On Friday, April 4, UCCS will be hosting a dual screening and director conversation of the Award Winning Documentary, Eat your Catfish. The first screening and conversation will be held on Campus in Centennial Hall at 12:00pm. The second screening and conversation will be held at First Congregational Church at 20 E. St. Vrain St. The event is free and open to the public! All are welcome!   Sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology, Communications, and Sociology; The Office of Strategic Initiatives, The Social Science Symposium Series, and First Congregational Church.   SYNOPSIS  Years with ALS have left Kathryn paralyzed and needing 24-hour care. With her mind intact and having opted for mechanical breathing, she could live like this indefinitely. But the situation has embittered and alienated her husband Said, and proved too much for many nurses and aides. Her grown son Noah, who lives with Kathryn and Said in their New York City apartment, struggles to balance his academic obligations with those he feels to his mother. The disease has also been a destructive force complicating relations between everyone in her family. Kathryn often falls into despair, but she has been holding on to see her daughter’s wedding day. This project draws on 930 hours of footage—all filmed without any crew present from a fixed camera from Kathryn’s point of view. The result is a profoundly intimate, layered and wryly funny portrait of a family at its breaking point.  DIRECTORS’ STATEMENT  This film is structured as a first-person account of Kathryn’s final stage before death. It is, in its totality, her plea for the wider world to understand what she went through, why she persisted, and finally why she gave up. So, rather than turning and looking at Kathryn, or asking others to sit down and tell us about her, we aim to bring the viewer as close as possible to actually being Kathryn and experiencing what she experienced.  Through Kathryn’s own narration, we enter the inner world of a severely disabled woman and mother facing her own mortality. We wanted to break from earlier documentaries on these themes by telling a true story, without contrived heroics, of the brutality of the daily challenges—both practical and emotional—of in-home care for a disabled and terminally ill person.  We hope viewers’ assumptions and feelings will shift as the film progresses from pinning all the blame on any one family member to appreciating that each, in their way, is responsible for their collective pain and each, in turn, is to be forgiven for their shortcomings. Kathryn’s story should also have particular resonance at this unique global moment where we all have faced isolation and the fear of a lonely death.  Senem Tüzen & Adam Isenberg, Noah Amir Arjomand Noah Amir Arjomand  Noah Amir Arjomand is an Iranian-American sociologist  with degrees from Columbia and Princeton universities. He is currently a chancellor’s distinguished fellow in creative writing and writing for the performing arts at the University of California - Riverside. Noah’s photography has been published in The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and PBS Frontline. Cambridge University Press published his first book, Fixing Stories, on news fixers who assist foreign journalists in Turkey and Syria, in 2022. Eat Your Catfish is his film debut. Hosted by: College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Department of AnthropologyAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11172645

Fresh fruits, veggies and more! Clyde's Cupboard will be hosting Fresh Food Friday in the Student Life Lounge from 1 p.m till supplies last. Don't forget your reusable bag!Hosted by: Clyde's CupboardAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11207352

¡Bienvenidos! 🌟 Join El Círculo de Español, a warm and inclusive space where students of all levels can practice Spanish and explore Hispanic culture in a relaxed, friendly environment. There are no requirements to join—whether you're a beginner, a fluent speaker, or just curious, you're welcome here! Each session includes fun conversations, interactive activities, and cultural explorations—from music and traditions to current events across the Spanish-speaking world. No pressure, just good vibes, great company, and lots of learning! Come share your experiences, make new friends, and celebrate Hispanic culture with us. ¡Te esperamos!Hosted by: Círculo de EspañolAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11035740

Join us in the University Center Lion's Byte Game Room for an afternoon of animated classics!Hosted by: University CenterAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11133455

Join us in helping us build RC aircraft to fly and compete with!Hosted by: UCCS Design, Build, FlyAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11075743

Join us in helping us build RC aircraft to fly and compete with!Hosted by: UCCS Design, Build, FlyAdditional Information can be found at: https://mlc.uccs.edu/event/11075744