HFA Offers a Tour of English Gardens in May

Garden Tour of Southern England
May 22 -June 2, 2007
The College of Humanities and Fine Arts Travel Program is offering a “Garden Tour of Southern England” with Jeanne Lawrence, history department and humanities program.

The tour will include four nights in London; one night each in the Lewes, Chichester and Exeter areas; one night in Bath; and two nights in the St. Ives area. It is possible for CSU, Chico students to earn 1-3 units through humanities or history. The $3,600 package includes round-trip airfare from San Francisco, airport fees, transfers, first-class hotels, buffet breakfast daily and three dinners; admission to the Chelsea Flower Show, Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Great Dixter, Charleston Farmhouse, Petworth House, Stourhead, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Eden Project, Hestercombe, Tintinhull Garden and Hidcote Manor Garden; and the full-time services of a professional tour director. Last day to sign up unless the tour fills earlier: Feb. 21, 2007.

For detailed information, visit http://www.csuchico.edu/hfa/travel/ or call Thomasin Saxe, group director, at 530-898-4642.

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Littered Landscape Contest Winners/Gallery Reception

4th Annual Littered Landscape Photography Contest Winners and Art Reception

The 4th Annual Littered Landscape Photography Show is now at the Common Grounds Coffee Shop in the BMU. Local Butte County residents submitted pieces for a photography contest and all entries will be displayed from Nov. 2nd through Nov. 17th. A reception will be held on Nov. 9th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. to award the winners from the photography contest. All students are welcome to attend.
The Littered Landscape aims to bring awareness to the community about the widespread problem of illegal dumping in Butte County. Butte County spent over $100,000 to remove 100,000 cubic yards of trash including litter, couches and refrigerators. For more information on how you can prevent illegal dumping, contact AS Recycling, BMU Room 005, at 898-5033 or the Butte County Department of Public Works at 538-7681.
Winners for the 4th Annual Littered Landscape Photography Contest are:
1st Place: Rachael Claflin’s “Sullied Sunset”
2nd Place: Zora Thomas’ “Clouds, Hills, Scrap Metal”
3rd Place: Rachael Claflin’s “School Shootings”
Honorable mentions:
Rachael Claflin’s “Cycle’s End”
Michele Wickham’s “One Way”
Phillip Wallick’s “Covered Bridge Canyon View”
Sarah Shoaf’s “Untitled”
Skyler LIpski’s “Litter of Concow Road”
Zora Thomas’ “Horizontal Junker #2”
Skyler Lipski’s “Trash Above Concow Resevoir”

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Want to Learn How to Grow Your Own Food?

“Chico State Goes Organic” - Learn To Grown Your Own Food
The mission of the Organic Farming Project is to create a student run organic farm at the University Farm that will serve as a living laboratory for university students, community members, elementary schools, etc. There are 10 acres at the University Farm that are certified organic, dedicated to this mission and we will be starting out using 1 acre this spring.

The aim of the project is to provide a learning component for students and agriculturalists regarding the process of growing organic food while serving as a profitable business that will supply produce to the AS Food Service and an on-campus farmer’s market. Volunteers will be able to take home produce boxes.

We need all aspects of Chico State to be involved for this to truly be a sustainable project
“Unity is only achieved through variety”

Paid Positions are available next semster, but it would help to get involved NOW. We meet Wednesdays @ 5 PM in Plumas 203 and encourage creative ideas and input. Specific areas of expertise that we need include: Agricultural Research, Computer Design, Curriculum Development, Disability Representation, Business Management, Volunteerism/Outreach, Marketing, Art, Engineering, Construction, etc.
Please email OrganicFarm@csuchico.edu for more information.

This could be an amazing resume builder or could be incorporated into a school project no matter what field you are in, so let us know if you are interested and independent study units are available next semester!!
Danielle Baker
Organic Farming Project Coordinator

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Upcoming School of the Arts Events

The School of the Arts at CSU, Chico is staging a number of theatre and music performances during the next several weeks leading up to Fall Break. School of the Arts events feature talented student, faculty, and guest artists. For more information, please go to the website following each event.

