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THIS ISSUE POSTED FEBRUARY 22, 2000
CURRENTS VOLUME 17, ISSUE 12
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CAMPUS EVENTS

TWEED MUSEUM NEWS
A variety of original prints created at two university-affiliated print studios called "Works on Paper Series, Part II: Prints from the Center for Innovative Print and Paper at Rutgers University and Normal Editions Workshop at Illinois State University" is currently on display through April 2.
The Tweed Museum will present "The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture" March 21 - May 14, 2000. This group exhibition features artists from the midwest, representing traditional and innovative approaches to making figurative sculpture.
An exhibit preview with sculptural interpretive performances by the
Minnesota Ballet will be held from 7 - 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 19.
Everyone is invited to attend. Space is
limited, call (218) 726-7823 before March 16 for reservations.
An Artist Lecture by Judy Onofrio.
will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25.
Mold-making and "Iron Pour" workshops are planned in conjunction
with this exhibition. Call 726-7823 or 726-7056 for more information.
All lectures will be held in the Tweed Lecture Gallery and are free and open to the public. For more information on any of the events listed, call Mary Rhodes at 726-7823.

UNIVERSITY FOR SENIORS LECTURES
University for Seniors offers free 45-minute lectures on Wednesday afternoons.
"Russia: Prospects and Dilemmas" will be held at 1:15 p.m. on February 23 in the Rafters. Alexis Pogorelskin, associate professor and head of the Department of History, will present information about the volatile situation in Russia where economic catastrophe and erratic leadership could spell disaster. A Russian historian and scholar, she has made many trips to Russia. She will assess Russia's prospects for the future.

PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIUM
The UMD Department of Philosophy presents a colloquium by George Wright, from U.W.S., entitled "Hobbes and Aristotle." This colloquium will be held Wednesday, February 23 at 2 p.m. in 25 Campus Center.

BIOLOGY SPRING SEMINARS
All seminars will be held in at 3:30 p.m. in 175 Life Science. Coffee and Cookies are served at 3:15 p.m.
On February 23 Doug Smith from the National Park Service, will present "Yellowstone Wolves: The First Five Years."
On March 10 Gary Ankley will present "USEPA Effects of UV on Amphibian Reproduction."
On March 17 Andrew Klemer will present "Inequity: A Threat to Environmental and Public Health?"
On March 24 Sagar Goyal, professor and chair, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, will present "Viruses in Water."
On April 7 Karen Noyce, MN-DNR Minnesota, will present "Black Bear Research."
On April 14 Gopi Podila, professor of Biology, Michigan Technological University, will present "Basic Research to Biotechnology: A Tree Perspective."
On April 21 Dr. Raghotma, Purdue, will present "Transciptional Regulation of Phosphate Acquisition in Plants."
On April 28 Aubie Shaw will present "Metastatic Breast Cancer: Regulation of Osteoclast Differentiation by Growth Factors."

