Events and Calendars

Dr. Mike Findlay will be at Selvester’s Cafe to discuss the special linguistic qualities of the Amazonian people, the Piraha of Brazil. Recently studied, their language offers new insights into traditional theories about human language development.

Dr. Findlay, a professor at CSU, Chico and Butte College, is a linguistics specialist who will be discussing the work of Dan Everett, a linguistics professor at Illinois State University, who challenged the commonly accepted belief that humans are genetically predisposed to learning universal complex language and grammar rules.

Dr. Everett disputes this theory by using his research of the Piraha clan. The Piraha language has only three vowels and eight consonants. According to Everett, the Piraha do not have the ability to combine statements into complex sentences. These statements of the Piraha culture have led to the extreme criticism of Everett’s work from the believers of the universal grammar theory.

Everyone who is interested is welcome to come and engage in the discussion.

Student panelists discuss the ‘American’ president and his politics of ‘rupture.

Presented by Tasha Dev, Study Abroad Coordinator, Zach Reed, Foreign Languages and Literature, and French exchange students.

Professor Donna Lee of the University of Birmingham, UK will speak on “Globalization and United States Trade Policy.”

Professor Lee is a Senior Lecturer of International Organizations and International Political Economy and Deputy Head of the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham. She was awarded her doctorate in international political economy from the University of Connecticut in 1997. Dr. Lee’s main research interests are in economic diplomacy, international trade relations, the GATT/WTO system, and trade policy. She is the author, co-author, or editor of several books including The WTO After Hong Kong, The New Multilateralism in South African Diplomacy, and Middle Powers in Commercial Diplomacy, and numerous articles in professional journals. “Professor Lee is a leading British intellectual and an expert on the European union and the effects of European and American trade policies on the developing world” according to Professor Alan Gibson in the political science department. “Her lecture promises to be spirited, controversial, and informative.”

Noted as one of Russia’s most distinguished ballet companies (closely linked to the world famous Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet Companies), the Tchaikovsky Ballet and Orchestra will present a classical ballet version of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. At 125 members strong, including a 60-piece live orchestra, this performance will fill the stage with traditional ballet, artistic sets, and hauntingly beautiful music. Returning to the Laxson stage after their highly acclaimed performance of Swan Lake, this company has earned its place as one of our worlds finest.

$35 Premium | $30 Adult/Senior | $25 Student/Child

More information is available online.

University Film Series
$3 suggested donation
898-4642

(2006, U.S.A.) 82 min.

Directed by Jenny Abel and Jeff Hockett.

Perfect for April Fools, the documentary Abel Raises Cain has been winning awards at the Slamdance, Brooklyn Underground, Newport International, and Sarasota Film Festivals. Long before the deluge of reality TV dolts who drum up media attention with acts of idiocy, there was Alan Abel, a culture-jamming comic with a conscience. The director of the 1970s cult films Is There Sex after Death? and The Faking of the President, Abel made a name for himself several times over with media stunts ridiculous enough to be believable. His mock-moral crusade “Citizens against Breastfeeding” stirred controversy in the late ’90s, just as his “Society for Indecency to Naked Animals” had in the ’60s. Both groups made asinine calls for morality in America, and while both were complete jokes, for long stretches, the only one in on the jokes was Abel himself. Jenny Abel has directed this film about her father, the professional prankster, hailed by some journalists as the world’s greatest hoaxer and scorned by others as a menace to the media.

Are your members lacking motivation? Are you “burnt out?” Feeling like your student organization needs a “pick me up?” Get in the zone as Jesse Eller gives you “fool proof” tools to start building a stronger student organization. For more information call (530) 898-4101.

Professor David Barrett of Villanova University will speak this evening on “After September 11th and Iraq: Are We Safer Now?” Professor Barrett earned his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 and immediately established himself as a leading Presidency scholar and an expert on national intelligence. He is the author of Uncertain Warriors: Lyndon Johnson and His Vietnam Advisers (1993), the editor of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Vietnam Papers (1997), and the author of numerous articles in professional journals including Intelligence and National Security, Studies in Intelligence, and the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.

Compiled from research gathered from 25 different research libraries, Professor Barrett’s most recent book The CIA and Congress: The Untold Story is a comprehensive account of the interactions of the heads of the CIA and congressional leaders during the Cold War. The CIA and Congress received the 2006 D. B. Hardeman prize, awarded by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, for the outstanding book focusing on Congress.

Professor Barrett’s presentation is hosted by Pi Sigma Alpha and the Political Science Department.

Hey, girls! Want to have it all? Great job, happy marriage, money, exotic travel, political power, social status and, of course, children? Climb the ladder of success with our heroine, Marlene as she pulls against her working class roots, fueled with equal parts hard-boiled feminism and Thatcherite Reaganomics. Find out what it will cost in this powerful and entertaining play written by Caryl Churchill about the choices women must make. William J. Johnson directs.
Mature audiences.

