Activities and Events

Wednesday, April 10-International Banquet, TSC Ballroom. Tickets $8, will be sold at ticket office, no tickets available at the door.-STAB Night of comedy, Tim Young and Buzz Sutherland. 8 p.m., TSC.

Thursday, April 11-USU Women’s softball vs BYU, 2:00 p.m., Johnson Field, Double header- Utah Speaker of the House Martin Stephens will speak on the importance of the family. 12:30, TSC Auditorium

Friday, April 12-USU Club Fair, 2:30 p.m., TSC patio. Lokal Grown will be there.

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@@College Republican meeting April 10, 8:00 p.m. TSC 3rd floor. Candidates running for office will be there. Club elections will also be held. •The Mountain West Center, David W. and Beatrice C. Evans Biography and Handcart Awards honoring Sally Zanjani for “Sarah Winnemucca” and Eilean Adams for “Hell or High Water: James White’s Disputed Passage through Grand Canyon, 1867.” April 11, 3 p.m. USU Alumni House. Reception and Book signing immediately following. Information 797-3630.@@Society for Technical Communication conference, April 11, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Sci Tech Library 120. Graphic artists, technical writers, engineers, and students invited. Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory will make a presentation. •Go Homeless for 24 hours, April 12, 4 p.m. to April 13, 4 p.m. Bring sleeping bag and stuff to stay warm. Food, clothing, and money donations will be collected. E-mail marje@cc.usu.edu with questions. •Fun Run sponsored by Mayo Clinic and USU Dietetics, April 12, 3 p.m., NFS. Registration 2 p.m. Food and Prizes. •Gay-Butante’ Ball Fundraiser, April 12, 6:30 p.m. Bullen Center Ballroom, 43 South Main, Logan. Dancing, food, fun. Proceeds benefit Gay and Lesbian student resource center and Cache Unitarian Church. • Polynesian Club annual Luau April 13, TSC Ballroom. Dinner 5 p.m. with a show and dance after. Students $10, General Admission $12.@@Dawg, chips and a coke: $3.00 The Jazz is free, but don’t be a moocher. Buy the dawg, help the band! Proceeds to benefit the Utah State University Aggie Marching Band Sponsored by Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma band service organizations and the College of HASS.@@USU Symphony Orchestra. April 15, 7:30 p.m., Kent Concert Hall. General admission: $3; USU students free. @@Guitar Ensemble. April 15, 7:30 p.m., Eccles Conference Center. General admission: $3; @@Thai food on TSC patio, April 16, 11:00 a.m. Spring roll 50 cents, chicken on a stick $1, Thai noodle $2, rise with curry $2, and Thai pie 50 cents.@@USU Student Alumni Association, A-Week activities, Colors concert. April 16, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., TSC Patio. @@Senior Send-off, April 17, 7 – 10 p.m.@@Robins Award ceremony, April 19, 7:30 p.m. TSC Ballroom. Free tickets TSC ticket office. Spring Formal 9:30 p.m., TSC, $15 advance at ticket office, $20 at door.@@ “The First Amendment: The forty-five most powerful words ever written.” April 16, 2-4 p.m., ECC, auditorium. Dept. head Ted Pease will speak.@@ USU Physics Department, Colloquium, Andreas Albrecht, UC Davies, “Cosmology.” April 16, 3:30 p.m. SER Building 244.@@Musical classic “Cabaret” presented by Utah State Theatre, April 18-20 and April 24-27, 7:30 p.m. Morgan Theatre USU Campus, Tickets $5-$8 – 797-0305 USU Students Free With Valid ID Children under the age of 6 not admitted@@ AED and Women in Medicine. Tour of the University of Utah School of Medicine. April 23, 11 a.m. -2 p.m. Leave USU promptly at 9:00 A.M. BNR 101, April 10. If you can drive please makethat known on the sign up sheet as well as how many passengers you can take. •Interested in a organizing a Hillel (Jewish club) on campus. Open to students/staff/faculty. Contact gserbin@mendel.usu.edu •Table tennis, April 11, 6 p.m. Institute, Free. •A concert celebrating the Week of the Young Child at the Whittier Center, April 11, 7 p.m. Cache Children Choir, Willow Valley Middle School band and lots and lots of surprises •Institute New Horizons show choir presentation “We Go On.” April 12 and 13, Kent concert hall, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available Institute or The Book Table. @@Attention! It is not to late to apply for Summer Study Abroad in Brazil! The Study Abroad Office will be accepting applications for PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil until April 19! This summer you could be studying in a wonderful location during the month of July and be earning 4 credits of Portuguese. Portuguese classes are offered at all levels from begining to advanced. So what is stopping you? Study Abroad Office, TSC 313, 797-0601/1253 or www.usu.edu/stdyabrd/ • Provider Awards Celebrating the Week of the Young Child will be April 13, 7 to 9 p.m. At Sherwood Hills, Child Care Professionals will be recognized for their achievement in working with young children.@@Excellent fall work-study jobs! USU America Reads interviewing now for reading tutor positions in local elementary schools. Contact Academic Resource Center 797-4027 or carolr@cc.usu.edu. •Mountain West Center is accepting proposals for their Faculty Fellowship. The fellowship is designed to support and recognize an 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 the understanding of the American Mountain West. For information contact the MWC at 797-3630. Deadline for submissions April 15. • Classified Employee Scholarship is due no later than April 24. They are available in the Merrill Library 115, TSC Information Desk, Facilities, Room 104, Financial Aid, on the Classified Employees Association contact Kris Howard, 797-2483.@@”Living with Grief: Loss in Later Life” video teleconference, Hospice, April 24, 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Logan Regional Hospital, 1400 North 500 East. •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. • Infancy Childhood, and Adolescence Conference The 19th Annual Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence Conference is scheduled for May 13 through 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. Two to three credits available for attending all five days; Full-time University student discount available. Info. USU Conference Services 797-0423. • 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, Room 103.