Author: Brynn Boyer

Eric Bonds, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, recently published an article, entitled “Indirect Violence and Legitimation: Torture, Surrogacy, and the U.S. War on Terror” in the journal Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences.  The article uses data from the Wikileaks “Iraq War Logs” to document the extent of torture practiced by the Iraqi state during the years of the U.S. occupation.  In the article, Bonds argues that the U.S. shares responsibility for this torture, despite official efforts to create distance from this violence and deflect blame.  The article can be downloaded at: http://societieswithoutborders.com/.

The minutes from the President’s Cabinet meetings on Tuesday, Aug. 21 and Wednesday, Sept. 5 are now available. Topics in the Aug. 21 minutes include the strategic plan for the Center for Economic Development, reserved parking spaces and BOV committees. Topics in the Sept. 5 minutes include UMW legacy wear, bonus guidelines and the September BOV meeting.

“Fogettaboutit.”  Stop carrying cash or credit cards on campus by using your EagleOne ID Card to make purchases at the UMW Bookstore, the Copy Center, the Post Office, campus vending machines, and on & off campus dining. Your EagleOne ID card is already setup with a debit account so you can add funds at any time. Better yet, sign-up for payroll deduction and as an added bonus you will receive a punch card redeemable for one free meal per month at Seacobeck Dining Hall (that’s equivalent to $60 a year).

To sign up, print and complete the FORM and send it to Payroll, 4th Floor, Eagle Landing.  The minimum is only $10 per pay period and you may withdraw from the plan at any time.

Your bookmarks and favorites to the EagleOne online deposit page will no longer work! Please use and/or bookmark the link below to access the deposit page: https://eagleone-sp.blackboard.com/eaccounts.

The University of Mary Washington Department of Theatre & Dance will kick off its 2012-13 season with a production of Jane Martin’s “Talking With.” Performances will be Sept. 20-22 and Sept. 27-29 at 8 p.m., and Sept. 23 and 30 at 2 p.m. in Klein Theatre, duPont Hall. Tickets are $12 for general admission and $10 for students and senior citizens.

“Talking With” is comprised of 11 monologues performed by women. Each woman invites you into her world as she confesses a secret that she keeps from the rest of society. These monologues deal with a range of themes from marital problems to religious experiences, and everything in between. As the women speak they teach important lessons about love, loss and the search for happiness.

“Talking With” premiered at the Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Ky., as part of the 1982 Humana Festival of New American Plays. Jane Martin is a pen name of a Kentucky playwright suspected to be the former Actors’ Theatre of Louisville artistic director, Jon Jory. Martin won the American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for “Keely and Du” in 1994 and “Jack and Jill” in 1997. “Keely and Du” was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1994.

“Talking With” is directed by Helen Housley, associate professor of theatre. Scenic and lighting design is by Associate Professor Julie Hodge and costume design is by Associate Professor Kevin McCluskey. For more information, call the Klein Theatre Box Office at (540) 654-1111.

Jose “Pepe” Viera Bermúdez, a former Cuban diplomat, will visit the University of Mary Washington on Thursday, Sept. 20 and Friday, Sept. 21.

He will give a public lecture “Cuba Today: Changes to Remain Unchanged” on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Lee Hall, Room 411. Viera Bermúdez also will speak to international affairs students in the U.S. Foreign Policy course during his visit.

For more information about Viera Bermúdez, please visit http://www.umw.edu/news/2012/09/11/former-cuban-diplomat-to-speak-at-umw/.