For The Beauty of the Earth

This is the week of THANKSGIVING!

Therefore, it is appropriate for today's Monday's Music Pick to be a 

Hymn of Thanksgiving:

For the Beauty of the Earth

I grew up with this song, so it has many good memories for me - 

it sums up our sentiment of thanksgiving 

as we end the beautiful fall season 

and move first into the season of holidays 

and then into the season of cold and dark. 

I'll be posting more information about the 

Thanksgiving Holiday 

this week, so check back! 

In the meantime, let this song 

fill your hearts with 

reflection and gratitude. 

Say HEY! I LOVE U!

Hey, I love you!

by

Michael Franti and Spearhead

This week's Monday Music Pick is a cheerful, sunny kind of song - it's been in my head all weekend, thanks to my office mate, Lizz, who was singing it all day on Friday.

I hope you enjoy the song and that it lifts you out of this cold, windy, rainy Monday!

This one goes out to you and yours, worldwide

I say, hey, I be gone todayBut I be back around the waySeems like everywhere I goThe more I see, the less I knowBut I know one thing that I love you, baby girlI love you, I love you, I love you

I've been a lot of places all around the wayI've seen a lot of joy, and I've seen a lot of painBut I don't want to write a love song for the worldI just want to write a song about a boy and a girl

Junkies on the corner, always calling my nameAnd the kids on the corner playing ghetto gamesWhen I saw you getting down, girl, I hoped it was youAnd when I looked into your eyes, I knew it was true

I say, hey, I be gone todayBut I be back around the waySeems like everywhere I goThe more I see, the less I knowBut I know one thing that I love you, baby girlI love you, I love you, I love you

Now I'm not a highly metaphysical manBut I know when the stars are aligned you canBump into a person in the middle of the roadLook into their eyes, and you suddenly know

Rocking in the dance hall, moving with youDancing in the night in the middle of JuneMy momma told me don't lose you'Cause the best luck I had was you

I say, hey, I be gone todayBut I be back around the wayIt seems like everywhere I goThe more I see, the less I knowBut I know one thing that I love you, baby girlI love you, I love you, I love you

And I say, rocking in the dance, hall moving with youI say, hey momma, hey momma, close to youRocking in the dance hall, moving with youI say, hey, trippa, trippa, got to shoot

Rocking in the dance hall, moving with youI say, hey momma, close to youRocking in the dance hall, moving with youI say, hey momma, hey momma, hey momma, hey mommaHey momma, hey momma, hey momma, hey momma

My momma told me don't lose you'Cause the best luck I had was youAnd I know one thing that I love you

I say, hey, I be gone todayBut I'll be back around the wayIt seems like everywhere I goThe more I see, the less I know

I say, hey, I be gone todayBut I'll be back around the wayIt seems like everywhere I goThe more I see, the less I knowBut I know one thing that I love you, baby girlI love you, I love you, I love you

I love you, I love you, I love youI love you, I love you, I love youI love you, I love you, I love you

Rocking in the dance hall, moving with youI say, hey papa, hey papa, hey momma, hey mommaRocking in the dance hall, moving with youCome on, hey papa, hey papa, come to shoot(Hey mama, hey mama)

Ball State University Campus Weeks

Sponsored by the Federal Republic of Germany, 

the German program at Ball State University is organizing this year’s 

“Think Transatlantic Campus Weeks” 

November 7-13th, 2012. 

This campaign seeks to promote dialogue among students about

“The United States and Germany in the 21st Century”.

By attending guest lectures and participating in competitions and discussion rounds, 

learners will explore the current state and future role of the German-American partnership. 

The “Think Transatlantic Campus Weeks” aims at bringing together 

students and faculty from different departments for an interdisciplinary exchange of

knowledge for future transatlantic success.

“What brings Europeans and Americans closer together and keeps them close is a common basis for shared values, is a common idea of the individual and his inviolable dignity, is a common understanding of freedom and responsibility.”

– Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel Campus Weeks November 7 - 13, 2012

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To find out more about Think Transatlantic at BSU:

Visit the German Info Center:

Join us on facebook:

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Contact Dr. Nicola Schmerbeck: nschmerbeck@bsu.edu

Japanese students visiting Muncie Central HS Today!!

