*All lectures free unless noted otherwise
REDUCING LEAKING ELECTRICITY TO A TRICKLE - Dr. Alan Meier of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory describes efforts to cut standby power use in appliances which are responsible for 1% of global CO2 emissions. "What Physicists Do" lecture series. 4 p.m., Monday, March 12, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2119.
GENETIC STRUCTURE OF RATE AND ENDANGERED VERNAL POOL PLANTS ON THE SANTA ROSA PLAIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM CONSERVATION AND SPECIES RECOVERY - Lecture and discussion by Dr. Christina Sloop of the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation. Biology Colloquium. Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, March 13. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2189.
A DIFFERENT LOOK AT COMING BACK -Pat Jackson, Professor Criminology and Criminal Justice discusses the longstanding problems facing people who are under community supervision and how they are managed by local communities. Social Science Brown Bag Lecture Series. Noon, Tuesday, March 13. Stevenson 2011, (707) 664-2112.
BOSNIA TO DARFUR: INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE - Lecture by Jerry Fowler, Director of the Committee on Conscience for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4-5:40 p.m., Tuesday, March 13, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
QUEER MEMOIR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Author and co-founder of the Sister Spit spoken word tour, Michelle Tea, will read from one of her memoirs and speak about the relationship between queer memoir and autobiography. Queer Studies lecture series. 12-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, March 13, Stevenson 1002. (707) 664-2306.
TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ENZYMATIC ACTIONS - Mariel Vazquez of San Francisco State University discusses the topological (knotting) properties of DNA loops and circular DNA molecules. Certain enzymes such as DNA topoisomerases change the topology of circular DNA. Vazquez discusses the analysis of such enzymatic actions using knot theory and computational methods. Math Colloquium. 4-5 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, Darwin 103, (707) 664-3324.
ENERGY MODELING: INTEGRATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND GREEN - Lecture and open forum with Pat Bailey, engineer and principal of Green Building Studio. Spring 2007 Energy Forum. 4-5:40 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, Environmental Technology Center, (707) 664-2577.
EASILY AUTHORING MULTIMEDIA LEARNING OBJECTS - Interactive workshop led by Media Center staff. Technology in Teaching Series. 10-11 a.m., Wednesday, March 14, Schulz 3001. (707) 664-2873.
"WILL RUSSIA STILL EXIST IN 2107?" - Presentation by Steve Bittner of the History Department and Zeno Swijtink of the Philosophy department. Noon-1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 15. Schulz 3001. University Library lecture series. Karen Brodsky, (707) 664-4240.
WOMEN'S HISTORY LUNCHEON - Professor Michelle Jolly, the creator of the Women's History project, presents "A Fine and Long Tradition: The Sonoma County Women's History Project." Following Jolly, professor Victor Garlin presents "My Grandmother Rose Halpern: Working-Class Activism in the Birth Control Movement." Women's History Lecture Series. 12 p.m., Thursday, March 15. Salazar 2021. (707) 664-2461.
OPTICAL FILTERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS - Robert Sargent of JDS Uniphase discusses the types and applications of optical filters. Reception 4 p.m.; lecture 4:30 p.m.; Q&A 5 p.m. Engineering Science Lecture Series. Thursday, March 15, Current Engineering Science Complex, Salazar 2009A, (707) 664-2030.
SECURITY ISSUES IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS - Xiaoming Lu of the University of California, Davis discusses why wireless nodes are battery powered, and explain why many Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols have been proposed to reduce energy consumption. Lu explores security issues related to the design of energy efficient protocols and presents a new generic attack (the synchronization attack) on listen-sleep MAC protocols. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, March 15, Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
FILMS
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST - Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. $5 general or free with SSU student ID. Sonoma Film Institute. 4 p.m., Sunday, March 11, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2606.
