before this phrase was coined. Follow the link below for full descriptions of the lecture, poetry reading, jazz concert, art exhibit, theatrical presentation and contemplative leadership workshop to be offered. This is all free and open to the Vanderbilt community and public at large.
Rev. Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
Second Annual Interfaith Spring Break, March 5-10, 2016
The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life and ISSS are again offering undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to visit our nation's capitol as we conduct a world religions tour of major centers of worship and learning. Read more
Centenary Celebration of Thomas Merton
Jazz and poetry performances, a photography exhibition and a workshop on contemplative leadership are all part of a Vanderbilt University centenary celebration of the legacy of Thomas Merton. Read more
OUCRL Program Coordinator Mike Zimmerman joined First Amendment Expert Prof. David Hudson to engage with Vanderbilt students in informal discussion about Religious Liberty as part of the "Coffee and Conversations at Moore" series hosted by Dr. Jim Lovensheimer, Faculty Head of Moore College. Read more
Vikas Pydah of Vandy Karma reflects on the holiday of Diwali Puja. Read more
Netflix and Chill/Date? An Interfaith Discussion on Navigating Values in Dating and Relationships
As part of the annual Sex Ed. and Healthy Relationships week, the office joined with a number of organizations including the Interfaith Council, UKirk Nashville and Vandy Sex Ed to discuss hook-up culture on campus. Read more
University Ecumenical Advent Service
Come join the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life as we gather together to celebrate the season of Advent in community with all of our various Christian Ministries. Read more
October 2015
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
As the fall season sets in with a cooler climate, brighter foliage and an established pace in the strides of students as they round midterm, the cyclical rhythm of seasons that mark the passage of time also serve to remind us that we are creatures who are defined by change and renewal. Having just returned to campus from fall break, a young student said to me, "I have learned not to rest from my work, but to work from my rest." Her wisdom, I discovered, was rooted in the observance of Sabbath, a weekly summons to rest in Judaism that has parallels in other religions and spiritualities across the world. The OUCRL's mission, in large part, is to recognize, honor and advocate for such traditions that help make the holistic development of our campus community possible.
We have passed through—and prepare to observe—several holy days and seasons: Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 14-15), Yom Kippur (Sept. 23) and Sukkot (Sept. 28-Oct. 4); Eid Al-Adha (Sept. 23); All Saints Day (Nov. 1); and Diwali (Nov. 11-15). More and more I encounter students who come to Vanderbilt their first year and identify themselves as "nominally" Christian, Jewish, Muslim or Hindu, but as they reach out to our religious and cultural centers of worship and learning, they become more fully grounded in the faith or worldview of their choice. In other words, sometimes you must first leave home to discover, and be transformed by, a community that has continuity with an ancient past and a viable future.
Below are links to recent gatherings and celebrations that illustrate the vibrancy of Vanderbilt's religious pluralism. The OUCRL is also building on what each of our religious organizations keeps alive by hosting weekly Interfaith Council meetings. Just this week we began registration for our 2nd Annual Interfaith Spring Break in Washington, D.C. (information and link below). We have also launched a religious climate survey, inviting half of our first-year students to take part in a four-year longitudinal study of Vanderbilt's religious ethos as part of a national study conducted by Interfaith Youth Core (more details below).
Lastly, our programming has reached a wonderful plateau with the 38th annual Holocaust Lecture Series. This year's theme, Gender & Genocide, took us beyond the experiences of women and girls. We examined through theater, film, stories from Holocaust survivors and scholarly lectures the comparative experiences of women and men and of gender-based crimes that encompassed a range of perpetrators in political, social, familial and economic spheres. The HLS continues to be a legacy program of the OUCRL, the longest running of its kind in America.
Reverend Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
Reviewing Eid 2015
Eid ul-Adha is a popular celebration at Vanderbilt that gives students the opportunity to learn about the holy day and experience Muslim culture and food. Read more.
Krista Tippett at the Chaplain's Speaker Series
Krista Tippett spoke from personal experience, fascinating interviews, and her heart to a crowd at Benton Chapel. Read more and watch the video.
IDEALS Survey coming to Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt will explore student views on religious life on campus through a forthcoming longitudinal survey. Read more.
Interfaith Spring Break 2016
OUCRL will lead the 2nd Annual Interfaith Spring Break trip in 2016. Registration is now open. Read more.
September 2015
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
The OUCRL mission statement serves to direct our thoughts and actions in overt ways, but at other times, after we reflect upon what we have created and offered to the community, it is encouraging discover that we have followed our mission implicitly as well.
For example, we're approaching the high point of our fall program cycle with the 38th Annual Holocaust Lecture Series throughout October. Viewing the Holocaust this year through the thematic lens of "Gender and Genocide," it is clear that the OUCRL "seeks to function in an educational capacity, not only for those students and groups who are traditionally religious, but by way of raising ethical questions and issues of value and character among the student body at large."
Another high point of fall semester is the Chaplain's Speakers Series at Benton Chapel. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m., we welcome the Peabody Award-winning journalist, author and talk show host of On Being, Krista Tippett. There will be a reception and book signing opportunity immediately after her talk, "The Mystery and Art of Living." This event is open to the public and free of charge. Bringing Krista Tippett to Vanderbilt reminds us of another aspect of our mission that states, "Because we seek to educate the 'whole person,' we view ethical and spiritual formation as integral to the University's overall educational mission and religious life as an important dimension of the so-called hidden curriculum of the University." Surely the many religious teachings and spiritual disciplines of the world serve to inspire and better equip us to engage in living that is both aware of mystery and is artfully alive? Please join us Sept. 29 to learn more.
I am also very happy to introduce our newest OUCRL colleague, Julie Sugar, who joins Vanderbilt Hillel as the director of Jewish student life. Julie has a wonderful affinity for college students who seek a deeper sense of belonging to a vibrant Jewish community on campus. We are very fortunate to have her further the distinguished work of Vanderbilt Hillel.
Lastly, I would like to direct your attention to other program and event summaries given below. As always, thank you for your interest, support and the sharing of our mission with your colleagues, friends and constituencies.
Reverend Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
Krista Tippett to speak for Chaplain's Speaker Series
Krista Tippett is an award-winning broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author. In 2014, she received the National Humanities Medal at the White House for "thoughtfully delving into the mysteries of human existence." Read more.
38th Annual Holocaust Lecture Series
Now in its 38th year, Vanderbilt's annual Holocaust lecture series is the longest-running program of its kind at any university in the U.S. Read more.
Patrick Dugan Memorial Service
Nearly 800 students came to the Student Life Center on Sept. 11 to pay tribute to Patrick Dugan; a great friend and campus role model. Read more.
Hillel welcomes new Director of Jewish Life
With the start of the new school year, Vanderbilt Hillel was excited to welcome a new Director for Jewish Life, Julie Sugar. Read more.
|April 2015
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
Humankind has kept track of time in both linear and cyclical ways. We say that "time marches on," which is to say that each day, year, decade and century goes forward never to be repeated. And yet at this time of year, as final exams are underway and the excitement of Commencement is palpable, our linear sense of time coalesces with the cyclical and we are reminded of rituals and rites of passage that are perennial and connect us to times past and, hopefully, times yet to come.
