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Activities Calendar - October 2009

Thursday, October 1

Chico Performances: Van Cliburn Gold Medal Winner
Haochen Zhang, 19 (China) — The youngest participant in the 2009 Cliburn Competition, Haochen Zhang gave his debut recital at the Shanghai Music Hall at the age of five, performing all of Bach's two-part inventions, as well as sonatas by Haydn and Mozart. He performed with an orchestra at age six, and moved to the United States at fifteen to attend the Curtis Institute of Music. First-prize winner of the 2007 China International Piano Competition, Mr. Zhang has performed with the China National Symphony Orchestra, Krakow State Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and has concertized throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States. He also excels at ping pong and enjoys writing poetry. 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium.
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Friday, October 2

Chinese Mid-Autumn Celebration
Join student organization UNITE for a Chinese Mid-Autumn Celebration; there will be a presentation by a Chinese student about the Mooncake/Mid-Autumn festival and traditional Chinese mooncakes for students to taste. We will also be showing a Chinese comedy with English subtitles. It will be in Butte 101 at 6pm.
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Tuesday, October 6

International Forum: Israel Today:  Life and Leisure
Presented by Dr. Michael Leitner, Department of Recreation. The International Forum features a guest speaker on an international topic each week. All are welcome to attend. 5-5:50pm, Tehama 108.
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Chico Performances: Jesse Cook
A performance by Jesse Cook and his talented band of musicians is a mixed bag. Is it an evening of fabulous flamenco — or an evening of Latin fusion sounds? Playing everything from the Beatles to Jobin, Cook blends African percussion, Cajun accordion, classical cello, and pop vocals into an evening of upbeat, richly layered music with a contemporary global sound. 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium.
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Tuesday, October 13

International Forum: Teaching International Languages: The Chico Experience
Dr. Hilda Hernandez, Department of Education, will describe how students from around the world learn about second language acquisition in Chico State's MA program in Teaching International Languages. The International Forum features a guest speaker on an international topic each week. All are welcome to attend. 5-5:50pm, Tehama 108.
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Chico Performances: Yamata Taiko
This Japanese troupe of 10 drummers combines a sense of drama and strong percussion, producing the most "physical" form of music — Taiko drumming. Using instruments such as the huge kettledrum, the side drum, and the tambour, Yamato's drumming ranges from the delicate patter of raindrops to hammered-out rolling thunder to a slowed-down heartbeat. Yamato combines drums with the timpani, the flute, and colorful, authentic Japanese costumes for an evening of highly charged rhythm. 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium.
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Wednesday, October 14

Sushi-Making Workshop
Presented by UNITE and J*Fusion student organizations. 7:30pm, Tehama 118. $5 materials fee.
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Monday, October 19

World Food Day
This year World Food Day will be celebrated on this campus on Monday, Oct. 19, 10 AM-noon in Continuing Education Building, Room 107.  The theme is “Global Food Crisis:  Opportunities, Responsibilities and Solutions.”  Between 10am and 11am, a teleconference from Washington, D.C. will be broadcast, followed by discussion and presentations on local and world food and hunger issues. Read more

Tuesday, October 20

International Forum: Manufacturing Solar Modules in China for the American Market
Presented by Todd Lindstrong, Executive Vice President of Solar Power, Incorporated. The International Forum features a guest speaker on an international topic each week. All are welcome to attend. 5-5:50pm, Tehama 108.
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From Haggis to the Highlands: A Celebration of Scotland
Have you studied abroad in Scotland? Or just interested in going? Chico State Study Abroad presents From Haggis to the Highlands: A Celebration of Scotland. Informal presentations about the University of Stirling (2-3pm), Reception and Q&A session with a representative from University of Stirling (3-4pm). SSC 406.
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Wednesday, October 21

Campus Internationalization Faculty-Staff Reception
Please join in welcoming Sandra Collins (History) and Rouben Mohiuddin (Art and Art History) to CSU, Chico at a campus internationalization faculty-staff reception on Wednesday, October 21, 4:30-5:30pm in the Trinity Hall Gallery. Sandra and Rouben bring a wealth of international experience and expertise to the campus. They will each speak for a few minutes around 4:45 about their interest areas. We hope that you will join in welcoming them and mingling with colleagues from across campus. Refreshments will be provided and all are welcome. For more information, please contact Katherine Punteney, Interim Director of Graduate and International Student Services at 898-5408.

