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Nov. 19, 2009=20

'04 alum to show = acclaimed=20 documentary=20
St.=20 Bonaventure student honored as Camp Fire USA=92s National Youth = of the=20 Year=20
New=20 textbook by St. Bonaventure professor reframes biblical=20 studies=20
Newsmakers=20

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'04=20 alum to show acclaimed documentary

Filmmaker Torre = Catalano=20 returns to his alma mater Thursday for a screening of his = acclaimed=20 documentary =93The Mayor of Strawberry Fields.=94

Catalano, a = 2004=20 graduate of the Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass = Communication, will=20 show the 38-minute film to the university community at 7 p.m. in = Dresser=20 Auditorium of the Murphy Building and then discuss the documentary = afterward. Admission is free.

=93The = Mayor Of=20 Strawberry Fields=94 is a moving look into the quirky homeless = subculture=20 living in Central Park. Gary, the self-proclaimed =93mayor=94 of = Strawberry=20 Fields, has lived at John Lennon=92s Imagine Memorial and = decorated it with=20 flowers for the past 14 years. Thousands of tourists see his labor = of love=20 daily, while he sits on as the =93silent=94 artist.

The short = documentary=20 delves into Gary=92s euphoric yet dysfunctional life on the = streets, and=20 takes the audience into a world only a true rock and roll fan = would=20 understand. Whether it=92s the searing city heat or blistering = cold of=20 winter, Gary stands by the memorial with flowers from bodega = dumpsters,=20 and gives the world, as he says, =93the peace sign it = needs.=94

Like any = average Joe,=20 Gary has a wife, a dog and a happy job. His unorthodox profession = has=20 started to make his artwork yet another landmark of Manhattan, and = through=20 his own self-promotion, made him a celebrity in his own = rite.

The Buffalo = native=92s=20 film was featured in a Sunday edition of the Buffalo News this = summer.=20 = (http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/arttheater/story/772362.html).<= /FONT>

Catalano = has written=20 for Comedy Central, been published in Seventeen Magazine, and has=20 creatively consulted for some of the biggest record labels in the = music=20 industry.

After = several years=20 working in artist management, Catalano turned his focus to = writing,=20 directing and producing short films, documentaries and viral music = videos=20 for many of the brightest stars in music =97 including John Legend = for the=20 Emmy Award-winning =93Yes We Can=94 Obama tribute video. His short = film=20 =93Freedom Friend=94 recently received acclaim in the Brooklyn = Film Race=20 Festival this past fall.

Since then, = Catalano=20 has written, directed and produced videos for stars like Katy = Perry, Ben=20 Harper, Avant and The Kooks. His clients have included landmark=20 corporations and household names =97 from Kodak to Snoop Dogg =97 = while=20 collaborating with iconic filmmakers and musicians like Jojo = Pennebaker=20 and Teddy Geiger.

Catalano = continues to=20 produce videos for EMI Records and Evenings Empire Studios, and = lives in=20 Manhattan=92s East Village.

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St. Bonaventure student honored as Camp Fire = USA=92s National=20 Youth of the Year

St.=20 Bonaventure University produces leaders. Anastasia Wroblewski is = one of=20 them. Wroblewski, a sophomore from Bowie, Md., was recently named = 2009-10=20 Camp Fire USA National Youth of the Year.

Camp Fire = USA is a=20 not-for-profit youth development organization with multiple = programs=20 throughout the U.S. It serves youth from birth to age 21 and = includes=20 programs based on youth leadership, self-reliance, childcare and=20 environmental education.

The = National Youth of=20 the Year honor is one of the highest awards given to a youth = member of the=20 Camp Fire USA program. It is awarded to an individual who = illustrates the=20 highest level of commitment to leadership and service. Since age = 5,=20 Wroblewski has participated in Camp Fire USA programs, including = this past=20 summer when she served as assistant camp director at Camp WoHeLo = in=20 Greenbelt, Md.

=93I was = very honored=20 and shocked to receive this award,=94 Wroblewski said. =93I never = think about=20 the service that I do as work. I always think of it as a way to = meet new=20 people, make new friends and learn new things.=94

Not only = has=20 Wroblewski been honored as Camp Fire USA=92s National Youth of the = Year, but=20 in the past she received Camp Fire USA=92s highest honor, the = WoHeLo=20 Medallian.

