Events and Calendars

Display Oct. 1 through Oct. 31: Paint and Pixels
For more information: 530.898.4476.

Our society is strangely reluctant to appropriate the wisdom that accompanies growing older. We seem to be frightened of the potential power of a generation of Sages, Wise Women, and Elders. Is this fear going to determine how we live our lives, or will the “Boomer” generation be the vanguard of a new and powerful way of living, loving, and serving? This group series will explore the possibility that aging is far different than we have been conditioned to expect. We will gently and openly look at all aspects of living and growing older - work, retirement, health, spirituality, loss, grief and ultimate meaning - from the perspective of becoming true “Sages” - people at home with ourselves, our lives, and our work.

Date: Tuesdays, October 2 - November 6, 2007
Time: 12:05pm - 12:55pm
Facilitator: William Martin, M. Div., author of The Sages Tao Te Ching

To register and/or for more information, please call The Office of Faculty and Staff Assistance & Work/Life Program at 898-4645 or email Rocio Leal at

Politics and the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing presented by Dr Weikun Cheng, History Department.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics have provoked enormous national pride in China and have engaged both the government and the mass population in a beautifying-Beijing/China movement. Yet this opportunity for displaying China’s economic achievements is also being used by various political and human rights organizations to challenge the political record of China’s long-ruling Communist Party.

Don’t get caught with your khakis down! Savvy survivors take responsibility for their sexuality on this island; explore safe sex and birth control in this workshop designed for first-year students. For more information, contact CADEC 898-6450.

Contact As Presents for more information at (530) 898-6005.

Naomi Schneider, Executive Editor at the University of California Press who specializes in books in sociology, anthropology, women’s studies, Latin American studies, and contemporary politics, addresses the future of academic publishing.

Admission: Free and Open to the Public

More information is available online.

Jethro Tull’s mix of hard rock, folk melodies, blues licks, and surreal lyrics defies easy analysis, but that didn’t dissuade fans from giving them 11 gold and five platinum albums, for records such as Benefit, Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, and Living in the Past. With a unique combination instruments and Ian Anerson’s exceptional vocals, and flute- and guitar-playing, Jethro Tull’s sound has, and still does, define an era of music that lives along with other power-house groups like Yes and Led Zepplin. Since their start in 1967, the group carved a place all its own in popular music.

$40 Pemium | $35 Adult/Senior | $30 Student/Child

More information is available online.

Dr. David Eaton of the Department of Anthropology will be hosting this week’s Anthropology Forum entitled “Modernizing the Good Life in North Congo.” The campus and community are welcome to attend.

This week, on Thursday, Oct 4, Ophthalmologist Heidi Houlihan, M.D., will present a program on eyes and eye health entitled “I Only Have Eyes for You.”

Donation of $3 per adult is requested. Students with an ID are free.

For additional information about this and other museum programs, visit the museum’s web site.

Faculty, staff and students welcome, but must sign up in advance as space is limited.
For more information, contact Charles Carter, 898-5396.

Dr. Bryce Falk, Department of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis

“Exploiting Virus RNA: Plant Interactions for Contemporary Plant Biotechnology”

Friday - Sunday, October 5 - 7

So you think the Chico mall doesn’t compare to back home and the same parties every weekend are growing stale, then it’s time to try something different. Join Adventure Outings and other women as we sea kayak on Lake Ahjumawi. Ahjumawi is a place of exceptional, even primeval, beauty; brilliant aqua bays and tree studded islets that can only be reached by boat. Opportunities for exploration are endless among the jagged black basalt lava flows and freshwater springs. And we will camp each night at beautiful lakeside campsites with views of Mt. Shasta and Mt. Lassen.

Leave: 4pm Return: 5pm
Student: $45 General: $55

Friday - Sunday, October 5 - 7

Do you feel the draw of the ocean? Just because Chico is land-locked doesn’t mean you can’t still surf. Come with us to Santa Cruz where you can fulfill those ocean urges! We will camp on the beautiful Santa Cruz coast and spend the days in the sand, surf, and sun. Pack your swimsuit and shades for a few days of coastal indulgence and surf knowledge!

Leave: 4pm Return: 5pm
Student: $125 General: $135

The CSU, Chico Faculty Jazz Ensemble highlights the evening by brewing up some tasty jazz. Appearing for the first time in Sierra Nevada’s Big Room, this musical treat features original compositions from members of the ensemble: Rocky Winslow, Greg D’Augelli, Grant Levin, and Dan Kinkle.

