Past Events: 2003-2004
- University Honors Convocation - March 28, 2004
- Trip to the Detroit Science Center & Dinner at The Cass Cafe - March 14th, 2004
- Jazz Friday at the DIA & Dinner at Roma Cafe - February 20th, 2004
- UDM Ethics Bowl 2004 - February 6th, 2004
- Trip to the Detroit Opera House to see Madame Butterfly - Detroit Opera House - November 15, 2003
- A lecture by Bill Lawson of Michigan State University, "Reparations: The History of An Idea" - November 12, 2003
- Honors Induction Ceremony and Dinner - October 19, 2003
University Honors Convocation - Sunday, March 28, 2004
On March 28, 2004 the University community gathered in McAuley Auditorium at the Outer Drive campus to recognize students for their achievements both in the classroom and in society at large. The University Honors Program recognized six graduating seniors, four of whom are pictured here. From left to right: Michelle Jones (Honors Scholar), Melba Cantu (Honors Scholar Cum Laude), Kevin Kijewski (Honors Scholar Cum Laude) and Austin St. Peter (Honors Scholar). Not pictured are Katie Rosenthal (Honors Scholar Cum Laude) and Presidental Scholar Racine Miller, who was off celebrating with her family.
The Detroit Science Center & Dinner at The Cass Cafe - Sunday, March 14th, 2004
Sunday March 14th saw members of the Honors Program traipsing through the Detroit Science Center filling their minds with the wonders of the physical universe. Besides visiting the MarsQuest exhibit and taking in two IMAX features ("Solarmax" and "Everest") while reclining on their backs in the Science Center's new dome theater, members brushed up on Newton's third law and bought cheesey plushy animals from the gift shop. Above, Chawn Cliborne (left) and Kyla Heusner cheerfully demonstrate how power is derived from the push of the wind on a sail's back surface when the sail is set at approximately a 90° angle to the longitudinal axis of the boat. Afterwards the group repaired for dinner at The Cass Cafe, where Kyla had Cajun-something, but said she's had hotter.
Jazz Friday at the DIA & Dinner at Roma Cafe - Friday, February 20th, 2004
On Friday, February 20th several members of the Honors Program headed to the Detroit Institute of Arts for Jazz Friday. Besides being treated to two searing sets of the poetry-jazz of Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters, members participated in drawing workshops, took guided tours featuring "American and European Arts Highlights" and "The Four Continents and the Ancient World," meandered through the museum's amazing new galleries of African and Asian art, and posed with Henry Moore's Reclining Female Figure (above). Afterwards members feasted on baked lasagne and canelloni, chicken scaloppine al limone, Italian ices and canollis at the Roma Cafe in the Eastern Market, Detroit's oldest Italian restaurant (below).
UDM Ethics Bowl 2004 - Friday, February 6th, 2004
For the fourth year in a row, the Honors Program co-sponsored the UDM Ethics Bowl. Ethics Bowl is inspired by TV's College Bowl, but modified rules adapt the game to the subject of ethics. Questions may address ethical problems on classroom topics (e.g. cheating or plagiarism), personal relationships (e.g. dating or friendship), professional ethics (e.g. engineering, law, medicine), or social and political ethics (e.g. free speech, gun control, etc.), with each team's answers being scored by a panel of judges.
After a very close final match with Darwin.com, Raoul's Raiders Vol. 2 (pictured above) repeated as the UDM Ethics Bowl champions. The Raiders went on to represent the university at the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, which took place at the annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics on February 26th, 2004.
From left to right on the back row: Chris Nowak, Kevin Peshl, Frank Mucci, and Tony Smykla. Angel Meadows is front and center.
Madame Butterfly - Detroit Opera House - Saturday, November 15, 2003
Fifteen members of the Honors Program trekked to the Detroit Opera House on Saturday, November 15 to experience the tragic opera Madame Butterfly . Before immersing themselves in Giacomo Puccini's heartrending tale of love and abandonment, opera buffs gathered at the Union Street Saloon for a dinner organized by Lenore Johnson, where Chawn Cliborne herself was inadvertantly abandoned until rescued by Racine Miller and Jim Hartley, who brought her safely to the Opera House.
Above, a group of emotionally drained Honors students gather for a photograph after the opera. At lower right, Adrienne Baran and Andy Ball are all smiles during intermission, before the tragedy starts in earnest. At lower left, Ryan Adams and Anton Espat look on as Jason Wah attempts to photograph the photographer. At center, the tragic geisha herself, Cio-Cio-San: Madame Butterfly.
Honors University Event: "Reparations: The History of An Idea" A lecture by Bill Lawson of Michigan State University - Student Center Ballroom - Wednesday, November 12, 2003
On Wednesday, November 12, the Honors Program co-sponsored a lecture by Professor of Philosophy Bill Lawson of Michigan State University, who spoke on "Reparations: The History of An Idea." Approximately 60 people gathered at 7:30pm in the UDM Student Center Ballroom to hear Professor Lawson argue for why reparations should be paid to African-Americans for the legacy of slavery and other forms of institutional racism, and why there is so much resistance to this demand for social justice. Other co-sponsors of this event were the departments of History and Philosophy, and the African-American Studies Program.
Honors Induction Ceremony and Dinner - Pasquale's Restaurant, Royal Oak, MI - Sunday, October 19, 2003
On Sunday, October 19, 2003 the University Honors Program held its annual Induction Ceremony at Pasquale's Restaurant in Royal Oak. After blessings from the president of the University of Detroit Mercy, Sister Maureen Fay, O.P., the assembled membership sat down with family and friends and shared a fine Italian meal. Between dinner and dessert, Dr. Clint Hirst, Professor of English, gave the annual "Final Lecture" in which he spoke of hope and Wordsworth, and it was very well received. Dr. Hirst's talk was followed by the presentation of the Honors Challenge Triad by Honors Deans Ryan Adams, Jacqueline Eisel, Elizabeth Reifert and Adrienne Baran (ex officio). After the traditional candle-lighting ceremony, freshmen and other members who had not been formally inducted were welcomed into the Program and received their Honors Pins. Twenty-three members were inducted (including Honorary Inductee Dr. Hirst), and a total of seventy people (including two Honors alumni from the 1960s) were in attendance. A good time was had by all.
(Your photographer apologizes for the poor quality of this picture. Hard to believe he used to be a professional.)
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