INT'L BROWN BAG SERIES
Brown Bags are held Thursdays
at noon at UMD in Kirby Student Center. The seminars are free and open to the public.
On February 24 the presentation "Exploring Links with Rural Women in Costa Rica" will take place in Ballroom A. Stephanie Hemphill, news director at KUMD, Dianna Hunter, instructor in Women's Studies and Composition, and Penny Cragun, director of the Access Center at UMD will show slides and tell about Costa Rican women who organized community self-help projects and communication networks.
On March 2 the presentation "Health Care in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia: A Humanitarian Aid Project" will take place in the Rafters. Ed Haller, professor in the School of Medicine at UMD and a group of UMD medical students, embarked on a humanitarian mission to Russia last summer. They will show slides and tell about the status of medical care in Russia.
On March 9 the presentation "Western Ireland: Sights, Sounds and Experiences" will take place in the Rafters. Mary Ellet Shehadeh, professor of psychology, Meridith Schifsky, assistant professor of nursing, and Becky Stark, biology student, all from the College of St. Scholastica, spent spring 1999 in Louisburgh, Ireland as part of the CSS study abroad program. If their presentation doesn't make you want to see the Emerald Isle, listening to Schifsky play her Irish harp will!
On April 6 the slide presentation "A Tourist's View of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos" will take place in the Rafters. Mary Carlson, UMD alumna, fulfilled a dream by visiting Southeast Asia. She will show us the beauty of the area, the impact of the French colonial period and ancient Angkor Wat in Cambodia, off limits to most foreigners for years.
On April 13 the presentation "Life in Modern Turkey: Cultural and Political Issues" will take place in the Rafters. Cennet Engin Demir, instructor at the Middle East Technical University Department of Educational Sciences, Ankara, Turkey, is a visiting scholar at UMD. Demir will give an update on Turkish culture and politics and how people are coping with the recent devastating earthquakes.
On April 20 the presentation "Newfoundland: Complaints is Many and Various, But the Odd Devil Likes It" will take place in the Bullpub. A love of wild places and author Annie Proulx's The Shipping News lured Linda and Jim Belote, faculty members in UMD's department of sociology anthropology, to Newfoundland in 1997. Icebergs, whales and great Newfound-landers drew them back again in 1999.
On April 27 the presentation "Paricutn, an Infant Volcano in Central Mexico" will take place in the Bullpub. Pat Farrell, assistant professor in the Department of Geography, and Tomas Weidmer-Ocampo, instructor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, hope to lead a student
group to this region of Mexico to see the sights, including a volcano.

SPRING GEOLOGY SEMINARS
All seminars will take place on Thursdays at 4 p.m. in 185 Life Science. Refreshments are served at 3:45 p.m.
On February 24 Debra Stakes, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Monterey, California, will present "From ALVIN and Oman to Seafloor Observations: The Future of Mid-Ocean Ridge 'Black Smoker Studies.' "
On March 2 Keith Brugger, Department of Geology, University of Minnesota - Morris, will present "Glaciers and Climate: Why I Spend Summers Chasing Winter in the Swedish Arctic."
On March 9 G. B. Morey, Minnesota Geological Survey, St. Paul, will present "Sedimentological Model for Unit A of the Emily District: A Typical Iron-Formation in the Paleoproterozoic Animikie Basin, Minnesota."
On March 16 Kim Heiskanen, Institute of Geology, Karelian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia,will present "Paleoproterozoic History of the Baltic Shield."
On March 23 Kevin M. Bohacs, Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, Texas, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Lecturer, (Co-sponsored by Large Lakes Observatory, UMD) will present "Sequence Stratigraphy of Lake Basins: Unraveling the Influence of Climate & Tectonics."
On April 6 Jeffrey Niemitz, Department of Geology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, will present "Preparing Geology Majors for the Future: An Alternative Curriculum Model."
On April 13 Clint Cowan, Department of Geology, Carlton College, Northfield, Minnesota, will present "Upper Cambrian Facies and Events From Across Laurentia."
On April 20 Steve Stoutamire, Mgr. International New Ventures, Santa Fe Snyder Corp., Houston, Texas, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Visiting Geologists Program, will present "The Oil and Gas Industry: Its History, Socioeconomic Impact, Some Methods and Case Examples."
On April 27 Ben Bertsch, Resource Sciences Graduate Program and Department of Geological Sciences, will present "Modeling Wellhead Capture Zones in Different Stratigraphic Settings: Four Examples From Cass County, Minnesota."

