Campus and community briefs
Concert to showcase classical Indian music
The Consortium for Indian Culture will have its inaugural concert on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the TSC Auditorium. Students and faculty are welcome to attend.
The concert is aimed at raising awareness of Carnatic, an elevating and richly diverse genre of Indian classical music.
Carnatic music originated nearly 4000 years ago, derived from some of India’s most sacred texts. For centuries, passages set to classical music were handed down from one generation to the next by oral tradition. Since those early years, the texts and rituals associated with this line of music have remained unchanged – still preserved in modern India.
The hour-long recital is free. Light refreshments will be served. For details, contact Ram Swaminathan at 757-1797 or ramaz8@hotmail.com.
Walk to campus on Friday for Earth Fest
In conjunction with Natural Resources Week, the Environmental Coalition of Students (ECOS) will sponsor Earth Fest 2003 Friday from 9 a.m. until 2. p.m. on the Taggart Student Center patio at Utah State University.
The theme of the festival is Alternative Transportation. This year’s Earth Fest will showcase USU and Cache County’s efforts to minimize traffic congestion in the valley. ECOS encourages the public to walk, bus, bike, board, blade or carpool this Friday.
Residents notified to help clean up leaves
The Logan City leaf cleanup is underway. Leaves that have been raked onto the parking strip will be vacuumed; however, the vacuum equipment will not pick up leaves that have been raked around the base of the trees, telephone poles or fire hydrants.
Residents are advised not to rake laves or other debris into gutters or canals. Leaves, grass and other compostable materials can be taken to the landfill between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, call (435) 716-9642.
Indian cinema to be explored today
Pallavi Rastogi, associate professor of English at Utah State University, will speak today at 12:30 p.m. on the Indian Cinema known as “Bollywood.”
The lecture, “Behind the Song and Dance: Cinema as a Spectacle,” will explore the behind-the-scene politics of Bombay’s growing film industry.
“Bollywood will soon rival Hollywood in terms of audience reach,” Rastogi said. “It makes as many as 800 films a year while Hollywood makes only 200.”
Rastogi’s lecture is one of several the department of English will be offering this year as part of its Speakers Series to promote the value of arts and humanities in American public life. It will take place at the Haight Alumni Center.
Credit unions give gifts to children
It may not yet be Christmas, but 11 Northern Utah credit unions are already in the giving spirit. The Northern Chapter of Utah Credit Unions presented 10 boxes of goods to the Boys & Girls Club on Oct. 8.
The Northern Chapter spent the last year raising funds and shopping to fill wish lists for the Boys & Girls Club and for the Christmas Box House, a home for abused children that is expected to open in Ogden by the end of the year. The credit unions purchased more than $1,000 worth of goods for the Boys & Girls Club and about the same for the Christmas Box House.
“Credit unions believe in community support, because we know that it takes all of us to make a difference,” said Marilyn Yoshida, president of the Northern Chapter of Utah Credit Unions.
Participating credit unions include: Alliance Credit Union, Horizon Credit Union, America First Credit Union, Members First Credit Union in Brigham, Box Elder County Federal Credit Union, Ogden School District Credit Union, Goldenwest Credit Union, Weber Credit Union, Weber State Credit Union, Devils Slide Credit Union in Morgan and Logan Cache Rich Credit Union.