As the OUCRL takes note of an academic year full of students, friendships, service, learning and traditions honored to their fullest, we also bid farewell to our graduates who segue into new professional and academic opportunities. And we also wish colleagues well who are either retiring or accepting new challenges elsewhere.
I think of students like Aleezah Merali, president of our Interfaith Council, who will graduate and soon take on her first assignment as an educator. Aleezah, along with many members of VIC, will be ending the semester by refurbishing Igloo coolers, recently painted for use in our Greek formals, and filling them with food and other items of need to be distributed to Nashville's homeless.
I think of colleagues such as Reverend Stacey Croft, director of Reformed University Fellowship, and Rabbi Joshua Barton, spiritual leader of Vanderbilt Hillel, who will be leaving Vanderbilt after many years of ministry. They have served our students and campus in remarkable ways. Their legacies of service live on.
I also want to recognize the excellence of leadership that has kept OUCRL's programs fresh, stimulating and relevant to our times: The Holocaust Lecture Series, Martin Luther King Weekend of Service and Day of Commemoration, Project Dialogue and the Chaplain's Speakers Series. Less than a month ago our spring keynoter for the CSS, Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor, packed Benton Chapel as she offered a spellbinding reflection "Redeeming Darkness: A Spirituality for the Night Times," based on her most recent bestselling memoir Learning to Walk in the Dark. Below is a link that will allow you access to her address.
Lastly, I want to recognize so many campus partners who have worked with the OUCRL to better serve our religious organizations. In particular, I'd like to thank Vanderbilt's Dining Services for working with us, and the Muslim Student Association, in providing a greater variety of Halal food at the Commons and at Rand. Vanderbilt's multi-faith community is vibrant and growing year after year.
As each year passes we build on the many friendships of trust and concern that make our efforts worthwhile.
Reverend Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
Meditation workshop at the Zen Garden
Project Dialogue was proud to collaborate with the Vanderbilt Buddhist Community to host a Meditation Workshop at the Zen Garden with meditation teacher Lisa Ernst from One Dharma Nashville. Read more.
Farewell to Rev. Stacey Croft & Rabbi Joshua Barton
The end of the school year is filled with excitement, change and sorrow. It is with fond sadness that we say goodbye to two of our affiliated chaplains. Read more.
Bringing together Greek and non-Greek students alike, the Formal Cooler Giveback is an opportunity to take a break from studying for finals and engage in a unique service project to give back to the community. Read more.
New Halal items from Campus Dining!
The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life is excited to announce that after working with our Campus Dining, we have been able to act quickly and offer 13 new Halal certified dishes for students. They'll be available at the Rand Dining Hall and the Commons Dining Hall. Read more.
Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Taylor speaks to a full capacity Benton Chapel
The Chaplain's Speaker Series saw a great turnout for this special engagement. A video of the talk can be seen for a limited time on our web page. See more.
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November 2014
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
The mid-November through mid-December phase of fall semester is riddled with highs and lows as students—and our campus community—enter into that home stretch of final exams, papers and projects. Our Thanksgiving break, offering a quick respite, becomes a time to count our many blessings.
I am thankful for the dedicated student leaders who comprise Vanderbilt's Interfaith Council. Meeting on Thursday evenings, the council is a tapestry of students woven together through diverse threads of religion, race, culture and worldview. While differences are apparent, the quest for what unites and inspires their common search for meaning and purpose always shines through the events they bring to the larger campus. Here's more on what VIC is and does.
We have just completed our 37th successful Holocaust Lecture Series, the longest-running lecture series in America on the Holocaust. I am especially thankful for the leadership of its committee, chaired by Michael Bess, Chancellor's Professor of History and professor of European studies, along with student co-chairs Samuel Lazaroff and Lucas Wilson. This year's theme, "Science, Technology and the Holocaust," led to some of the best-attended events in recent memory. When Holocaust survivor Eva Kor spoke on Oct. 28, she was greeted by a
standing-room-only crowd. See more about the series.
Highlights of more that's central to the OUCRL's mission are given below. I also invite you to visit our affiliate chaplains' page and explore their ministries, programs and service in detail. I am grateful for them and for all who make up our Vanderbilt community.
And I thank you for your continued interest and support of the OUCRL!
Reverend Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
October/November Religious Life on Campus
Each month, we will take quick note of the various and wonderful events that our various religious organizations have put on throughout campus. Read more.
'Re-imagining Gender Within the Church'
Alex McNeill, executive director of More Light Presbyterians, a national organization devoted to advocacy, education and support for LGBTQ people and issues within the church and beyond, spoke at a lunchtime event on Thursday, Nov. 20, at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read more.
Vanderbilt Interfaith Spring Break Trip
The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life is partnering with the International Student and Scholar Services, and the Interfaith Council to plan Vanderbilt's first interfaith spring break trip. The purpose of this trip will be to explore the meaning of faith between several religions through guided visits and explorations of religious sites and personal reflection. Read more.
Food Justice
Project Dialogue co-sponsored two wonderful events in collaboration with the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, the Cal Turner Program, the Society of St. Cornelius and the Divinity School to bring Norman Wirzba to speak on his work, Food and Faith: a Theology of Eating. Read more.
Chaplains Under Fire
Should the military be hiring clergy? Can the military tell them how to act? How does a Christian chaplain minister to a Buddhist? A Muslim? An atheist? To explore these questions, Lee Lawrence and Terry Nickelson spent three months in Afghanistan and Iraq, where troops let them into their lives. Read more.
October 2014
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
As always, the September-October phase of fall semester is packed with programs, special events and religious holy days that engage a large segment of our campus and city.
Our Jewish community, served by Vanderbilt Hillel and Vanderbilt Chabad, observed Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 25-26), Yom Kippur (Oct. 4), Sukkot (Oct. 9-15), Shemini Atzeret (Oct. 16) and Simchat Torah (Oct. 17).
Our Muslim Student Association and Muslim community at Vanderbilt celebrated Eid al Adha (Oct. 5). The Baha'i community will observe the Birth of Bab (Oct. 20), while our Hindu students and community, led by Vandy Karma, plan to participate in Diwali (Oct. 23).
Highlights of programs central to the OUCRL's mission are below. Explore numerous events in greater detail at our affiliate chaplains' page.
The OUCRL and Vanderbilt Hillel joined with Project Dialogue to celebrate that program's 25th anniversary with a crowd-pleasing Matisyahu concert
on Sept. 6. Project Dialogue is now launching into a new style of collaboration with campus religious organizations, departments within Student Affairs and Residential Life, academic departments and schools. Its intent is to explore timely, relevant and pressing topics discussed within the context of religious life, spiritual practice and/or ethical discernment. Already Project Dialogue has co-sponsored:
Many other partnerships are coming and I will share them with you next month. Thank you for your continued interest and support of the OUCRL!
Rev. Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
September 2014
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
We are now rounding the first two weeks of our new academic year and, as always, it has been an exhilarating beginning full of orientation activities, welcoming new and returning students, and contemplating the great opportunities and challenges inherent in the work of our office.
