Summer Orientation Job Offer

WANT A GREAT SUMMER JOB?

Are you dedicated, energetic, and friendly? Do you like meeting new people and pushing yourself to learn and experience new things? Want an awesome summer job that pays well and gives you three-day weekends? Then Summer Orientation is the job for you!. We are now accepting applications for our 2007 Summer Orientation Staff, and we want friendly, fun, and outgoing people to join our team.

Applications are due Friday, October 6, 2006 by 5:00pm in Meriam Library 190.

Sound interesting but need more information? Find out more by attending a brief Informational Meeting on Monday, September 25, at 2:00pm in Colusa 116. Free cookies and lemonade provided.

If you have any questions, call the Summer Orientation Office at 898-5714. We look forward to seeing your application soon.

Archived under Opportunities on September 22, 2006

University Film Series: LUTHER hosted by Larry Bryant, History, Oct. 10

Luther (1974, U.S.A.)
111 min. VHS. Directed by Guy Green. Hosted by Larry Bryant, Department of History. University Film Series 7:30pm, Little Theatre (Ayres 106)
$3 suggested donation

Stacy Keach, as German cleric Martin Luther, miraculously breathes life and intimacy into one of the most famous social revolutionaries and theological firebrands in world history. Directed by former cinematographer Guy Green, Luther has graceful camerawork that explodes the restricting theatrical proscenium without violating the unity of John Osborne’s original play Look Back in Anger. Luther compresses nearly two decades into a provocative character study that parallels Martin Luther’s deepening religious dilemmas with the irresolvable earthly anxieties that shaped his beliefs and his rebellious search for truth. We’re introduced to Luther as a young monk in 1506, as he defends his vows to his jealous and disapproving father (Patrick McGee). But as Luther’s religious commitment deepens, his faith in an increasingly commercialized, politicized, and spiritually empty Papacy atrophies until, having preached against the medieval Catholic Church’s hypocrisy, he is called to account by the very bishops he must denounce.

Archived under Events on September 22, 2006

Humanities Center/President's Visiting Scholar Architect/Historian/Critic Witold Rybczynski: Sep. 27 and 28

Sep. 27 Lecture 7:30pm
PAC 134; reception to follow in Trinity 100

The Humanities Center inaugurates its “The Built Environment” theme with a lecture by President’s Visiting Scholar Witold Rybczynski, easily the most noted and widely read writer on architecture and the built environment in this country. A working architect, Rybczynski is the Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of books including “City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World,” “Looking Around: A Journey through Architecture,” “The Most Beautiful House in the World,” and “Home: The Short History of an Idea.” He has written for publications including The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times Magazine. Rybczynski will discuss his forthcoming book on the Vizcaya estate in Miami and address broader issues related to “The Built Environment”: how human beings shape, and are in turn shaped by, the world we live.

Sep. 28 On-stage Interview 5-7pm, PAC 144
A free-ranging discussion about the built environment, ranging from interior design to gardens, private houses, public monuments, towns and cityscapes with the author of great books about the spaces we live in.

Contact Laird Easton, director, Humanities Center, x4284 Web Site

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

The Official National Folk Dance Company of the Philippines, Bayanihan comes to CSU Chico, Sept. 20

Chico Performances is proud to present Bayanihan: Philippine National Dance Company on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 7:30pm in Laxson Auditorium.

“The costumes are stunning, the music is fascinating, and the performers are irresistible.” - The New York Times

This highly energetic and colorful 45-member dance troupe features brilliant costumes, authentic props, and exciting traditional instrumentation. The Philippine National Dance Company successfully presents the indigenous dance and musical traditions of their island nation in an explosion of swirling color and athletic, show-stopping dance.

Bayanihan is the official national folk dance company of the Philippines. Performing five different dances, this dynamic troupe will tell tales representing a village fiesta, the rhythms of the earth, a bustling street trading scene and others that tell stories of Philippine history.

Tickets are available at the University Box Office, corner of 2nd & Normal Streets or call at (530) 898-6333, prices are as follows:

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

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

FREE Crafts for Kids hosted by the Museum of Anthropology at the Chico World Music Festival

Chico Performances is proud to present the 13th annual Chico World Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24 on the Chico State campus. The FREE daytime activities run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days and include: live music, student art displays, art classes and crafts for kids. The free crafts for kids run both days from 11:00am to 4:00pm and is hosted by the Museum of Anthropology at CSU, Chico.