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

More information is available online.

MORE INFORMATION: For a midweek break, try an evening of music by 150 voices conducted by David Scholz, Director of Choral Activities. The CSU, Chico University Chorus presents John Rutter’s “Magnificat” for choir and orchestra. The Acapella Choir will open the concert with Robert Ray ‘s “Gospel Mass.”

ADVANCE TICKETS: $16 Adult, $13 Senior, $6 Student/Child; available at the University Box Office, (530) 898-6333.

Participate in the Environmental Affairs Council’s first “Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together” Earth Month Roundtable discussion.

Discuss the three legs of sustainability with Deanna Berg, Director of Civic Engagement, Robyn DiFalco, AS Interim Sustainability Coordinator, Tray Robinson, Diversity Coordinator, and Jillian Buckholz, Sustainability Coordinator. Learn how each person’s role was created and their journey to their current position as well as how each persons position is related to sustainability in a larger context.

Green Campus staff will be showing how you can make small, cheap changes in your home to lower your electric bill. We will also be featuring the short film Phantom Hunter. All participants will be entered into a free raffle for great energy efficiency appliances. All participants will also receive a compact florescent light bulb.

For more questions contact: greencampus@csuchico.edu.

Humanities Center

John Traver joined the Department of English this fall. He graduated with a MAR in Biblical studies from Westminster Theological Seminary in 2001 and earned his PhD in 18th-century British literature from the University of Notre Dame in 2007. Currently, he is researching novelistic sequels written in the 18th century.

Graduate student Jessica Dimka will be presenting this week’s Anthropology Forum entitled “Element Preservation at a 19th Century Cemetery: Implications for Paleodemography & Bioarchaeology

The campus and community are welcome to attend.

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, an interdenominational Christian group on campus, is happy to invite you to “Where Belonging Happens.”

The event is geared toward Chico students and staff who see all the different ways they could belong, but are curious to see if God has anything to do with our sense of being known and valued. Students and staff will be able to go through interactive stations where they can voice their opinions, and speaker Matt Hock will invite the audience to consider how God/spirituality might play a role in their sense of belonging. Everyone is welcome.

For more information, contact Doug Benton (dougbenton@gmail.com)

A feast for the eyes as well as the ears, Shidara is an expert group of taiko drummers, dancers, and musicians dedicated to preserving the spectacular folk traditions of ancient Japan. With a plethora of drums, pipes, and stunning costumes, Shidara combines heart-pounding rhythms with theatrical flair for an evening of highly charged entertainment. With unique costumes, agile moves choreographed to the drum beats, and sound that will make your adrenaline pump, Shidara returns to Laxson for the second time in two years by popular demand.

$23 Premium | $18 Adult | $16 Senior | $14 Student/Child

More information is available online.

Dr. Rita Mehta
Department of Evolution and Ecology
University of California, Davis

“The Evolution of Novelty In Organismal Design: A Case Study Using Moray Eels”

CSU, Chico and Butte College unite to bring a solar installation workshop and participatory demonstration to area tradespeople and contractors. Students and the general community are invited to attend the pre-installation lecture and to observe the installation.

Pre-registration is necessary for demonstration participants. For more information and to register, please call (530) 228-5161, or e-mail solarwkshp@yahoo.com. Registration is limited to 20 participants, so early confirmation is advised.

Hey, girls! Want to have it all? Great job, happy marriage, money, exotic travel, political power, social status and, of course, children? Climb the ladder of success with our heroine, Marlene as she pulls against her working class roots, fueled with equal parts hard-boiled feminism and Thatcherite Reaganomics. Find out what it will cost in this powerful and entertaining play written by Caryl Churchill about the choices women must make. William J. Johnson directs.
Mature audiences.

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

More information is available online.

Think you have what it takes? Come show off your Guitar Hero skills and compete to win some great prizes. Registration is only $5 at the door from 6pm - 7pm. Free food and a chance to win some awesome prizes.

CSU, Chico’s Jazz X-Press, under the direction of Rocky Winslow, trumpeter extraordinaire, brings you a great night of big band jazz and some more contemporary music from such composers as Thad Jones, Maria Schneider, who won Grammies the last two years, and the great Bill Holman.

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

More information is available online.

Known for their ever so popular hit O.C. song “California,” Phantom Planet has emerged onto the mainstream scene as the upbeat Southern California group. With their new album Raise the Dead set to release on April 15, the band is ready to hit the road and expose their newly developed alternative rock sound.

Tickets are available at the University Box Office on 2nd and Normal. Students with a 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.

For more information on all AS Presents events visit the web site or call 898-6005.