Even as the bright hope of emerging adults coming to our campus evokes feelings of gratitude and responsibility among so many-faculty, staff and community members-who will guide and protect them, we have also been confronted by the tragic shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, that summons us to a deeper level of soul searching about how other young lives get cut short as cries for justice, reconciliation and hope for a beloved community of sisters and brothers living in peace painfully eludes our grasp. The OUCRL, along with the Dean of Students and
countless other campus partners, will engage this dilemma with compassion, humility and persistent hope. (Links to programs and discussions already in formation are below.)
I am very proud to announce that the OUCRL's Project Dialogue is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. To kick things off, we will host performance artist Matisyahu, who will offer our campus an acoustic concert on The Ingram Commons lawn. His September 9 concert will blend reggae, hip hop and rap into the social-spiritual dialogue for which he's known.
Lastly, the Chaplain's Speakers Series will bring Professor Marcelo Gleiser to Benton Chapel on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m., as part of the tour for his book, The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning. Gleiser, a professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at Dartmouth, has been called the Carl Sagan of the 21st Century. Together we will probe the horizon where scientific vision and the spiritual quest for meaning coalesce. This event is free and open to the public.
Please see all other postings below for events and new people that promise to make this a great year!
Rev. Mark Forrester
First events of the year
The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life would like to welcome back all returning students and send a special greeting to our new first-year class! While we have many exciting events throughout the year, here's a look at some of the first few. Read more.
Project Dialogue 25th Anniversary event
The 25th year for Project Dialogue is 2014-15 and its celebratory theme is Music as Dialogue. We are proud to bring to campus someone who uses music as a means to inspire and create critical dialogue: Matisyahu, on Tuesday, September 9. Read more.
Welcome to our new UKIRK Affiliated Chaplain C.J. Thompson
With a new school year always come new changes and plenty of new faces. OUCRL is very excited to welcome C.J. Thompson to our office as the new UKIRK Affiliated Chaplain for our Presbyterian Ministry (PCUSA).Read more.
Marcelo Gleiser on the Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
Humans have worked to understand and explain the universe for millennia, but Gleiser says we'll never know it all-and proceeds to explain why. Read more.
Campus dialogues about Ferguson
The recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, have sparked protests and national discussions about racism, racial profiling and policing in the United States. African American and Diaspora Studies and the Vanderbilt NAACP are sponsoring campus dialogues about these issues in the coming months. Read more.
June 2014
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
Soon after I had the honor of becoming university chaplain, Rev. John Feldhacker of West End United Methodist Church called to wish me well and offer an artifact that symbolized the role the Methodist Church had played in the founding of Vanderbilt. I couldn't believe what I was told and ended our conversation excited to see what he described.
A few weeks later, a flatbed trailer backed into our parking lot carrying a 300-pound gravestone that had originally marked the resting place of Bishop Holland McTyeire. It had been stored at West End Methodist for decades after the creation of a more appropriate tomb adjacent to the Divinity School. As most of us know, it was Bishop McTyeire's vision and persuasive influence on Cornelius Vanderbilt that resulted in the $1 million investment that gave rise to this remarkable university in 1873. Bishop McTyeire's gravestone
now rests in the OUCRL, reminding me every day of the religious roots that bless and nourish us with a sacred sense of history.
Vanderbilt these days not only testifies to Methodist and Christian history, but to a robust constellation of many religions, faith traditions and spiritualities.
Quite often our students–be they Jewish, Christian, Hindu or Moslem–arrive their first year on campus with only a nominally stated religious background. Through the wise, patient and compassionate presence of campus groups, students can explore their roots and establish a deep connection to sacred history for life. I am encouraged every spring by reports from two such groups, Vanderbilt Hillel and Vanderbilt Chabad, which take students to Israel for a religious and cultural reinvigoration of their Jewish roots through the Birthright program.
I invite you to follow the links below for more information on these and other OUCRL initiatives.
Rev. Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
When the school year ended, some undergraduates didn't head home. Instead, students from Vanderbilt Hillel and Vanderbilt Chabad journeyed to Israel. Read more
How did Bishop Holland Nimmons McTyeire's original headstone come to be installed in the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life? Read more
OUCRL supports safety on campus
As part of OUCRL's mission to bring a sense of "home away from home" to students, we're participating in Vanderbilt's work to educate, train and keep our campus safe. Read more
May 2014
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
We are now into that post-commencement period that marks our transition into summer. This is a time to be grateful for our graduates who graced us by their eager lives. A few short years ago, the Class of 2014 arrived on campus with big dreams that would help sustain them on the rigorous path of higher learning.
Those dreams, aspirations and life goals came to fruition, in part, because of the community of peers, professors and organizations that engaged their intellects, expanded their worldviews, and inspired a passion for the possible that would soon unfold beyond the magnolia curtain of Vanderbilt University.
I could recite a long litany of names to illustrate the student leadership and vitality that has energized religious life at Vanderbilt, but one name stands out. Sid Sapru
(College of Arts and Science), of Naperville, Ill., was a core member of the Interfaith Council throughout college. Elected by his peers to be our IFC president for 2013–14, Sid did an outstanding job, partnering with fellow officers to further interfaith dialogue and, as a result, to teach greater interfaith literacy. I am delighted to report that Sid was elected to the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust this spring.
We are also blessed with affiliate chaplains who represent an ever-widening spectrum of religious traditions. Rev. Becca Stevens
, affiliated Episcopal chaplain at Vanderbilt, parish priest at St. Augustine's Chapel and founder of Magdalene and Thistle Farms, has become a legendary change agent in the lives of women with histories of prostitution, drug addiction and crime. Becca's commitment as a priest, campus pastor and urban ministry pioneer was recently celebrated by her congregation as it commemorated her 20th anniversary. Our office, in behalf of Vanderbilt University, joins the chorus of so many who give thanks for the unique and powerful work Becca began and promotes across our campus and nation.
Lastly, we are proud of the religious spaces open to students, faculty, staff and the Nashville community. Benton Chapel, part of the Vanderbilt Divinity School quadrangle, is sought out for weddings throughout the year, especially by couples who began their relationships at Vanderbilt. The OUCRL is now inviting more members of Nashville and middle Tennessee community to consider us for their wedding plans.
Summer Blessings,
Rev. Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
Interfaith president named to VU Board of Trust
Even though he's graduated, our outgoing Interfaith Council President Sid Sapru will be still involved with Vanderbilt for a few more years. Read more
Congratulations, Rev. Becca Stevens
On May 11, Rev. Becca Stevens was honored at a service celebrating her 20 years at St. Augustine's Chapel. Read more
Campus weddings
One of the most special days in any couple's life is their wedding day. The location for their wedding ceremony should be just as special. Read more
April 2014
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
As we send you greetings, religious and academic activities are converging in April.
Sunday, April 13, was Palm Sunday. It began Holy Week, the last days of Lent. This is the week Christians commemorate the passion and death of Christ—a week marked with suffering that culminates on Easter, the day of resurrection. Easter is the highest of all holy days observed by Christians around the world.