PROMISES - Follows the journey of a filmmaker who travels in and around Jerusalem, from a Palestinian refugee camp to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, where he meets seven Palestinian and Israeli children who exist in completely separate worlds, divided by physical, historical and emotional boundaries. Free. CCGS Movie Fest. 12 p.m., Thursday, March 15, Student Union Multi-Purpose Room, (707) 664-2710.
THE SCARLET EMPRESS AND SHORTS - Marlene Dietrich in one of her most memorable roles as Catherine the Great in what director Josef von Sternberg called "a relentless exercise in style" A totally unique film - sexually audacious even by today's standards, whose grotesqueries of decor, lighting and design have never been surpassed. $5 general or free with SSU student ID. Sonoma Film Institute. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 15, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2606.
CLIMATES - The mournfully droll Turkish analyst of male melancholy Nuri Bilge Ceylan moves metaphorically and meteorologically from the warmth of western Turkey to the snowy cold of its eastern border in this visually stunning tale of a couple's break-up and the aftermath. $5 general or free with SSU student ID. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m., Friday, March 16, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2606.
CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
ETUDE MUSIC COMPETITION AUDITIONS - 51st year of youth awards in 4 divisions: piano, strings, winds and vocal. Participants include youth from Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino and Napa counties. Noon, Saturday, Mar. 11, Ives Concert Hall 119. (707) 664-2353.
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS - Call (707) 664-2235 for audition appointments. 1-6 p.m., Saturday, March 17, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2235.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK TRIP - Help box food for Sonoma County's largest hunger relief organization. Free. 5 p.m., Tuesday. March 13, Meet at Flagpole. (707) 664-2815.
LAST LECTURE SERIES FEATURING MIKE EZRA - American Multicultural Studies professor and chair Mike Ezra gives his hypothetical "last" lecture of his career. Free. Last Lecture Series. 5 p.m., Thursday, March 15, Cooperage. (707) 664-2804.
COMING TO AMERICA-TRANSFORMATIONS A one-woman show written and performed by Stephanie Satie depicts eight intimate portraits of women from El Salvador, Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Cambodia, India, Yugoslavia and Russia whose lives have been transformed, first by extraordinary events in their birth countries and again by their response to America as they acclimate to life in Southern California. Free. 8 p.m., Thursday, March 15, Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2815.
METALFEST WITTH CYANIDE BAPTISM, ANCIENT AT BIRTH, AND SHITSTORM - Concert featuring the hardest of Sonoma County Underground Metal Rock. Free with SSU student ID. 8 p.m., Friday, March 16. Student Union Multi-Purpose Room. (707) 664-2815.
In celebration of Women's Herstory Month the Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality, a program of the Sonoma Student Union Corporation, invites the community to participate in a month long dialogue of learning about the past and continued contributions of women in our society.
Thursday, March 1
Killing Us Softly 3
Noon-1 p.m. - Erin Fisher Room, Sonoma Student Union
Discusses the manner in which women continue to be portrayed by advertising ad the effects this has on their images of themselves.
"Gertrude Bell and the Map of Iraq"
Presented by Professor William Poe
Noon-1 p.m. - Salazar 2021
Bell was a British writer and an administrator in Arabia during the late 1800s and helped create the Hashimite dynasty in Jordan with Lawrence of Arabia. Free pizza is provided.
Tuesday, March 6
"Vampires, Feminism, and Our Future"
Presented by Jewelle Gomez
Noon-1 p.m. - Stevenson 1002
In the creation of any cultural piece, whether a vampire novel or the sculpture of Venus de Milo, the creator is informed by the sociopolitical context---poverty, conservatism, privilege, war, Puritanism, capitalism, or tradition. Most of us have knowledge of these contexts and the inequities that threaten the fabric of society; but we rarely see ourselves as activists for social change in our everyday lives. Jewelle Gomez is an activist, award-winning novelist, and the author of The Gilda Stories.