The crafts for kids will be held under the magnolia tree in front of Laxson Auditorium. Children will have fun making their own rainsticks, tambourines and drums, Hopi Kachina dancers, face paintings, cave art with charcoal chalk, Aloha leis, bug boxes, leather wristbands, African masks, and hieroglyphs on an Egyptian sarcophagus.

Join us at the Chico World Music Festival on Sept. 23 & 24!

For more information, go to the Web Site and click on the Chico World Music Festival button.

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

Pepper Spray

The A.S. Women’s Center now has pepper spray for sale. It is available for $6 each. You can find us in the basement of the BMU in room 002. Contact us at (530) 898 - 5724 for more info.

Archived under Information on September 21, 2006

Free Food, Community Cleanup, and a Lot of Fun at Scour and Devour, Oct. 7

Want to give back to the community? Want to have some fun and eat a free tri tip lunch? Scour and Devour is the perfect way to do all of these things. On Saturday, October 7, we will clean the CSU, Chico campus for 3 hours (9:00am-12:00pm) and then provide you with a free lunch and shirt to say thank you. To register just you, a group of friends, or a club see the Web Site

Hurry and sign up before the end of September to get the job you want and a shirt your size. Thank you and we hope to see you there. Questions call Gretel at 966-5795.

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

AS Presents Mother Hips, Sept. 22

AS Presents Chico’s favorite, The Mother Hips, performing tonight, Friday, September 22
Doors open at 7:30pm with the show beginning at 8:00pm in the BMU Auditorium. Tickets are $12 for students, $15 for General, $3 increase at the door. Patrons without CSU, Chico ID must be 18+. You must show CSU, Chico ID or Valid ID at the door. For Ticket Information please contact the University Box Office at (530) 898-6333 or visit the AS Presents Web Site.

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

Sustainability Conference II, Nov. 2-5

CSU, Chico in conjunction with the Butte Community College, and the Associated Students of both, with special efforts from multiple sustainability partners and organizations, are hosting the This Way to Sustainability Conference II November 2-5, 2006. This conference is FREE and open to the public.

For registration, schedule and program information, please visit the Web Site

Keynote Addresses:
Thursday, November 2 Anthony Cortese, President of Second Nature will give his keynote address in the BMU Auditorium at 7:00pm.

Friday, November 3
Felicity Barringer, Washington Correspondent (Environment) for The New York Times will give her keynote address in Laxson Auditorium at 4:00pm.

Saturday, November 4:
There will be a locally supplied organic lunch sponsored by the Associated Students inside the BMU at the Common Grounds Cafe. Tickets for the luncheon are $12.00.

There will be a Real Food Dinner hosted by the Chico Food Network at Grilla Bites at 6:00pm at the Garden Villa location at 196 Cohasset Road. Tickets for this dinner are $25.00.

Reserved tickets will be available at the registration table upon your arrival but please pre-register if you plan to attend either meal event. Web Site

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

Taj Mahal Trio, Headliners for the Chico World Music Festival Performing Saturday Night

Chico Performances is proud to present the Chico World Music Festival this weekend, Saturday, Sept.23 and Sunday, Sept. 24., and is excited to bring two-time Grammy award winner, Taj Mahal Trio as the festival’s headlining performance.

As one of the best known blues artists in music today, Taj Mahal brings his trio to Laxson Auditorium this Saturday, Sept. 23 at 7:30pm. Mahal is the full package—a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, world traveler and cigar aficianado. He has been playing his own distintictive brand of music—good old country blues mixed with Afro, Caribbean, world-folk, hula, funk, jazz, gospel, rock and pop—for more than 40 years.

Tickets, ranging from $16-$28, are required for this performance and are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333 (corner of 2nd and Normal Streets).

For more information go to the Web Site

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

Music Rising Benefit, Sept. 29

Wild Oak records is proudly presenting a benefit for Music Rising Organization. For more information go to www.musicrising.org. The money donated will go to Music Rising to help replace the instruments that were lost or destroyed during the hurricane and floodings of last summer.

For additional information please contact Tess Conrad, unraveling@hotmail.com or call (530) 520-0729.

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

The Student Journal of Politics

Studium was founded to create a showcase for politically-oriented student projects that would be useful both to the students who contributed and to those students who might be informed or inspired by what their colleagues have achieved.

Call for Papers

Attention all students: Studuim, the university’s journal of politics, announces a call for papers on all things political. We accept research papers, satirical pieces, book and movie reviews, artwork, and cartoons - practically anything as long as it concerns a political or social issue. Here is an opportunity for publication in one of the nation’s few student-produced political journals and to have your work acknowledged for its quality and ingenuity. Entries must be received by Dec. 19. For more information see the Web Site or contact Professor Lori Weber at lweber@csuchico.edu or Professor Sharon Barrios at sbarrios@csuchico.edu.

