Bring your coffee mug and your questions to staff breakfast

The next Staff Breakfast will be held Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 8:30 a.m. in Olin 130. President Bridges will answer general questions and address such issues as fund-raising efforts, the college budget and campus safety. Please bring your own coffee mug/beverage containers to reduce waste. No RSVP required.

'Tis the season for flu shots

Flu shots will be available at the Welty Center beginning today (Oct. 22), according to Ellen Collette, health center director. The center has a "limited number" of free flu shots available for staff and faculty. When that supply is exhausted, shots can be purchased for $25 each. Family members are also eligible to purchase shots for $25, but children under the age of 9 are not eligible and will need to access the local medical community for influenza vaccinations (see information below).

The Welty Center staff will hold "flu-shot clinics" around campus today. Any staff or faculty members unable to attend today can come to the Welty Clinic any time on a walk-in basis, except for the hours of 8 to 10 a.m. on weekdays.

Collette adds that the Walla Walla County Annual Flu Shot Roundup will be held at the Community Building at the County Fairgrounds Tuesday, Oct. 23, through Thursday, Oct. 25, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Prices are:

• $30 for adult flu shot
• $35 for adult pneumonia vaccine
• $10 for children’s flu shot
• $10 for children’s pneumonia vaccine.
• It is less expensive to access children’s flu shots at the fairgrounds because the Health Department receives special subsidies for them Collette reports.

Health Center Staff

Faculty profile: Zahi Zalloua
Assistant Professor of French Language and Lit, and Gen Studies

Name: Zahi Zalloua
Department: Foreign Languages and Literatures
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University (2003)
Years at Whitman: 5
Courses: Renaissance, Literary Theory, Core, French
Favorite books: Montaigne’s "Essays," Jean-Paul Sartre’s "Nausea," Marguerite Duras’ "The Ravishing of Lol Stein," Jacques Derrida’s "Writing and Difference"
Favorite sculpture on campus: Deborah Butterfield’s "Styx"
Best travel experience: Returning to Paris after a long, long time
Interests/pleasures: Cats
Recent accomplishment: Co-edited a volume on trauma and literature (with Nicole Simek, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures and gender studies)
What people don't know about me: I don’t just do theory.
A day in the life/on the job: "I can’t go on, I must go on." (from Samuel Beckett’s "The Unnamable")
Why I teach: To unsettle the hegemony of the same.
Favorite aspect of Whitman: The intellectual community and the chance to work with students from all sorts of disciplines.
What I’ve learned here: Be suspicious of faculty who agree to be profiled in The Fountain.
Quote: "We must fight against transparency everywhere." (Edouard Glissant)

All events are free unless otherwise indicated.

Thursday, Oct. 25
Environmental Lecture: Geographer Nathan Sayre, University of California, Berkeley, will present "Inducing Conservation: Land, Leverage, and Learning in Mixed Public-Private U. S. Rangeland" at 4 p.m. in Olin 157.

Thursday, Oct. 25
Film: The French Language Film Series presents "Indigènes/Days of Glory" at 7 p.m. in Olin 130. Rachid Bouchareb; France, Morocco, Algeria, Belgium, 2006.

Friday, Oct. 26
Film: Cinema Arts Series film "Free Zone" (Gitai, 2006, Israel) will be shown in Kimball Auditorium, Hunter Conservatory, at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 27
Workshop: In celebration of the traditional Mexican "Day of the Dead," La Casa Hispana members will teach participants how to make pan de muerto (Day of the Dead bread) and display altars that honor the dead. Reservations are needed for this event, as space is limited. For reservations, e-mail Claudia Galeas at galeascg@whitman.edu by Wednesday, Oct. 24.

Sunday, Oct. 28
Holiday Celebration: "Day of the Dead" will be celebrated in Reid Campus Center beginning at 1 p.m. The work of prominent Chicano artist Daniel DeSiga will be displayed in Reid, and he will present a talk about his work at 1 p.m. Festivities will follow that include live music and food, including such traditional Mexican treats as pan de muerto and tamales. The event, sponsored by Whitman’s Club Latino and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature’s Virginia Cagley Fund, will run until 5 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 28
Film: Cinema Arts Series film "Free Zone" (Gitai, 2006, Israel) will be shown in Kimball Auditorium, Hunter Conservatory, at 7:30 p.m.

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