ALWORTH LECTURE
The Alworth Institute for International Studies occasional lecture series will feature Jim Ketchum, co-founder of the Minnesota Campaign to Ban Landmines and an ordained American Baptist pastor, speaking about "The Case Against Landmines" at noon on Tuesday, February 29 in 120 Campus Center. As the Minn-Kota Regional Director of Church World Service in 1994, he visited minefields and rehabilitation clinics in Cambodia and Vietnam. Since then he has been helping to turn the spotlight on the worldwide problem of landmines where one person falls victim every 22 minutes. His talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

OUTDOOR PROGRAM NEWS
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged for Outdoor Programs.
Go "Telemark Skiing at Spirit Mountain" from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, February 29 and from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8. Discover the excitement and fun of the sport of telemark skiing. Learn the proper techniques with expert instruction in a high quality setting.
Go "North Shore Stream Skiing" from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 4. Come for a full day of exploring the frozen Split Rock River on cross country skis. You may encounter deep snow, high cliff walls and signs of winter wildlife, including wolf, as well as glide your way down the frozen river to Lake Superior.
Go on a "Beginner Ice Climbing Weekend" from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. on March 4 and 5. Join the group for a weekend of introductory ice climbing on the North Shore. Saturday and Sunday will be full days of learning basic safety and climbing techniques. Sign up for Saturday only or both days
For more information and registration, call Beth at (218) 726-6533.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
Poetry
The Lannan Poetry Series videos will be shown at 11:35 a.m. on Fridays in March in 290 Engr.
On March 3 Joy Harjo will be the featured poet.
On March 10 Adrienne Rich will be the featured poet.
On March 17 Alice Walker will be the featured poet.
Brown Bags
Several special Brown Bag Lectures are planned for the month of March.
Susana Pelayo-Woodward will host a brown bag, "Chicana: Listening to the Silences," at 11:35 a.m. on March 1 in the Garden Room.
Susanne DeBerry Cole will present " "Working Women, Yesterday & Today," from 11:35 a.m. - 12:35 p.m. on March 2, in 355-57 Kirby.
Joyce Kramer and Margaret "Njoki" Kamau will lead you through international adventures that focus on their experience with women from around the world. Take flight with them on a journey of women from many different cultures at noon on March 6 in Kirby 323.
Kate Basham, Dianna Hunter, Joe Maiolo, and Ellie Schoenfeld, will present "Carrying On: A Reading of Prose and Poetry about Women." from 11:35 a.m. - 12:35 p.m. on March 8, in the
Garden Room.
Stephen Chilton, associate professor of the Department of Political Science UMD, will present "We Should Seek Mutual Respect, Not Leveling." What sort of moral perspective can recognize the possibility of difference and remain just? This talk concerns how to approach equality while accepting difference. It will take place at 11:35 a.m. on March 9, in Kirby 355-57.
At noon on March 15 hear speaker Ann Maxwell in Kirby 323. This Brown Bag Lecture, "Following Spirits Flight," is an enriching presentation that focuses on ancient Goddess energy.
EVENTS
At 1 p.m. on March 3 "Aesthetics of Beauty," by Garaeme Reid, Curator of the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art will be presented in Kirby Ballroom C. She deals with the changing perceptions and standards of beauty throughout the ages. The talk will illustrate that the slim/thin figure is a very recent phenomenon. The talk will also discuss what women have undergone as a result of societal, cultural, peer and personal pressure to alter their appearance.
A Women's Studies Department Open House to celebrate International Women's Day will be held from 1 -3 p.m., on March 8, in 475 Humanities.
Elyse Carter-Vosen, will present "Global Divas: Cross-Cultural Glimpses of Women, Music, and Power," at 7 p.m. on March 16, 225 ABAH
Stop by to share in the food, fun and company at the WRAC "Celebrating Women" Open House. Help celebrate women and their accomplishments both now and in the past. This event will begin at 10 a.m. on March 23 in 193 Kirby Student Center.

LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
There will be a Latin American Women's Film Festival during the month of March. All films will take place at noon in Kirby 355-357.
The first film is a 25-minute documentary entitled "Courageous Women of Colombia." It will be shown on Tuesday March 7.
The 53-minute film, "Maria's Story," will be shown on Tuesday, March 14. It is about one woman's decision to join the rebel forces of her country. The story is told through her eyes and with her voice weaving a vivid tapestry of family life and life as a leader in the guerrilla movement (FMLN). The film is in Spanish with English subtitles.
The 29-minute film, "Enough Crying of Tears," will be shown on Tuesday, March 21. It is an intimate documentary about Co-Madres, the Committee of Mother and Relatives of Political Prisoners, Disappeared and Assassinated of El Salvador. This film is in remembrance of Monsenor Oscar Romero's assassination on March 24, 1980. It is in Spanish with English subtitles.
There will be a discussion following each film. All films are free and open to the public. For more information call 726-8444.

