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Appearance of Choice From commercials advertising dangerous surgeries to television shows focusing on the ‘ugly duckling’ transformed into the ‘swan,’ women are being admonished that their bodies are not good enough and that ultimately there is just one ideal we should all be striving for, regardless of ethnicity, body type, or age. These concerns will be explored through panel discussions, films, and presentations on campus during Women’s Week 2006, March 6-10. A keynote address by Virginia Blum, author of Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery, will be presented on Thursday, March 9 at noon in the Union Saltair Room. Blum is a professor of English at the University of Kentucky and combines an ethnography of plastic surgery with an analysis of beauty and feminism to search out the social conditions that have made ours a culture of cosmetic surgery. “The overwhelming focus on plastic surgery, dieting, and ‘transformation’ seems to permeate every aspect of women’s lives,” says Kristi Ryujin, Women’s Week co-chair. “Our committee hopes that this year’s events will provide an alternative voice and influence the larger community to challenge the pervasive notion that women’s bodies are not their own,” she adds. Additional events during Women’s Week include an evening with jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves (Wednesday, March 8, 7 p.m., Kingsbury Hall); a panel discussion by women at the U titled “This Ain’t Ugly,” addressing society’s standards of ideal beauty for women in the United States (Wednesday, March 8, noon, Union Ballroom); and a screening of the film, Killing Us Softly 3 (March 6 and 10, 7-8 p.m. and 8-9 p.m., Union Theatre.). All events are free and open to the public. For a complete listing of events, visit www.womensweek.utah.edu/2006, or contact Leo Lecki at 581-7569 or leo.leckie@utah.edu.
The Inuit hunters falling through the thinning and unpredictable sea-ice are connected to the cars we drive, the industries we rely upon, and the disposable world we have created…If we protect the Arctic, we save the planet.
The topic of this year’s Stegner Symposium is a timely one. Nearly twenty different speakers, including research scientists and representatives from organizations throughout the country involved in sustainability matters, will address the critical issues around global warming at the two-day event on March 3-4 at the S.J. Quinney College of Law. Presentation titles include: “Global Warming: Just Hot Air?” and “The Bush Administration’s Global Climate Change Policies,” to name just a few. Robert T. Watson, chief scientist and director for environmentally and socially sustainable development at the World Bank, will give a keynote presentation titled “Science and Politics of Climate Change” on Friday, March 3 at 4:20 p.m. Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson will give a keynote titled “Salt Lake City Green: Action on Climate Change” on Saturday, March 4 at 4:00 p.m. For complete details, visit www.law.utah.edu/stegner/pdf/2006_Stegner_Symposium.pdf, send e-mail to stegner@law.utah.edu, or call 585-3440.
Do you ride your bike to campus? Do you have ideas for improving the bike situation at the U? Then here’s your chance to make a difference. Commuter Services is sponsoring the formation of a campus bicycle coalition. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 1 p.m. in the Olpin Union, Room 312. Lisa Romney, environmental advisor to Mayor Rocky Anderson and member of Salt Lake City Green, will be the guest speaker. The purpose of the meeting is to form leadership positions within the organization; address possible relations with city, county, and state officials; and address campus concerns, including safety, laws, and infrastructure. The increase in the number of bicycle commuters to campus is evidence that the U community is increasingly choosing a car-free commute. But safety concerns arise for cyclists using already-congested campus streets and sharing the road with buses, cars, and now light-rail. Help shape the future for cyclists on campus. For more information, contact Jon Teerlink at 581-8758 or Jon.Teerlink@ucs.utah.edu.
There is a fire burning over the Earth, taking with it plants and animals, cultures, languages, ancient skills and visionary wisdom. Quelling this flame and reinventing the poetry of diversity is the most important challenge of our times.