Advance Tickets: $15 Adult, $13 Senior, $6 Student/Child

More information is available online.

For more than four decades, explorer, environmentalist, educator, and film producer Jean-Michel Cousteau (son of legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau) has used his vast experience to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for the Earth’s water and the ecosystem it nourishes. Speaking as part of the Presidents Lecture Series and the On The Creek Lecture Series, Cousteau will use a big-screen, multi-media presentation to give an enlightened perspective on the challenges facing the world’s threatened ecosystem.

$25 Pemium | $20 Adult/Senior | $15 Student/Child

More information is available online.

The College of ECC Rebuild New Orleans Project 2008 is having a yard sale fundraiser. Please support over 100 students as they continue their Rebuild New Orleans Project in New Orleans, Louisiana for the week of January 19-26, 2008. They will be traveling to New Orleans on their third mission to continue rebuilding the region. All project leadership is provided by students in the College of ECC. Based on their vision, the project is designed to bring together the best of the college, the university, the community, and local donors to help make a difference in the lives of fellow Americans.

Please check out our web site for more information and to make a donation.

Sunday- Sunday, October 6 - 7

Located just west of Redding, Whiskeytown Lake is home to some of the best mountain biking in northern California. A variety of trails lead to waterfalls, cascading creeks, and views of Mt. Shasta, Mt. Lassen, and panoramas of the lake. We’ll camp next to the lake and ride again on Sunday.

Leave: 8am Return: 5pm
Student: $45 General: $50

Known as “the Kung-Fu monks,” the Shaolin Warriors bring to Laxson a fully choreographed theatrical production. These true life warriors bring the remarkable skill, stunning movement and spectacular imagery of Kung Fu to life, including spins, kicks, high-flying flips and acrobatics. Performed by the Buddhist monks of the Shaolin Temple, a sect that has become known throughout the world for its disciplined spiritualism and deadly martial-arts prowess, the production features many forms of Shaolin Kung Fu as well as a look at the daily temple life of the monks and their Zen Buddhist philosophy.

$25 Pemium | $20 Adult | $18 Senior | $15 Student/Child

More information is available online.

Instructed by a Chico Dance Theatre member and Hype Dance Studio instructor for the 1st hour and the 2nd hour will be a free hip hop dance. Distribution of gift certificate prizes for the best moves. There will be a live DJ, free food, and drinks and free admission like always.

Hosted by Late Night Chico.

Support the symphony and music throughout our community by running (or strolling) on a level course through Bidwell Park. You will be serenaded by beautiful music played by musicians along the course. T-shirts and treats available.

ADVANCE ENTRIES: $10. For more information call 898-5984.

More information is available online.

Museum of Anthropology’s World Explorations Lecture Series presents Dr. Jesse Dizard will present “The Relationship between Arctic Peoples and the Modern, Industrial World.”

October 8 - November 1 in the University Art Gallery, Taylor Hall

Lucy Puls’ work examines the unwanted and discarded objects of present day culture. In this exhibition, she explores the proliferation of abandoned domestic items and appliances discovered in her own Berkeley neighborhood. The sculptures combine the actual objects, photographic documentation of these items in their displaced settings and three-dimensional adornments that covertly reference the intended attributes of each item.

Any member of the community is able to sign up to participate. Sign ups will be held in BMU mall area in front of the bookstore on CSU, Chico’s campus, Oct. 8 - 10 & the 16 from 10am - 3pm. Or sign up via email to aslatenight@csuchico.edu with your name, phone number and email address.

For more information visit the web site or call (530)898-4172.

Doors open at 7:30pm. The Auditions will begin at 8pm. Hosted by AS Late Night Event Chico.

October 8 -12, you can help! CSU, Chico American Marketing Association presents Soldiers Shoulder. Drop of items for troops in the Free Speech area. Some items needed are toiletries, socks, Chapstick/Carmex, sunflower seeds, gum, newspaper/magazines, and protein bars. More information is available online.

A forum on the City of Chico proposed “disorderly events” ordinance will be held at 6pm, Monday, Oct. 8, in the BMU Auditorium. Information about the ordinance will be presented, a panel including student representatives will discuss its pros and cons, and there will be an opportunity for those in attendance to comment and ask questions.

Any member of the community is able to sign up to participate. Sign ups will be held in BMU mall area in front of the bookstore on CSU, Chico’s campus, Oct. 8 - 10 & the 16 from 10am - 3pm. Or sign up via email to aslatenight@csuchico.edu with your name, phone number and email address.

For more information visit the web site or call (530)898-4172.

