SELAC Presents: La Sociedad Estudiantil de Literatura, Arte y Cultura

Hispanic Noche de Cine series upcoming movies:

All movies shown in Spanish with English subtitles
All movies shown in HOLT 268 at 7pm

2/28: La Virgen de los Sicarios (Columbia)
The tempestuous love story between Fernando, an older man who has recently returned to his crime-ridden drug capitol hometown of Medellin, Colombia and the gun-happy 16-year-old assassin Alexis, who murders all too easily. When Alexis himself is fatally gunned down, grief-stricken Fernando hunts for his young lover’s killer in the Medellin slums, but instead encounters Wilmar, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Alexis. (source: IMDb)

Mas informacion??
Beth Carmichael allaboutsmiles@hotmail.com
Dra. Maria Gonzalez mgonzalez@csuchico.edu

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on February 23, 2007

Free Movie and Pizza - The Road to Guantanamo, Feb. 27

6:30pm
Holt 170

The Road to Guantanamo is a 2006 drama-documentary that depicts the lives of hundreds of detainees in the detainee camp in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The film specifically follows the lives of three men showing how they were taken to Guantanamo, treated in the camp, and eventually released without charge. The film also includes interviews with the three men and archive news footage from the period. The event is hosted by the Muslim Students Association.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on February 23, 2007

FASO Meetings

FASO meetings every Wed. at 6pm. First meeting will be in PAC 210. FASO, the Filipino American Student Organization is a CSU, Chico organization that teaches about and celebrates the Filipino culture. Everyone is welcome. Come and meet us all on Wed., Feb. 28 at PAC 210. Learn a little about the language and the culture and make some new friends For more information, contact Mike at csuchicofaso@yahoo.com. We’ll see you there.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on February 23, 2007

Body Composition Analysis, March 5-7

Did you know, in the United States, 30% of adults 20 and older are obese - over 60 million people? In fact, in the United States, 16% of children and teens 6 to 19 years are considered overweight - over 9 million young people. These conditions greatly increase the risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Find out where you stand at NFSA’s Body Composition Analysis.

Mon., March 5: 11am-3pm
Tues., March 6: 11am-3pm
Wed., March 7: 11am-3pm

In BMU 211 on a Walk-In Basis.

Caliper Test: $5
Blood Pressure: $3
Both: $7

Questions? Contact Jessica Lowe at jlowe2@mail.csuchico.edu. Presented by the Nutrition and Food Science Association.

Archived under Information on February 23, 2007

Humanities Center: Heath Schenker on Melodramatic Landscapes, Mar. 13

March 13, 7:30pm, PAC135

Heath Schenker “Melodramatic Landscapes: The Public Park in the Nineteenth Century,” reception to follow in Trinity 100. Part of the Humanities Center’s “The Built Environment” theme. For information, call Laird Easton, director, Humanities Center, 898-4284.

Heath Schenker, professor and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at UC Davis, will speak on urban parks as an international phenomenon, viewed from the perspective of social history. She contends that these parks were a figment of bourgeois culture radiating from Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on parks developed in Paris during the Second Empire, Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, and Central Park in New York, the talk explores some of the social meanings embodied in these parks, and, particularly, the role of “the melodramatic imagination” in shaping Central Park.

Archived under Events on February 23, 2007

Study Abroad in Thailand

How does spending June in Thailand sound? How does earning 3 units of GE theme credit while exploring villages, great food, and amazing cultures? Food Forever (PSSC 390) is being offered for the second time during the summer in the Study Abroad Program. If you are interested, come to an information session in Plumas 203 at 3pm on Friday, Feb. 23 or March 2. You can pick up an application from the Study Abroad Resource Room in THMA 212-A (898-5415). For more information contact Dr. Altier at 898-4137 (LAltier@csuchico.edu) and check out the website. Hurry, the deadline for applying is March 15.

Archived under Opportunities on February 23, 2007

Annual Scholastic Celebrating Excellence Dinner, Feb. 27

Each year University Housing and Food Service (UHFS) recognizes students with the highest GPA’s for the fall semester who live in the on-campus residence halls and University Village apartments. UHFS will honor these students at our Annual Scholastic Celebrating Excellence Dinner which will be held in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium on: Tues., Feb. 27, 2007 from 5pm - 7pm.