WINTER HOSPITALITY DINNER
A Glensheen Winter Hospitality Dinner, will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 10. The "Winter Hospitality" theme was inspired by the carved pineapples, a symbol of hospitality, that provide interior decoration at Glensheen.
The evening includes a tour of the Glensheen pineapple decorations and a dinner served in the formal dining room. A touch of pineapple will be included in each of the four dinner courses, accompanied by dinner music from the colonial period. The cost is $40 per person. Call Glensheen for reservations at 726-8910.

GLENSHEEN CRAFTSMAN ERA PROGRAM
On Saturday, March 25, from 9 - 11 a.m., Glensheen will offer a special program and tour about the Craftsman Era.
Glensheen's education and volunteer coordinator, Rachael Martin, will present a program about the history and philosophy of the Craftsman Era, also known as the Arts and Crafts Movement. The era lasted from about 1876 to 1916 and numerous examples of this style are incorporated into the decor at Glensheen. The program includes a tour of the third floor to see examples of the 1908 original craftsman furnishings and background information about the movement's revival.
The tour is $15 per person and includes refreshments.To make reservations, call Glensheen at 726-8910.

FIRST READING XX
A conference on research-in-progress in Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies will take place on Friday, April 28 at the University of Minnesota Duluth and Glensheen. This is the 20th annual conference at UMD on aspects of social history, current popular culture, culture of the Americas and relevant comparative studies. Topics from past conferences include literary images of Metis women, the new mythology of masculinity, popular television audiences, contemporary white supremacy groups, the culture of sled-dog racing, landscape in British detective fiction. Presentations should be accessible to a multidisciplinary audience; highly specialized jargon is best avoided. This is a one-day conference; presentations should be 20 minutes.
Abstracts of approximately 200 words should be sent by March 20 to Jan Stanaway in 369 ABAH, call 726-8548 or email proposals to: phil@d.umn.edu. The keystone address and reception will be held at Glensheen. The conference is free and open to the public.

CAMPUS NEWS

FACULTY AND STAFF
CAMPAIGN RESULTS
Here it is, the final report for the 1999/2000 Faculty and Staff Campaign at UMD, and the news is good. So far this year we have given $114,482. This compares with $91,005 at this time last year; that is a 25+ percent increase! There have been 268 faculty and staff donors compared with 223 donors at this time last year, a nice increase of 20%. Thank you for your gift.

AREA BOOK AWARD
The UMD Library and the Friends of the Duluth Public Library are seeking nominations for the Twelfth Annual Northeastern Minnesota Book Award.
The award recognizes books which best represent Northeastern Minnesota's history, culture, heritage or lifestyle. For the purposes of the award Northeastern Minnesota is defined to include the following counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lake, Pine and St. Louis. To be eligible for the award, the book must have been published in 1999.
To nominate a book: visit the the NEMBA website at http://www.d.umn.
edu/lib/nemba/ or contact Jane Bottoms at 726-6560 or jbottom2@d.umn.edu. Submit nominations by March 1.
An awards dinner honoring all nominated authors will be held on May 3 at the DECC. The featured speaker will be Joan Drury, 1997 NEMBA winner for her book, Silent Words. Drury's presentation is entitled "Storytelling: Imagination and Truth." The dinner is open to the public. Contact Jane Bottoms or visit the NEMBA website for information.

NEW ARCHIVIST
Thomas Malefatto has joined the UMD Library staff as Archivist/Special Collections Librarian. Tom comes to UMD from Indiana University, where he was an assistant archivist and where he earned his Masters in Library Science. He has also worked for libraries at San Diego State University and Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Malefatto has the responsibility for archives on the campus. Departments that have archival questions or need information about guidelines can contact him in Lib375 at 726-7861 and malefatt@d.umn.edu.