Doors open at 7:30pm. The Auditions will begin at 8pm. Hosted by AS Late Night Event Chico.

The Maya have long performed ritual dances that dramatize aspects of hunting. These performances are of a religious character, rooted in the need to appease powerful spirits responsible for replenishing game animals, such as deer. This presentation explores the significance of hunting dances among the ancient Maya of the Late Classic period (A.D. 600-900), particularly their associations with sacrifice and the veneration of ancestral rulers.

Presented by Dr. Matt Looper, Art and Art History.

Learn how to combat homesickness and depression in this workshop designed for first-year students.For more information, contact CADEC 898-6450.

Blending traditional Appalachian music with blues, country, gospel, and bluegrass, Doc Watson’s unique style has awed listeners for nearly 50 years, earning him a National Medal of Arts, a National Heritage Fellowship, and five Grammy Awards. In this performance, he is joined by Grammy Award winner and four-time nominee David Holt, and Watson’s grandson Richard Watson. In 2002 the senior Watson and Holt collaborated on a three-CD set entitled Legacy, which won the prestigious Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Music Recording.

$27 Pemium | $22 Adult | $20 Senior | $18 Student/Child

More information is available online.

UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
$3 donation appreciated
898-4642

Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) (1988, Japan) 88 min. Directed by Isao Takahata. Hosted by Masami Toku, Art and Art History.

Alternately known as Tombstone for Fireflies, Grave is a very somber film about the struggle of two children to survive during World War II. Seita and his younger sister Setsuko are left to fend for themselves when their mother passes away from severe burns inflicted by the American fire-bombing of their town. Their father is serving in the Japanese navy, but the children have not heard from him in a long time, so Seita and Setsuko try staying with a distant relative. However, Seita doesn’t get along well with this relative and decides to leave, taking Setsuko with him, to live on their own.

Please note that this film is NOT recommended for children.

Any member of the community is able to sign up to participate. Sign ups will be held in BMU mall area in front of the bookstore on CSU, Chico’s campus, Oct. 8 - 10 & the 16 from 10am - 3pm. Or sign up via email to aslatenight@csuchico.edu with your name, phone number and email address.

For more information visit the web site or call (530)898-4172.

Doors open at 7:30pm. The Auditions will begin at 8pm. Hosted by AS Late Night Event Chico.

Join us to discover new ways to create high quality learning environments in and outside of the classroom. This year’s session themes include two important initiatives: civic engagement and sustainability.

All conference participants are cordially invited to attend the CELT Conference Awards Luncheon at 11:30am, Wed., Oct. 10.

Manuel Pastor, Professor of Geography and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California, will present the keynote “Public or Perish: Engaged Scholarship, Community Connections and the Future of the Academy” and we will honor Outstanding Teacher Kimihiko Nomura (FLNG) and Outstanding Academic Advisor Maria Gonzalez (FLNG).

There is no charge for the luncheon, but advanced reservations are required. Conference registration is complimentary.

For schedule and registration information please visit the web site.

“Coming Out … And Out … And Out”
Facilitated by Steve Sherlock, Professor of Political Science

Contact AS Presents for more information at (530) 898-6005.

Skip Yowell, Hippie, Adventurer, and Founder of JanSport, will be speaking at the AS Bookstore. Noon - 12:45 pm. For more information contact AS Bookstore at (866)282-8422.

Artist’s Talk, 5pm, Trinity 100 (Humanities Center Gallery)
Gallery Reception, 6pm - 7:30pm (University Art Gallery, Taylor Hall)

The Department of Political Science is pleased to invite the campus community to an evening with Butte County Sheriff Perry Reniff. A question and answer period will follow. Free, and open to the public. For more information please contact mleigey@csuchico.edu or mjcoyle@csuchico.edu.

Movie “Imagine Me and You”. Holt 268 at 6:00 pm. For more information contact Pride SafeZone at http://www.csuchico.edu/pride/.

The infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision denied U.S. citizenship to non-whites, and while Civil War related events seemed to change that definition, Professor Michael Les Benedict, Professor Emeritus at Ohio State University, makes a provocative argument that the war actually narrowed the legal definition of citizenship. Benedict is a leading authority on the U.S. Constitution and the Civil War era.

Admission: Free and Open to the Public

More information is available online.

Join us to discover new ways to create high quality learning environments in and outside of the classroom. This year’s session themes include two important initiatives: civic engagement and sustainability.

Conference registration is complimentary.

For schedule and registration information please visit the web site.

The CELT Conference is sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, the Faculty Recognition and Support Committee, and the Office of the Provost California State University, Chico.