Learn how to compost in this free, informative Workshop. Contact AS Recycling, (530) 898-5033.

Pianist Dr. Robert Bowman plays solo in his last recital before full retirement while cellist Burke Schulmann and flutist Yael Ronan join him in duo sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.

Admission: Free and Open to the Public

More information is available online.

Dr. Debra Johnson: Travels and Stories in Ecuador. Dr. Debra Johnson talks about her University sponsored tour over winter break to South America. For more information call (530) 898-5397.

Opening Reception: Wed. April 9, 4:30pm - 5:30pm, Kendall Hall Rotunda

Sponsoring Organization: Green Campus Program

Contact: Bret Bosma
This event will feature our solar display that CSU, Chico engineers created. SPG solar will also have a solar water fountain on display. There will be information about the solar panels on the CSU, Chico campus and specialized people to answer any questions.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC
Contact: Dresden Holden, (530) 898-5676

Director Spike Lee documents Hurricane Katrina by exploring the scale of disaster as well as the disorganized, unsatisfactory emergency response. The film is separated into 4 parts, each focusing on a different aspect of Katrina’s passage through New Orleans. Each act is an hour long.

The intersection of politics and graphic art in Cuba presented by Dr. Sara Cooper, Foreign Languages and Literatures

Contemplating the series of events that transpired in Cuba and the United States between January 1, 1959 and December 2, 1961, one can easily see an absurd political tit-for-tat in which each country tried to establish itself as king of the sandbox. Nowhere does this play itself out more remarkably than in the Cuban funny papers, where in the great tradition of caricature worldwide, Cuban graphic artists vilified the United States, called into question US power and manhood, and taunted Uncle Sam to test the resolve of the Cuban people to resist invasion and political control. In this presentation, Dr. Cooper discusses several examples of political cartoons from 1959-1962 and 1998-2007 in order to demonstrate the humorous (and childish) development of the Cuban anti-US position during those years.

Sponsoring Organization: CLIC-Environmental advocates
Contact: Julie Wright, (530) 218-5820

Students from the Community Legal Information Center (CLIC) environmental advocates department will discuss past, present, and future environmental policies on the CSU, Chico campus and within the CSU system.

University Film Series
$3 suggested donation
898-4642

(1922, Sweden) 104 min.

Directed and written by and starring Benjamin Christensen. Introduced by Jason Nice, History and Humanities Center Board.

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: this legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious—instead it’s a witches’ brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.

Sponsoring Organization: Chico Green Campus Program
Contact: Amelia Gulling, (530) 520-5074

This demo is for all staff, faculty, and students to see how you can optimize your office’s energy efficiency. Please bring a business card to be entered into a raffle for great energy efficient office appliances.

Facilitated by Dr. Renee Lopez, Psychological Counseling and Wellness Services Counselor

Contact Tray Robinson at 4764 for additional information.

Sponsoring Organization: Chico Citizen Advocates for a Sustainable Environment (Chico CASE)
Contact: Blake McSorley, (805) 704-7114

Chico Citizen Advocates for a Sustainable Environment will be hosting a workshop to demonstrate how to make a reusable bag out of old material. Please bring in an old pair of jeans to make a bag with.

Awkward Questions Honest Answers. Jenny Merrill will facilitate a safe environment for awkward questions to finally have honest answers. For more information call (530) 898-4101.

Sponsoring Organization: Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD)
Contact: Jillian Buckholz, (530) 898-4335

Join the campus sustainability coordinators on a sustainable walking tour of campus. Learn what CSU, Chico projects and programs are being implemented in the area of sustainability while getting some exercise. The tour is approximately 60 minutes, is free and open to the public.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC, South Asian Student Association
Contact: Oce Ingram, (530) 898-5676

This movie series is all about cultural awareness around the world. We will be showing a movie that creates awareness of beautiful cultures and will also bring out issues that threaten cultures around the world.

Presented by The Northern California Natural History Museum, at CSU, Chico

Sustainability in Your Back Yard—How to Take Care of Your Soils So They Take Care of You

By Jeff Armstrong, President of NutriLawn, Chico

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

More information is available online.

More information is available online.

Presented by the School of the Arts at CSU, Chico.

Sponsoring Organization: Plant Science Club
Contact: Juan

Fundraising event for the Plant Science Club. Annuals, Perennials, and veggies in all sizes will be sold.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC
Contact: Samantha Zangrilli, (530) 591-0198

A showing of “We are Traffic” about Critical Mass and how it got started.

Sponsoring Organization: City of Chico Park Division
Contact Name: Lise Smith-Peters, (530) 896-7831

Volunteers will remove invasive weeds from the restoration site and help plant native plants. Meet at the Sycamore Baseball Field parking lot or, if you arrive late—follow trail east to just north of Caper Acres.