The March 11 Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Disaster

A Community Presentation by Twelve Students from

Ushiku High School in Ibaraki Prefecture

November 8, 2012    7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

Muncie Central High School Auditorium

Open to the Public & Free Admission

At the conclusion of the program refreshments will be served and you will have the opportunity to visit with these students.

Parking and entrance on the north side of Muncie Central at 801 N. Walnut Street.

For more information please contact Allen Kidd: Tel: 747-5260  akidd@muncie.k12.in.us

The Kizuna “Bonds” Project is sponsored by the Japan Foundation and administered by the Laurasian Institute.  It provided the funding to bring the Ushiku students to America and also sponsored a June, 2012 study trip to Japan for nine students from Muncie Central and Southside.

              

            

             

Indian Grocery Store Comes to Muncie!

Food Diversity. 

Yes, even here in Muncie, Indiana, 

we have a small but steadily growing availability of diverse food choices.

 This past summer the India Market opened up just off of McGalliard on N. Walnut Street (about a block south of Aldi’s).

Husband and wife team, Kaur and Jang Singh, opened India Market to meet customers’ needs to buy both raw and packaged ingredients to cook Indian foods. You can find the special spices and seasonings required for Indian cuisine at Indian Market that you cannot find in regular grocery stores. The store is small and therefore limited in what they can offer, but as a new business, they intend to increase their inventory based on customer’s needs.

It is important to support this new venture because we want to keep diverse businesses here in Muncie and continue to encourage new businesses to join the market place. So even if India Market does not currently stock everything you want, please buy what they do have instead of waiting to go to Indianapolis to stock up on all your ethnic food supplies. 

Be sure to tell the Singhs what products you hope they will carry in the future. 

What: India Market

Location: 2204 N. Walnut Street, Muncie, IN

A Call to Prayer

The Orthodox Christian Fellowship chapter 

of Ball State University presents a seminar on Byzantine Music

Byzantine Chant: East, West, Universal; Past, Present, and Future  

When: Wed. 7 Nov. 

Where: Cardinal Hall C - Pittenger Student Center, Ball State University

What Time: 7:00 p.m. 

Presented by: Richard Barrett 

Byzantine chant is a living tradition of sacred music with a continuous practice going back to the fourth century AD and roots extending to the earliest years of Christianity. It shares a heritage with Western music, and is the common musical language for Orthodox Christians in Greece, Asia Minor,Lebanon, Syria, Jerusalem, Egypt, Romania, and parts of Russia. As it is introduced as the music of worship for Anglophone Orthodox Christians, the differences between Byzantine chant and what we think of as "Western music" will be considered, as will what they have in common.  In addition, discussion will include how both traditions reflect a common musical inheritance from Greco-Roman antiquity, and what the future holds for this musical tradition as it continues to be employed in Orthodox worship in many languages and around the world.

Mr. Barrett holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance and a Master of Arts in Ancient History from Indiana University.  He is currently completing a doctorate under the direction of Edward J. Watts, with a focus on civic devotions to the Mother of God in the Late Antique Roman world. He has been cantor and choir director at All SaintsOrthodox Church in Bloomington, Indiana since 2005 

Afghan Week!

What a wonderful opportunity to meet our fellow BSU colleagues from Afghanistan 

at the many activities taking place this week during

 "Afghan Week"! 

The week begins with a fundraising dinner on Tuesday, 

November 6 in Cardinal Hall. 

Taste authentic Afghan food 

and enjoy traditional dancing with live music. 

There will also be a fashion show on the opening night's agenda. 

DETAILS:

Dinner Tuesday 11/6 @ 6pm @ Cardinal Hall 

• Includes a fashion show, music, and dancing

Presentation 11/7 @ 3pm @Yuhas Room, Student Center

Afghan Women's Program 11/8 @Christian Campus House @ 6:30 pm

• Speakers include Bibi Bahrami, Julie Lebo, Marilyn Weaver

Movie Night 11/9 @ Multipurpose Room, Student Center: The Kite Runner

NOTE: All events include free Afghan food and promise to be interesting, informative, entertaining and a great way to meet new friends!