Film: Regret To Inform (U.S.-Vietnam)
SEASA (South East Asian Student Association) will host a screening of the Barbara Sonneborn powerful documentary Regret to Inform —about the impact of the Vietnam War on war-widows in both Vietnam and the U.S.A.6-8pm, Holt 170.

Friday, October 23

Humanties Center Symposium: Mnemonic Masters: The Art of Memorization in the Vedic Tradition of India
The ancient oral tradition of transmitting the sacred Vedic texts of India from generation to generation through memory alone was officially declared an intangible heritage of humanity by UNESCO in 2003. Normally, physical places are designated as World Heritage Sites, but with the unprecedented pressures of globalization and modernization threatening cultural diversity, it was decided by the UN that the unique process by which these 3000 year old texts are transmitted should be honored and protected. Daniel Veidlinger will present some of the key ideas and ideologies underlying this fascinating tradition. 3-5pm, Trinity 100.
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Saturday-Sunday, October 24-25

Multicultural Community Collaboration Book Fair
CSU, Chico's Multicultural Community Collaboration Committee is sponsoring a book fair at Barnes & Noble Bookstore. A percentage of net sale purchases (including in-store Starbucks purchases) will support the 2010 Scholarship program for local ethnic youth for higher education in Butte County.
Fun for kids: multicultural story time, crafts, Hmong/Mexican cultural exhibits, calligraphic writing, music, and more. Barnes & Noble Bookstore (2031 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway) 9am - 10pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Tuesday, October 27

International Forum: A Nutritionist as a Community Organizer:
Nutrition and Health Issues in Guatemala
Professor Keiko Goto of the CSU Chico Department of Nutrition will present
the October 27 International Forum "A Nutritionist as a Community Organizer:
Nutrition and Health Issues in Guatemala." Professor Goto has had extensive
experience working with nutritional issues in many countries.
The International Forum features a guest speaker on an international topic each week. All are welcome to attend. 5-5:50pm, Tehama 108.
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University Film Series: Throne of Blood
(1957, Japan) 109 min. Directed by Akra Kurosawa. Hosted by Robert O’Brien, English and Humanities Center. From Anthony Lane (New Yorker, July ’09): "The divided warrior is Washizu (Toshiro Mifune), who is tempted to seek his destiny by a single, thread-spinning spectre (rather than by the usual trio of witches) and urged along by his formidable spouse (Isuzu Yamada), who is herself no more than a glimmering ghost as she emerges from the gloom with a drug to dope the guards. No stage production could match Kurosawa’s Birnam Wood, and, in his final framing of the hero—a human hedgehog, stuck with arrows—he conjures a tragedy not laden with grandeur but pierced, like a dream, by the absurd." 7:30pm, Ayres 106.
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Wednesday, October 28

International Career Series: Ted Kromer
UNITE, an international networking student organization, in collaboration with the CSU, Chico Career Center, is pleased to offer the first of 2009-2010's series of speakers on international careers. Ted Kromer has been an executive in pharmecutical, bio-tech, and high-tech corporations. He is also the founder of an international non-profit organization, will share his experiences and provide advice to students on how they can pursue and international career. 5-6pm, Langdon 105.
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Thursday, October 29

Lecture: The Ruins of Memory: Tacitus on Roman Antiquity
Presented by Dr. Jessica Clark, Department of History. What connects a memory to the past reality it recalls? In Imperial Rome, this connection was mediated by monuments that presented Rome's glorious past to its meritorious future, grounding memory in the material world. This commemorative system was challenged when the memories in question were unworthy of monumentalization, however; there was no mechanism for transmitting the traumatic. This talk explores one Roman historian's search for the means of commemorating civil war amidst the ruins of the past it left behind. 4-5:30pm, Trinity 100.
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What Prevents Peace, Understanding Psychological Conditioning
Marvin Davis, a Liberian human rights journalist, editor, poet and peace educator, is the author of the internationally acclaimed book Brave New Child, Liberating the Children of Liberia ─ and the World. During the war as a human rights editor Marvin Davis had to flee Liberia to save his life after rebels killed his father. Since then he has worked with over 3000 war-torn children educating them about the root cause of violence so they can free themselves from their prejudicial, conditioned thinking that created their 15 year civil conflict. 7:30-9:00pm, Ayres 106.

Anthropology Forum: Settling the Forest and Battling AIDS in Sangha, Northern Congo
The Anthropology Forum for today, Oct. 29, “Settling the Forest and Battling AIDS in the Sangha, Northern Congo” presented by Dr. David Eaton, Department of Anthropology. 4pm, Ayres 120.
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