Sponsoring Organization: Environmental Affairs Council
Contact: Julie Wright, (530) 898-3386

Listen, Learn, and engage yourself in a stimulating roundtable discussion on the many pieces that create sustainability on campus and in our world. Part II of Pieces to the Puzzle features speakers on civic engagement.

Presented by Anthropology Professor Emeritus Dr. Makoto Kowta

The campus and community are welcome to attend.

Please join students currently enrolled in the Department of Art & Art History’s Master of Fine Arts Program for a reception and a chance to discuss their painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking and ceramics. Gallery visitors will get a glimpse into the future as each of the artists represented are in a period of intense discovery, exploring, refining, and challenging their ideas about what it means to make art in contemporary society.

Questions? Call Allison at 898-5489.

Contact: Mandi McKay, (510) 685-6198

We will ride around Chico’s downtown. Come out and enjoy our biking community.

Nearly 100 government and non-profit agencies, businesses and healthcare organizations will attend, seeking graduating seniors for career positions and undergrads for internships.

The list of employers is available online. More employers registering daily.

For additional information, contact the Career Center at 530-898-5253.

Sponsoring Organization: AS Recycling
Contact: Marlayna Wright, (530) 774-7874

Come and tour the landfill and the earthworm soil factory. Remember to bring water.

Dr. Neil Hunter
Department of Microbiology
University of California, Davis

“Meiotic Recombination: Un Menage a Deux ou Trois on Quatre”

Application and fee due by April 11, 2008. For more information contact Nou Thao, or call Caren Fernandez at (530) 898-6831.

$15.00 per child payment is required by Friday, April 11, 2008. For more information call (530) 898-5397.

Leaders for a Lifetime will be presenting their annual educational theater program, A Collision of Cultures: Hmong in America. This show communicates the challenges of growing up Hmong in America through dance, song and comedy. Forty five local Hmong high school students have written the skits and designed the dances to communicate their personal experiences. Doors open at 6pm. Tickets are $2.00 at the door. Leaders for a Lifetime is a program of the Department of Health and Community Services.

For additional information, please contact Mary Portis at 898-4994.

A program of cannily constructed and masterfully executed dances awaits anyone venturing into a performance by AXIS Dance Company. This troupe creates performances of visual and physical discovery, creating fascinating works of movement art. Uniquely, AXIS combines the talents of disabled and non-disabled dancers. The fluid and seamless movements performed by each AXIS dancer helps us all appreciate the beauty of overcoming physical challenges.

$20 Premium | $15 Adult | $13 Senior | $11 Student/Child

More information is available online.

Come join us for Akira Kurosawa’s award-winning movie “Throne of Blood.”
$3 Suggested Donation at the door.

More information available online.

Ink Blot Arts is a student-run theatre production company and a currently registered professional AS Club at CSU, Chico.

The Cross Cultural Leadership conference theme is “Built to Last,” for this student-led event. Space is limited for this free conference, so sign up today at the Cross Cultural Leadership Center (CCLC) next to Selvester’s Cafe. Registration deadline is Friday, April 9.

Conference registration begins at 8am sharp.

Topics for the conference include the following:

Revising mission statements
Evaluating strengths
Getting back on track
Discovering how your group can excel
Planning for the next generation

For more information call 898-4101.

Sponsoring Organization: Friends of Bidwell Park
Contact Name: Lise Smith-Peters
Phone: (530) 896-7831

Community volunteers will help provide trail repair and maintenance for Upper Bidwell Park Trails. Volunteers should wear sturdy shoes, weather appropriate clothing, a hat, and bring snacks. Tools, water, and instructions will be provided.

Sponsoring Organization: AS Recycling
Phone: (530) 898-5033

Have any old computers or other electronics around your house? Bring them to the AS Warehouse to be recycled.

Don’t miss this dazzling evening of scenes from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and R. Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxo, among others of your favorites. Professor Ying Yeh directs outstanding student voices and community guests in this wonderful evening of opera.

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

More information is available online.

On Thanksgiving Day 1965, Arlo Guthrie began writing his epic saga The Alice’s Restaurant Massacre. Based on actual events that took place in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the saga became a song. The song became a record. The record became a major motion picture. And Arlo became a cultural hero, inspiring a whole generation to social consciousness and activism. Arlo, a natural-born storyteller, ties his performances together with witty anecdotes and thought-provoking ideas and songs that are still relevant today.

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

More information is available online.

History-making CSU, Chico distance runner Scott Bauhs hopes to add to his astonishing resume at this weekend’s CSU, Chico Distance Carnival and Twilight Invitational when he attempts to become one of just over 300 Americans who have recorded a sub-four-minute time in the mile. Bauhs’ attempt will highlight a great weekend of running, featuring more than 20 Division II All-Americans. The field events begin at 3:30pm with the running events beginning at 4pm.