Nice Girls Don't Sweat
8-10 p.m. - Cooperage
"Nice Girls Don't Sweat" features the character Sammy Kay Knight- a veteran of the All American Red Heads professional basketball team - as she's being interviewed by a reporter for the local weekly about the topic of women and sports. With dry wit and understated humor, Sammy Kay's rambling monologue includes stories of modified rules for girls, the 19th-century bicycle craze, misguided medical theories, gym class, Title IX, media coverage, sport fashions, African-American athletes and more. Via periodic reference to her scrapbook, Sammy Kay also shares historical and contemporary images of women involved in sport and exercise. Jane Curry is an author, storyteller, performer, and recovering academic with a knack for provoking both thought and laughter with her one-woman shows.
Wednesday, March 7
"Strange Land: My Mother's War Bride Story"
Presented by Emmy Award Winning Director Stephanie Castillo
7-9 p.m. - Multi-Purpose Room, Sonoma Student Union
Stephanie Castillo is one of seven children born to Norma Vega Castillo, a Filipino war bride. Her mother met and married a Hawaii-born Filipino-American in the Philippines of World War II. Castillo's documentary, "Strange Land", features the story of her mother making the transition to living in America. Her move was a reluctant one, as she had to leave the company of her family, culture and homeland. Castillo is Hawaii's most prominent independent Filipino-American filmmaker.
Thursday, March 8
Transparent
12-1 p.m. - Multi-Purpose Room, Student Union
Looks at 19 female-to-male transsexuals living in the United States who have given birth and, in all but a few cases, gone on to raise their biological children.
History Luncheon
Noon-1 p.m. - Salazar 2021
History faculty discuss their favorite books surrounding women's history and take suggestions from the audience.
Friday, March 9
Lilith Rogers Impersonates Rachel Carson
1-3:40 p.m. - Schulz 2015 A and B
Tuesday, March 13
"Queer Memoir and Autobiography"
Presented Michelle Tea
12-1 p.m. - Stevenson 1002
Michelle Tea is the co-founder of the Sister Spit spoken word tour. Her books, mostly memoirs, are known for their views into the riot grrrl and queercore communities. She has toured with the Sex Worker's Art Show and is a contributor to The Believer magazine. In this presentation, Michelle Tea will read from one of her memoirs and speak about the relationship between queer memoir and autobiography. Michelle Tea is a writer, poet, performer, and the award-winning author of Valenica.
Tuesday, March 13
Women That Rock
5-10 p.m. - Climbing Wall, Recreation Center
Here is your chance to try out indoor climbing, learn a new sport, ad diversify your regular workout routine! Whether you are a beginner or experienced climber show up to climb with other women during our exclusive women's only night!
Thursday, March 15
History Luncheon
12-1 p.m. - Salazar 2021
"A Fine and Long Tradition: The Sonoma County Women's History Project." Presented by Professor Michelle Jolly and "My Grandmother Rose Halpern: Working-Class Activism in the Birth Control Movement." Presented by Professor Victor Garlin
Pleasure Workshop
6-8 p.m. - Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality, Sonoma Student Union
This workshop will focus on pleasure physiology and toys with an emphasis on masturbation. The workshop will be given by Robin Mills of the Center for Sex and Culture. Robin has an M.A. in Human Sexuality from SFSU.
"Coming To America - Transformations"
8-10 p.m. - Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
A one-woman show written and performed by Stephanie Satie. "Coming To America - Transformations " depicts eight intimate portraits of women from El Salvador, Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Cambodia, India, Yugoslavia and Russia whose lives have been transformed, first by extraordinary events in their birth countries and again by their response to America as they acclimate to life in Southern California.
Thursday, March 22
The Grace Lee Project
12-1 p.m. - Multi-Purpose Room, Student Union
Delightful documentary "The Grace Lee Project" chronicles the eponymous helmer's quest to discover why so many Asian-American women share her name -- and whether they really embody the boringly "nice" racial stereotype she herself has always loathed.