CHEMISTRY STUDENT AWARD
Kari Hanson, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, received a travel award from the Women Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society (ACS). This award is supported by Eli Lilly & Co. to increase the participation of women in the chemical sciences. Hanson will use the funds to help defray her travel expenses for attending the ACS meeting in San Francisco in March, where she will present "Functionalization of C60 Fullerene by Hypervalent Iodine Reagents." Her adviser is Viktor V. Zhdankin.

NEWS FROM UMD STORES
CAMPUS BOOK EVENTS:
From Monday, February 21 through Friday, February 25 there will be an
Enlargement Special. Some exclusions apply.
On Wednesday, March 1, Senior Salute will be in the Kirby Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All UMD departments involved in the graduation process will be there to answer all questions. Jostens will be there to answer questions concerning rings, caps, gowns, announcements and graduation etiquette. Various vendors will be there who can provide our graduating seniors with products and services needed before, during and after graduation. Graduating seniors can also register for free prizes!
MARKETPLACE EVENTS:
Buy nine cards at regular price, and get the 10th card free from now through the end of the school year, Ask for your punch card in the Marketplace.

CURRENTS SCHEDULE
Currents is printed regularly throughout the school year. The remaining Spring 2000 schedule is:
Deadline: Wednesday, March 1;
Print date: Tuesday, March 7
Deadline: Wednesday, March 15;
Print date: Tuesday, March 21
Deadline: Wednesday, April 5;
Print date: Tuesday, April 11
Deadline: Wednesday, April 19;
Print date: Tuesday, April 25
Deadline: Wednesday, May 3;
Print date: Tuesday, May 9
Submit items to Currents via e-mail at currents@d.umn.edu. Communication student Teresa Thompson helped edit this issue of Currents. Questions? Contact Cheryl Reitan at 726-8996. Currents can be viewed at www.d.umn.edu/currents

FACULTY AND
STAFF NEWS

Mustafa al' Absi, professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences, recently had the article, "Sex Differences in Pain Perception and Cardiovascular Responses in Persons with Parental History for Hypertention," published for the International Association for the Study of Pain.

Lester R. Drewes, professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was recently awarded a $25,000 matching-funds grant by the Minnesota Medical Foundation for his grant entitled "Acquisition of a LightCycler for Quantitative Gene Analysis." This instrument is necessary for rapid, sensitive and quantitative analysis of specific genes used in biomedical research and will be utilized by other project collaborators in the School of Medicine-Duluth.
Roman Duelli from the Department of Physiology at the University of
Heidelberg in Germany will be returning to the laboratory of Drewes from February 9 to March 1. Duelli, a 1998-1999 Feodor Lynen Fellow of the von Humboldt Foundation,will be continuing collaborative studies on the molecular biology of membrane transporters expressed in the brain and involved in
blood-brain transport and cerebral metabolism.

Joyce Kramer, professor, Department of Social Work, has been informed that her manuscript entitled "Cultivating Sustainability in Cuba" will be published in a forthcoming issue of Sustainable Communities Review. The article is co-authored with Claude Johnson, professor, Department of Civil Engineering at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Ron Morton, professor, Department of Geology, along with Carl Gawboy, had their book Talking Rocks: Geology and 10,000 Years of Native American Tradition in the Lake Superior Region, selected as one of the finalists chosen for the 1999 Minnesota Book Award. The book is in the category Nature and Minnesota.

Wilmar L. Salo, associate professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Paul M. Anderson, professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Y.S. Wang, Haiyan Kong, Natalie Kahtapitiya, Kyle Kingsley and P.J. Walsh recently published a research article entitled "Induction of Expression of Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase III and Glutamine Synthetase mRNA During Confinement Stress in Gulf Toadfish (Opsanus beta)" in the Journal of Experimental Biology, Volume 203, pages 311-320 (2000).