Contact Pride/Safe Zone at 805-509-6256.

Dr. Eric Bartelink of the Department of Anthropology will be presenting this week’s Anthropology forum entitled “A Lynching in East Texas: June 18, 1908.”

Renowned for her recordings with Leonard Cohen and K.D. Lang, Perla Batalla returns to her parents’ Discoteca (their southern California Latin-American record shop) and invites us to join her. In a multi-media presentation of song and storytelling, Perla weaves a vibrant picture of growing up in an ethnically rich neighborhood, encompassing family, myth, and her own lyrical journey through the unique landscape of Latin American cancion.

$18 Adult | $15 Senior | $12 Student/Child

More information is available online.

Neurologist Stephen Forner, M.D., “Migraine—It’s Not Just a Headache”

Donation of $3 per adult is requested. Students with an ID are free.

For additional information about this and other museum programs, visit the museum’s web site.

Writer’s Voice (CSU, Chico) and 1078 Gallery present Writers on the Storm, Fiction & Poetry Reading featuring current & former CSU, Chico Students Diana Bishop, Alex Camarota, Lara Gularte and Don McCrea-Hendrick.

For more information, contact: Rob Davidson, Ph.D. at 898-6457.

AS Presents is proud to present Las Vegas hypnotist Justin James on Thursday, October 11, 2007. Doors open at 7pm. The performance will begin at 7:30pm.

Involved in the entertainment business for the last 20 years, Justin James has developed a one-of-a-kind performance involving hypnosis, music, and comedy. The Las Vegas headliner has traveled from coast to coast amusing thousands with his act, where he incorporates members of the audience to perform hypnosis on. Both James and his performance are unpredictable, and guaranteed to blow your mind.

Tickets are available at the University Box Office on the corner of 2nd and Normal Street. Students with CSU, Chico ID are $3, General Admission is $5. General admission patrons without CSU, Chico ID must be 18 and over. Ticket prices will increase $2 at the door.

Join us to discover new ways to create high quality learning environments in and outside of the classroom. This year’s session themes include two important initiatives: civic engagement and sustainability.

Conference registration is complimentary.

For schedule and registration information please visit the web site.

The CELT Conference is sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, the Faculty Recognition and Support Committee, and the Office of the Provost California State University, Chico.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (capital Kinshasa) and the Republic of Congo (capital Brazzaville) have suffered devastating civil wars in the past decade. Current trends include significant movements toward reconciliation and reconstruction, although eastern DR Congo remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. This talk will explore these developments in each country, and how they fit within longer-term histories of the region and its relationships with the larger world.

Friday - Sunday, October 12 - 14

Have you been to the coast lately? Are you ready to inhale crisp salty air as you wake up to a beautiful sunrise? Travel northwest to one of AO’s all time most popular trips. The Redwood Coast offers something for everyone: the tallest trees on earth, ferns from the Mesozoic period, Ewoks, amazing beaches. This trip will be a delight for senses dulled by the monotony of student life. If that isn’t enough, the sunset on the ocean is inspiration for the poet in all of us!

Leave: 4pm Return: 5pm
Student: $87 General: $97

The English Graduate Student Council (EGSC) is sponsoring the Fall Performance Extravaganza. Performances will include music and poetry readings from English students and faculty.

This is a great opportunity to see your fellow students and faculty in a non-academic setting. $3 cover at the door. You can find out more information on our web site.

Please contact Kelly Candelaria if you have any questions at 805-459-7322.

Saturday - Sunday, October 13 - 14

This trip is not to be forgotten! Midterms are around the corner and the white water season is ending soon so come for two full days and one extraordinary evening on the turbulent and exciting waters of the Trinity River. With rapids such as Z-drop, Hell-Hole, and Pinball, your senses will be thrilled with the adventure.

Leave: 8am Return: 5pm
Student: $55 General: $65

The Gift of Emotions: Celebrating the Spice of Life. 2pm - 5pm in Common Grounds (BMU008) on Chico Campus. For more information contact the AS Women’s Center at (530) 898-4697.

George Winston is a legendary piano player, with seven multi-platinum, platinum, and gold records. In his Laxson concert he will be performing songs from his upcoming CD, Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions — A Hurricane Relief Benefit, as well as selections from his seasonal favorites Autumn, December, Winter Into Spring, and Summer, and his Forest and Plains recordings. This concert is a benefit the local Torres Shelter and attendees are asked to bring a canned food donation to the concert.

$25 Premium | $20 Adult | $18 Senior | $15 Student/Child

More information is available online.