Archived under Events on February 22, 2007

Lambda Sigma Gamma Sorority, Inc., Bear Burger Feed

Lambda Sigma Gamma Sorority, Inc. is having a fundraiser at Madison Bear Garden to help raise funds for our philanthropy.

We encourage giving back to our community. Through various philanthropic events and community service projects, we instill in all of our members the importance of taking care of the communities that we live in. We commit to many hours of community service throughout the academic year. We feel that taking care of our communities today will lead to better communities and lifestyles for our children in the future.

Please come out Monday, February 26, 2007 from 5-8pm to help support a good cause, and have some good burgers.

If you have any questions or would like to make a direct donation, please contact Nikia Huitt, Commissioner of Fundraising at (530) 774-5371. Thank you and we hope to see you there.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on February 22, 2007

Conversations on Diversity: The Langston Hughes Project - Ask your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz, Feb. 28

Come and have a conversation with Ron McCurdy and learn about The Langston Hughes Project - Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz, a masterwork written in twelve-parts by Hughes in the early 1960s. This production is brought to life in a multimedia production is Langston Hughes at his best: insightful, wise, poignant, funny and soulful. On stage the audience experiences the mood of the Harlem Renaissance in this 800-line suite of poems illustrated by the spoken word, accompanied by a live quartet and the large as life visual illustrations on screen of Hughes’s world through his collaborators and contemporaries. This session will act as a precursor to Dr. McCurdy’s performance later that evening

Facilitated by Dr. Ron McCurdy, Chairman of the Jazz Studies Department at USC

Join us Wed., Feb 28 at noon in BMU 210; Contact Tray Robinson at 4764 for additional information.

Archived under Events on February 22, 2007

The On-Campus Residence Halls will Close Friday, March 16 for Spring Break

University Housing and Food Service would like to remind the University community that it will not be a hardship for students living in the on-campus residence halls (Lassen, Shasta, Whitney, Esken, Mechoopda, and Konkow) to be expected to attend class on Friday, March 16. Although the halls officially close at 6pm for spring break, students with late classes have the opportunity to request to remain until 8am on Sat., March 17. The deadline to make this request is Wed., March 14, 2007. Students will be given notice of this process in letter form. If you have any questions, please contact University Housing and Food Service at x6325.

Archived under Information on February 22, 2007

Watershed Literary Magazine Seeks Creative Work for Spring Issue

Watershed, CSU, Chico’s literary magazine, invites students, faculty, and community members to submit their original and unpublished works for possible publication in its spring 2007 issue, a special 30th anniversary issue.

The categories solicited are:
â–ª Poetry
â–ª Short fiction
â–ª Creative nonfiction
â–ª Black and white photography
â–ª Line drawings
â–ª Illustrations

Include with submission:
â–ª A cover letter with your name, e-mail, address, phone number, and a brief biographical statement of up to 40 words
â–ª A self-addressed stamped envelope for reply and manuscript return

Please do not put your name on the pages of your submissions. The maximum number of submissions is 5, and please limit the length of individual submissions to 2,500 words. The artwork submitted should be no larger than 8.5” × 11”, in a black and white print.

The submission deadline is Friday, March 9, 2007.

Send or deliver submissions to:
Watershed
California State University, Chico
Department of English - Taylor Hall 209
Chico, CA 95929-0830

For more information, contact Casey Huff at 530-898-5983 or chuff@csuchico.edu.

Archived under Information on February 22, 2007

CSU, Chico Leaders Honor Society Applications Available

CSU, Chico University Leaders is a leadership honor society founded in 1992. Each year, the organization invites 10-12 outstanding leaders, as well as one or two alums, to be inducted. Membership criteria includes:

• outstanding performance in a leadership role while attending CSU, Chico
• demonstrated commitment to the welfare and development of CSU, Chico and one’s peers
• attendance at CSU, Chico for at least three semesters
• at least a 2.5 CSU, Chico GPA
• at least a junior class standing

Those accepted for membership will be notified by phone or mail and invited to attend the induction ceremony and reception on Tues. • March 6, 2007 • 3pm - 5pm in BMU 210.

Applications are available in the Student Activities Office, BMU 213. Application deadline: February 23, 2007.