TRU — Sounds of the Tenor Sax
Sat., Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. • Harlen Adams Theatre

http://www.csuchico.edu/hfa/chicoarts/trusoundspr.html

FREE Alfred Loeffler New Music Symposium Concerts
Sun., Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. • Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
Mon., Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. • Harlen Adams Stage
Tues., Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. • Harlen Adams Stage

http://www.csuchico.edu/hfa/chicoarts/newmusic06prpr.html

Donna Stone Breed Memorial Student Directed & Designed One-Acts
Wed., Nov. 8-Sat., Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. • Wismer Theatre
Sat., Nov. 11 & Sun., Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. • Wismer Theatre

http://www.csuchico.edu/hfa/chicoarts/06oneacts.html

Band Concert: Tribute to Veterans
Thurs., Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. • Harlen Adams Theatre
Co-Presented by KPAY Radio, 1290 A.M.

http://www.csuchico.edu/hfa/chicoarts/VETCONCERT06.html

FREE Thank You Concert: Setting the Standards
Tues., Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. • Harlen Adams Theatre

http://www.csuchico.edu/hfa/chicoarts/thankyourfall06.html

Opera: The Magic Flute
Wed., Nov. 15 & Thurs., Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. • Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

http://www.csuchico.edu/hfa/chicoarts/operahighlightsfall0.html

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Guest Speaker on Health Policy, Nov. 16

The Sociology Department will be having a guest speaker on campus November 16, M. Catherine Maternowska. She is the author of “Reproducing Inequities: Politics and the Politics of Population in Haiti 2006 (Rutgers University Press). Her talk is titled “Reproducing Inequities: US Public Health Policy and Practice Overseas.”

She will be speaking on Thursday, November 16 in 106 Plumas to Dr. Laurie Wermuth’s “Sociology of World Affairs” class from 2-3:15. The public is welcome to attend.

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Laugh with Four Stand Up Dads

Chico Performances presents a comedic experience with Four Stand Up Dads on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. in Laxson Auditorium on California State University, Chico.

Spend a hilarious evening examining the grist of fatherhood and suburban life with Four Stand Up Dads. Featuring Tim Bedore (regularly featured on KFMF’s “The Bob & Tom Show”), Dan St. Paul, Milt Abel and Kelly McDonald, this look at fatherhood from child birth (“9lbs. 10oz. We had special cigars that said ‘It’s A Man”) to adolescence (“My bumper sticker reads ‘My son’s just getting by at Hillsdale High”) —is all meat to be skewered. All four comics are dads who pride themselves on performing clever material about family life that has audiences laughing across America. If ever there was a reason to call a sitter, this is it! This performance is sponsored by KFMF Radio, and is rated PG 13.

COST/TICKETS: $15 Adult/Senior, $12 Student/Child Premium
Tickets available at the University Box Office, 898-6333, 2nd & Normal Streets
For More Information, see teh Website

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Work Study/Student Assistant Position Available

Receptionist/Customer Service Specialist position available in the Student Activities Office, 15-20 hours per week based on availability.

Specific hours vary dependent on the class schedules of the two students who will share the hours the office is open: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday, starting in November. Preference will be given to students willing to arrange Spring ‘07 class schedule to meet current need (8-12:30 M-TH, Friday afternoons). Must be available to work during intersession and summer. Qualifications should include good communication skills, grammar, phone and computer skills. For an application and complete job description, e-mail dgonzalez@csuchico.edu.

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Irish Author to Read Fiction About Rural Ireland, Nov. 8, 7:30pm

Irish fiction writer Áine Greaney will read from her new fiction collection, “The Sheep Breeders Dance,” on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 pm in Trinity Hall 100 .

Greaney, winner of the 2005-2006 Flume Press Fiction Chapbook Competition, was also the grand prize winner of the 2000 Frank O’Connor Short Fiction Award.

Her novel, “The Big House” was published in Ireland and the U.K. and released in the United States in 2004. Her essays and short fiction have been published in U.S and Irish literary journals and anthologies, including “Creative Nonfiction,” “The Literary Review,” “Books Ireland,” and “‘Irish Girls are Back in Town.”

Of her short stories, Irish writer Colum McCann, author of “Fishing the Slow-Black River,” wrote: “Clean, precise, rhythmic and original, Greaney’s prose manages to negotiate a wide space of injury, geography and joy. She keeps her finger on the pulse and recognises that the universal is found in the heart of the local. Greaney’s is a voice to look out for.”

The reading is sponsored by the Committee for Arts and Lectures, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, Writer’s Voice, and Flume Press at CSU, Chico. For more information, please contact Casey Huff at 898-5983 or chuff@csuchico.edu.

Archived under Events on November 2, 2006

Student Zapatista Solidarity Front Meetings

The Student Zapatista Solidarity Front has weekly meetings on Mondays at 5pm in Glenn 202.

The SZSF is a group of students who gather to discuss the the Zapatistas of Southern Mexico who are struggling to give a voice in the government to the millions of indigenous people of Mexico. We will be discussing events surrounding the current situation as well as planning movie showings of Zapatista documentaries and other socially conscious films on campus.