=93It is = the equivalent=20 to the Eagle Scout,=94 Wroblewski said. =93WoHeLo is the watchword = of Camp=20 Fire and it is the first two letters of Work, Health and Love. It = is a=20 word that I have always known and those are the three things that = are=20 important to a Camp Fire Kid in any activity that we do. The motto = of Camp=20 Fire USA is =91Give Service,=92 which I have taken to = heart.=94

The = childhood studies=20 major certainly has taken the Camp Fire USA motto to heart as she = has=20 continued to become a leader at St. Bonaventure. She serves as a=20 coordinator of the Bona Buddies Program, handling recruiting, = training and=20 assigning students to work with underprivileged children in the=20 surrounding communities. She also joined St. Bonaventure=92s = Medical=20 Emergency Response Team (MERT) leadership team. Wroblewski = continues her=20 commitment to leadership and service by also teaming up with = Students for=20 the Mountain to recruit students to journey to Mt. Irenaeus for = weekend=20 retreats.

=93Anastasia has=20 developed into an amazing young woman with great talent and = abilities,=94=20 said Mary Ruth Sherren, president of the Patuxent Area Council, = which=20 nominated Wroblewski for the National Youth of the Year award. = =93She has=20 served well and we are very proud of her = accomplishments.=94

Even after = 15 years=20 at Camp Fire USA, Wroblewski plans to continue her involvement = with the=20 camp. She eventually wants to open up a similar camp of her own to = help=20 more children learn as much as she did through such=20 organizations.

By Bobby=20 Gohn,=9210

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New textbook by St. Bonaventure professor = reframes=20 biblical studies

A St.=20 Bonaventure University theology professor has authored a new = textbook that=20 offers a fresh approach to studying the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament = in=20 university classrooms.

=93The = Hebrew Bible: A=20 Comparative Approach,=94 written by Dr. Christopher Stanley, = analyzes the=20 religion of ancient Israel using methods and insights derived from = the=20 comparative study of religion. The book employs cross-cultural = examples=20 and more than 350 full-color photos to illustrate the similarities = and=20 differences between the religion of the Hebrew Bible and other = religious=20 traditions.

Stanley = cites his=20 treatment of the biblical narratives as an example of his = approach. =93The=20 people who preserved these stories were not simply trying to = record the=20 past; the stories that made it into the Bible were valued for = their=20 religious significance,=94 said Stanley. =93In this sense the = biblical=20 narratives are a lot like stories in other religions. A = comparative=20 approach draws on cross-cultural observations about the role of = stories in=20 world religions to help students understand how stories work in = the Hebrew=20 Bible.=94

Such a = comparative=20 approach uses a wide range of methods to shed light on the history = and=20 meaning of the Hebrew Bible. Pauline A. Viviano, associate = professor of=20 theology at Loyola University Chicago, notes how this approach = benefits=20 students.

=93Drawing = upon=20 historical, anthropological, sociological, and literary studies to = discuss=20 Israel=92s religious beliefs, practices, and writings,=94 Viviano = states,=20 =93this textbook focuses on the close connection between a = people=92s history,=20 culture, and religion, thus enabling students to understand how = the=20 beliefs of ancient Israel developed and were appropriated, used, = and=20 changed over time.=94

Another = aspect of the=20 book that sets the book apart from others in the field is the = author=92s=20 conscious effort to make the material accessible to contemporary = college=20 students.

=93Textbooks in this=20 area typically seek to introduce students to professional biblical = scholarship as it relates to the Old Testament, which is fine for = students=20 who have a lot of biblical knowledge,=94 Stanley said. =93But more = and more=20 students come into biblical courses at the undergraduate level = with little=20 or no knowledge of the Bible, and many have poor reading skills as = well. I=20 tried to address these problems by writing in clear, simple = English and=20 assuming no prior knowledge of the Bible.=94

Stanley has = used a=20 number of the chapters of this book in his classes for years. The = response=20 from his students has been positive.

=93My = students=20 consistently say that this book is much easier to read and makes = more=20 sense than the textbooks that they encounter in other classes,=94 = Stanley=20 said.

=93The = Hebrew Bible: A=20 Comparative Approach=94 is published by Fortress Press, one of the = largest=20 publishers of academic books on biblical studies. For more = information,=20 contact Stanley at (716) 375-2454, cstanley@sbu.edu, or visit the = book=92s=20 companion Web site at http://fortresspress.com/stanley.

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Newsmakers

Fr. Xavier Seubert, O.F.M., director of the visual arts program, will be = giving a=20 lecture at The Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New = York=20 City on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. The title of his talk is "The = Mary-Eve=20 Parallel in Medieval Art."

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