Road Trip, Destination: Samurai

On Wednesday, February 26th, thirty-one Honors students joined Drs. Benton, Hada, Nicholson-Weir, and Peters on a border-crossing quest to Fort Worth to explore "Samurai: Armor From The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection" in the new Renzo Piano Pavilion at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth (we also checked out the permanent exhibition). Along the way, we lunched at the Genghis Grill.

Honors Night at the French Film Festival

Friday, February 7th was Honors Night at ECU's Fourth Annual French Film Festival. The evening began with a performance on the Persian Tar by Neal Callen Clarke, accompanied by his daughter Faith. Dr. Sarah Peters then introduced the featured film selection--Chicken with Plums, based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi (in the novel, the protagonist plays a Persian tar; in the film, he plays a violin). After the conclusion of the film, books, DVDs, Persian sweets, art, dining gift certificates, and a recipe for chicken with plums--with ingredients (sans chicken) were given to a dozen lucky film goers. Finally, the the International Student Connections Club welcomed film goers to an "International cafe," serving dishes native to Nepal, while the Clark family performed music on the Oud and drum.