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The public is invited to a free lecture by noted anthropologist Dr. Gilbert Herdt. His talk, entitled, 鈥淔rom Ritual Sex to Sexual Individuality: Sambia (Papua New Guinea) Sexual Culture Change Over 40 Years鈥� is November 5 at 2:30 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, room 242 of 17吃瓜鈥檚 Don and Marion McDougall Hall.

Below is a message from President Abd-El-Aziz that was issued to the campus community earlier today.

Dear colleagues,

Universities are rated and ranked by several organizations using a variety of methods. Some reports are international, while others like The Globe and Mail鈥檚 鈥淐anadian University Report鈥� and 惭补肠濒别补苍鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;鈥淯niversity Rankings鈥� are Canadian in scope.

17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation recognizes the hard work and dedication of talented Panther student-athletes to their respective sports by naming weekly Subway Athletes of the Week. The 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of October 19鈥�25 are Sydney Stavert, Field Hockey, and Cole MacMillan, Men鈥檚 Soccer.

On Sunday, November 1 the 17吃瓜 Music Department will present violinist Joshua Peters, winner of the Eckhardt-Gramatte虂 National Music Competition, at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall at 7:30 pm.

Each year, hundreds of international students come to 17吃瓜. Currently approximately 750 students, or 18% of the student population, are international students. 

17吃瓜 Field Hockey is ready to challenge for the Atlantic University Field Hockey Championship this weekend in Halifax. After finishing regular season tournament play in third, the Panthers look to play their best field hockey of the season at the right time.

17吃瓜鈥檚 Executive MBA program is excited to officially launch the EMBA Book Club.

Indigo! has graciously offered to partner by providing a meeting space at their Charlottetown store location. The first meeting will be on October 27th at 7 pm at Indigo! The first book is  by Adam Grant, published by Penguin Books.

The 17吃瓜 Women鈥檚 Hockey game scheduled for October 21 at MacLauchlan Arena versus Universit茅 de Moncton has been cancelled due to the passing of Ralph Manning earlier today.

17吃瓜 President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz issued the following statement today on the passing of Ralph Manning, chief physiotherapist for the University's varsity athletics teams. He passed away earlier today in hospital after suffering a heart attack last Thursday.

The 17吃瓜 Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of October 12-18 are Marie-Soleil Deschenes, Women鈥檚 Hockey, and Mason Wilgosh, Men鈥檚 Hockey. 17吃瓜 Athletics and Recreation showcases these talented athletes to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports.