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The University Writing Center Offers Help for Student Writers
The University Writing Center Offers Help for Student Writers
203 Taylor Hall
898-5042
Monday - Thursday, 9am - 5pm
Friday, 9am - 3pm
What Students May Expect:
Help to improve as a writer
Careful attention to written work
Active listening and thoughtful responses to ideas
Collaborative help with writing problems
Knowledgeable assistance in finding resources needed to complete writing assignments
Long-term writing instruction
What Students May Not Expect:
Someone to proofread and edit work for you
Someone to do your writing work for you
A substitute for writing instruction from your professor
A perfect, error-free paper
Guaranteed high grades on your writing
A quick fix
The Writing Center also offers online writing resources for students and faculty.
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David Chameides: "Chasing Sustainability"
David Chameides: “Chasing Sustainability”
Wed., Feb. 27
7:30pm
PAC 134
This event is free and open to the public.
David Chameides presents an argument in favor of practicing conservation in the broader ambition of living a more sustainable lifestyle.
What is the rate of fossil fuel consumption in the United States compared with the rest of the world? How much longer can we continue to use energy at the rate at which we are accustomed? If not much longer, what are our prospects for developing alternative, non-polluting sources? How do regular people in Chico, CA go about doing this?
This event is sponsored by The Institute for Sustainable Development and the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics.
For complete details please visit the web site.
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2008 Spirit of a Woman Conference
The Cross Cultural Leadership Center (CCLC) invites CSU, Chico faculty & staff to attend the Second Annual Spirit of a Woman Conference on Thurs., March 13, from 8am to 5pm in the BMU.
This year’s featured speaker will be Francine Ward, J.D.ËœLawyer - Entrepreneur - Author - Professional Speaker - Philanthropist - Marathon Runner - former Drug Addict, Alcoholic, Prostitute. Her honest and inspiring messages are those of self-esteem, courage, confidence, achievement, success, fulfillment, & joy. Ms. Ward will facilitate the morning session, “Living Life on Purpose.” Learn more about Francine Ward, her books, and her incredible life story at her web site.
Afternoon breakout sessions will be presented by remarkable campus and community women, and a general session, “There’s More to Your Life Than Earning Money,” (presented by Kathy Carpenter, CFP® and Diane Knight, CFP® of RedRock Financial) will follow.
Your $100 conference registration includes: continental breakfast, lunch downtown, a copy of Francine Ward’s Esteemable Acts: 10 Actions to Building Real Self-Esteem, and an opportunity for the author to sign your book.
Attendance is limited to 300 participants: 150 non-students and 150 students. For more information, contact Marci Caldwell at x3401.
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University Film Series: The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound To Lose, Feb. 26
University Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Little Theatre (Ayres 106)
$3 donation appreciated
898-4642
Feb. 26
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound To Lose (2006, U.S.A.) 87 min. Directed by Sam Wainwright Douglas and Paul Lovelace
Part folkie, part insane, and totally drugged, fiddler Peter Stampfel and guitarist Steve Weber were an integral part of the notorious Fugs before forming their own unique psych folk group, the Holy Modal Rounders , in the early 1960s. While their weird lyrics, irreverent approach to folk music and freewheeling lifestyles kept them from achieving fame, these eccentric outsiders have drawn a small but dedicated following of luminaries and lunatics for decades. BOUND TO LOSE explores Stampfel and Weber’s stormy friendship and recounts the unique, alternately amusing and heartbreaking forty-year history of these true American originals, from their beginnings in New York’s Greenwich Village folk scene, to the relocation of much of the band to Portland in the 1970s, to a recent unpredictable 40th anniversary reunion. The film includes interviews with Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg of the Fugs; actor-playwright Sam Shepard, who served as drummer for the band from 1966-69; Dennis Hopper, who gave the band its greatest mainstream visibility by including their song “If You Want to be a Bird” on the EASY RIDER soundtrack; Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo and many others. More than just a chronicle of an obscure band, BOUND TO LOSE is a raucous celebration of a lost American subculture.
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Sustainable Business Partnership Conference, March 10
Don’t miss the Sustainable Business Partnership Kick-Off Conference Mon., March 10 from 10am - 2pm at the Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room. This conference will focus on the partnership between CSU, Chico, The Institute for Sustainable Development, the City of Chico, and the Chico Chamber of Commerce Community Corporation. This will provide some great networking opportunities so don’t miss this one.
For more information and to register please visit the Chamber web site or our events page.
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