Kendall B. Wallace, professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, gave an invited presentation entitled "Adriamycin-induced Mitochondrial Pathogenesis" at the Keystone Symposium on "Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Pathogenesis" which took place in January in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Wallace also chaired a Symposium on "Toxicogenomics" at the Emerging Technologies Section of the Health and Environmental Sciences meeting that took place in January in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Alex Wilson, American Indian Learning Resource Center, authored an entry entitled "Two-spirit people" in the forthcoming book, Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories, published by Routledge.

NRRI NEWS
George Host recently gave a presentation on his Lake Superior Decision Support project to members of Congress. This is one of six projects selected around the nation by the University Consortium on Geographic Information Systems to showcase work. This site uses the Internet to deliver information to help local governments and planners make decisions on land issues. The award-winning web site can be viewed at: http://www.nrri. umn.edu/lsgis.

Carol Johnston, senior research associate, NRRI, was recently appointed to the National Research Council's Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses. The Committee will review options for mitigating wetlands loss through restoration, enhancement and creation and will prepare a report in 2001. Johnston previously served on NRC Committees on Watershed Management and Characterization of Wetlands.

Gerry Sjerven was re-elected to the MN GIS/LIS Consortium Board of Directors as the Conference-Chair Elect. Sjerven will be the Conference Chair next year when the Conference comes to Duluth. The Consortium is a forum for communicating information to, and improving cooperation among, those interested in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Land Information Systems (LIS) in the State of Minnesota.
Larry Zanko and Pete Niles (CMRL) received word that their research project "The Physical, Geological, Mineralogical and Chemical Properties of Coarse Taconite Tailings as Related to their Road Construction Aggregate Potential: A Baseline Study," has been funded by the Minnesota Local Road Research Board.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS - February 22 - March 15
Tuesday, February 22
Combo I and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m., MPAC.

Wednesday, February 23
University for Seniors Lecture: "Russia: Prospects and Dilemmas," 1:15 p.m., Rafters.
Biology Seminar: "Yellowstone Wolves: The First Five Years," 3:30 p.m., 175 LSci.
Jazz at 8: Jazz Ensemble I & II, 8 p.m., MPAC.

Thursday, February 24
International Brown Bag: "Exploring Links with Rural Women in Costa Rica," noon, Ballroom A.
Geology Seminar: "The Future of Mid-Ocean Ridge 'Black Smoker Studies,'" 4 p.m., 185 LSci.
Wind Ensemble Concert, 8 p.m., MPAC.

Friday, February 25
Men's Hockey vs Alaska Anchorage, 7 p.m., DECC.

Saturday, February 26
Men's Hockey vs Alaska Anchorage, 7 p.m., DECC.

Sunday, February 27
Choral Concert: University Singers, Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers, 3 p.m., First Lutheran Church.

Tuesday, February 29
Alworth Lecture: "The Case Against Landmines," noon,
120 Campus Center.
Faculty Art Song Recital: Rachel Inselman, soprano, 7 p.m., MPAC.

Wednesday, March 1
Women's History Month: Brown Bag with Susana Pelayo-Woodward, 11:35 a.m., Garden Room.

Thursday, March 2
International Brown Bag: "Health Care in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia: A Humanitarian Aid Project," noon, Rafters.
Geology Seminar: "Glaciers and Climate: Summers Chasing Winter in the Swedish Arctic," 4 p.m., 185 LSci.
Samuel Beckett: An Evening of 4 Short Plays, 8 p.m., MPAC.
Susanne DeBerry Cole, "Working Women, Yesterday & Today," 11:35 a.m., 355-57 Kirby.

Friday, March 3
Women's History Month: Joy Harjo, poet, 11:35 a.m., 290 Engr.
Women's History Month: "Aesthetics of Beauty," 1 p.m., Ballroom C.
Men's Hockey vs Minnesota State-Mankato, 7 p.m., DECC.
Samuel Beckett: An Evening of 4 Short Plays, 8 p.m., MPAC.