For more information visit the web site.

Presented by the School of the Arts at CSU, Chico.

More information is available online.

Bring: Lunch, water, hiking shoes, long pants, sun block. No pets and no smoking please.

More Information: www.csuchico.edu/bccer
Signups: bccereducation@csuchico.edu

Sponsoring Organization: AS Recycling
Contact AS Recycling, (530) 898-5033.

Want to learn more about compost? Interested in starting a worm bin? Then come find out how easy it is for you to turn food scraps and yard waste into black gold. Anyone is welcome to attend these free workshops. Don’t know where the CDA is? Check out the web site for directions.

Don’t miss this dazzling evening of scenes from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and R. Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxo, among others of your favorites. Professor Ying Yeh directs outstanding student voices and community guests in this wonderful evening of opera.

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

More information is available online.

Presented by the School of the Arts at CSU, Chico.

More information is available online.

The College of Humanities and Fine Arts is sponsoring a tour for students, staff, faculty, alums, and the community to Peru including Machu Picchu January 5-15, 2009. The faculty-in-residence is Professor Flescher, who earned his PhD from Brown University. He has traveled extensively to Brazil and spent one summer studying wildlife in the Amazon River basin. This past January he led a group of 35 on an eleven-day trip to Ecuador including the Galapagos Islands. It is possible for CSU, Chico students to earn 1-3 units through the Department of Religious Studies. Flescher will talk about Peru and the upcoming trip.

Sponsoring Organization: As Recycling
Contact: Nhu Huynh, (530) 898-5033

Love to garden but don’t have a backyard? Want to learn how to compost? Then drop by the Compost Display Area (CDA) during our regular open hours or whenever the gate is open. The CDA is located behind Yolo Hall past the old tennis courts along the railroad tracks. No commitment is necessary, volunteers are always welcome. Take a break from studying and plant a seed.

Sponsoring Organization: AS Recycling
Contact: Corie Lopez, (530) 230-7871

This workshop will address the confusion about what is recyclable and what is not. We will also discuss how we can reduce our waste and limit purchases of single-use items.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC
Contact: Dresden Holden, (530) 898-5676

Director Spike Lee documents Hurricane Katrina by exploring the scale of disaster as well as the disorganized, unsatisfactory emergency response. The film is separated into 4 parts, each focusing on a different aspect of Katrina’s passage through New Orleans. Each act is an hour long.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC
Contact: Marshal Riddle, (530) 898-5676

A panel of experts will discuss and take questions on socially responsive investing with an emphasis on sustainability.

A Pink Floyd concert was more than a concert — it was an experience. The Pink Floyd Experience recreates this in a live music performance and massive light show that recreates the images Pink Floyd made their own — 45-foot walls crumbling to the stage, a helicopter introducing the next song. Hear the cash registers in “Money” or the clocks in “Time” in full quadraphonic sound. There’s even a 12-foot long pig that flies over the audience in final homage to Pink Floyd’s most familiar image! Whether it’s the classic airplane crash or floating eyeballs in the crowd, it’s all combined with the power and presence of a laser light show and classic Pink Floyd music.

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

More information is available online.

UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Tuesdays at 7:30pm in the Little Theatre (Ayres 106)
$3 donation appreciated 898-4642

The Importance of Being Earnest
Introduced by Laura Nice, Humanities and English

Oscar Wilde’s comic jewel sparkles in Anthony Asquith’s film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest. Featuring brilliantly polished performances by Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, and Dame Edith Evans, the enduringly hilarious story of two young women who think themselves engaged to the same nonexistent man is given the grand Technicolor treatment. Seldom has a classic stage comedy been so engagingly transferred to the screen. (1952, U.K., 95 minutes)

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC
Contact: Bri Saseen, (530) 898-5676

Many local vendors and environmental health care distributors will have products on display for promotion of alternative chemical free products for house, body, and planet.

Maribel DeLaCerda will excite, encourage, and teach you the tricks to building and revamping our resume. For more information call (530) 898-4101.

Sponsoring Organization: AS Recycling
Contact: Corie Lopez, (530) 230-7871

This movie documents the global water Crisis, bottled water, and what should be done in regards to addressing our water crisis. The film documents villages and cities around the globe that don’t have access to clean water.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC, South Asian Student Association
Contact: Oce Ingram, (530) 898-5676

This movie series is all about cultural awareness around the world. We will be showing a movie that will create awareness of beautiful cultures and will also bring out issues that threaten cultures around the world.

Dr. Lynne Bercaw (Department of Education) will present a lecture on ” Politically Engaged Service-Learning in Teacher Education.” All are invited to attend this third lecture in the College of Communication and Education Spring Faculty Research Colloquium series.