For more information: 898-6001 or ecoady@csuchico.edu

Archived under Opportunities on February 22, 2007

Apply Now for the 2007 Spirit of a Woman Conference

Jackie Faris-Rees LEADership Programs invites CSU, Chico women students to apply to attend a unique and powerful women’s conference on Thurs., March 29, 2007, from 8am to 5pm in the BMU.

Women of all ages face unique life choices and decisions. Empowering women to take the lead in their own lives is an inspiring task. The 2007 Spirit of a Woman Conference will center on the book “This is Not the Life I Ordered.” The four women authors of this book will be the featured speakers at the conference, including State Senator Jackie Speier (who was shot several times and left for dead at the Jonestown Massacre in Guyana in 1978). Learn more about the book, the authors, and their incredible life stories.

Breakout session topics include:

Healing & Liberation • Conquering Fears • Managing Money • Living with Change • Reinventing Yourself • Asking for Help • How to Persist • Rebuilding Dreams

Applications are available in the Student Activities Office, BMU 213. You will also be recognized at a special ceremony honoring the top 75 student women leaders (date and time TBA).

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS IS 5pm • FRIDAY • FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Questions? Call 898-6001

Archived under Opportunities on February 22, 2007

On the Creek Lecture Series: Frances Moore Lappe, Feb. 27

Chico Performances is proud to bring Frances Moore Lappe as a part of the On the Creek Lecture Series that is dedicated to exploring sustainability issues that affect the world today to Laxson Auditorium on Feb. 27, 2007 at 7:30pm.

In her 3-million copy bestseller Diet for a Small Planet, Lappé forever changed our thoughts about the politics of food and hunger. In her lecture, Lappé discusses how citizens here and around the world are discovering power within themselves to act on democracy’s core values and find solutions to our toughest problems. Lappé has published fourteen books including Hope’s Edge, winner of the 2002 Nautilus award. Lappé has received 17 honorary doctorates and the Right Livelihood Award. Lappé is a cofounder of Food First, the American News Service, and the Small Planet Institute and has appeared on the “Today Show”, NPR’s “Weekend Edition”, C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal”, and “PBS Now”. Moore-Lappé will be signing copies of her book after the lecture.

COST/TICKETS: This event is free, however a ticket is required for admittance.
Tickets available at the University Box Office, 898-6333, 2nd & Normal Streets
More Information is available online.

Archived under Events on February 22, 2007

16th Annual Earth Day Recycling Contest

Participate in the 16th Annual Earth Day Recycling Contest - your group could win up to $1200.

The contest will run from Mon., March 5 through Fri., April 20, 4pm. Applications are available at the AS Recycling Office in BMU 005. Applications are due by Wed., Feb. 28, 5pm.

Start saving - save aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, cardboard and newspaper.
For questions, please contact the AS. Recycling Program at 898-5033.

Archived under Information on February 22, 2007

Live Recording Performance, Feb. 23

The Wild Oak Records’ Songwriters Guild is proud to present a Live Recording Performance on Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, at 7:30pm in the Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, PAC 134.

Performers include singer/songwriters Allyn Pierce, Kyle Williams, Jonathan Leroy, and Kyle Scully. Each will captivate you with an acoustic set that will make you cry, laugh, smile, and tap your toes. Recordings will be made for a new Wild Oak Records compilation CD due out this spring.

Come support local musicians this Feb. 22 in PAC 134, 7:30pm. For more information about this event and other Wild Oak Songwriters Guild events or contact Wild Oak Records at (530) 898-6976. Songwriters Guild meets every Tuesday, 7:00-8:30PM, in PAC 112. All songwriters are welcome.

Archived under Events on February 22, 2007

SELAC Meetings

SELAC meetings every Monday at 4:30 in BMU 204. SELAC, the Sociedad Estudiantil de Literatura, Arte y Cultura, is a CSU, Chico organization that teaches about and celebrates Hispanic culture. Help plan events for Cinco de Mayo and Cesar Chavez Day, hear about upcoming Hispanic Movie Nights, and help bring literary scholars to campus. Practice your Spanish skills and learn about the culture. For more information, contact Beth Carmichael at allaboutsmiles@hotmail.com or Dr. Maria Gonzalez at mgonzalez@csuchico.edu.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on February 22, 2007

Student Computing Workshops

Student Computing is presenting this workshop next week:

Excel II - Functions and Graphs
Wed., Feb. 28
5:30pm - 6:30pm
MLIB 457

The Excel II workshop will use and build on many of the skills students have learned in Excel I, 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.

