Diplomacy Game @ The Addlestone

WHEN: Tuesday April 24 at High Noon

WHERE: The beautiful River's Green back of the Addlestone Library

WHY? Sign up to be on an Addlestone Diplomacy team and negotiate your country's way to total victory - or at least local hegemony.

Come play a board game with us on April 24th at High Noon! It’s the game of Diplomacy outside in the library garden!

Take a brief break before exams begin with a friendly game of diplomatic intrigue and skullduggery under a big tent in the garden! Link here for information about the game and the event:

http://www.cofc.edu/~seay/gaming/AddlestoneDiplomacy.html

Golfing on Rivers Green - Thursday

On Thursday April 19th the Friends of the Library are hosting the first of several golf events. Members of the CofC Men’s Golf Team will be outside the library on the Rivers Green to give golf tips to students, faculty and staff, and other campus visitors. There will be a practice putting green for those who want to put their game to the test. Attendees who join the Friends of the Library will be entered into a raffle for several great prizes, including two week-long passes for the Senior PGA Championship, tournament apparel, a CofC golf bag and other prizes. The Senior PGA championship trophy will also displayed for viewing.

GOLF EXHIBIT OPENS TODAY

Special Collections has produced an extensive golf exhibit on the second and third floors of the library. They've created a terrific display of photographs, antique golf clubs and golf balls, trophies, and paintings about the history of sport in the region. It's a impressive exhibit about golf, about the lowcountry and about fashion. (you should see the buttons!)

Poetry Writing Workshop

Sunday, April 15, 6:00 p.m.

Addlestone Library, Room 227 (second floor)

Poetry Reading: A poetry writing workshop hosted by poet Tino Villanueva of Boston University.

This event will be co-sponsored by the Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library, Hispanic Studies, the School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs, and Latin American ad Caribbean Studies.

April Eco Topics at the Addlestone

April 5, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Documentary Film: “THIRST” (2004)

Maybank Hall, Room 100

Co-Presenters: PROF. TIM CALLAHAN, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, and BRAD REED, President and CEO of Water Missions International (WMI). WMI is a local activist organization that provides clean water technologies for people in developing countries and disaster areas.

Every individual’s life and health is dependent upon having an adequate supply of clean water. Yet 2.6 billion people lack access to this basic resource, according to a 2006 U.N. report. While water shortage is reaching an epidemic global crisis, multi-national corporations are increasingly treating water as a commodity to be bought and sold. Is water a basic human right? Following the film, Prof. Tim Callahan will discuss the international politics and policies of water resources. The WMI representative will talk about the work of this Charleston-based organization in providing water treatment technology for developing regions around the world.

Thursday, April 12 6:00 p.m.

Presentation with Q & A

Admissions Auditorium, Robert Scott Small Building

Presenter: TERRY TAMMINEN, activist and author of Lives Per Gallon and Executive Director of Environment Now, will speak about environmental issues. Books will be available for signing. Sponsored by the College of Charleston Bookstore, Island Press and Addlestone Library.

Wednesday, April 18 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Podcast: "CHILL OUT: Campus Solutions to Global Warming" (podcast from National Wildlife Federation)

Addlestone Library, Room 227