Wade Davis, explorer-in-residence at The National Geographic Society, will present the 2006 Lyceum II Lecture titled Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures on Tuesday, March 7, at 7 p.m. in the Salt Lake City Library. The annual lecture is sponsored by the College of Humanities. “One of the intense pleasures of travel is the opportunity to live among peoples who have not forgotten the old ways, who still feel the past in the wind, touch it in stones polished by rain, recognize its taste in the bitter leaves of plants,” says Davis. “They teach us that there are other options, other possibilities, other ways of thinking and interacting with the Earth.” Davis is a Harvard-educated anthropologist, botanical explorer, and best-selling author. He spent more than three years in the Amazon and Andes as a plant explorer, living among 15 indigenous groups in eight Latin American nations while making some 6,000 botanical collections. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Cecily Ellis at 581-6214 or cecily.ellis@hum.utah.edu.
Photo by Roger Tuttle Hint: It’s some place on campus. Send your answer (be specific!) to FYI@ucomm.utah.edu by 8 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23 for a chance to win two tickets to Diavolo - Tombé du Ciel at Kingsbury Hall on Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. If we get more than one correct response by that time, we’ll do a drawing from our Ute cookie jar and list the lucky recipient right here by Thursday, Feb. 23 at noon. Thanks to Kingsbury Hall for providing the tickets! Note: This contest is open to U of U faculty and staff only. Mystery Photo
The mystery photo was of the statue in front of the Einar Neilsen Field House. We had 82 people submit the correct answer so we put all their names in our Ute cookie jar and drew one name. Olivia Bramble is the lucky winner of our Feb. 22 FYI Mystery Photo Contest. She wins two tickets to Diavolo - Tombé du Ciel at Kingsbury Hall on Saturday, March 25, courtesy of Kingsbury Hall. Olivia works in the Crimson Club in the Athletics Department as a development officer, raising money for athlete’s scholarships. She’s been at the U for six years and says she loves being a part of the University. “It’s my home away from home. I love it!” Thanks to everyone who entered the contest! Plan to enter the next FYI Mystery Photo Contest in the Mar. 8 edition of FYI.
From performances by the African Student Union, to sampling Asian teas, to salsa dancing classes—there will be something for everyone at this year’s International Week, Feb. 27 to March 3. President Young will kick-off the week when he announces the winners of the Study Abroad Scholarships on Monday, Feb. 27 at noon in the Union Food Court. A performance by the African Student Union will follow to celebrate “Africa Day.” Featured on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in Olpin Union, Room 161 is Europe Day with lunch and a slideshow presentation titled, Europe by Design: Timeless Elements Making People Feel Alive. On Wednesday, March 1, information tables will offer literature about Latin American countries and a salsa dance demonstration will be held at noon in Crimson Commons. Thursday, March 2, is Asia Day with information on Korea, India, China, and Japan at tables in Crimson Commons. On Friday, March 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Union Ballroom, tea samples from around the world will be offered in specially set-up international tea rooms. Most i-week events will take place in the Olpin Union. For a complete schedule, visit www.sa.utah.edu/inter or contact Anjali Hammond at 581-5851 or ahammond@sa.utah.edu.
Jeff Breinhold will give a talk titled Terrorist Financing: Preventing Another 9/11 on Friday, Feb. 24 at 10:45 a.m. in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 253 OSH. Breinhold is acting chief, Counterterrorism Section, Criminal Division, at the United States Department of Justice. For more information, call the Hinckley Institute of Politics at 581-8501.
I follow my son’s footprints in the grass to lake’s edge, where I set up to paint. He continues into the glassy water and I stop to watch a graceful arc of line whip over his head and drop into the concentric circles that mark a trout’s leap. A charming exhibit at the Utah Museum of Natural History, anchored by Arlene Braithwaite’s paintings and essays, celebrates the personal experience of the natural world. Braithwaite is an art professor at Southern Utah University and a Utah native. Her pastel art reflects times in her life when the wonders of nature provided opportunities for introspection or an extroverted examination of her place in the natural world. Each painting is accompanied by a short essay. Visitors to the exhibit can try to identify grasses and brush found in the foothills of the Wasatch Front, or get an up-close-and-personal look at a corn snake or a tarantula, or stir up leaves with a wind machine—there’s something for everyone. Human Nature offers many opportunities for children and adults to learn about nature and its many connections to life. The exhibit features original music inspired by Braithwaite’s paintings and composed by Gerard Yun, which is available for sale in the Museum Store along with note cards and mugs designed using Braithwaite’s art. The exhibit runs through April 5. Museum admission is free to U of U faculty, staff, and students with their UCard. For more information, call 581-6927 or visit www.umnh.utah.edu.