For more information, visit the Web Site

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Upward Bound Summer Resident Advisor Positions Available

Resident Advisor Job Opportunities Available with Upward Bound Projects For the 2007 Summer.

The Upward Bound Projects, a Federally Funded TRiO program, is a year round program for motivated students with academic potential who want to continue their education after high school.

Duties include the following:

• Work cooperatively in planning and implementation of activities together with Head Resident Advisor and all other Resident Advisors;
• Supervise participants to assure their safety and well being;
• Aid in specific classes and tutor in residence hall;
• Monitor and evaluate participants’ academic and social progress;
• Submit written weekly evaluations on participants;
• Maintain discipline and harmonious relations in the residence hall;
• Motivate participants toward higher education;
• Organize social, cultural, and recreational activities;
• Be on-call 24 hours a day, 5 days per week.

WAGES: $2,080 stipend, room/board, and internship units.

Please email cfalvarez@csuchico.edu to obtain a complete job description or stop by the Office.

Applications can be obtained from the Upward Bound office located in Siskiyou Hall Room 102, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0712. Out of area applicants may call (530) 898-5181 to request an application

Further information available at the Web Site AA/EOE

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Pink Martini: Don't Miss These World Class Performers!

Come listen to these world class performers, Pink Martini, who have been featured in such films as Josie & The Pussycats, Nurse Betty, and Tortilla Soup, and on TV in the Sopranos, West Wing, and Felicity.

With their interesting cabaret orchestra sounds, Pink Martini will perform Thurs., Nov. 9, 2006 at 7:30pm in Laxson Auditorium at California State University, Chico courtesy of Chico Performances.

Somewhere between a 1930s Cuban dance orchestra, a classical chamber music ensemble, a Brazilian marching street band, and Japanese film noir is the 12-piece Pink Martini. Part language lesson, part Hollywood musical, the Portland, Oregon, based “little orchestra” was created in 1994 by Harvard graduate and classically trained pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale to play at political fundraisers for progressive causes such as civil rights, affordable housing and public broadcasting. Pink Martini’s debut album, Sympathique, sold over 700,000 copies worldwide.

COST/TICKETS: Premium $27, Adult $22, Senior $20, Student/Child $16
Tickets available at the University Box Office, 898-6333, 2nd & Normal Streets
For more information please visit the Web Site

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Late Night Chico Midnight Climb, Nov. 4

The Associated Students Late Night Chico teams up with recreation sports department to present a Midnight Climb on Nov. 4 at 8pm in Acker gym 141.

The midnight climb will allow students to scale the climbing wall in CSU, Chico’s very own Acker gym. There will be free food and refreshments and any number of people are allowed. Participants are told to wear appropriate clothing such as a breathable short or pants, t-shirt and tennis shoes.

For further information,E-mail: aslatenightpr@csuchico.edu or visit www.aschico.com/latenight.

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Late Night Chico Presents the Film Boys From Brazil, Nov. 3

The Associated Students Late Night Chico presents the film “Boys From Brazil,” part of the book in common, “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro. It is Nov. 3 at 9pm in BMU Common Grounds. It is a movie about perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers. This event is FREE for CSU, Chico students.

For further information, contact Shelby Hollister: (530)-898-5471 or e-mail: aslatenightpr@csuchico.edu

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Spring 2007 Internship Opportunities Available

Want to increase your leadership and organizational skills? Need some extra units for your major? The Campus Wellness Center Internship is an excellent opportunity to gain experience for future endeavors, such as graduate school and the working world. Intern responsibilities include: peer education on wellness related topics, 10 hours per week staffing the Wellness Center, outreach presentations to student organizations, individual projects (such as public relations), and attendance at Campus Wellness events. Intern benefits include: increased awareness of wellness related issues, public speaking experience, training from the Counseling Center staff, workshop development and presentation skills, increased teamwork and leadership abilities, resume builder and networking opportunities. This position is a one-semester commitment with 10 hours per week, and is an incredible opportunity to grow as a student leader. ALL MAJORS WELCOME.

Stop by the Wellness Center in Meriam Library 141 to pick up an application or for more information. You may also reach us by calling 898-4697. Applications will be due Tues., Nov. 28, 2006.

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Call for Submissions for the 12th Annual Erotic Art Show

The A.S. Women’s Center is hosting the 12th Annual Erotic Art Show, at the Crux Artist Collective on Dec. 1. We are now accepting submissions for both erotic art and erotic poetry. Submissions are open to anyone. The theme this year is “Paradise”, and submission forms can be picked up at the A.S. Women’s Center, located in BMU 002. Deadline is Nov. 17 for poetry, and Nov. 27 for art. For more info, call (530) 898-5724, or email at womenscenter@csuchico.edu.