"Queen Emma and the Bishop of Winchester: A Scandalous Story"
Presented by Professor Judith Abbott
12-1 p.m. - Salazar Hall 2021
Queen Emma was accused of being an accessory to the killing of her own son, Prince Alfred, and having a improper relationship with Alwyn, Bishop of Winchester. Following Abbott's presentation professor Stephanie Dyer presents "Teaching Women How to Shop."
Saturday, March 24
Self Defense Workshop with the Triangle Martial Arts Association of SF
NOON-2 p.m. - Silver Strand Studio, Campus Recreation Center - 2nd Floor
This workshop will teach self-defense techniques that will be applicable in a variety of settings. Specific emphasis will be on awareness and prevention of sexual assault, and hate motivated attacks against the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer and Ally community.
Tuesday, March 27
"The Nasty Girl"
Presentation by Anna Rosmus, part of the Heritage and Holocaust Lecture Series
4-5:45 p.m. - Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Anna Rosmus, from Passau, Germany, who as a teenager discovered her hometown's hidden Nazi past, is the real-life heroine of the film The Nasty Girl. Though celebrated on many fronts for her civil courage, Rosmus faced a storm of opposition and threats against her life in Passau and was subsequently shunned. For 22 years she has dedicated her life to uncovering anti-Semitism and the Nazi past of her hometown in Bavaria and to combating the neo-Nazis and extreme right in Germany.
Woman Student Leader of the Year Award
7-9 p.m. - Cooperage
This annual award is presented as part of SSU's National Women's Herstory Month celebration to recognize female students who have performed outstanding paid or volunteer campus service. This year's keynote address will be given by Dr. Carol Blackshire-Belay, Vice Provost.
"Unearthing the Contributions of California's Paleoindian Women"
Presented by Professor Clarice Stasz
12-1 p.m. - Salazar Hall 2021
The Paleo-Indian period began when people came to the Americas before the end of the Ice Ages about 12,000 years ago.
Women's Herstory Month is co-sponsored by the Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality, Associated Students Productions, Instructionally Related Activities, Women's and Gender Studies, History Department, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Center for Student Leadership, Involvement and Service, Residential Life, Women's Union, BIGLASS-QTS, Triangle Martial Arts Association of SF, Center for Sex and Culture of SF and the Sonoma Student Union.
The Center for the Study of Holocaust and Genocide presents "Reverberations of Genocide" Family, Community, Politics" as the theme for the 2007 Holocaust Lecture Series at Sonoma State University. Lectures are held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday through May 15 in Warren Auditorium.
From the genocide in Darfur and Rwanda to the Native American genocide in California, the series explores a wide variety of topics, ranging from academic research and findings to personal experiences of Holocaust survivors.
The remaining schedule for the spring semester includes:
Feb. 27: "Genocide In California: The Native American Experience" - Lecture by Edward Castillo of Sonoma State University.
March 6: Kindertransport Panel
March 13: "Bosnia to Darfur: International Responses in Comparative Perspective" - Lecture by Jerry Fowler, Director of the Committee on Conscience for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
March 20: "Becoming Evil" - Lecture and discussion presented by James Waller, Ph.D, of Whitworth College.
March 27: "The Nasty Girl" - Lecture and discussion by Anna Rosmus, from Passau, Germany, who is the real-life heroine of the film "The Nasty Girl." For 24 years she has dedicated her life to uncovering anti-Semitism and the Nazi past of her hometown in Bavaria and to combating the neo-Nazis and extreme right in Germany.
April 3: "French, Jewish and Maquis: My Grandparents in the French Resistance" - Lecture and discussion by Daniel Y. Harris of Sonoma State University.
April 17: "Genocide Denial: Evolution of a Process" - Lecture and discussion by Robert H. Hewsen, author of Armenia: A Historical Atlas and faculty emeritus of Rowan College of New Jersey.
