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Fall 2008 Tailgater

This year's football-weekend tailgater will be held prior to the ND-Stanford game on October 4, 2008. Game time is at 2:30, so tailgate festivities will begin in the morning and continue forward.

If you have not yet sent in your alumni ticket lottery form, this is a good chance to synchronize your visit with that of other GALA-ND/SMC members! Even if you have already sent in your lottery form for another game (or if you don't normally participate in the lottery), you may still want to try to come for that weekend. Tickets are frequently available on sites like stubhub.com, and sometimes through the ND Alumni Association Online Ticket Consignment Program.

More details will be posted regarding the time and location closer to the event. We hope to see many of you there!

GALA Football Tailgater: ND-Boston College Oct. 13th

Get on a plane! Get on a train! Get on your shoes! Don't miss this party!

Join GALA alums, students and faculty for our annual GALA Tailgater this Saturday, October 13th for the ND - Boston College game. The party starts at noon - don't worry about if you have a ticket or not - everyone usually finds one. Just get there!

The tailgate will be in JOYCE NORTH parking lot right next to the ACC. Look for the giant rainbow balloons! Lots of drinks, food, cuties and stories.

Most of the alums arrive Friday night if anything is going on around campus.

See you Saturday. We will once again be reading from "College Football for Dummies" in case you need to brush up.

Fall 2007 Tailgater

Our annual GALA student, faculty and alumni tailgater will be held this fall for the ND - Boston College game on Saturday, October 13th.

For students leaving for October break, we hope you can join us and leave for your break on Sunday. Last year we had a large turnout of both students and alums, and it was lots of fun.

The tailgater (and keg!) will be in the Joyce North parking lot, right near the ACC. As is our annual tradition, we will also be inviting the GLBT community from Boston College to join us.

Alums: If you don't have a ticket to the game, most are able to find one once you get there. We usually have a few extra at game time. GALA officers are staying at the Days Inn on Highway 31 (574-277-0510) - rooms are still available but it's best to book early!

Looking forward to seeing you all on October 13th.

Qlassics: The 2007 LGBT Film Event

This year's student organizers are proud to announce "Qlassics: Reimagining the Real in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender American Cinema," a student-led, academic film event on Saturday, February 10, 2007.

The films presented this year include:

GO FISH (Rose Troche, 1994),
ROY COHN/JACK SMITH (Jill Godmilow, 1994),
WATERMELON WOMAN (Cheryl Dunye, 1996), and
TRANSAMERICA (Duncan Tucker, 2005).

Acclaimed filmmaker and ND Professor Jill Godmilow will speak before her film, and other Notre Dame and local professors will introduce the remaining films.

Each of these films is uniquely engaging and provocative and is a major landmark in LGBTQ and American cinematic history.

As always, the success of this event will depend on attendance and promotion. So, please mark your calendars now and begin spreading the word. With your help, this event will be as successful as ever in raising awareness of pressing LGBTQ issues, both on campus and beyond.

New Link - ND Core Council

A new link has been added on the left column of the GALA-ND/SMC website for the Notre Dame Core Council for Gay and Lesbian Students. Per the website:

The Core Council for Gay and Lesbian Students (previously known as Standing Committee on Gay and Lesbian Student Needs) acts as a resource to the Vice President for Student Affairs in identifying the ongoing needs of gay, lesbian, and bi-sexual students, and assists in implementing campus-wide educational programming on gay and lesbian issues.

The site can be accessed from the links on this page, or at http://corecouncil.nd.edu/.

ND Reunion 2006 Seminar

If you plan to attend this year's reunion on campus, please be sure to stop by for the "Family and Homosexuality" seminar. This is an annual event and is always a wonderful experience.

In addition to long-time facilitators Nancy and Hank Mascotte, this year's panel will feature GALA members Julie Joyce '81 and Mike Douglass August '96.

The seminar will take place on Saturday, June 3, from 10:00 - 11:30 AM in 210 DeBartolo Hall.

2006 Tailgater: Mark Your Calendars!

The 2006 GALA-ND/SMC-hosted tailgater will take place this fall before the Purdue game on September 30. Be sure to add this game to your Fall to-do list!

For those who contributed to the University's giving program at the threshhold amount or above in 2005, ticket lottery forms should be mailed out by the University in the next 4-6 weeks. If you didn't make a contribution directly to ND last year, GALA-ND/SMC will work on getting additional tickets for those interested.

As always, an Evite for the event will come out with more details as the date approaches, and we'll continue to list information here online as we finalize details. In the meantime, why not purchase your GALA-ND/SMC t-shirt and ballcap now so you'll be well-dressed for the big day?

The most important thing is that you come support GALA-ND/SMC before the game and the Fighting Irish during the game. Don't miss out on the fun!

“Gay & Lesbian Film” Event Generates Excitement With Stellar Lineup

The following information has been updated to reflect recent changes in the event

“Gay & Lesbian Film: Filmmakers, Narratives, Spectatorships” opens on Thursday, February 9, 2006 at the University of Notre Dame DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts’ Browning Cinema.

According to Harry Karahalios ’09, student co-chair of the event, along with Martin Laina ’06 and Nora Fallon ’06, the following films are confirmed:

• Brokeback Mountain (Lee, USA)
• Gay Republicans (Westmoreland, USA)
• Cachorro (Bear Cub) (Albaladejo, Spain)
• Saving Face (Wu, USA)
• Breakfast On Pluto (Jordan, Ireland/UK)
• Happy Endings (Roos, USA)

Karahalios tells us, “This year’s six-film lineup showcases the range and robustness of contemporary gay and lesbian filmmaking.”

Laina adds, “The films move across nations, cultures and genres and invite students to consider what constitutes a gay, lesbian or straight film.  Several films offer students representations of gay and lesbian identities in multicultural and international contexts.”

In addition to the lineup of films, notable scholars and filmmakers will be attending the event to lecture, introduce their films, participate in panels and visit classes.

Professor Alexander M. Doty, Chair of the English Department at Lehigh University will present a talk on “Gay & Lesbian Film, Queer Theory & the Academy.” Professor Doty is the author of Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture, and Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon.

Furthermore, Notre Dame alumnus Don Roos (director of The Opposite Of Sex and Bounce) will be presenting his new film, Happy Endings and participating on a panel entitled “Making Gay & Lesbian Film.”  Fellow panelists will include Miguel Albaladejo, director of Cachorro (Bear Cub), from Madrid, Spain and Notre Dame professor and award winning filmmaker Jill Godmillow. 

A second panel on “Global Cultures/Global Cinemas” will feature notable Notre Dame professors Jim Collins, Department of Film Television & Theatre, Luke Gibbons, Department of English, Carlos Jerez-Farrán, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and Glenn Hendler, Department of English.
 
“Gay & Lesbian Film: Filmmakers, Narratives, Spectatorships” is an academic event whose mission is the understanding of gay and lesbian films and filmmaking within the context of film scholarship and Notre Dame’s spirit of inclusion.

“Gay & Lesbian Film: Filmmakers, Narratives, Spectatorships” will run from February 9 through 11.  Tickets will be free but must be ordered in advance from the Box Office at 574-631-2800.

For further information contact Harry Karahalios hkarahal@nd.edu or Martin Laina mlaina@nd.edu.