Archived under Opportunities on September 21, 2006

Looking for a Career After Graduation?

Graduating? Looking for a full time job? We’ll be sending these notices out on a weekly basis to let you know which companies are here to talk to you. Drop by and talk with us at the Career Planning and Placement Office, Meriam Library, Room 150 or call us at 530-898-5253.

9/29/2006
Accredited Home Lenders
Management Trainee

Chevron Info Technology Center
Business Analyst
Programmer/Computer Science

Hyatt Hotels
Management Trainee

Archived under Opportunities on September 21, 2006

16th Annual JFR LEADership Programs Weekend Retreat

DON’T MISS THIS LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

JFR LEADership Programs proudly presents the Sixteenth Annual Weekend Retreat Friday-Sunday • October 13-15, 2006 at Shady Creek Conference Center near Nevada City Web Site This weekend of advanced leadership training will include a team-building challenge course, motivating speakers, skill-building workshops, and many opportunities to take your leadership abilities to the next level! Evening activities will include entertainment in the amphitheatre, campfires, and a dance party with great music on Saturday night!

The actual cost per person is $150, BUT YOU PAY ONLY $50. Your non-refundable registration fee includes conference fees, great meals, and two-night’s lodging!

SPACE IS LIMITED - Don’t Delay—Sign up Today. Registration forms are available in the
JFR-LEADership Programs Office • BMU 306. For more information, contact Erin Coady at
530-898-6001 • ecoady@csuchico.edu

Archived under Opportunities on September 21, 2006

FREE music this weekend, Sept. 23 & Sept. 24 at the Chico World Music Festival

Chico Performances is proud to present the 13th annual Chico World Music Festival this weekend, Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24. The daytime festivities on both days are FREE and include 12 performers playing music from around the world on three stages.

The FREE daytime music schedule is as follows:

SATURDAY:
Sweet Journey (traditional Irish)—11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Toshi Reagon (acoustic blues)—11:3o a.m. and 3 p.m.
Nigerian Brothers (African folk villiage music)—12 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Son de Madera (traditional Son Jarocho)—12:30 p.m and 2:30 p.m.
Los Pinguos (Latin dance music)—1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Trenda’s Salsa Workshop—2p.m.

SUNDAY:
CrazyGrass (Rock n’ Roll bluegrass)—11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Wings of Swing (30’s Hot Swing jazz)—11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The Cottars (Celtic pop)—12 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Mary Jane Lamond (Canadian vocalist)—12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
David Jacobs-Strain (acoustic blues)—1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Mumbo Gumbo (spicy Americana)—3:30 p.m.

For more information on each artist performing FREE on Saturday and Sunday, go to the Web Site and click on the Chico World Music Festival button.

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

Up 'Til Dawn, Nov. 13

UP ‘TIL DAWN at CSU, Chico is an event that raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, located in Memphis, Tennessee. St. Jude is the largest childhood cancer research center in the world, and ground-breaking research findings at St. Jude are shared with doctors and scientists all over the world. The hospital’s daily operating costs are approximately $1,027,832, which are primarily covered by public contributions (from programs such as Up ‘til Dawn). St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay.

Last year (2005/2006), in a record-breaking year for CSU, Chico, more than 850 students raised over $103,000 for the hospital, and this year we plan on raising even more!

Funds are raised by way of a letter-writing party, which will take place on Nov. 13, 2006 in the BMU Auditorium.Participants are asked to attend the event with a list of addresses of family and friends. Once there, pre-written donation letters will be addressed and mailed out with the hope of receiving financial help for the children of St. Jude Hospital. The letter-writing party will include tons of free food, good music, tons of raffle prizes, and a whole lot of fun.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on September 21, 2006

Student Computing Workshops

Student Computing will present this workshop next week:

Excel - Functions & Graphs
Wednesday, Sept. 27
5-6:00pm in MLIB 457

No Sign-up is required.
This Advanced Excel workshop will use and build on many of the skills students have learned in the Introduction to Excel, such as, the worksheet, menus, keyboard, cells, formulas and functions. Students will plan, create, design and edit a chart using the Chart tool and Chart gallery. They will learn how to enhance a chart using titles, legends, annotations, arrows and WordArt. They will also learn how to save and print a chart.

For more information about the Student Computing workshops, visit the Student Computing Workshops Web Site or call or write to Melinda Ferris, 898-5008; mferris@csuchico.edu.