Passover 2014 began at sundown on Monday, April 14. This Jewish holiday celebrates ancient Israel's deliverance from Egyptian bondage and captures the quest for freedom, independence and dignity that characterize the histories of many nations and people, past and present.
The articles below highlight how our Jewish and Christian communities of faith honor sacred times of observance while tending to the end-of-semester demands encountered by students, regardless of tradition.
In our office, April also starts the hiatus of programs such as the Holocaust Lecture Series, Project Dialogue, Martin Luther King Weekend of Service and Day of Commemoration, and the Chaplain's Speakers Series, which will all return in the new academic year.
Before I close, I want to note two recent events that instructed and inspired us.
Project Dialogue's evening with Dr. Drew Pinsky on March 20 was a rousing success. Pinsky, the host of TV's Dr. Drew On Call and the nationally syndicated radio show Loveline, spoke on "When Painkillers Become Dangerous."
On Thursday, April 10, the OUCRL brought religious sociologist Patricia Snell Herzog to campus for a professional development seminar. That evening, she participated in an intimate conversation with first-year students about the spiritual lives of emerging adults. A key researcher in the National Study of Youth and Religion,
Herzog shared longitudinal data on the millennial generation as they transition into religious, academic, social and cultural identities that amaze and challenge us all.
Please read more below and thanks, as always, for your interest!
Rev. Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
Rabbi Joshua Barton reflects on Passover
The Jewish community at Vanderbilt gathered April 14 and 15 to celebrate the Jewish Feast of Freedom at Vanderbilt Hillel. Read more.
Stations of the Cross at Vanderbilt Divinity School
On Good Friday, April 18, the Society of St. Cornelius and the Worship Team at Vanderbilt Divinity School offered a Stations of the Cross service. It focused on the execution of Jesus and the planned executions of Tennessee inmates currently on death row. Read more and see photos.
What happens to all those painted coolers used by students during Formal Weekend? This year, students gathered to give those coolers second life. OUCRL collected donated coolers, cleaned, repainted and filled them with food and necessities for the Nashville homeless. Read more and see photos.
Nashville's Atlantic Institute is hosting an exploring event on religion. Rabbi Rami Shapiro will present "Exploring Faiths: Introduction to Judaism." Read more.
March 2014
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
March has been, and continues to be, a whirlwind month of programming, spring break service and learning within and beyond the traditional classroom.
Prior to spring break, the new dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School, the Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes, delivered our Chaplain's Speakers Series keynote February 26. Her lecture, "Does Your House Have Lions?: Citizenship and Faith in Today's World," was well received by an audience of students, faculty and community members. Watch video of this event.
On March 11, the OUCRL sponsored a lecture by Ralph Wood, professor of theology and literature at Baylor University, entitled, "Fyodor Dostoevsky, Flannery O'Connor, and Christ Pantocrator." While in Nashville, Professor Wood also spoke on various literary figures such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien at Montgomery Bell Academy, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Aquinas College and St. Cecelia Academy. Watch video of this event.
Our Interfaith Council continues to bless, enlighten and provoke us with amazing programs and events throughout the year. On March 12, the IFC sponsored a panel discussion, "Does Religion Do More Harm Than Good?" Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim and atheist representatives fielded timely and enduring questions about the role of religion in society, considering the spiritual significance, theological complexity and moral legacy, positive and negative, that must be reckoned with. I moderated the panel and questions from a packed auditorium of guests made for a lively evening. Read more about this event.
Lastly, our Project Dialogue season concludes Thursday, March 20, with nationally known talk show personality Dr. Drew Pinsky. Drew's Oprah-style presentation will be "When Painkillers Become Dangerous." See below for more on this exciting event. I hope you will be able to join us.
Rev. Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
Project Dialogue Presents Dr. Drew Pinsky "When Painkillers Become Dangerous and the College Drug Culture"
Dr. Drew Pinsky concludes the 2013-14 Project Dialogue Season on Thursday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Life Center Ballroom. Read more
February 2014
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
As we approach the midpoint of spring semester, with winter weather still holding strong, there is much on the horizon that warms my heart with excitement and gratitude.
As you may know, we have established the Chaplain's Speakers Series, which brings a noted scholar, writer and/or religious leader to Benton Chapel once a semester to address the campus, and Nashville community, on timely subjects connecting the religious/spiritual life to a myriad of contemporary issues. We have hosted megachurch pastor Rob Bell while on his What We Talk About When We Talk About God
book tour. This past September, we were enlightened and entertained by the NYU evolutionary psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of the NYT best-selling book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. Each of these events stimulated campus and community interest beyond our wildest dreams.
I am very happy to announce that our keynoter for the next CSS on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. is our newly installed Dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School, the Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes.
Dean Townes is a formidable theologian, womanist scholar and ethicist whose versatility as a professor and as a preacher is suggested by the title of her address: "Does Your House Have Lions? Citizenship and Faith in Today's World." Please join us for what will be an inspired message of challenge, hope and courage to live an authentic life of faith.
Next month's newsletter will provide a photo montage of places and projects undertaken by our religious affiliates spending their spring break (March 1-8) in the service of others. I'd like to highlight one event in which I will take part as a staff leader. The Wesley/Canterbury Fellowship
will be going to Winston-Salem, N.C., to work with Habitat for Humanity, building homes with persons and families who cannot qualify for conventional home loans. Habitat for Humanity has a national spring break program called Collegiate Challenge, which began 25 years ago at the Winston-Salem affiliate. This year's 25th anniversary will involve 100 college students from across the nation. Vanderbilt will be represented with a group of 10 as we work on a massive multisite build. Read more.
Rev. Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
January 2014
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
I hope that the holidays brought you and yours a time of rest and renewal of spirit, and as we enter into this new academic season, may you find strength and solace of community populated by colleagues, friends and family.
The OUCRL, along with the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, is excited about the litany of events we have planned for MLK Day on Monday, Jan. 20. Also the Office of Active Citizenship and Service, which partners with the MLK committee each year, has organized the MLK Weekend of Service for our students, who will give of their time and effort to support local charities and agencies serving the poor, elderly, handicapped and marginalized within our city.
The theme for our MLK Day of Commemoration is "Do Justice." Our media-driven imaginations might associate that phrase with the Nike advertisement, but its roots go back to the eighth-century (BCE) prophet Micah, who asked the powers that be "and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" (6:8 NRSV). Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was America's Micah, a national prophet whose vision to "do justice" wove the religious, spiritual, cultural and constitutional threads of our
history into a common garment of hope, respect and equal rights under the law. While "do justice" still confronts us as a moral imperative not fully realized, the legacy of Rev. King prods us with words and deeds of courage to not abandon the ideals for which he, and an entire generation, lived and died.
We are excited that actor and activist Danny Glover will be our featured speaker in Langford Auditorium at 7 p.m. He will be interviewed, Charlie Rose-style, by Rev. Dr. Dale Andrews of the Vanderbilt Divinity School. Glover will also take part in a teach-in earlier that afternoon in Sarratt Cinema, examining movie moments from his career that speak to the use of that medium to raise our awareness for a more just world. There are many other events throughout the day, so again go to our
I encourage you to read more about other exciting events coming up this spring.
