Activities and Events

March 22-Fashion show, 12:30 Sunburst Lounge, free. Also 7:30 p.m. Sunburst Lounge, $3.-Erica Whittlinger, CEO Whittlinger Capital Management, 1:30 p.m. Walnut room.-5k Fun Run, Romney Stadium, 3 p.m. Free Great Harvest bread and water bottles-Western Regional Gymnastics, 7 p.m. Smith Spectrum. Adults $8, USU Students $2. -Steppin’ over cultural boundaries Step Show, 8 p.m. Fieldhouse- USU Theatre, “New Playwrights Festival.” 7:30 p.m., Studio Stage, Chase Fine Arts Center 224. General admission, $5; USU students with current ID, free.

March 23-Red Cross March in March, 5K, 10K, and 1 mile walk. 10 a.m., Cache County Red Cross, Registration 1 hour prior to race. $15 fee includes T-shirt.- AED. 8:00 a.m. MCAT Business 214 and DAT Business 216, practice tests. AED members $5.00 and non-members $10.00.-Movie and Dessert. Monsters, Inc. 7:00 p.m. Institute treats and the movies. Please come and bring your family. Institute Married Student Association. Free.- USU Theatre, “New Playwrights Festival.” 7:30 p.m., Studio Stage, Chase Fine Arts Center 224. General admission, $5; USU students with current ID, free.

March 25- Free movie The Hiding Place based on the No. 1 book of the semester. 7:30 p.m. TSC Auditorium. Info. Crystal 787-6213

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• AED officer elections for next year. Help with leadership, work with great people, and direct an important cause. Sign up in BNR, Room 101, March 25. Elections will run March 27 and a five minute speech is required.@@Local bands, Live Element and Nobody Special will be performing in the Skyroom, March 26, 7:00 p.m. $3/ID, $4 w/o. Latin and English sounds. Funds to CAPSA and Academic Scholars Enrichment fund.@@ AED Midwestern University of Osteopathic Medicine (Arizona & Chicago). March 28, 11:30-1:30. BNR 202A. Suzanne Gladden will be here.@@Two Guest Lectures by Dr. Jorge Chen, University of Costa Rica, March 28. The topics are: “Analysis of Two Poems by Spanish poets León Felipe and Juan Ramón Jiménez” 9-10:15 a.m. Ray West 306 and “The Curse of the Stone:Scapegoat and Social Crisis in Los recuerdos del porvenir, a novel by Mexican writer Elena Garro.” Main 117 4:30-5:30 p.m.. @@Premarital classes sponsored by the Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic 493 North 700 East, Tuesdays 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. this week learn about dealing with parents and in-laws. questions? Call 797-7430.@@Women, Beat the blues! This week learn about controlling thoughts and feelings. Classes are sponsored by the Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic 493 North 700 East on Tuesdays, 12:00 noon to 1:00. 797-7430 to register.• Miss Cache Valley 2002 Scholarship Program, March 30, 7:30 p.m. Ellen Eccles Theatre, •Multi-lingual performance of Handel’s Messiah, March 30 and 31, 7 p.m. Kent Concert Hall. Performed in English, Spanish, and American Sign language. Free.@@ AED Western States Chiropractic College. April 1, 12:30-1:30 p.m. BNR 315. Lori Brockman will be here.@@ Touro Osteopathic Medicine. April 2, 6:00-8:00 p.m. BNR 202A. Steven Davis will be here. •Utah Speaker of the House Martin Stephens is coming to USU to speak on the importance of the family April 11, 12:30 TSC Sunburst Lounge. •Wilderness First Responder, May 7 through 16. Course and exam required for two year SOLO Wilderness First Responder certification and two year Adult CPR certification. Register Maggon 797-9801 or ECC, Room 103. •2002/03 reentry financial assistance from the Women’s Center. Must be Undergraduate reentry women and men with a five-year gap in education and a minimum 2.5 GPA. Check out the Tuition waivers. Eligibility 3.0 GPA, enrolled 12 semester hours, Utah resident and undergraduate reentry women and men with a five year or more gap in schooling. TSC, Room 310 or 797-1728 •Stephanie Osborne Scholarship application available Women’s Center TSC, Room 310. Undergraduate single senior women 24 yrs. of age or younger and will graduate Fall 2002 or Spring 2003, 2.5+ GPA and enrolled for a minimum of 6 hrs. •2002 Faculty Fellowship applications being accepted by the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies. This fellowship is designed to support & recognize and individual faculty member or team in the Humanities, Arts, or Social Sciences for the completion of a pedagogic, scholarly or creative project that will expand our understanding of the American Mountain West. Info. 797-3630 or mwc@cc.usu.edu •The Mountain West Center for Regional Studies is accepting applications for the 2002 Faculty Fellowship. This is a $6,000 award designed to support and recognize an individual faculty member or faculty team in the Humanities, Arts, or Social Sciences for the completion of a pedagogic, scholarly or creative project that will expand the understanding and appreciation of the American Mountain West. For more information contact the MWC 797-3630 or mwc@cc.usu.edu •Plan ahead for the Student Showcase April 18. The showcase is an opportunity for undergraduate research grant recipients, English essay winner and students whose departments require public presentations of senior project. Nominate students to participate by contacting Vice Provost Joyce Kinkead, joyce@cahmp.usu.edu or Stephanie Chambers, sjchambers@cc.usu.edu@@ Infancy Childhood, and Adolescence Conference The 19th Annual Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence Conference is scheduled for May 13 – 17, 2002 at the USU Eccles Conference Center. Five nationally recognized scholars will be on-hand to discuss topics from the temperament and attachment relations to educating parents for a more caring society. 2 – 3 credits available for attending all five days; Full-time University student discount available. Info. USU Conference Services 797-0423.•Dupont Endowed scholarship for women and minorities in Civil and Environmental Engineering applications available TSC, Room 310. Undergraduate women in Civil and Environmental Engineering or undergraduate American minority men in Civil and Environmental Engineering or undergraduate women in engineering. •Graduate Reentry women scholarship applications available Women’s Center. Criteria: 5 year gap between undergraduate degree and entering graduate school. Must be matriculated graduate student accepted in a department 3.0+ GPA and enrolled for a minimum of 6 hrs. • Photography and Watercolor workshops, June 3 through 7, 2002. Learn to use a digital camera, a regular 35 mm camera or watercolor’s to create pieces that display your own personal creativity. To register contact Maggon Osmond 797-9801 or stop ECC,103.