April 24: "Reverberations of Genocide In Rwanda" - Lecture and discussion by Mathilde Mukatabana, Professor of History at Cosumnes Community College and President, Friends of Rwanda Association and was born and raised in Rwanda, East Africa but left due to political turmoil and upheavals in her native land and found refuge in neighboring countries before she moved to the United States to pursue her studies.
May 1: "Beyond Anne Frank" - Lecture and discussion by Diane Wolf, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis, and author of Beyond Anne Frank, which she wrote on the postwar family lives of Jewish children who were hidden in Holland during World War II. Wolf challenges the image of the Netherlands created by the Anne Frank story.
May 8: "Projecting the Holocaust into the Future" - Lawrence Baron, Professor of Judaic Studies at San Diego State University, provides an excellent overview of recent movies dealing with the Holocaust. While broadening the common notion of "Holocaust cinema," Baron's cultural historicist approach casts light onto the increasingly larger role visual media play in the process of rising public awareness of the holocaust and genocide.
May 15: What Have We Learned? Student/ Faculty Panel - Students and faculty discuss various topics covered throughout the semester regarding the Holocaust, and conclude the series by discussing the impact the holocaust has had on society.
For lecture abstracts or more information on a specific lecture contact the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide at centerh@sonoma.edu.
For further information, contact Myrna Goodman, (707) 664-4296.
ULTRAFAST LASERS AND ULTRAFAST SCIENCE - Dr. Jim Kafka of Spectra-Physics presents the design of ultrafast Ti:sapphire lasers and describes several scientific and industrial applications for these lasers. "What Physicists Do" lecture series. 4 p.m., Monday, March 5, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2119.
RECONSTRUCTION OF BIODIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY GRASSLANDS - Lecture by Dr. Ayzik Solomesheh. Biology Colloquium. Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, March 6. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2189.
PUBLISHING INSIDE OUT - Lecture and discussion by Kathy Charmaz of the Sociology department. Social Sciences Brown Bag Lecture Series. Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, March 6. Stevenson 2011. (707) 664-2112.
KINDERTRANSPORT PANEL - Panel and discussion presented by Myrna Goodman and supporting staff. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4-5:40 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
VAMPIRES, FEMINISM AND OUR FUTURE - Jewelle Gomez discusses how culture shapes politics and explains what mass entertainment says about the LGBT community and social justice. Queer Studies lecture series. 12-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, Stevenson 1002. (707) 664-2306.
GEOMETRIC DECOMPOSITIONS--TAKING FIGURES APART AND PUTTING OTHER ONES TOGETHER - Tom Sallee from the University of California, Davis looks at both real-world decompositions and some of the paradoxical ones like breaking a solid ball up and rearranging the pieces to get two solid balls the same size. Math Colloquium. 4-5 p.m., Wednesday, March 7, Darwin 103, (707) 664-3324.
SYSTEMS DESIGN: DOING MORE WITH LESS - Open forum with Jay Baldwin, an author and designer. Spring 2007 Energy Forum. 4-5:40 p.m., Wednesday, March 7, Environmental Technology Center, (707) 664-2577.
"NATIONAL SOUND AND MUSICAL VERNACULARS: THE COMPOSITIONS OF AARON COPLAND AND GEORGE GERSHWIN" - Lecture and discussion by Anne Goldman of the English department. Arts and Humanities Creative Research Forum. 12-12:50 p.m., Thursday, March 8, Stevenson 3082, (707) 664-2146.
TOWARD THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE: THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF A NEW AFRICA - Dr. Molefi Asante discusses his dream for a United States of Africa, a movement that begun by Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president. He will examine the prospect for an African Renaissance based on the idea of an African Federative Union and present the prospects and problems of a continental government in Africa. 7 p.m,, Thursday, March 8. Cooperage. (707) 664-2500.
GAY OUTLAW - Sculptor Gay Outlaw creates patterns and optical illusions that give the impression that the surfaces of her sculptures move, their shapes seeming to metamorphose as the viewer moves around the works. Visiting Artists Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, March 8, Art 108, (707) 664-3042.