Join members of the North State Symphony in a performance of Mozart’s great Serenade in C minor for harmonie, the classic Viennese designation for the basic eight instruments forming the wind section of the orchestra. Also featured: French composers Cartan and Ibert.

Advance Tickets: $15 Adult, $13 Senior, $6 Student/Child

More information is available online.

A wonderful family presentation of the well-loved children’s book of the same name, Miss Nelson is Missing will bring to life the story of the students of room 207 and their realizations that perhaps their behavior can bring back their missing teacher. This comedy will make you laugh out loud, as it relays its message that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence, and that good behavior is usually the best strategy.

$12 Adult/Senior | $5 Student/Child

More information is available online.

Contact Connie Huyck at (530) 898-5396 for more information.

Contact the AS Women’s Center at (530) 898-5724.

Points will be awarded to all members from Panhellenic sororities, IFC fraternities, and MGC fraternities and sororities for donating blood. For more information contact Sophie Shafter (925) 917-4204. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 15 - 16.

Oil + Water. Seth Warren will talk about his experience traveling the entire Pan-American Highway in a Bio-Diesel fueled Fire Truck. For more information contact EARC at (530) 898-5676.

Visiting Artist in Printmaking, Monday, October 15 at 5:15pm in Ayers 201

Pool Sessions - Tuesday and Thursday, October 16 and 18
On the River - Saturday - Sunday, October 20 - 21

Are you one of those crazy people mentioned above? Join Adventure Outings for two pool sessions with our American Canoe Association (ACA) certified instructor. The pool time allows us the opportunity to introduce more techniques before we get moving on the water, beginning with basic paddling skills, stroke technique, equipment, terminology, self rescue, hydrology, Eskimo roll, and maneuvering. We will progress from the pool to moving water, then depending on the ability of the group, to a full whitewater day on either Saturday or Sunday.

Leave: 8am Return: 5pm
Student: $145 General: $155

Contact Connie Huyck at (530) 898-5396 for more information.

Any member of the community is able to sign up to participate. Sign ups will be held in BMU mall area in front of the bookstore on CSU, Chico’s campus, Oct. 8 - 10 & the 16 from 10am - 3pm. Or sign up via email to aslatenight@csuchico.edu with your name, phone number and email address.

For more information visit the web site or call (530)898-4172.

Doors open at 7:30pm. The Auditions will begin at 8pm. Hosted by AS Late Night Event Chico.

Points will be awarded to all members from Panhellenic sororities, IFC fraternities, and MGC fraternities and sororities for donating blood. For more information contact Sophie Shafter (925) 917-4204. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 15 - 16.

ACHE Guest Speaker, Molin T. Malicay, CEO, Sonoma County India Health Project, Inc.
All Majors welcome. For more information e-mail ACHE.

Learn how to keep your energy up and your weight down in this workshop designed for first-year students. For more information, contact CADEC 898-6450.

Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway is a toe-tapping revue that romps gleefully through American musical theatre’s greatest hits. One band, five Broadway performers, and Neil Berg himself as the Master of Ceremonies promise an evening of wonderfully entertaining theatre. Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Frank Loesser as well as more recent composers Billy Joel and Frankie Valli are among the many saluted in this evening dedicated to Broadway’s greatest composers. Featured are such musical classics as “Phantom of the Opera,” “Some Enchanted Evening,” “Cabaret,” “All That Jazz,” “Man of La Mancha,” “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” and “Impossible Dream.”

$30 Premium | $25 Adult | $23 Senior | $20 Student/Child

More information is available online.

UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
$3 donation appreciated
898-4642

Fahrenheit 451 (1966, France) 113 min. Directed by Francois Truffaut. Hosted by director of the University Art Gallery Jason Tannen, Art and Art History.*

Acclaimed as a modern classic in the vein of Brave New World and 1984, this outstanding novel by Ray Bradbury is brought to the screen with all its vividness and imagination intact. Set in a future electronic age, all books are banned and fireman must keep fires burning at 451 degrees—the temperature at which paper burns. Julie Christie plays dual roles—one as wife of fireman Oskar Werner and the other as a book-loving schoolteacher.

*Part of the Humanities Center’s theme for this year—“The Book.”

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy or EAP is a therapeutic approach in which horses are used as a tool for emotional growth and learning. EAP uses horses in specifically designed sessions to help you “see” how actions and reactions create obstacles, and discover the best ways to remove them from your life. Kimberley Covington, a Marriage and Family Therapist in the community, has been involved with horses since the age of six. Her experience has enabled her to develop a keen awareness and appreciation for the importance of trust in the process of change.