Thanks as always for being faithful readers and supporters of the work of our office as we seek to serve our university and surrounding communities.
Rev. Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
November 2013
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain
and Religious Life,
As holidays add fury to the frenetic energy of final exams, the ending of an academic season also allows us to look back and assess important programs, practices and positive contributions to our community—accomplished through a network of students and colleagues who make our work so satisfying.
First, I am thankful for the immense talent and potential that resides in each and every religious group serving our university. From historic groups long established (Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist), to independent/nondenominational groups and student-led organizations, our office supports, encourages and celebrates a bustling "religious and spiritual marketplace" that adds a qualitative value to our culture that cannot be adequately quantified.
I am also thankful for our academic and professional colleagues who lead and inspire a level of student and community engagement that, this semester alone, is staggering. This past Friday we concluded the 36th Annual Holocaust Lecture Series, offering ten separate lectures, films and exhibits between September 23rd and November 15th. We are also ramping up into our Project Dialogue season, an outside-the-classroom series of panels, talks and presentations designed to prompt a kind of dialogue that is grounded in academic and civic learning
combined (more about all of this available on links below).
Please take note of all that is featured in this month's newsletter, especially key events like David Walker, America's chief comptroller who served under Presidents Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton and Bush 43, which is coming up on November 19th at the Student Life Center.
As always, thanks for the time that you take to read and share our monthly news!
Rev. Mark Forrester
University Chaplain and Director of Religious Life
October 2013
Dear Friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life:
October is the month when two of our perennial programs are launched: The Holocaust Lecture Series (now in its 36th year!); and Project Dialogue, a "learning beyond the classroom" interdisciplinary program that is in its 24th year.
I believe that this year's HLS theme, Neighbors, taken from our first lecturer, Princeton University historian Jan Gross—whose book explores the horror of genocide that happened between neighbors in a small Polish town in July 1941—sets a soul-searching tone for the entire series of lectures, films, art exhibits and discussions yet to come.
The Holocaust Lecture Series remains committed to the memory of the Jewish Holocaust as the touchstone event of history that prods us to explore and contemplate other genocides of history as well, such as the Rwandan genocide of 800,000 people that happened less than two decades ago.
New York Times bestselling writer Philip Gourevitch, author of We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, will speak at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center as part of the series on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. Learn more and see the full schedule.
Project Dialogue kicked off this week with a panel discussion, "Poverty and Activism on a Local Level," led by Tasha French Lemley, founding executive director of The Contributor; Andrew Kinks, former editor of The Contributor
and VU doctoral student; Clive Mentzel, VU's director of the Office of Active Citizenship and Service; and Vanderbilt Divinity student Jennifer Bailey, outreach coordinator at Community Food Advocates. Learn more about Project Dialogue and see the full schedule.
We are excited to announce that actor and activist Danny Glover will deliver the university's Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote address at Langford Auditorium, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at 7 p.m. Glover will also lead a teach-in for students earlier that day and speak on films he has made and how they relate to themes and social challenges evoked by this national holiday. There will be a number of other campus and citywide events related to MLK Day
that will be posted in this newsletter, our website and other university media sources over the next few months. Learn more and see the full schedule.
Last, as the OUCRL highlights programs and large events worthy of recognition, it is equally important to lift up the many other ways we strive to positively impact the Vanderbilt student culture. Our office, along with a number of our denominational affiliates, hosted an alternative (alcohol-free) tailgate party prior to our home game on Family Weekend (Sept. 28). We are also taking the lead, through our Program Director Mike Zimmerman, to conduct Green Dot training for students, leaders and departments throughout our campus community. The
Green Dot Initiative at Vanderbilt aims to decrease power-based personal violence on campus by utilizing education, outreach and staff development as mechanisms for increasing awareness and competency around bystander intervention skills.
Thanks for your continued interest as I take the pleasure each month to share a few good words about religious life on our campus!
Rev. Mark Forrester
University Chaplain
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By Jay Grenby, December 22, 2010
Rabbi Alan Burns, first minister of Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue and a former minister of West End Great Synagogue in central London, has died at the age of 75.
London-born Rabbi Burns began his career as a teacher at the Yesodeh Hatorah school in Stamford Hill. In 1963, on hearing that a newly-formed community in Chigwell needed someone to lead services, he offered himself for the job, walking up from his Ilford home every Shabbat to do so. He formally became the congregation's minister when the Chigwell community merged with the neighbouring and longer-established Hainault Synagogue in 1968. He remained at Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue until 1975.
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The Tiger coaches met with many of their 2014 targets as well as several underclassmen.
John Chavis and Adam Henry made stops there to see Kenny Young and Malachi Dupre. Chavis' visit with Young comes the day before he departs for an official visit to Texas A&M, and the LSU coaches are still working to keep this four-star LB close to home.
The Tigers are certainly working that angle and also selling him on where Young would fit on the defense and the opportunity he'd have for early playing time. The Aggies seem to be growing more confident by the day when it comes to Young, who met with the A&M coaches yesterday as well, so it's vital that LSU stays in his ear. He'll take an official visit to Baton Rouge on Jan. 27.
All reports on Dupre continue to be positive leading into his official visit this weekend. LSU continued to develop its strong relationship with the nation's No. 2 WR during the visit Thursday and all signs still point to him landing at LSU on Signing Day.
Brick Haley spent part of his Thursday working to secure one of LSU's more at-risk commits. Haley visited with Deondre Clark and his family in advance of Clark's official visit to Oklahoma this weekend. There's no denying the Sooners have made an impressive charge in recent weeks, and at this point, Oklahoma almost appears likely to flip the Tiger commit before it's all said and done.
Will that be enough to keep Clark on LSU's commit list? That remains to be seen. But he won't flip without LSU making its best case to keep him.
The head coach himself, Les Miles, was also on the trail Thursday. He visited with four-star defensive lineman Malik McDowell, who will take an official visit to LSU on Jan. 24. This was Miles' first time meeting McDowell in-person as Coach Haley has mostly led the charge in his recruitment.
Haley's a large reason why LSU's still in contention, and getting some facetime with Miles should only help the Tigers' chances, as slim as they may be. Most feel that McDowell is a lock to stay close to home in the Midwest, but he's giving LSU a fair shot and LSU is taking advantage of the opening.
Miles' next visit will go to Adoree Jackson, possibly as early as Friday, though the timing may not work out. LSU is expected to introduce Jeff Grimes as its new OL coach on Friday, and Jackson will fly home to California on Friday after spending Thursday in Illinois, hosting coaches with his parents. Jackson met with USC, Tennessee and Florida on Thursday, and look for Miles to meet with him in the near future.
Frank Wilson spent his Thursday in his old stomping grounds, checking in on his two RB commits. Wilson met with both Leonard Fournette and Darrel Williams, and everything remains perfect with both prospects. Wilson has high expectations for his two soon-to-be freshmen running backs, and both will have the opportunity for significant carries next season.
