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Join us for the screening of a 30-minute video featuring the justices taking questions from Philadelphia area high school students. The justices discuss why we have and need a constitution and explain what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined, and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power. Free and open to the public.

Date: Monday September 17, 2007
Time: 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - Library Instruction Classroom, Rm 2-012 MCV Campus

For more information, contact Thelma Mack at 828-0017.

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Join us for a screening of Patch Adams starring Robin Williams. Refreshments will be served. This event is co-sponsored by the VCU Libraries and MCV Campus Programs. This event is free.

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2007
Location: Hunton Student Center - Rm. 209 - Hunton Learning Center
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
For more information: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=39203

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Partners of the Heart tells the story of Vivien Thomas, an African American determined to make something of himself during the time of segregation, and his relationship with Alfred Blalock, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Thomas, initially hired as a janitor, was soon promoted by Blalock to learn the complexities of surgery, eventually becoming a trainer of novice surgeons and a major force in the advancement of African Americans in medicine. This event is free and open to the public.

Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Reserve your seat today at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=39191

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Something the Lord Made tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas from an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures threaten to undermine their collaboration and tear them apart. This event is free and open to the public.

Date: Thursday, February 8, 2007
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Reserve your seat today at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=37936

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