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Humanities Center Gallery in November/December: DRAWING ON CLASSICISM by Karl McDade

The Humanities Center Gallery is exhibiting Drawing on Classicism, recent work by Karl McDade, Nov. 6 through Dec. 20, in Trinity Hall. McDade writes, “In this recent series of work, I rely heavily on classical imagery both in terms of form and decoration. I use alterations to a variety of traditional display devices in an attempt to blur the boundaries between art and craft and also sculpture and drawing.”

McDade earned an MFA at Montana State University, Bozeman. He began teaching at Diablo Valley College in 2000. McDade has exhibited in group shows throughout the country and has had solo shows at Diablo Valley College, Becco Gallery and The Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, and North West Missouri State University.

On Mon., Nov. 6, when Drawing on Classicism opens, McDade will give an artist’s talk with a slide show at 2pm in Ayres 201. From 5pm until 7pm, the Humanities Center Gallery—joined by faculty and students from the Department of Art and Art History—will host a reception for McDade in the gallery.

The gallery is open M-F, 8-5 (except on Nov. 10, 23, and 24 when the campus is closed). For information, call x4642.

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Humanities Center Gallery next week: Alumna Janice Porter's SYMPATHY, new works on paper+`.0

The Humanities Center Gallery is exhibiting Sympathy, new works on paper by Janice Porter, Nov. 7-30, in the Trinity hallway. Porter writes, “Oddities and unseemly couplings show up in this new series. The poster-sized works are reminiscent of stills from a stage play or movie, and their leading characters pose themselves for sympathetic encounters with the viewer.”

Porter earned her BFA from Kansas City Art Institute. She worked as a graphic designer for non-profits in Minneapolis and is a published children’s book illustrator, with 25 titles in print, including Swing around the Sun (Teachers Choice Booklist), M Is for Minnesota (Minnesota Book Award finalist), Aunt Clara Brown (Colorado Book Award finalist), Hope (CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book), Family (ABA Pick of the List, Parent’s Choice Award), and Colors of Mexico and Colors of Australia (Chicago Reading Roundtable Award).

This year Porter earned her MFA from CSU, Chico, where she has taught drawing and painting. Porter has exhibited widely in the Chico area and is currently illustrating a children’s book version of the Mexican tale of La Llorona.

The gallery is open M-F, 8-5. A reception will be held Nov. 9, 5-7pm. For information, call x4642.

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Study Skills Workshops this Week

The Student Learning Center is offering one Study Skills Workshop this week:

11/8 (Wednesday) Time Management 7-8 pm Rajbir
MLIB 226
John Hillyer

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

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Research & Creativity Awards Application Clarification

CLARIFICATION: Nov. 6 deadline is for the Fall round of applications only. The call for Spring & Summer applications goes out in January 2007.

Provost Scott McNall has announced that funds have been allocated for the fall 2006 Undergraduate Awards for Research & Creativity. These awards were created to support undergraduate students working closely with individual faculty members on student-designed projects.

Undergraduates with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or above are eligible for these awards. Students may apply for any amount up to $500. The awards must be used to defray expenses; they are not a salary and cannot be given as a stipend. They might be used for the purchase of supplies or equipment or for travel to professional meetings (in conjunction with a specific research or creative project).

The deadline for proposals for the fall awards is Mon., Nov. 6 at 5pm.

Go to the Web Site to download an application. Supplemental information is available at the Web Site Direct questions to John Mahoney or Barbara Brautigam of the Honors Program.

To review copies of previous successful applications, make an appointment with Barbara at 898-5683.

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Sustainable News is Live

The first issue of CSU, Chico’s electronic newsletter, Sustainable News, is live on the Our Sustainable Future Web Site

The newsletter will feature sustainability news from the CSU, Chico campus in three different columns:
“The Green Team” tells stories about people contributing to sustainability at CSU, Chico.
“The Green Scene” focuses on sustainability efforts in the news.
“In Brief” highlights environmental research.

We invite you to take a look at it, and email your thoughts, comments, or suggestions to JRotnem@csuchico.edu.

