Coats Cause We Care coat drive
“Coats Cause We Care” is a community service event through which individuals and private and public sector organizations work with the city of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department to provide coats for disadvantaged children in the area. The goal is to provide 100 coats to children in need. Drop off coats in Hunter 109 today through Friday, Nov. 6. Call 516-4119 for more information.  

Library presents “Fighting for our Future” documentary
In support of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Prezell R. Robinson Library will feature the documentary “Fighting for our Future” Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. 

“Fighting for our Future” explores the intimate and comprehensive journey into the lives of young women courageously battling breast cancer. Often told they are too young for the disease, women in their 20s and 30s have long been ignored by medical and research communities and are most often misdiagnosed, even though 10,000 of them are diagnosed every year in the United States and they face a more aggressive form of breast cancer.

Dialogue and discussion will follow the feature presentation.

Saint Augustine’s College Theatre announces fall 2009 productions 
The Saint Augustine’s College Theatre will present the following productions during its fall season:

“Flyin’ West” – Pearl Cleage’s beautiful drama about the founding of the all-black town of Nicodemus, Kan., in the American West of the 1890s. “Flyin’ West” runs Nov. 5-7 at 7 p.m. each day in Seby Jones Auditorium in the Fine Arts Building. Running time for the play is about two hours. Admission is free. 
                          
 “Places Above . . . and Below!” – A haunting presentation of three one-act plays. Each evening opens with Douglass Parkhirst’s “Early Frost,” a chilling drama in which a young girl visits her elderly aunts, only to discover in their attic a dark secret meant to remain hidden for all time. Then the group presents “Tape,” a short morality play by Jose Rivera, in which a woman is forced to confront every lie she has ever told.  Finally, each performance closes with “Attic Treasure,” a lyric play by David S. Raine, in which three siblings discover treasures stored in their late father’s attic – treasures that involve each one of their own lives.  “Places Above . . . and Below!” runs Nov. 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. each day in Seby Jones Auditorium in the Fine Arts Building. Running time for this evening of theatre is about an hour. Admission is free. 

For more information, call associate professor George Jack at 516-4157

Countdown to Peace: Surviving Iraq
The Seby Jones Gallery will feature the Countdown to Peace: Surviving Iraq exhibit Oct. 19 through Dec. 4. In conjunction with the exhibit, the College will host a workshop Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1-4 p.m. in the gallery. Participants will each create a small square that shows his or her views on the war in Iraq. The squares will become part of the larger Countdown to Peace project. During the event, military veterans and participants will discuss personal, historical and psychological perspectives on wartime experience. For more information, contact Virginia Tyler at vltyler@st-aug.edu. 

Join the Falcons in Charlotte
The Saint Augustine’s College Falcons will face the Bluefield College Rams at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte. Tickets for the game are $30. Stay to see the Charlotte Bobcats play the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7 p.m. One $30 ticket gets you into both games. Tickets will be available in the Saint Augustine’s College cashier’s office in the Hunter Building. Tickets are also available online at http://www.st-aug.edu/falconsincharlotte.htm. For more information, call 516-4343.

Lady Falcons’ volleyball win streak snapped
Coker College defeated Saint Augustine’s College in five sets Saturday, Oct. 24, to break the Lady Falcons’ four-match volleyball win streak. Coker won by a score of 25-19, 25-15, 21-25, 23-25, 15-12.
Shakira Carter (Jr./St. Michael, Barbados) led the Lady Falcons with nine kills, followed by Courtney Mosley (Jr./Decatur, Ga.) and Stephony Newkirk (Jr./Greenville, N.C.) with eight kills each. Keisha Parris (So./St. Catherine, Jamaica) had 16 digs, Nicolette Campbell (So./Nassau, Bahamas) added 13 digs, and Roxanne Smith (So./St. Catherine, Jamaica) had 33 assists for the Lady Falcons, who dropped to 16-13 overall.
The Lady Falcons face archrival Shaw University in a CIAA Western Division match at Spaulding Gymnasium on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Falcons lose key game to FSU
Fayetteville State University scored 33 points off five turnovers to beat Saint Augustine’s College 56-6 Saturday, Oct. 24, before a homecoming crowd of 5,429 at Luther “Nick” Jeralds Stadium.

The Broncos (6-3 overall, 5-1 CIAA) clinched the CIAA Western Division football title with the win. They will play in the CIAA Championship game Nov. 7 in Durham, N.C. The Falcons dropped to 3-6 overall and 3-3 in the CIAA with the loss. They entered the game with a chance to move into a first-place tie with the Broncos.

The Falcons conclude the regular season with a road trip to Chowan University in Murfreesboro, N.C., on Oct. 31. Game time is 12:30 p.m.

This week’s games
Football
Saturday, Oct. 31, Chowan University, 12:30 p.m., Murfreesboro, N.C.

Volleyball
Tuesday, Oct. 27, Shaw University, 6 p.m., Raleigh, N.C.
Thursday, Oct. 29, Saint Paul’s College, 6 p.m., Emery Gymnasium
Saturday, Oct. 31, Chowan University, 4 p.m., Murfreesboro, N.C.