Wilson also popped in on some of New Orleans' top underclassmen. He met with St. Augustine 2015 WR Stanley Morgan, who picked up an offer from LSU earlier this week. Morgan currently ranks as a three-star prospect. Wilson also met with Helen Cox athlete Dion Ray, who will likely be a CB or WR on the next level. LSU hasn't offered him yet, but he may very well end up as one of the state's top playmakers for 2015.
Because LSU still hasn't introduced a new OL coach, Steve Kragthorpe spent Thursday on the road. He visited with LSU's two OL commits Garrett Brumfield and William Clapp in advance of their official visits this weekend. Neither prospect wavered after Greg Studrawa left the program, and Kragthorpe informed both prospects they will meet the new coach when they arrive Friday for their official visits.
Steve Ensminger spent Thursday recruiting Shreveport. He visited with Notre Dame commit Jerry Tillery at Evangel. Though Tillery is extremely firm in his pledge to the Irish, LSU will continue to try and keep him in-state and will hope that a new OL coach may open the door. That doesn't seem likely though considering Tillery grew up a Notre Dame fan and really values the education that school would provide.
Definitely look for the in-home visits to pick up next week, as Friday will mostly be spent preparing for the 11 visitors coming to campus this weekend. Derrick Kelly, Travonte Valentine and many other prospects are planning to host the LSU coaches next week, so now's only the beginning of what should be a hectic end to the 2014 recruiting cycle.


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ok so guys, this is my second wii now.
the first one i got for christmas and i brought it back due to it not being able to load discs...
so now onto the second one.
this time my wiimote just wont work at all.
there is no blue lights when i click on it, and i already changed the batteries a million times.
this is so frustrating.
the lights did however flash for a couple seconds after put the batteries in.
anyone know what going on?
(note: this wii is JUST out of the box a half hour ago.)
Does anybody else but us have issues with their color while they are playing? IT will start out good then all of a sudden the color will get bad to the point where it hurts your eyes and you have to shut it down
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This is my first post and hopefully you will be able to help me. I got a Wii about a week ago, and has been working well through until Superbowl Sunday. Me and buddies tried to play Wii sports andTiger woods, and my #2 remote stopped working. It actually will work during set up, u can see the "glove" curser move and all buttons work, but when i get to playing the game the swing will not work. Hopefully after a week I do not have to buy brand new one. I have changed batteries and everything, re-sync it as well.
Please help, and thanks in advance.
I have that same problem too sometimes, no idea why it does that and have yet to figure out how to get it to stopOriginally Posted by Juice_eer
the wii simply won't turn on any more - no lights on, nothing. Has anyone experienced this?
Make sure all of the cables are plugged in completely and correctly (on the Wii and power outlet). If they are, then contact Nintendo and they will send you a replacement. They have excellent customer service.Originally Posted by rftravers
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Defensive tackle Kentwan Balmer put his future with the San Francisco 49ers in jeopardy today when he failed to show up for practice after being told by coach Mike Singletary to report.
Balmer had been given two days to handle a personal matter and was expected to return to the team today.
"I told Kentwan to be here this morning. He was not," a terse Singletary said after the morning workout. "For us, we're just going to move forward."
Singletary would not say if the 49ers intend to release Balmer, who was the team's first-round draft choice in 2008 but has struggled in his first two seasons. In fact, Singletary made it clear he didn't want to address the Balmer mystery at all.
"I don't want to go there," he said. "I'm done with that. I'm done. I don't want to say anything further than that. If you guys want any information about Kentwan, go to Kentwan."
Reached at his home by the San Jose Mercury News, Balmer said he planned to meet with Singletary today and intends to return to the team.
"People are making a big deal out of nothing," he said.
According to an NFL spokesman, the 49ers could request waivers on Balmer with the designation "left squad" or could place him on reserve/left squad five days after notifying the league office, among several options.
Players went through a shortened practice in jerseys, shorts and helmets, seemingly unaffected by the fact a teammate was officially AWOL. Balmer was battling for a backup job behind starter Justin Smith, although there was no guarantee he would win a job.
"One guy's not here, the next guy's gotta roll in," Smith said. "It's not a problem."
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Planet Asia helped jump-start the West Coast independent hip-hop movement, releasing a slew of popular 12-inch singles on upstarts like Stones Throw and ABB Records in the late 90s that established him as one of the leaders of a crop of talent that included the likes of Dilated Peoples, Madlib, Murs, and Jurassic 5.
Now a 15-year veteran, the Cali-based MC (born in Fresno, he's spent most of his career living in Los Angeles and San Francisco) shows no signs of slowing down. The first decade of the new millennium saw Asia briefly sign with major label Interscope, go independent again for his debut album The Grand Opening, release full-length collaborative projects with both Evidence of Dilated Peoples (The Medicine) and DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill (Pain Language), form his own label (Gold Chain Music), and work with everyone from Linkin Park to Bun B to Ghostface Killah. Now, Planet Asia is back with his first retail album in four years, the star-studded Black Belt Theatre, which hits stores everywhere via Daddy Real/Wandering Worx/Greenstreets on February 28th, 2012.
Named after a 1980s Saturday-afternoon TV show and inspired by Planet Asia's favorite films, Black Belt Theatre combines the violent precision of classic kung-fu flicks with the calculated cool of classic blaxploitation movies. "I wanted to make the album like a movie, something you would see in a theater," says Asia. "That's why it has so many features. All the guests feel like different characters in the movie." These guests include veterans like Raekwon, Talib Kweli, Paul Wall, Ras Kass, Camp Lo, and Strong Arm Steady, as well as newcomers like Fashawn, Willie The Kid, Torae, and Nio Tha Gift. "They're basically just all people I thought were dope," says Asia. "Both young cats I'm feeling and veterans I've always admired."
Unlike on his albums with Evidence and DJ Muggs, Asia also got to determine the sonic direction on Black Belt Theatre, resulting in a soul-heavy, blaxploitation-influenced sound. "It was fun because I got to reach out to guys like Oh No and Khrysis for beats, find the best tracks and put together a masterpiece," explains Asia. "It's some esoteric gangster shit…a full plate for the listener."
MP3: DJ Kontrol f/ Lil Jon - "Get Naked (Remix)"
Courtesy Zack @ DICE Music.
* http://hulkshare.com/mrh5ybakaa3q *Club King Art Beatz is back on the scene with this CRAZY remix of DJ Kontrol's Lil Jon-featured smash.
Video: Trae Tha Truth f/ Big Boi, Lupe, Wale - "I'm On"
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MP3: Amber Rose f/ Wiz Khalifa - "Fame"
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MP3: Dia2ill - "Sabotage" (prod. J-Scrilla)
Courtesy DJ Ykcor.
The Beastie Boys, known for their distinctive style and unique sound, released the iconic single Sabotage in the early 1990's to rave reviews. In 2011, Dia2ill, an artist equally as unique and enigmatic puts an modernized touch to the classic pop classic. An ardent Beastie Boy fan and a fan of the classic song himself, he crafted the track to perfection; adding his own lyrical and melodic touch to make it something all his own.
Dia2ill wasn't alone in the process of updating this classic. With production headed by Innerloop Record's own J-Scrilla, Dia2ill captured the same energy and sound which sent the original song to icon status and added his own unique flair in the process.