No sign-up is required.

For more information on this and other Student Computing workshops contact Melinda Ferris, 898-5008 or mferris@csuchico.edu or visit the Student Computing Workshops website.

Archived under Information on February 22, 2007

WASC Reception: "Telling the Chico Story, "March 7

All interested faculty, staff and students are encouraged and welcomed to attend the “Telling the Chico Story” poster/exhibit session with the WASC Capacity and Preparatory Site Review Team. Come out and show your support for our university at this very important campus event. Share in the discovery of all the exciting activities and accomplishments of fellow faculty, staff, and students. It’s an amazing story that you won’t want to miss.

Date: Wed., March 7, 2007
Time: 4:30pm to 6pm
Location: Yolo Hall

Archived under Events on February 22, 2007

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.

2/26/2007
Federated Insurance
Marketing Development Trainee/Sales

2/27/2007
Target Stores
Executive Team Leader Assets Protection
Executive Team Leader (Mgmt)

2/28/2007
Array Networks
Entry Level Software Quality Engineer

Chevron Accounting/Finance
Finance/Accounting Positions

NEC Electronics America
Associate Equipment Engineer

3/1/2007
Fastenal
Management/Sales Trainee

Old Navy
Manager in Training - Old Navy

CA State Controller (Division of Audits)
Staff Services Management Auditor

3/2/2007
Federated Insurance
Claims Representative

Archived under Opportunities on February 22, 2007

Black Inventions Museum, March 12

You are invited to attend the Black Inventions Museum which will take place at CSU, Chico in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium on Mon., March 12 between the hours of 9am - 5pm. CEO/Curator Hamza Salifu will be on hand to answer any questions.

The International Black Inventions Museum promotes positive images and self-esteem in children and adults and teaches people of all nationalities about the contributions that Africans throughout the world have given to society.

It is a mobile museum which travels nationally and internationally to inform in a visual display. The display consists of every day items such as the window cleaner, the egg beater, lawn mower, space shuttle retrieval and more.

Over 12,000,000 people have been exposed to the unique experience of The International Black Inventions Museum’s presentation at more than 1,000 events nationally and internationally totaling over 38 states, 180 cities and four countries, including Toronto, Canada; Salvador, Bahia-Brazil; Ghana and Be-nin, West Africa.

For questions please contact Tray Robinson, Diversity Coordinator, CSU, Chico
at 898-4764 or trobinson@csuchico.edu.

Archived under Events on February 22, 2007

Study Skills Workshops March 5-9

The Student Learning Center is offering two workshops the week of March 5-9. One to help you to read more efficiently with better recall and one to help motivate you to study and concentrate.

3/5 (Monday) Reading Strategies 6pm -7pm
Alexandra Moulton
MLIB 226

3/7 (Wednesday) Motivation and Success 6pm -7pm
Alberto Gutierrez
MLIB 226

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

Archived under Opportunities on February 22, 2007

GRADFEST, March 14-15

GRADFEST will be held on Wednesday and Thursday March 14 & 15. Come by the bookstore and visit us.

Archived under Events on February 22, 2007

Poet, Essayist and Writer Gary Snyder Comes to CSU, Chico , March 2

Just added to the “On the Creek” Lecture Series at CSU, Chico:

WHO: Poet, Essayist and Author Gary Snyder
WHEN: Friday, March 2, 2007
WHERE: Laxson Auditorium, CSU, Chico
WHEN: 7:30pm
COST: This lecture is FREE and open to the public, no tickets required.

MORE INFORMATION:

Gary Snyder’s talk at Chico will draw on his new book of essays called Back on the Fire. In this lecture, Snyder combines writings and talks of the last ten years on subjects ranging from trail crew and wildfire reminiscences to Snyder’s poetic history with haiku while living in Japan; from Sierra timber management debates to literary talks given in Paris and Tokyo on art and archetypes. His writing looks back to 40,000 year old cave art and to a one-thousand year future North American forest plan.

Back on the Fire is a series of meditations on art, labor, and the making of cultures, families, houses, and homesteads. When describing his newest work, Snyder says “Just as we need to make friends with fire, we also need to be on good terms with impermanence, error, and vulnerability — in the process of sharpening and refining both a personal life and a long-term sustainable society.”