Sponsoring Organization: Institute for Sustainable Development
Contact Name: Jillian Buckholz, (530) 898-4335

Listen to author Bill Allen and contributor Eddie DeAnda discuss the book The War on Bugs. Come to learn how corporations, scientists, and the federal government have carried out a 100 year war against organic and sustainable agriculture, and family farms. Leave inspired by the food revolution to incorporate organic and sustainable agriculture back into the American lifestyle.

Don Miller, Dept. of Biological Sciences and John Lane, College of Natural Sciences, CSU, Chico
Expedition Papua New Guinea 2007: Focus on Butterfly Biodiversity

Presented by The Northern California Natural History Museum, at CSU, Chico

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

More information is available online.

More information: Accomplished guitarist Tobin Roye, who recently returned from San Francisco to join the CSU, Chico Music Department, will play sensual contemporary Brazilian waltzes and passionate Spanish classics by 19th and 20th century composers. This concert benefits CSU, Chico’s guitar program.

Advance Tickets: $16 Adult, $13 Senior, $6 Student/Child; available at the University Box Office, (530) 898-6333.

Seventeen artists, two locations. For more information, see the University Art Gallery web site.

Thursday, March 27:
Gallery Reception, 5pm - 7pm at 1078 Gallery.

Sponsoring Organization: Environmental Affairs Council
Contact: Julie Wright, (530) 898-3386

Listen Learn and engage yourself in a stimulating roundtable discussion on the many pieces that create sustainability on campus and in our world. Part III of Pieces to the Puzzle features speakers on sustainability.

Sponsoring Organization: City of Chico Park Division
Contact: Lise Smith-Peters
Phone: (530)896-7831

Volunteers will remove invasive plants, weed around oak trees, and remove litter. Please wear closed-toed shoes; tools and water provided by the Park Division.

Sponsoring Organization: AS Recycling
Contact: Corie Lopez
Phone: (530) 230-7871

Pat Furr, from computers for Classrooms, and George Valentin, WTC, will discuss refurbishment, electronic recycling, and the impact they made on schools.

Dr. Stacy Schaefer of the Department of Anthropology will be presenting this week’s Anthropology Forum entitled, “Weaving Light in the Huichol Sierra of Mexico.”

The campus and community are welcome to attend.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC
Contact: Bri Saseen, (530) 898-5676

Ellen will discuss how to incorporate sustainable practices in whatever interest an individual may have. There will be handouts on Practices, Principles, and Resources which give lots of ideas for things to do now and or during work at a full time job.

Val Gray Ward, actress, producer, cultural activist and internationally known theater personality, will be performing a pot pouri of excerpts culled from her three touring shows, including reading poetry by Langston Hughes and personifying slavery abolitionist Harriet Tubman. After the performance, she will be available for questions and answers.

Ward is recognized as part of Chicago’s activist Black Arts Movement. She founded the nonprofit Kuumba Theatre in 1968. Ward took the cast and crew of Useni Eugene Perkins’ play, The Image Makers to Lagos, Nigeria, as part of the FESTAC ‘77, an international African arts festival. When she is not producing, Ward performs one-woman shows in the United States and abroad. Over the years, Ward has provided opportunities in the arts for hundreds of inner-city youth and adults.

Sponsored by the Committee on Arts and Lectures (CAL), Office of Diversity, Multicultural and Gender Studies, Humanities Center/Gallery, and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Free and open to the public.

For more information, call Tracy Butts, Department of English, 898-5151.

To participate please bring your shovel, pruning tools, work gloves, and sturdy boots. All volunteers welcome.

Sponsored by the Facilities Management and Services Department, please direct questions to Gary Vercruse at x6222 or Jillian Buckholz at x4335. Project date will be changed if rain occurs. All volunteers must sign a Waiver of Liability form and volunteers under the age of 18 must have written consent from a parent or guardian.

Sponsoring Organization: Children’s Center for Hope (CCFH) and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Education Centre (OLPHEC)
Contact: Melissa A. Dalzell, (530) 873-1978

A slideshow featuring Our Lady of Perpetual Help Education Centre (OLPHEC) in Kenya, Africa. The presentation will include the daily lives of the children as well as their work towards sustainability. This is a great opportunity to learn about how children in another country are trying to make a difference.

The Religious Studies Department presents Jed Wyrick’s lecture on “How Men Become Gods in Hellenistic and Jewish Theories of Religion.”

Sponsored by the College of Humanities and Fine Arts Talks, Events, and Arts series.

Dr. Mike Findlay discusses the special linguistic qualities of these Amazonian people. For more information call (530) 898-5397.

