First Lutheran Church (Rock Island)
41.497608,-90.573262
Kivisto '04 compares gun laws, fatalities
Dr. Aaron Kivisto '04 finds that U.S. citizens living in states with the weakest gun laws are more than twice as likely to be fatally shot by police compared to those living in states with the strongest gun laws.
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Concert Band Concert
The Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Concert Band will perform their fall concert.
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Choir and Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Choral Artists Concert
The Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Choir and the Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Choral Artists will perform. The Pleasant Valley (Iowa) High School Concert Choir will make a guest appearance.
Webster Competition
Monetary awards are presented annually to voice students in pursuit of a vocal career.
Women's Lacrosse Clinic
The Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø women¡¯s lacrosse players and head coach C.J. Durham will host a lacrosse clinic on campus for high school-age student-athletes. The clinic will run from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Capture the Flag Kickoff Party
The Office of Student Life Late Night committee will host a Capture the Flag Kickoff Party, with games, free tacos and T-shirts and a raffle.
Students are invited to meet new people, talk to returning students and have some fun on the first day of classes.
Rural buildings pose greater threat to birds
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø professor of biology Dr. Stephen Hager is the lead author of a new paper that finds larger buildings in rural areas pose a greater threat to birds than if those buildings were in an urban area. Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø a billion birds are killed every year when they fly into buildings.