Assembly Series
Matisyahu: Unplugged
With his hands resting on his legs while sitting onstage in a high-set chair, Matisyahu commanded his quietly captivated listeners Thursday with the performance of three serenely delivered acoustic songs in a blend of words, hums, beatboxing and other sounds.
VIDEO: Matisyahu sings in Graham Chapel
Reggae musician and Hasidic Jew Matisyahu spoke in Graham Chapel this Thursday, March 18th. He interspersed an unscripted question and answer session with acoustic performances of a number of songs, accompanied on guitar by Wash. U. alumnus Adam Weinberg.
Speaker talks solar energy
Robert Freling, the executive director of the Solar Electric Light Fund since 1997, spoke in Graham Chapel on Thursday afternoon as part of the Assembly Series. Following the speech, the Olin Cup Idea Bounce was held.
Alum in high W.H. post kicks off first SU reunion, tells students to aim high
Jason Green (LA, BU 2003) kicked off the Student Union (SU) Reunion with an Assembly Series lecture on Friday in front of a crowd of about 100 students, faculty, and alumni. During his time at the University, Green served as an SU Senator, Vice-President and Senior Class President.
Q&A with Julie Otsuka
Student Life reporter Cordelia Palitz sat down and spoke with Julie Otsuka, the Japanese-American author of “When the Emperor was Divine,” this year’s Freshman Reading Program. Otsuka was a speaker in this fall’s Assembly Series. Hailing from California, Otsuka is 47 years old and one generation removed from Japanese Americans who were interned in camps by the U.S. government from 1942 until 1945.
Harold Ramis: What I forgot to say
As I neared the end of my Assembly [Series] speech last Wednesday evening, I glanced at the clock, realized I was running kind of long and tried to wrap it up quickly before everyone fell asleep or straggled out of Graham Chapel, leaving me alone at the podium talking to myself about myself. But in [...]
Ramis returns to WU
Food fights. Heart attack-prone horses. Epic toga parties. Although not the typical images one conjures of Wash. U., the man who created these memorable “Animal House” scenes was inspired by this very campus and is returning tonight—hopefully bringing Otis Day and the Knights with him.
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