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As the frightful holiday of Halloween approaches, a physician and ethicist at Washington University School of Medicine would have us asking questions first posed by the teenage author of a timeless scary story: Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. This riveting tale is often portrayed as a horror story of gruesome thrills. However, Ira Kodner, director of Washington University’s Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, thinks Shelley’s seminal novel foreshadows many of the ethical, medical and social challenges our society confronts today.

On Wednesday, Oct. 17, the documentary “Thin” will be shown at 7 p.m. in McDonnell Hall, Room 162, followed by a panel discussion with health professionals. The film is a comprehensive and honest profile of four women struggling with their affliction at an eating disorders treatment center.

To explore the state of spiritual life at Washington University, two of its many campus ministers, Rabbi Avi Orlow of Hillel, and Reverend Gary Braun of the Catholic Student Center, will share their beliefs and guide an open discussion for the Assembly Series. The event, free and open to the public, will be held on Monday, October 15 at 4 p.m. in Graham Chapel. Amy Heath-Carpentier, a career development specialist with the Career Center, will moderate.

Is theatre an effective tool for social change? What were the effects of sexual violence on African American women after the Civil War? What is the history of organic food in America? The answers to these questions and many more will be explored during the Fall 2007 Undergraduate Research Symposium from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Sciences building Rettner Gallery.

University Athletics is sponsoring a “Take a Kid to the Game” event for the Oct. 13 Homecoming football game at Francis Field against the University of Chicago. Kids 14 and under get in free with the purchase of a $5 adult ticket.

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Clayton Avenue will be closed between 5 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Oct. 8-10 while MoDOT sets girders on the west side of the bridge under Kingshighway.

Photo by David KilperBradley P. Stoner works at the interface of medicine, anthropology and public health

Judy Pfaff, one of the most celebrated artists of her generation, is known for crafting large-scale installations that combine local materials with elements of painting, sculpture and architecture. Pfaff — a 1971 WUSTL graduate — will return to St. Louis Oct. 11 to discuss her work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ fall Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

Is theatre an effective tool for social change? What were the effects of sexual violence on African American women after the Civil War? What is the history of organic food in America? The answers to these questions and many more will be explored during the Fall 2007 Undergraduate Research Symposium, from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Sciences building.