Date: October 17, 2007
Time: 12:05 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.
Facilitator: Kimberley Covington, MFT

To register and/or for more information, please call The Office of Faculty and Staff Assistance & Work/Life Program at 898-4645 or email Rocio Leal at

Movie “Better than Chocolate”. Holt 268 at 6:00 pm. For more information contact Pride SafeZone.

How about an edgy, turn of the century, musical comedy/horror show? That would be Bat Boy: The Musical. Don’t miss this cult hit and a classic love story with a serious bite. Written by Keyth Farley and Brian Flemming, the play is based on a story in The Weekly World News and features a half boy/half bat creature that was discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. He is taken in by a local family and taught to be “normal” — but then the complications begin. Directed by Mike Mazur, this campy show from the turn of the century (this century!) gives you a great evening of entertainment. Music by Laurence O’Keefe.

Advance Tickets: $18 Adult, $15 Senior, $6 Student/Child

More information is available online.

Please join President Paul Zingg, The University Public Safety Committee, and other members of the campus community for the 3rd Annual Moonlight Safety Walk on Tues., Oct. 17, 2007. As before, the group will divide into four teams, walking the campus to help identify safety hazards. Walkers will meet at Selvester’s Cafe at 7pm for pizza and drinks, before starting the walk. The walk begins at approximately 7:30pm and lasts about an hour. This is a great way to help promote a safe campus environment, and to meet other members of the campus community. Those interested in participating can RSVP with Matt Thomas. Feel free to bring any other interested parties.

Should California or the U.S. enact legislation designed to bring health insurance to all? Clearly, some people are luckier than others when it comes to their health, both in terms of their natural endowments and their access to adequate care. Are the differences unjust, or merely unfortunate? Does our commitment to equality, the notion that everyone’s life matters and matters equally, require us to meet everyone’s basic health care needs? Or does our commitment to liberty require us to refrain from forcing our fellow citizens to pay for the care of others?

Donna Kemp, Political Science Department, CSU, Chico
Eric Gampel, Philosophy Department, CSU, Chico
Fred Foldvary, Department of Economics, Santa Clara University

10am - 2pm
Deadline for applications is 9/25/07 and space is limited. For more information or an application, call CADEC 898-6450 or visit the web site.

Endocrinologist Leena Singh, M.D. Ph.D., “Thyroid Power!”

Donation of $3 per adult is requested. Students with an ID are free.

For additional information about this and other museum programs, visit the museum’s web site.

AS Presents is proud to present Bay Area artists Mistah F.A.B., Zion I, Turf Talk, and The Federation.

Tickets are available at the University Box Office on the corner of 2nd and Normal Street. Students with CSU, Chico ID are $12, General Admission is $15. General admission patrons without CSU, Chico ID must be 18 and over. Ticket prices will increase $3 at the door.

Open to all students interested in leadership training. Cost $50, advance sign-ups required.

Strategic Thinking & Decision Making is the fifth of the seven course Leadership Development Program series. Local government, tribal, and special district managers will meet to discuss how to make decisions that are inclusive, timely, thorough and creative, how to identify interdependent relationships, and how to think from a systems perspective. For more information please visit the web site.

Religious Studies Presents Daniel Veidlinger’s lecture on “The Origins of Book and Image Worship in Buddism.”

The College of Natural Sciences invites you to attend the 3rd Semi-Annual New Faculty Seminar, Friday, Oct. 19, 2007.

Co-hosted by Omicron Theta Epsilon and the College of Natural Sciences.

Introductions by Jim Houpis, Dean

Seminar Speakers:
Yuichi Handa - Department of Mathematics and Statistics, “The Phenomenology of Preparation and Planning”

Kristine Warner - School of Nursing, “Nursing Students’ Attitudes and Beliefs about Poverty”

Stephanie Bianco-Simeral - Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, “Marketing Nutrition to our Children and Youth: Utilizing Industry Tactics”

Jeff Price - Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, “Developing Adaptation Strategies for Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change”

The World On Stage. Want to showcase your culture? Pick up an application in BMU 203. Deadline: October 19, 2007. For more information call Amber Harris at (530) 898-5701.

For more information visit the web site or call (530)898-4172.

Saturday - Sunday, October 20 - 21

When people think kayaking, they often imagine being upside down in a hard-shell kayak. Scary stuff for sure! Leave that to the crazy folks. These self-bailing, open-air boats are forgiving yet maneuverable for whitewater use, a great way to take a first step on the river. You will have the option of being the master of your own destiny, or pairing up in a double kayak as we run the exhilarating rapids.