The U of U, Salt Lake Community College, and Westminster College are collaborating to bring a message of “health at every size” to more people. Together, they are sponsoring “Love Your Body Week 2006,” which includes events on all three campuses. “We hope to contribute to changing the socio-cultural ideals that equate thinness with health, beauty, and happiness often leading to hatred of fat and emergence of eating disorders,” says Cari Morphet, a practicum counselor at the U’s Women’s Resource Center and member of the Love Your Body Week committee. “We encourage kindness and affirmation of human value regardless of differences in weight, physical size, shape, age, and ability.” Marilyn Wann, author of the book, Fat!So? and a healthy, outspoken, fat activist from San Francisco, will give several presentations including a keynote address titled, “Size Acceptance: Life is Too Short for Self-Hatred and Celery Sticks!” on Friday, March 24, at 7 p.m. in the Grand Theater at Salt Lake Community College (1575 S. State St.). Tickets are free to students and $5 for the public at the door. There are 10 events in all, including a panel discussion on the challenges and rewards of eating disorder recovery; a visual presentation of ancient images of womanhood by Kristy Bartley, counseling coordinator at the U’s Women’s Resource Center; and a presentation of the first act of “The Pomegranate Seed,” performed by folksinger Cosy Sheridan. For a complete list of events, call the U of U Counseling Center at 581-6826 or the U’s Women’s Resource Center at 581-8030.
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Deadline for Cap and Gown Orders is March 24
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Call for Submissions–Deadline is March 1
Applications are now being accepted for plenary speakers, workshop presentations, breakout sessions, and poster sessions. The plenary speakers should be able to address all conference attendees including health care providers, researchers, healing practitioners, university students, and consumers. Applications are due March 16 and those who are selected to present will be notified by March 22. For more information, contact Margaret McKinney at wiccanbastet@msn.com. The workshop is sponsored by the U’s Department of Health Promotion and Education and The Integrative Health Network.
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Some Online H.R. Services Unavailable Several Days in March
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Annual Open Enrollment is Coming Soon You can make changes at https://gate.acs.utah.edu/. Once you are logged on, select the “Employee” tab and then the “Change Your Mailing Address” tab. Additional reminders will be sent via e-mail, so be sure your e-mail address is listed correctly as well. Annual Open Enrollment
is your opportunity to enroll, change, or discontinue your U health
coverage. A packet, which will notify you of any changes to the
health plans, will be mailed to your home address. For more information,
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Trainings for New HR Policy Revisions
For more information, call Employee Relations at 581-5469, send e-mail to thauna.kazakevicius@hsc.utah.edu, or visit www.hr.utah.edu/er/.
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Online Frenzy
The recent ASUU-sponsored screening of Hotel Rwanda attracted a crowd of 1,200 students.
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LGBT Safe Zone Program Trainings Offered For more information, call 587-7973.
Clarification
of Statistics Why
was the information misreported? Since 1999, the U has followed the NCES guidelines in order to better compare statistics with other universities. However, U administrators also have kept their own figures that do not include immigrants and refugees. When the Academic Senate compiled the diversity report, the internal U numbers for the 2004 academic year were inadvertently used rather than the numbers that comply with NCES guidelines, making it appear that the U’s ethnic student enrollment had declined. The ethnic student population actually increased from 8.9 percent in the 2003 academic year to 9.3 percent in the 2004 academic year. It increased again in the current year to 9.9 percent. For more information, call the budget office at 581-6948.
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