http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Taking Root Prescribed at Pandora’s Box Can one person make a difference? One woman? On Wednesday, November 18, Pandora’s Box will close its fall series with, Taking Root, the inspiring story of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. Her simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide ... http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/2009/11/18/film-taking-root/ Frontline Producer at Pandora’s Box Tuesday November 17th at 12:30pm Katy CyberLounge [podcast]http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/files/2009/11/Marcela-Gaviria.mp3[/podcast] Award winning filmmaker, Marcela Gaviria has produced 15 documentaries for PBS Frontline, including five films on post war Iraq and two on the current war in Afghanistan. The latest, Obama’s War, aired October 13.   On Tuesday, November 17, she ... http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/2009/11/15/speaker-marcela-gaviria/ Welcome to Obama’s War Wednesday, November 11 at 12:30pm Katy Campus CyberLounge On Wednesday, November 11, Pandora’s Box presents Obama’s War, a documentary that takes an in-depth look at President Obama’s grand attempt to combat terrorism at its roots. The wisdom of the counter insurgency strategy developed by General McChrystal for Afghanistan, ... http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/2009/11/10/film-obamas-war/ Tuesday November 10th at 12:30pm Katy Campus Cyber Lounge Fat and happy, right? On Tuesday, November 10, Pandora’s Box presents the documentary Killer at Large, which examines America’s obesity problem, one that has grown from a public health issue to a national calamity.  Studies show deaths due to being ... http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/2009/11/08/film-killer-at-large/ What Employers Want Graduates to Know Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:30pm, Katy Cyber Lounge Employers are frustrated, according to Gen Y expert Nancy Barry.  On Wednesday, November 4, at Pandora’s Box, the author of When Reality Hits: What Employers Want Recent College Graduates to Know, will discuss what ... http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/2009/11/02/speaker-nancy-barry/ Tuesday, November 3 at 12:30pm Katy Cyber Lounge Growing up: How different is it on line? This week’s film looks at the divide between those of us who did not grow up with a mouse in our hand and our children who have. On Tuesday, November 3, Pandora’s Box Continuing ... http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/2009/11/01/film-growing-up-online/ Wednesday October 28th at 12:30pm Katy Campus Cyber Lounge Flow investigates the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply with a focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a potential world water cartel. Trailer for film: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGd9D4J0lag[/youtube] Registration for the free continuing education class is available right before the ... http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/2009/10/26/film-flow/ Tuesday October 27th at 12:30pm Katy Campus Cyber Lounge Whale Wars follows “eco-pirates” as they hunt in icy Antarctic waters to stop by any means necessary Japanese “research” ships that hunt endangered whales and sharks for profit. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aZV8wbx4BY[/youtube] Registration for this free continuing education class is available right before the class starts at ... http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/2009/10/25/film-whale-wars/ Wednesday October 21 at 12:30p, Katy Campus Cyber Lounge Till Death Do Us Part serves as an after-the-trial defense for 13 California women sentenced to life in prison for murdering their spouses.  All victims of  "battered woman syndrome," they were unable to explain their actions before sentencing. Trailer for film: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gopgksmP7pg[/youtube] Registration for this ... http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/2009/10/19/film-till-death-do-us-part/ Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Katy Campus Cyber Lounge Backlash: Being Muslim in America explores the challenges Muslims have always faced fitting their religion into the American lifestyle and the new ones they have encountered since 9/11. The film explores: The History and Teachings of Islam Old Faith, New Prejudice Casting Recall — Examines Hollywood ... http://commons.nwc.hccs.edu/pandora/2009/10/18/film-backlash-911-being-muslim-in-america/