Leave: 8am Return: 5pm
Student: $60 General: $70

Bill Cosby. Who can argue that this man has influenced generations of adults with his humor? Let’s see … on television with The Cosby Show, Kids Say the Darndest Things, and I Spy, or as a cartoon character with Little Bill, and Fat Albert. Or maybe with any of his several big-screen hits or one of his several award-winning books or recordings. Cosby’s comic insights, observations, and teachings have made him the comic social commentator of our times, and a living legend.

$65 Adult/Senior | $55 Student/Child

More information is available online.

How about an edgy, turn of the century, musical comedy/horror show? That would be Bat Boy: The Musical. Don’t miss this cult hit and a classic love story with a serious bite. Written by Keyth Farley and Brian Flemming, the play is based on a story in The Weekly World News and features a half boy/half bat creature that was discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. He is taken in by a local family and taught to be “normal” — but then the complications begin. Directed by Mike Mazur, this campy show from the turn of the century (this century!) gives you a great evening of entertainment. Music by Laurence O’Keefe.

Advance Tickets: $18 Adult, $15 Senior, $6 Student/Child

More information is available online.

The Art Education Club will be having a yard sale and barbeque in the Free Speech Area today from 10-3. Please stop by and see what treasures you can find while enjoying a barbecued hot dog and soda.

Showing of Norman Solomon’s documentary film “War Made Easy” with discussion following.

All events are free and open to the public. The McGovern talk is cosponsored by the A.S. Committee on Arts and Lectures, the CSU, Chico Peace Institute, the Department of Political Science and the Department of Sociology.

For more information contact Tom Imhoff.

The purpose of the meeting is to present an update on the University’s master plan, as well as an update on four current projects: the Student Services Center, the Wildcat Activity Center, the Student Housing Project, and the Northern California Natural History Museum.

The public is welcome to attend and there will be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions and provide comments. The Campus Planning Committee advises the University president on the development of facilities on campus, and includes faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community members. For more information about the meeting, contact the University office of Facilities Planning at (530) 898-6235.

Tradition and Innovation in Japanese Pop Culture: Its Contribution to Visual Literacy in Today’s World presented by Dr. Masami Toku, Art and Art History.

Shojo manga is a special genre within the vast array of Japanese comic books. It provides a narrative for the lives of Japanese girls and women as they navigate the complex societal roles, changes, and expectations they face. Manga also documents the evolution of women’s roles in contemporary Japan.

There are plenty of things to do on this island that don’t involve jungle juice. Find out more in this workshop designed for first-year students. For more information, contact CADEC at 898-6450.

Talk by Ray McGovern, retired CIA analyst, “Democratic Dissent in a Time of War” with Q and A.

All events are free and open to the public. The McGovern talk is cosponsored by the A.S. Committee on Arts and Lectures, the CSU, Chico Peace Institute, the Department of Political Science, the Department of Sociology, and the Citizens for Social Responsibility.

For more information contact Tom Imhoff.

Steve Wasserman, literary agent, former editor of the Los Angeles Times book review, and juror for the Pulitzer Prize, discusses the challenges facing both book and newspaper publishers in the age of the Internet.

Admission: Free and Open to the Public

More information is available online.

For more information contact Jenny Merrill at (530) 864-6046 or Erin Coady at (530) 898-6001.

Contact Amy Miller, AS Sustainability at (530) 898-3645.

“Hidden in Plain Sight”
Facilitated by Sandy Parsons, Director of Disability Support Services

Movie “Bad Education”. Holt 268 at 6:00 pm. For more information contact Pride SafeZone.

We are often surprised and appreciative when we observe an act of selfless good will. But are these acts truly selfless, or are they really motivated by self-interest? Do the charitable give simply to make themselves feel better, or are they genuinely concerned with the well-being of others? Is human nature essentially selfish? Evolution might favor selfishness since it would seem to promote one’s reproductive interests. But then altruistic acts should be rarer than they are. Even if we are inclined by nature to egoism shouldn’t we at least sometimes act for the benefit of others? Should we always do so? Or never? Come hear what contemporary biological psychological and moral theories tell us about the nature of altruism.
Andy Flescher, Religious Studies Department
Daniel Worthen, Psychology Department
John Mahoney, Biology Department

Pat Collentine and Susan Larsen return with the latest in their “Kolorbar” series for their third show at the Humanities Center Gallery (in the past: Dec. ‘02 and Apr. ‘04). The series is an ongoing exploration originally inspired by a trip to southeast Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park in 1995. The inclusion of the kolorbar in the photos became a conceptual verification for the glaciers’ size and color. “The photos are part performance, part photography. The act of taking a kolorbar photograph is absurd,” write the artists. “‘What the hell is that person doing standing behind a multicolored strip of vinyl and having a picture taken?’” Larsen and Collentine have collaborated on several public art projects and just completed Wanders in a Riparian Garden, a three-part sculpture installed in Sacramento’s Regency Park. They are represented by Augen Gallery (Portland, OR).