Both J-Scrilla and Dia2ill consrtucted the new track from scratch. Later, live guitar would be added to the track by producer Miggz. Dia2ill wanted to catch the listener off guard. He accomplished this task by having assistants of Johnny 3 Legs perform the songs intro. Johnny 3 Legs also assisted with back-up vocals alongside Death Metal singer Ogre. To add an old-school sound to the new-age track. DJ Trayze incorporated the sound of records scratching in the chorus. Engineered by 2Face Ya Wild Boy, the finished product would be sent to Wise so that the final touch of adjusting the track's instrumentals could be made. Miggz would also be the one to master the final product. With the buzz of the track being remade and the careful time put into the song, Dia2ill is confident this song will be just as big a success as the original before it.
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Posted by Mckinley25
on 01 August 2015 - 08:18 PM
But Datsyuk and Zetterberg go fishing together every summer... Is that not boy love?
Posted by Echolalia
on 01 August 2015 - 05:50 PM
Posted by LeftWinger
on 21 July 2015 - 09:59 PM
I think its funny how folks already say he stinks or is going to stink. He led the entire AHL in points and that is with playing 31 games up here.
Nyquist led the AHL in points as well when he first spent some significant time up in Detroit.
BTW, in Nyquist's 1st 40 games as a Red Wing, 4 goals, 13 points - Pulk's first 34 games, 5 goals, 8 points. Nyquist played with Z a lot in those first 40 games, Pulk played mostly 4th line (or less) minutes. This guy is not as quite of a playmaker as Nyquist, but he is a pure scorer. I predict a 25-30 goal season for Pulk IF he stays 3rd line or higher and sees significant PP time. His shot is unbelievably fast, unlike the Wings have had since Brett Hull. He will most likely get a 2-3 year $3.5M deal after this season, if not more.
Jurco also had 15 goals while playing mostly 4th line minutes. When this guy get back with Sheahan (or even a better center) he too could very well top 25 goals. This is a good thing, but he too will get that $3.5M deal or higher and then things really get sticky with the cap. You know Mrazek is getting at least $5M, Danny D is getting at least Q's $4.75M, Abby with his emergence will most definitely top $3M (he's a UFA, so it may be $4M+) Helm, as well. He has proven that he is at least in the median player salary area, so his modest contract now will be at least $4M next year...this does not add up too well for the cap. You think we are over now? Just wait until next year. IF Franzen, Howard and Ericsson aren't gone this season, they have to go next. There just won't be any cap space to re-sign your players that are your core of the future.
s***, I nearly forgot about Sheahan and the raise he will garner. Maybe won't be as significant as others, but he most certainly will top $2M I would think...
Posted by marcaractac
on 19 July 2015 - 06:14 PM
So players that are on their drafted team should get a bonus that doesn't count against the cap
So players that are on their drafted team should get a bonus that doesn't count against the cap
Pretty much. Just have a percentage of home grown talents contracts not count VS the cap. It would reward teams that build through the draft, instead of having them get blown up like the Blackhawks have had to do twice now.
Posted by roboturner
on 17 July 2015 - 03:02 PM
My sister passed away about 3 weeks ago from cancer.
A couple of seasons ago she had a chance to go to a Wings game.
My dad had been in contact with the Wings people and they were trying to work out who she might want to meet if she got the chance. It was up to me to ask her who she wanted to meet. Of course, we were trying to surprise her so I didn't want to just come out and say "Hey you're probably going to get to meet one of the players, who do you want to meet?"
So i would ask, "Hey Care, if you got to meet anybody on the wings who would you want to meet?"
"DAN CLEARY!" she'd exclaim.
So a couple of days later I would ask again. "DAN CLEARY!!" was the answer I got again.
She knew they were going to be going to the game when she went down to Ann Arbor, so I tried again, "No..Seriously....If you really got to meet one of the current Wings players when you go to the game, who would it be?" I could not have given her a bigger hint without flat out just telling her!
So she and my dad and uncle went to the game and had a good time. Then the game was over. As they are trying to 'leave' the building, my uncle is leading the way with directions on where to go with my dad and sister following him. She still has no idea.
They end up in an area where she figures they aren't supposed to be. "Are we allowed down this way?"
Finally they end up standing against a wall with a bunch of other people with a Wings/arena employee telling them to just wait where they are.
"Are we meeting players?!" She had finally figured it out.
While they were waiting she felt she had accidentally bumped into someone behind her. She turned to say she was sorry to them. But nothing came out of her mouth. It was Nicklas Lidstrom that she had bumped into!! (This was during his last season when he wasn't playing due to his ankle) He saw she was trying to apologize and told her it was no big deal. Other players like Pavel and Zetterberg had walked through the hallway where they were waiting.
Finally Dan Cleary came out and asked "Are you Carrie?"
I don't remember much of what else happened (I wasn't there, just heard the stories afterward), but he was super nice to her, took a couple of pictures, and signed some things.
The jersey says
"To: Carrie Best Wishes
Your friend, Dan Clear 11"
He also had a signed bobble head sent to our house a couple of weeks later.
I always teased her about wanting to meet Cleary over anybody else, but she really enjoyed the whole experience
Posted by kipwinger
on 15 July 2015 - 12:42 PM
Oduya isn't better than Ericsson OR Quincey. He's very comparable to both though. Signing him and shipping one of those guys out is just shuffling deck chairs.
Posted by Caanis Cooper
on 10 July 2015 - 03:55 PM
I think Quincey played amazing this last season. I would be totally against moving him at all. I know we need to make some cap space room now, but we just can't lose his toughness and good defensive play.
Posted by jimmyemeryhunter
on 11 July 2015 - 10:35 PM
Posted by dropkickshanahans
on 09 July 2015 - 04:14 PM
Yeah well Minnesota can suck it too LGHT
Yeah well Minnesota can suck it too LGHT
Posted by jimmyemeryhunter
on 03 July 2015 - 01:58 PM
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on 03 July 2015 - 10:16 AM
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rick zombo
on 01 July 2015 - 05:08 PM
In typical LGWs fashion, the thread about the Richards signing has more pages than the Mike Green one.
Posted by Bannedforlife
on 30 June 2015 - 11:28 PM
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on 30 June 2015 - 05:37 PM
Posted by Hockeymom1960
on 30 June 2015 - 04:44 PM
I'm happy . Here's to a better season Smitty!
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Peace seemed not only possible, but was palpable this week at the Metropolitan Room as Mira Awad sang her own compositions in Arabic, Hebrew and English. Her words are earthy, her voice transcendent and the yearning for something better remains in the air.
The Palestinian-Israeli sang of relationships, in her words, "relationships with myself, between people, between peoples." With a graceful and full physicality, she sometimes played guitar, frame drum, a Middle Eastern flute called a ney and also added some bells to her barefoot ankle. She would translate the songs before singing, but her soulful expressiveness made the meanings clear, beyond language. Avi Fox-Rosen of Brooklyn accompanied her on guitar.
Adding even more electricity to the room, David Broza joined her on stage for a few songs. The Israeli singer/songwriter first met Awad at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, when she was playing an Israeli soldier, and he "fell in love with her voice and her presence." With some urging, he sang the song that first brought him great acclaim, Yihyeh tov," in 1977, a song of hope.
