Poets and Activists on Bee Colony
Collapse Disorder, Oct. 2

The Sonoma State University English Students Association and Project Censored present Poets and Activists on Bee Colony Collapse Disorder on Tuesday, Oct. 2  at 6 p.m. in the Commons. Cathy Cox, bee keeper, researcher and activist, will discuss "the truth about the bee colony collapse disorder" as well as provide hope from her own research as and her personal experiences as a beekeeper of local organically farmed honey bees. This will be followed by an open mic/poetry reading on bees and other pollinators.To read poetry or perform, sign up between 5:45 and 6 p.m. or e-mail salvail@sonoma.edu. For more information, contact Michelle Salvail at  793-9938 or e-mail at salvail@sonoma.edu

Brown Bag Series is Back!

The Brown Bag Series is back, offering students, staff and colleagues a chance to listen and respond to study and ideas across the Social Science disciplines. This informal, interdisciplinary seminar is trying to bring together the Social Science community once again. The seminars are held on the following Tuesdays, from noon-1 p.m. in Stevenson 2011:

Oct 2: Steve Norwick, Environmental Studies and Planning "Studies of the Rate of Weathering of Rocks Using Ancient Temples in Southeast India"

Oct 16: Laura Watt, Environmental Studies and Planning "Whose Past, Whose Place? The Evolution of a Working Landscape at Point Reyes National Seashore"

Oct 30: Heather Smith, Psychology "College friendship network diversity, current closeness and graduates' political attitudes"

Nov 6: Michelle Jolly, History "Where Community and Classroom Meet: The Sonoma County Women's Oral History Project"

Nov 13: Amy Kittelstrom, History "An International Social Gospel: Unity and Brotherhood at the World's Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893"

Nov 20: Karin Enstam Jaffe, Anthropology "Darwin's Legacy: Scenarios in Human Evolution"

Nov 27: Glenn Brassington, Psychology "The Best of the Best: Assessing Mental Strengths of Elite Athletes"