This Week at the UO.Byline: The Register-Guard Today Substance abuse prevention workshop - 8 a.m. "Drug Culture/Trends" will be presented by Steve Freng, a Seattle consultant with 30 years of experience in the field of chemical dependencies. Room 150, Columbia Hall. $40. Participants can earn one credit. 346-4135. Monday Artist reception - 5 p.m. Painting by Nicole Sherey, Beau Adams and Mikey Straub, artwork by Rebecca Smith Rebecca Smith is a reporter in the Los Angeles, California, bureau of the Wall Street Journal. In 1996 she shared a Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished financial and economics reporting. and photography by Haleah Blank. LaVerne Krause Gallery, Lawrence Hall. Free. Exhibition through Friday. 346-2057 or 346-3610. Tuesday International Film Series - 7 p.m. "Fear and Loathing fear and loathing - (Hunter S. Thompson) A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous - Intel 8086s, COBOL, EBCDIC, or any IBM machine except the Rios (also known as the RS/6000). in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. " (United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ) is part of the "Road Trip" series of films shown in their original languages with English subtitles. Keithan Student Lounge, Room 122, Pacific Hall. Free. 346-4011. Wednesday Kritikos Lecture - 4 p.m. Author William Kennedy There are several notable people called William Kennedy:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Writers Institute at SUNY-Albany, discusses "Writing the Albany Cycle: Discovering Novels." He will read from his latest book, "Roscoe," and discuss what went into the writing of this and other books in his "Albany Cycle," whose crown jewel Crown jewel A particularly profitable or otherwise particularly valuable corporate unit or asset of a firm. Often used in risk arbitrage. The most desirable entities within a diversified corporation as measured by asset value, earning power, and business prospects; in takeover is the 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Ironweed ironweed Any of about 500 species of perennial plants constituting the genus Vernonia (family Asteraceae). Small herbaceous (nonwoody) species are found throughout the world; shrubs and trees are found primarily in tropical regions. ." Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall. Free. 346-3934. Russian Film Series - 6:30 p.m. "The Theme," in Russian with English subtitles, is an expose of a hack Soviet writer. Room 115, Pacific Hall. Free. 346-5052. Thursday Architecture and Allied Arts faculty lecture - 4 p.m. James Harper, art history, discusses papal biographical cycles and explores builder imagery in the context of the papacy. Kevin Nute, architecture, explores responsiveness to individual place, moment and pattern of existence in Japanese architecture. Room 206, Lawrence Hall. Free. 346-2077. CSWS CSWS Cerebral Salt-Wasting Syndrome CSWS Can't Stop, Won't Stop CSWS Continuous Spikes and Waves during Slow Sleep (syndrome) CSWS Can't Stop Won't Stop CSWS Corps Support Weapons System CSWS Crew Served Weapon Sight ecology lecture - 7 p.m. Canadian philosopher Edrie Sobstyl, University of Texas at Dallas History The university was originally started as a research arm of Texas Instruments as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest in 1961. The institute (by then renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies) which at the time was located at Southern Methodist , discusses "Finding the Sacred in Ecofeminist Science Fiction." Part of the Ecological Conversations series sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society. Browsing Room, Knight Library. Free. 346-5399. Forum - 7 p.m. "Grand Juries in Our Community: Why Are They Harassing Common Folk?" will be presented by Eugene PeaceWorks. Participants include Brian Leslie, federal public defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was ; Carla Martinez, local activist recently subpoenaed by a grand jury; and Jonathan Paul, an animal rights activist jailed for six months for resisting a grand jury. Room 123, Pacific Hall. Free. 683-1645. Friday Guest lecture - 10 a.m. Lynn Renken, Mercy Corps International, Portland, discusses "Afghanistan, the Taliban and International Assistance" as part of the winter term international studies course, "In the Wake of Sept. 11: Issues and Concerns." Room 240A, McKenzie Hall. 346-3245. Foreign Romance Film Festival - "La Belle Epoque" (Spanish). Free popcorn. International Resource Center, Erb Memorial Union. Free. 346-0885. Ballroom dance - 7:30 p.m. Dress up or casual; leather-soled shoes advised. No partner needed. Lessons during first hour. Room 220, Gerlinger Hall. $5 general public, $4 students and UO faculty. 346-6025. Saturday Substance abuse prevention workshop - 8 a.m. "Dual Diagnosis." Tom Favreau, a UO instructor and crisis interventionist, and Dianna Rodgers, a clinician for more than 20 years, introduce the dual diagnosis of mental illness and drug dependency. They use analysis of case studies by small groups of students to examine ethical dilemmas and medical issues as well as to teach practical skills and techniques for identifying and assisting such clients. Room 150, Columbia Hall. $40. Students earn one credit. 346-4135. Exhibition - 10 a.m. The "Family Album Show" features EMU Craft Center staff and student works of art. Through Feb. 24. Adell McMillan Art Gallery, Erb Memorial Union. Free. 346-4361. Political action training - 11 a.m. Learn the basics of political action and organizing: planning actions, conflict management, using media, organizing in affinity groups, nonviolent strategy and legal rights. Sponsored by Justice Not War/Eugene PeaceWorks. Walnut Room, Erb Memorial Union. Free. Bring lunch. 345-8548. |
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