Archived under Events on February 22, 2007

Call for Papers: Deadline Feb. 28

The College of the Humanities and Fine Arts and the English Graduate Student Council hope to begin a dialogue between all of the disciplines which can be exhibited in a periodically published journal.

This issue’s theme is “The Economics of Inequality: The seen and unseen costs of discrimination.” Society is based on structures of subordination and domination of all sorts, not only those we are accustomed to think of negatively.

We are seeking submissions of academic papers, short stories, creative nonfiction, B&W photography, and line drawings that explore these topics in creative and insightful ways.

The full CFP is posted online.

The call is open to CSU, Chico graduate students in all majors, as well as undergraduates who include an instructor’s letter of recommendation. The submission deadline is Feb. 28, 2007.

For more information please contact Byron Wilson and Michelle Barber at CSUCpublication@gmail.com

Archived under Opportunities on February 22, 2007

Liberal Studies Student Association Meets Feb.21 and Feb 22

Where: Modoc 123
When: Wed., Feb. 21@ 2pm and Thurs., Feb. 22 @ 6pm
Why: Great place to meet other Liberal Studies majors, find out what we do and how you can be a part and get a preview at some of our interesting guest speakers for the upcoming semester.

If you have any questions call 898-5802 or email LSSA@csuchico.edu

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on February 20, 2007

Pre-Doctoral Program

Applications are available for the 2007/2008 California Pre-Doctoral Program at the School of Graduate, International & Interdisciplinary Studies. The Pre-Doctoral Program is designed to increase the pool of potential faculty by supporting the doctoral aspirations of California State University students who have experienced economic and educational disadvantages.

Applicants to the Program must be upper-division or master’s degree students who are enrolled at a CSU institution as of spring 2007 and who will also be enrolled at a CSU campus for at least one semester of the academic year 2007-2008. Applicants will be selected on the basis of three criteria: potential for success in completing a doctoral program, probable effectiveness of the student/faculty plan, and level of economic and educational advantage. All applicants must be either U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Each applicant must have a faculty sponsor who will be available for the duration of the plan specified in the application.

The $3,000 award is disbursed during the 2007 fall semester and 2008 spring semester. The award can be used towards travel reimbursement for the student and faculty sponsor to visit doctoral granting institutions, acquisition of materials such as reference books, software, journal subscriptions and payment of doctoral program application and entrance examination fees.

Additional information and an online application are available online. The CSU, Chico local deadline for submission of applications is Mon., March 26, 2007 at 4:30pm. Please submit original application plus 3 copies to the School of Graduate, International & Interdisciplinary Studies in Tehama 209.

Archived under Opportunities on February 20, 2007

Pride/ Safezone Meeting Schedule

There will be PRIDE/SAFEZONE meetings bi weekly in Butte 103 at 6:30pm on Tuesdays.

The meeting dates are as follows:

Feb. 20
March 6
March 20
April 3
April 17
May 1

We may begin to have weekly meetings once work on the run begins. We’ll be teaming up with Stonewall and hopefully other organizations.

For more information, contact Irma Rivera, aspride@csuchico.edu.

Archived under Clubs, Groups & Organizations on February 20, 2007

CAVE's Hunger Banquet, March 2

For some, banquet means lots of food, but for many the only meal served is hunger. Feast or famine - it’s the luck of the draw. A hunger banquet is a dramatization of the inequality that perpetuates global poverty. Guests are assigned roles as they enter the banquet. These roles represent different income levels around the world. What each person receives for dinner depends on the role they are playing, so while some have more than they can eat, others
don’t have enough to eat or any food at all.

Community Action Volunteers in Education (CAVE) invites you to spend one evening with us exploring the issues of homelessness and poverty in Chico. The night will include guest speakers from the local homeless agencies, a panel of Chico citizens who were once homeless, and our Mayor Andy Holcombe.

Proceeds for the event go to CAVE’s Alternative Spring Break Program. This March twelve students will go to Washington, D.C., working with the National Coalition for the Homeless, the nation’s largest homeless shelter, in hopes of shedding light on why so much poverty exists within the United States.

Tickets are $10 and are available in the CAVE office (BMU 309) or at the event.

Archived under Information on February 20, 2007