$15.00 per child payment is required by Friday, April 11, 2008. For more information call (530) 898-5397.

Top student directors call the shots in this popular evening of one-acts. Under the direction of faculty advisor, Sue Hargrave Pate, this evening of student-focused work is a wonderful evening of exciting scripts and performances.

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

More information is available online.

Sponsoring Organization: Friends of Bidwell Park
Contact: Lise-Smith-Peters, (530) 896-7831

Community volunteers will help provide trail repair and maintenance on Upper Park trails. Volunteers should wear sturdy shoes, weather appropriate clothing, a hat, and bring snacks. Tools, water, and instructions will be provided.

Sponsoring Organization: City of Chico Park Division
Contact Name: Lise Smith-Peters
Phone: (530)896-7831

Please pre-register your group.

Project site 1: Trails in Upper Park Volunteers will help provide trail repair and maintenance on Middle Trail. Meet and sign in at parking lot B.

Project site 2: One Mile Recreation -Volunteers will sign in at group picnic site. Trash clean up starts here; weed removal in Sycamore Restoration site nearby and oak regeneration project in this area.

Project site 3: Water Quality Monitoring Training The Big Chico Creek Watershed Alliance will train volunteers to monitor water quality. From 9 am to noon, volunteers meet at the south side of Five Mile Recreation Area. For more information, call Timmarie at 342-6620.

Project site 4: First Ave and Verbena Fields restoration site Volunteers will remove invasive plants, pick up large and small trash and construction debris, and flag piles of asphalt to be removed later during the restoration. Location: First and Verbena. For more information, contact Susan at 892-1666.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC
Contact: Marshall Riddle, (530) 898-5676

Live music, food, environmental organization information faire, kids events, workshops and more. Enjoy the day outside to celebrate the Earth.

Top student directors call the shots in this popular evening of one-acts. Under the direction of faculty advisor, Sue Hargrave Pate, this evening of student-focused work is a wonderful evening of exciting scripts and performances.

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

More information is available online.

Top student directors call the shots in this popular evening of one-acts. Under the direction of faculty advisor, Sue Hargrave Pate, this evening of student-focused work is a wonderful evening of exciting scripts and performances.

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

More information is available online.

Outer space — and the furthest reaches of the human imagination — are on stage with The Planets, a musical trip though the zodiac by Gustav Holst. The North State Symphony’s season finale begins with Debussy’s lovely Nocturnes, then opens a window to the future with brilliant student soloists, Chelsea Morden and Ayako Nakamura.

Laxson Advance Tickets: $30 Premium, $24 General, $20 Economy, $23 Senior (General), $19 Senior (Economy), $18 Student (General), $15 Student (Economy), $8 Child (General),
$5 Child (Economy)

More information is available online.

Learn how to compost in this free, informative Workshop. Contact AS Recycling, (530) 898-5033.

Sponsoring Organization: AS Recycling
Contact: Robyn Difalco, (530) 898-5033

Want to learn more about compost? Interested in starting a worm bin? Then come find out how easy it is for you to turn food scraps and yard waste into black gold. Anyone is welcome to attend these free workshops. Don’t know where the CDA is? Check out the web site for directions.

Top student directors call the shots in this popular evening of one-acts. Under the direction of faculty advisor, Sue Hargrave Pate, this evening of student-focused work is a wonderful evening of exciting scripts and performances.

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

More information is available online.

Outer space — and the furthest reaches of the human imagination — are on stage with The Planets, a musical trip though the zodiac by Gustav Holst. The North State Symphony’s season finale begins with Debussy’s lovely Nocturnes, then opens a window to the future with brilliant student soloists, Chelsea Morden and Ayako Nakamura.

Laxson Advance Tickets: $30 Premium, $24 General, $20 Economy, $23 Senior (General), $19 Senior (Economy), $18 Student (General), $15 Student (Economy), $8 Child (General),
$5 Child (Economy)

More information is available online.

Outer space — and the furthest reaches of the human imagination — are on stage with The Planets, a musical trip though the zodiac by Gustav Holst. The North State Symphony’s season finale begins with Debussy’s lovely Nocturnes, then opens a window to the future with brilliant student soloists, Chelsea Morden and Ayako Nakamura.

Laxson Advance Tickets: $30 Premium, $24 General, $20 Economy, $23 Senior (General), $19 Senior (Economy), $18 Student (General), $15 Student (Economy), $8 Child (General),
$5 Child (Economy)

More information is available online.

Sponsoring Organization: Chico Green Campus Program
Contact: Amelia Gulling, (530) 520-5074

Lassen and Shasta halls will be competing to see who can use the least amount of energy in a week. The winner will be announced at Eco-Fest.

