Activities and Events, Oct. 8

October 8-NR week, Logger Breakfast, TSC Patio, $3.50 Eggs, pancakes, sausage Monday – Friday-NR week, NR vs Engineers Quiz bowl, 11 am to noon TSC patio-Critters for Lunch – Raptor demonstration noon to 1 p.m. Sunburst Lounge

October 9-NR week, Logger Breakfast, TSC Patio, $3.50 Eggs, pancakes, sausage-Critters for Lunch – Willow Park Zoo Wildlife Demonstration, noon to 1 p.m. Sunburst Lounge-“Fun with Arcs and Sparks from Heinrich Hertz to Spacecraft Orbiting Jupiter.” 3:30 p.m. Physics/CASS Conference Room, SER, Room 244. Dr. A. Robb Frederickson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Physics Dept. Colloquium-Chamber Music Society of Logan, Tokyo String Quartet in concert. 7:30 p.m. Eccles Conference Center

October 10-NR week, Logger Breakfast, TSC Patio, $3.50 Eggs, pancakes, sausage-Jackie Hunt (Miss Utah) and Mayor Thompson will be in TSC basement, 9 to 11 a.m. to sign organ donor cards and encourage USU student to be organ donors-ORC canoe trip 2:45 p.m. Call 797-3264 to register $5-“The Future of Habitat on Private Land” Jack Payne, USU, 7 p.m. ECC, Rooms 303 and 305USU Academic Calendar: Click here Additional USU Events Calendar: Click here Place your event on our ONLINE Calendar:Click here Place your event on THE BACKBURNER of the Statesman:Click here •Natural Resources Week activities: Monday through Friday, Logger Breakfast, TSC Patio, $3.50 Eggs, pancakes, sausage. Oct. 9: ECOS Canyon Tour 1 and 4 p.m. Logan Ranger District. Student Internship Forum NR, Room 217. Oct. 10: Earthfest, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. TSC patio. Range Luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. South side TSC. Sleeping with Paul, Quad Campout w/African Drum Circle 7 p.m. All night. Oct. 11: Loggers sports w/lunch 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Quad. Geography Bowl, TSC Table contest w/prizes. Oct. 12: Highway cleanup w/dinner, Sardine Canyon 3:30 p.m. meet in NR building atrium 3:15 p.m. •Pride Alliance (a gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered group) meets every Monday at 7:30 p.m. TSC, Room 335. Everyone is welcome. •AED, Pacific School of Dentistry, Oct. 8, 9 to 11 a.m., 15-minute appointments. BNR, Room 202A, Set up appointments BNR, Room 101 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Presentation •Victimized by violence and abuse? Can’t find your way to recovery? Discover the power of healing through writing. Three-part workshop, Oct. 9, 1, 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. with Star Coulbrooke. Free and open to the public but preregistration is required. Call 797-1728. •Jackie Hunt (Miss Utah) and Mayor Thompson will be in TSC basement, Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. to sign organ donor cards and encourage USU student to be organ donors •Leonard J. Arrington Mormon history Lecture, Dr. Jan Shipps, Signaling Sainthood: The Changing Expressions of Mormon Identity, 1830-2001. Oct. 11, 7 p.m. Logan LDS Tabernacle. •AED, Wisconsin Medical School, Oct. 11, 9 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. 15-minute appointments. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. presentation, BNR, Room 202A. Set up appointments BNR, Room 101 •USU Student Wellness Center and Cache Valley Senior Center Gold Medal Mile: A Healthier You in 2002,Oct. 12, Start any time from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m..The mile will begin at TSC Fountains. First 400 participants to complete the mile will receive an Olympic Collectors Pin. Come Join the Fun!!! •October 12, 4 p.m. URCO grant applications due in the Provost’s Office, Main, Room 142 •AED, U of U Medical school, Oct. 15, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. “women’s group” 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. lunch, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. presentation, BNR, Room 202A •AED guest speaker, Oct. 18, Laurna Olson, PA, 1:30 to 2:30 BNR 202A •Cache Democrats Warehouse Cookout, Oct. 13, 4 p.m. Live music & dancing. $5/person or $20/ family. 80 South 600 West. Everyone welcome. •USU Men’s Basketball Walk-On Tryouts Oct. 16, 6 p.m. HPER, Room 209 •The USU Child Care Network under the direction of Child Care Resource and Referral on campus is hosting a lunchtime workshop entitled, “The Ultimate Balancing Act: Work/School and Family” on October 16, noon to 1 p.m. in the Walnut Room at the TSC. The workshop will address pre-Kindergarten school readiness. •USU Children’s House offers services to parents of Young Children 3 to 6 years of age and currently has openings for Fall semester 2001. Drop by and visit, 862 E. 900 North (north of the Spectrum or call 797-3657 for information about flexible enrollment options and registration. •STEP (Students Together Ending Poverty) Volunteers to trick or treat for cans Oct. 17 &18. Meet in Sunburst lounge 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. to sign-in and get a trick or treat sack & and area in Cache Valley. Costumes optional. Prizes for the most cans. All donations go to Cache Valley food pantry. •Wilderness First Aid, November 3 & 4, 2001. Introduction to First Aid and patient care in remote settings. Earn certification from Wilderness Medicine Institute, and the institute of NOLS. This course also serves as re-certification for Wilderness First Responder. Contact Sonya 797-9801 or ECC, Room 103. •Math tutoring (free drop-in), Academic Resource Center TSC, Room 304A. Hours are Monday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. •Bridgerland Audubon Society’s will hold its general meeting Oct. 11. Peter Kung, biologist and president of the non-profit organization EarthMatters.org, will be the featured speaker. The title of his presentation is “A Different Approach to Eco-tourism,” and will focus on structuring eco-tourism in ways that tourists and scientists can give something back to host countries instead of benefiting middlemen who live elsewhere. He will highlight work in remote rainforest areas of Venezuela and Peru where EM.org has involved locals and indigenous people in eco-tourism efforts such as studying Harpy eagles. Logan City Meeting Room, 255 N. Main St. 7 p.m. All are welcome.