Archived under Information on September 21, 2006

Student Democratic Club Meeting, Sept. 27

Meet local Democratic candidates, help campaigns, learn the political process. No prior experience is required.

CSU, Chico Student Democratic Club meets every Wednesday, 7:00pm, BMU 204.

Ryan McElhinney, President, (916) 248-3611, or Sarah Emmerson, Membership Director, saemmerson@gmail.com

Note: Dr. Diana Dwyre, Chair, Political Science Department and Faculty Advisor.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on September 21, 2006

Film "ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE", Sept. 28

The CSU, Chico Student Democratic Club will present the film “ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE,” on Thursday, September 28, at 7:00pm, in AYRES 120. Doors open at 6:30pm. Refreshments provided. Donations gratefully accepted. Co-sponsored by the CSU, Chico Political Science Department.

“ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE” is a documentary film that addresses issues of corporate media consolidation in America. Playing to George Orwell’s 1984 themes of “doublespeak” and “endless war,” “ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE” examines America’s frightening media situation in which a small handful of conservative corporations control the nation’s mainstream media and, thus, the average American’s knowledge.

Dr. Beau Grosscup, Political Science Professor of International Relations, will moderate the discussion. Stay after the film to ask all the questions you can muster. The club loves lively exchanges and welcomes political novices. All parties encouraged to attend.

Voter registration forms and 2006 General Election candidate information available. The last day to register to vote is October 23, 2006. Be sure to vote in California’s General Election on November 7, 2006!

For further information contact Sarah Emmerson, saemmerson@gmail.com, or Minerva Williams, (530) 892-1486. Ryan McElhinney, President.

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

Do you think you have what it takes to be a GAMMA?

We, the Gentlemen of Gamma Zeta Alpha Fraternity, Inc. would like to invite those gentlemen who believe in ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, COMMUNITY SERVICE and Maintaining the Latino Culture through Camaraderie and BROTHERHOOD to become part of the Family that is Gamma Zeta Alpha.

Be on the look out for our Information tables in the Free Speech Area. Also check out our national Web Site or our Chapter Web Site for more info.

Other events soon to be announced.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on September 21, 2006

Study Skills Workshops This Week

The Student Learning Center will be presenting two Study Skills Workshops This Week:

9/27 (Wednesday) Reading Strategies 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Jackie Bacino
MLIB 226

9/28 (Thursday) Test Taking Strategies 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Maria Elena Anguiano
MLIB 455

Workshops are Free - Students can sign up in advance at the Student Learning Center (Meriam Library 458) or by calling 898-6839.

Archived under Information on September 21, 2006

Student Zapatista Solidarity Front Film Screenings FRIDAYS

This Friday, 9/22, the Student Zapatista Solidarity Front will be bringing V FOR VENDETTA to Ayres 120 at 5:00pm.

Remember, remember the 5th of November. The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that’s a fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman) from the secret police, and she becomes his unlikely ally.

This is a free event. (But donations are greatly appreciated).

Next Friday, 9/29, will be ZAPATISTA - Ayres 120, 5:00pm.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on September 21, 2006

Business, Information Systems, and SAP Career Fair, Sept. 28

The fall career fair will be held on Thursday, September 28, 2006 from 10:00am to 3:00pm in the BMU Auditorium. This event is hosted every semester by students from Phi Chi Theta and Delta Sigma Pi. All majors are welcome.

For more information please visit the Career Fair website at the Web Site, the Career Planning and Placement Office Web Site, or contact Merrill Crowl at mcrowl@mail.csuchico.edu.

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006

Former US Diplomat to speak on campus, Oct. 7

The Peace Institute at California State University, Chico, presents a lecture and book signing by Brady Kiesling.

Brady Kiesling became the first U.S. Foreign Service Officer to resign in protest of the Iraq War. Kiesling’s letter of resignation to Colin Powell was published in the New York Times, February 27, 2003.

Brady Kiesling will discuss material from his recently published (August 2006) book, Diplomacy Lessons on the Chico State campus, Ayers Hall, Room 120, on Saturday evening, October 7, 2006, 7:00pm.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Copies of Diplomacy Lessons will be available for sale the night of Kiesling’s lecture and Mr. Kiesling will autograph copies of his book following his lecture/discussion.

About Diplomacy Lessons reviewers have written: “A riveting account of American diplomacy …;” “… stimulating and inspirational observations … ;” “… suggests sound and enlightened policies …”

For more information on this lecture/booksigning contact Tom Imhoff, CSU, Chico Department of Philosophy at 898-4743 or email at timhoff@csuchico.edu

Archived under Events on September 21, 2006