Sponsoring Organization: AS Government
Contact: Dan Alexander, (530) 318-5394

The AS has over 900 student jobs and over 160 career staff. Their sustainable programs range from AS recycling, to eco-Chico within CAVE. Come learn what efforts are being taken within the AS in this interactive lecture.

Sponsoring Organization: As Recycling
Contact: Nhu Huynh, (530) 898-5033

Love to garden but don’t have a backyard? Want to learn how to compost? Then drop by the Compost Display Area (CDA) during our regular open hours or whenever the gate is open. The CDA is located behind Yolo Hall past the old tennis courts along the railroad tracks. No commitment is necessary, volunteers are always welcome. Take a break from studying and plant a seed.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the completion of Trinity Hall, the third of architect Chester Cole’s much-admired Romanesque buildings - Trinity, Kendall Hall and Laxson Auditorium - that form the core of the CSU, Chico campus.

To honor this beloved “trinity,” architectural experts will lead a tour of the exteriors discussing their medieval and Mediterranean roots, then head to the new Student Services Center to point out how some of its features echo the Chester Cole buildings.

This open event highlights research conducted by College of Natural Sciences faculty and students. Presenters will be available at 1pm, and awards will be presented at 3pm.

The CSU, Chico Alumni Association invites faculty and staff who are graduates of CSU, Chico to a recognition reception from 9am to 11am. Light refreshments will be served. A group photo will be taken at 10:15am and everyone will receive a customized Chico Alumni ChicoBag.

Sponsoring Organization: AS Recycling
Contact: Corie Lopez, (530) 230-7871

Think you can taste the difference between bottled and tap water? Visit us in the free speech area and take a taste test, learn about the quality of Chico tap water, the truth behind bottled water, and possibly walk away with a free Kleen Kanteen or Take Back the Tap t-shirt. Join us in our efforts to Take Back the Tap.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC
Contact: Oce Ingram, (530) 898-5676

Local businesses around Chico will be donating vegetarian cuisine to be purchased individually at a small rate or combined as a whole plate to raise awareness on healthy-environmental-friendly food and to raise funds for EARC.

Sponsoring Organization: Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD)
Contact: Jillian Buckholz, (530) 898-4335

One hour that could change you life, one hour that could change the world. All you need to do is sit and breathe. The Will Breath for Peace/Zazen Meditation Workshop teaches an ancient practice that has proven to reduce stress and calm the restless mind while simultaneously enhancing your physical health. Author and lecturer M.L. Cerpok Sensei’s unique and sometimes hilarious perspective of life has been the catalyst for growth for thousands of people worldwide. Plan to attend and bring a friend.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC and Multicultural Center
Contact: Oce Ingram, (530) 898-5676

This will be a reception for the artists of the work in the show to show off their work. It will also incorporate a judging of the works of art. The recycled art show is an art show of all recycled products. Anyone can put something in the show.

Sponsoring Organization: E-ARC
Contact: Dresden Holden, (530) 898-5676

Director Spike Lee documents Hurricane Katrina by exploring the scale of disaster as well as the disorganized, unsatisfactory emergency response. The film is separated into 4 parts, each focusing on a different aspect of Katrina’s passage through New Orleans. Each act is an hour long.

The Outstanding Faculty Service Award is given annually to a CSU, Chico faculty member for his or her service to students, the campus community, or the community at large. This year’s honoree is construction management professor James O’Bannon.

In conjunction with Marcel Duchamp: The Large Glass, March 12 - April 27, curated by James McManus for the Janet Turner Print Museum at the Chico Museum.

Michael R. Taylor will present his lecture “Given, Ray Johnson, Hannah Wilke, Robert Gober, and the Subversive Legacy of Marcel Duchamp’s Etant Donne.”

Dr. Taylor is the curator of modern art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

His lecture will be followed with at reception at the Chico Museum, 2nd and Salem Streets.

For more information, call 898-5504 or the JTPM office, 898-4476.

Sponsored by the College of Humanities and Fine Arts Talks, Events, and Arts series.

Sponsoring Organization: Chico Green Campus Program
Contact: Amelia Gulling, (530)520-5074

60 Earth Hour campaign is aimed to reduce carbon emissions by making a collaborative effort and statement by turning off your lights for one hour. Check out www.earthhour.org.

CSU, Chico’s rich past will be highlighted at different locations on campus. The different eras of the school’s history will be illustrated by campus landmarks and colorful stories.

Campus trees and plants are the subject for this tour. CSU, Chico was designated as an arboretum in 1982 in recognition of the superb collection of woody plants.

Sponsoring Organization: Campus Involvement and Awareness
Contact: Ashley Oakley
Phone: (909) 230-0096

Involvement and Awareness will be dismantling and displaying the innards of society’s most common addiction. Alternative activities will be promoted during this display in line with national turn off your TV week.