Awad and Broza performed their on-stage premiere of a song they recorded together for his new album, in an East Jerusalem studio. "Ramallah Tel Aviv." Broza explained that once, while visiting Ramallah, he saw lights in the distance and asked about them. "That's Tel Aviv," he was told, and was inspired to write "Ramallah/Tel Aviv," a song full of longing and, still, hope.
In harmony, they also sang Awad's "A Word," in English. "A word/about tomorrow/before we drown in sorrow."
Mira Awad performs "Arabic Fusion" again on 6/7 and 6/8 at the Metropolitan Room, 7 p.m., 34 West 22nd Street (between 5th and 6th). For reservations call 212 206 0440 or metropolitanroom.com, $20 music charge plus 2 drink minimum. She will be joined by Ernie Hammes on 6/7 and Hadar Noiberg on 6/8.
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Boo Boo Da Fool: 10 Examples Of Chris Brown Playing The Hell Out Of Karrueche…And Her Coming Right Back
Examples Of Chris Brown Playing Karrueche
Karrueche doesn't stand a chance. Chris Brown has been madly in love with Rihanna for damn near half a decade now. Even though they're split up and he has his boo, he's still showing public displays of affection. And poor, simple Karrueche is still hanging on to her man while he plays the isht out of her in front of the world.
Someone get this girl some confidence so she can get it together. Let's look at all these embarrassing displays.
Clubbing With Rih Rih – A few months ago, Chris took Karrueche to the club to party…where Rihanna was! He had his ex girl standing with his next girl standing with the girl that he chopping right now.
Family Hangout – Rihanna and Chris hung out together with their families and everything to watch the NBA Finals…c'mon Karr Bear.
The Songs – They recorded songs together about how they wanted to chop each other down again. Karrueche heard this, right?
The Subtweets – Rih Rih keeps sending subliminal shots at Karrueche via Twitter…you'd think Breezy would tell her to chill. Guess not.
The Fight – Chris Brown got into a fight with Drake over Rihanna…but shouldn't Breezy be concerned about his own woman instead of Rih Rih getting chopped down?
Stay Away! – Chris Brown allegedly told Ashton Kutcher to stay away from Rihanna when he was chopping her down. SMH…he's just keeping those cakes in the fridge for later.
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pyLIMA is an open source software for microlensing modeling. Based on Python, the goal is to offer to users an efficient and user friendly package to analyze their data. The code is written and tested with professional standards, such as PEP8 or unit testing.
StarPy derives the quenching star formation history (SFH) of a single galaxy through the Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo method code emcee (ascl:1303.002). The sample function implements the emcee EnsembleSampler function for the galaxy colors input. Burn-in is run and calculated for the length specified before the sampler is reset and then run for the length of steps specified. StarPy provides the ability to use the look-up tables provided or creating your own.
T-PHOT extracts accurate photometry from low-resolution images of extragalactic fields, where the blending of sources can be a serious problem for accurate and unbiased measurement of fluxes and colors. It gathers data from a high-resolution image of a region of the sky and uses the source positions and morphologies to obtain priors for the photometric analysis of the lower resolution image of the same field. T-PHOT handles different types of datasets as input priors, including a list of objects that will be used to obtain cutouts from the real high-resolution image, a set of analytical models (as .fits stamps), and a list of unresolved, point-like sources, useful for example for far-infrared wavelength domains. T-PHOT yields accurate estimations of fluxes within the intrinsic uncertainties of the method when systematic errors are taken into account (which can be done using a flagging code given in the output), and handles multiwavelength optical to far-infrared image photometry. T-PHOT was developed as part of the ASTRODEEP project (www.astrodeep.eu).
SPIDERz (SuPport vector classification for IDEntifying Redshifts) applies powerful support vector machine (SVM) optimization and statistical learning techniques to custom data sets to obtain accurate photometric redshift (photo-z) estimations. It is written for the IDL environment and can be applied to traditional data sets consisting of photometric band magnitudes, or alternatively to data sets with additional galaxy parameters (such as shape information) to investigate potential correlations between the extra galaxy parameters and redshift.
NEBULAR synthesizes the spectrum of a mixed hydrogen helium gas in collisional ionization equilibrium. It is not a spectral fitting code, but it can be used to resample a model spectrum onto the wavelength grid of a real observation. It supports a wide range of temperatures and densities. NEBULAR includes free-free, free-bound, two-photon and line emission from HI, HeI and HeII. The code will either return the composite model spectrum, or, if desired, the unrescaled atomic emission coefficients. It is written in C++ and depends on the GNU Scientific Library (GSL).
LORENE (Langage Objet pour la RElativité NumériquE) solves various problems arising in numerical relativity, and more generally in computational astrophysics. It is a set of C++ classes and provides tools to solve partial differential equations by means of multi-domain spectral methods. LORENE classes implement basic structures such as arrays and matrices, but also abstract mathematical objects, such as tensors, and astrophysical objects, such as stars and black holes.
21CMMC is an efficient Python sampler of the semi-numerical reionization simulation code 21cmFAST (ascl:1102.023). It can recover constraints on astrophysical parameters from current or future 21 cm EoR experiments, accommodating a variety of EoR models, as well as priors on individual model parameters and the reionization history. By studying the resulting impact on the EoR astrophysical constraints, 21CMMC can be used to optimize foreground cleaning algorithms; interferometer designs; observing strategies; alternate statistics characterizing the 21cm signal; and synergies with other observational programs.
NICIL (Non-Ideal magnetohydrodynamics Coefficients and Ionisation Library) calculates the ionization values and the coefficients of the non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics terms of Ohmic resistivity, the Hall effect, and ambipolar diffusion. Written as a standalone Fortran90 module that can be implemented in existing codes, NICIL is fully parameterizable, allowing the user to choose which processes to include and decide the values of the free parameters. The module includes both cosmic ray and thermal ionization; the former includes two ion species and three species of dust grains (positively charged, negatively charged and neutral), and the latter includes five elements which can be doubly ionized.
2DFFT utilizes two-dimensional fast Fourier transformations of images of spiral galaxies to isolate and measure the pitch angles of their spiral arms; this provides a quantitative way to measure this morphological feature and allows comparison of spiral galaxy pitch angle to other galactic parameters and test spiral arm genesis theories. 2DFFT requires fourn.c from Numerical Recipes in C (Press et al. 1989).
The N-body code gevolution complies with general relativity principles at every step; it calculates all six metric degrees of freedom in Poisson gauge. N-body particles are evolved by solving the geodesic equation written in terms of a canonical momentum to remain valid for relativistic particles. gevolution can be extended to include different kinds of dark energy or modified gravity models, going beyond the usually adopted quasi-static approximation. A weak field expansion is the central element of gevolution; this permits the code to treat settings in which no strong gravitational fields appear, including arbitrary scenarios with relativistic sources as long as gravitational fields are not very strong. The framework is well suited for cosmology, but may also be useful for astrophysical applications with moderate gravitational fields where a Newtonian treatment is insufficient.