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2007-2008 CSU, Chico Scholarship Application Available Now

The 2007-2008 CSU, Chico scholarship application is now available at the Web Site This single online application allows you to apply for any of the more than 700 university scholarships for which you may be eligible. Scholarship criteria may include scholastic achievement, financial need, campus or community service, and educational objectives, as well as other measures. Apply now before the end-of-semester rush. Be sure to allow faculty adequate time for a letter of recommendation. All application materials must be submitted by the February 1, 2007 deadline, without exception. To be considered for need-based scholarships, you must also file a FAFSA or renewal FAFSA by March 2, 2007. Additional information is available at the above Web site or by e-mailing scholarships@csuchico.edu.

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Highland, Heath & Holler Performing Celtic Music's Voyage to Appalachia, Nov. 10

Explore Appalachian Celtic music with Highland, Heath & Holler on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7:30pm in Laxson Auditorium at California State University, Chico, courtesy of Chico Performances.

The early Scottish and Irish immigrants who filtered into southern Appalachia brought with them their culture, their stories, and their music. Highland, Heath & Holler celebrates and documents this musical history with performances by five master musicians. Representing the Scottish influence is Alasdair Fraser, a master Scottish fiddler and Natalie Haas, a brilliant young cellist, bringing a touch of Ireland to the program are fiddler Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill, while multi-instrumentalist Bruce Molsky represents the Appalachian musical roots.

COST/TICKETS: Premium $23, Adult $18, Senior $16, Student/Child $14
Tickets available at the University Box Office, 898-6333, 2nd & Normal Streets
For more information, see the Web Site

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Looking for a Full Time Job 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 about these and other resources at the Career Planning and Placement Office, Meriam Library, Room 150 or call us at 530-898-5253.

11/7/2006
Fastenal
Management/Sales Trainee

11/8/2006
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Management Trainee - Bay Area
Management Trainee - All Locations

Hertz Corporation
Management Trainee

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Student Computing Workshops

Student Computing will be presenting this workshop next week:

Advanced Dreamweaver
Wed., Nov. 8
5pm - 6pm in MLIB 457
No sign-up is required.

The Advanced Dreamweaver MX workshop will present a brief review of the basic features of Dreamweaver MX and introduce advanced web page design techniques. Students will learn how to use frames and integrate tables into a web page. There will also be introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and their implementation in Dreamweaver MX.

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.

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Come See Chico's Local Trash Museum

Come see Chico’s local Trash Museum - The Recycling And Rubbish Exhibit’s Bi-Annual Open House. All Ages Welcome. Refreshments and snacks provided. Join the 1000’s of elementary school students who have learned about the 4 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot.

Sunday Nov. 5, 2006
10am - 2pm
3097 Southgate Ln
From Chico: Take Hwy 99 South
Left on Southgate (1st stoplight)
We are on the Left
Call R.A.R.E. Staff @ A.S. Recycling if you have any questions 898-5033

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Museum Lecture: Rooted in America, Nov. 5

The CSU Museum of Anthropology presents its lecture series, World Explorations, Sunday, Nov. 5 at 4pm on the CSU, Chico campus in Ayers Hall Room 106. This month’s topic: Rooted in America

Dr. David Scofield Wilson, retired UC Davis professor Emeritus in American Studies, shares Foodlore of popular American fruits and vegetables. Just in time for the holidays. Free and open to the public.

Call 898-5397 for more information.

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Blood Drive, Nov. 15

The California Nursing Students Association will host the next mobile blood drive near Glenn & Siskiyou hall on Wed., Nov. 15 from 10am - 4pm.

Please eat and drink plenty of fluids before arriving; you must be at least 17 years of age, in generally good health and weigh a minimum of 110 lbs. A Donor Card or Photo ID is required. Allow approximately one-hour for the donation process. For an appointment, please call Staff Council at 898-6156.

CSU, Chico 2006-2007 Blood Drive Dates: December 6, January 10, February 14, March14, April 11 and May 9.

We hope to see you there!

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Conversations on Diversity: Mechoopda - A Sense of Place, Nov. 8

Facilitated by Arlene Ward: Cultural Coordinator for the Mechoopda Indian Tribe of the Chico Rancheria

The California Indian person of the 21st century is a conversation in diversity. The land base of Indian people defined an “ecosystem” that demanded a balance for survival. The “sudden Indian death syndrome” sparked by the 1849 gold rush induced a caricature of Indian people’s ecosystem, identity, and survival in the 21st century. Is the casino a proxy land base stimulating a new ecosystem of survival? Will the romantic, euphoric memory of the Indian and the caricature of assimilation give way to the rebirth and healing of sovereign nations, for and by the Indian people, embracing acts of self-determination?

Wed., Nov. 8 at noon - 1pm in BMU 210

Contact Tray Robinson at 4764 for more information.

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