Sonia Maria Dias will speak on “Integrating waste pickers: An assessment of Brazilian achievements and challenges in solid waste planning.”

Sonia Maria Dias is a geographer and sociologist by training and is one of Brazil’s leading experts in waste-related management. Since 1985, she has played a key role in helping to integrate social aspects into the technical planning of waste collection and recycling. She is a member of the Waste and Citizenship Forum and has served as Latin American representative to the Collaborative Working Group on Solid Waste Management. As a current Eisenhower Fellow, Ms. Dias is in the United States to examine the links between poverty alleviation, the environment, informal employment, and civic engagement in this country.

For information please contact Dr. Jacquelyn Chase at x5587.

Sponsored by the Geography and Planning Department and Latin American Studies.

Jo Babcock graduated from San Francisco Art Institute (BFA 1976, MFA 1979). Since 1977, Babcock has experimented prodigiously with pinhole cameras and other handmade “low-tech” devices. He is author of The Invented Camera: Low Tech Photography and Sculpture. His work has been exhibited internationally, including exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Alternative Museum, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, and Sao Paulo Bienal. Babcock’s talk will cover his exhibition The Gallery as Camera Obscura at Coyote Gallery (Butte College, Sept. 13 - Oct. 18).

Hosted by Tom Patton, Art and Art History.

More information is available online.

CSU Chico’s Model United Nations team is raising money through it’s 9th annual dinner and silent auction.
Cost: $10, or two for $15
For more information call Rick Ostrom at (530) 898-4950

Talk entitled “Attacking Iran” by David Dionisi, founder of the Teach Peace Foundation, author of AMERICAN HIROSHIMA, former US Army Intelligence Officer.

All events are free and open to the public. The McGovern talk is cosponsored by the A.S. Committee on Arts and Lectures, the CSU, Chico Peace Institute, the Department of Political Science and the Department of Sociology.

For more information contact Tom Imhoff.

Musafir (“Traveler” in Farsi) hails from northwest India and has dazzled European audiences with its energetic versions of Indian folk and popular music, acrobatics, and feats of physical endurance. Musafir’s original compositions combine Indian rural folk music with influences from Muslim devotional music, Indian film music, Arab popular music, and North Indian classical music. From an ancient tradition of wandering artists who went from village to village living as snake charmers, performing dances whose contortions evoke the movement of the dancing cobra — the Musafir musicians are joined by traditional Sapera dancers and high-flying Fakir acrobatics.

$18 Adult | $16 Senior | $12 Student/Child

More information is available online.

Acclaimed poet and self proclaimed “non-violent activist” Brenda Hillman will be speaking with poet, essayist, and translator Forrest Gander in this free On The Creek Lecture presentation. Hillman is known for her seven volumes of poetry and has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Gander, author of more than a dozen books, including collaborations with notable artists and photographers, loves to find “new discoveries of language” and is the owner of, as he puts it, “an unflinchingly curious mind.”

This Performance is free, but a ticket is required for admission. Tickets are available at the University box Office.

More information is available online.

Audiologist Crystal Chalmers, M.S., “Your Ears: Gateway to the Brain. Hearing, Learning and Understanding “

Donation of $3 per adult is requested. Students with an ID are free.

For additional information about this and other museum programs, visit the museum’s web site.

Professor Preston’s presentation will explore new criteria for the diagnosis of bipolar spectrum disorders, current views regarding neurobiology and pathophysiology, manifestations in adults, children and adolescents, and specific pharmacologic treatment algorithms.

For more information please contact Continuing Education, 530-898-6105, or visit the web site.

Dr. Todd Dawson, Department of Integrative Biology and Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California, Berkeley

“Recent Advances in Understanding the Biology of California’s Redwoods”

Speaker: Dr. Todd Dawson, Department of Integrative Biology and Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley

Come to a Haitian Celebration in Honor of the Book in Common, Mountains Beyond Mountains.

AS Presents, in collaborat