Saturday, March 4
Outdoor Program: "North Shore Stream Skiing," 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Outdoor Program: "Beginner Ice Climbing," 8 a.m - 5 p.m.
Men's Hockey vs Minnesota State-Mankato, 7 p.m., DECC.
Samuel Beckett: An Evening of 4 Short Plays, 8 p.m., MPAC.

Sunday, March 5
Outdoor Program: "Beginner Ice Climbing Weekend," 8 a.m to 5 p.m.
Samuel Beckett: An Evening of 4 Short Plays, 8 p.m., MPAC.

Monday, March 6
Women's History Month: Brown Bag with Joyce Kramer and Njoki Kamau, noon, Kirby 323.

Tuesday, March 7
Women's History Month Film: "Courageous Women of Colombia," noon.
Samuel Beckett: An Evening of 4 Short Plays, 8 p.m., MPAC.

Wednesday, March 8
"Carrying On: A Reading of Prose and Poetry about Women," 11:35 a.m., Garden Room.
Women Studies Open House, 1 - 3 p.m., 475 Humanities.
Artist Lecture Series: David Beaman, 1 p.m., Tweed.
Outdoor Program:"Telemark Skiing at Spirit Mountain," 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Samuel Beckett: An Evening of 4 Short Plays, 8 p.m., MPAC.
Combo Night, 6:30 p.m. Bull Pub.

Thursday, March 9
Women's History Month: Brown Bag with Stephen Chilton, 11:35 p.m., Kirby 355-357.
International Brown Bag: "Western Ireland: Sights, Sounds and Experiences," noon, Rafters.
Geology Seminar: "Sedimentaological Model for Unit A of the Emily District: A Typical Iron-Formation in the Paleoproterozoic Animikie Basin, MN," 4 p.m., 185 LSci.
Samuel Beckett: An Evening of 4 Short Plays, 8 p.m., MPAC.

Friday, March 10
Women's History Month: Adrienne Rich, poet, 11:35 p.m.,
290 Engr.
Biology Seminar: " USEPA Effects of UV on Amphibian Reproduction," 3:30 p.m., 175 LSci.
Glensheen Winter Hospitality Dinner 7 p.m.,Glensheen.
Samuel Beckett: An Evening of 4 Short Plays, 8 p.m., MPAC.

Saturday, March 11
Samuel Beckett: An Evening of 4 Short Plays, 8 p.m., MPAC.

Sunday, March 12
Faculty Artist Solo Recital, "From Chopin to Rubin" Tom Wegren, piano, 3 p.m. Bohannon Hall 90.

Tuesday, March 14
Women's History Month Film: "Maria's Story," noon.
World Music Concert, Percussion Ensemble, 7:30 p.m.MPAC

Friday, March 15
Women's History Month: Brown Bag with Joyce Kramer and Njoki Kamau, noon, Kibry 323.

Thursday, March 16
Geology Seminar: "Paleoproterozoic History of the Baltic Shield," 4 p.m., 185 LSci.
March 16, 7:00 Elyse Carter- Vosen, Global Divas:
"Cross-Cultural Glimpses of Women, Music, and Power", 225 ABAH

Wednesday, March 17
Women's History Month: Alice Walker, poet, 11:35 p.m., 290 Engr.
Biology Seminar: "Yellowstone Wolves: The First Five Years," 3:30 p.m., 175 LSci.

Tuesday, March 21
Women's History Month: "Maria's Story," noon.
Artist Lecture Series: Thomas Allen, 10 a.m., Tweed.
Tweed Concert Series: UMD Faculty: Music Through the Ages, 7:30 p.m., Tweed.

Thursday, March 23
Women's History Month: "Celebrating Women Open House - WRAC," 10 a.m., 193 Kirby.
Geology Seminar: "Sequence Stratigraphy of Lake Basins: Unraveling the Influence of Climate and Tectonics," 4 p.m., 185 LSci.

Friday, March 24
Biology Seminar: "Viruses in Water," 3:30 p.m., 175 LSci. [an error occurred while processing this directive]

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