Multicultural Center to offer food, movies, study break
The University Bias Response Team is offering students a chance to take a break from studying today and Friday with free movies and snacks at noon in the Multicultural Center.
On Wednesday, the BRT will show the 1989 movie “My Left Foot.” The film tells the true story of Christy Brown, a man born with cerebral palsy who learned to paint and write with the one limb he could control — his left foot.
Friday’s movie is “The Matthew Shepard Story,” a 2002 made-for-TV movie based on the true story of an openly gay college student who was murdered in 1998.
Sub sandwiches, chips, cookies and soda will be provided.
Assistant Dean of Diversity Programs Mark Tracy said the event is intended to “get the word out about the BRT,” an educational group that works with victims of bias, as well as the individuals and systems that perpetrate it.
“We tried to pick movies that people could enjoy but that also brought up deeper issues we’re trying to bring out with the Bias Response Team,” he said.
On Monday, the BRT showed “Higher Learning,” a 1995 movie dealing with issues of racism on a university campus.
— Kara Cogswell