SOFTWARE QUALITY IN TELECOM: PEOPLE, PROCESSES, AND TOOLS IN A GROWING COMPANY - using real world examples, Joshua Melcon from Keknovus Inc in Petaluma will discuss good and bad practices that ultimately contribute toward software stability and maintainability. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, Mar.8, Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
UNDER THE ARBOR: WOMEN'S HISTORY SUMMER READING - A round table discussion with history professors and students in regards to the best books surrounding women's history. Noon, Thursday, March 8, Salazar 2021. (707) 664-3211.
LANGUAGE FESTIVAL - High school students from the Bay area participate in language contests and entertainment in French, German and Spanish. SSU students serve as judges and liaisons to the students. 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 10, Cooperage. Suzanne Toczyski, (707) 664-4177.
FILMS
UN LONG DIMANCHE DE FIANCAILLES / A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT - Five desperate men shoot themselves in order to be relieved from the horrifying frontline at the Somme in WWI. A court-martial decides to punish them by leaving them alone in no-man's land, to be killed in the crossfire. Then all hell breaks loose and they all die. Or not? French Film lecture series. 7 p.m., Monday, March 5, Stevenson 2006. (707) 664-3159.
M - Someone is murdering children in a German city. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible. German Film Series. Admission free. Films shown with English subtitles. 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 7, Erin Fisher Room second floor of Student Union. Michaela Grobbel, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, (707) 664-2637.
TRANSPARENT - Looks at 19 female-to-male transsexuals living in the United States who have given birth and, in all but a few cases, gone on to raise their biological children. Culture and Gender Studies Center Movie Fest. 12 p.m., Thursday, March 8, Student Union Multi-Purpose Room, (707) 664-2710.
DR. BRONNER'S MAGIC SOAPBOX - A documentary about obsession, compassion and all-purpose soap. Sonoma Film Institute. 4 p.m., Sunday, March 4, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2606.
AN EVENING OF SURREAL ANIMATION - An evening of unusual animation includes Winsor McCay's "How A Mosquito Operates," four marvelous Fleisher cartoons, "Koko's Earth Control," "Bimbo's Initiation," "The Old Man Of The Mountain," "Ha! Ha! Ha!," Tex Avery's "Little Tinker," the Quay Brothers' "The Cabinet Of Jan Svankmajer "and "The Comb." Sonoma Film Institute. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 8, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2606.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST - Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m., Friday, March 9, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2606.
CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
SUBURBIA! - Three short operatic tales that explore and illuminate the virtues, hazards and unexpected turns of love relationships in the suburbs. $15 General, $12 Faculty, Alumni, Staff, $8 Seniors, SSU Students w\ ID Free. 2 p.m., Sunday, March 4, Evert B. Person Theatre. (707) 664-2353.
DIE SCHOENE MUELLERI - Tenor Brian Staufenbiel and pianist Michael McGushin perform Franz Schubert's great song cycle in a special presentation. $12 General, $10 Faculty, Alumni, Staff, $8 Seniors, SSU Students w\ ID Free, 4 p.m., Sunday, March 4, Ives Concert Hall 119. (707) 664-2353.
STEVE ERQUIAGA, JAZZ GUITARIST - Jazz Guitarist Steve Erquiaga and his quartet perform Latin-based Fusion originals. Public invited to 3 p.m. free student workshop, Warren Auditorium. $12 General, $10 Faculty, Alumni, Staff, $8 Seniors, SSU Students w\ ID Free. Jazz Guest Artist Series, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 8, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2353.
MASTER CLASS WITH LORENZO MALFATTI - The renowned opera director (Chicago Lyric Opera, Cincinnati Conservatory, Summer Vocal Institute-- Lucca, Italy) coaches SSU students and regional singers in the Italian vocal repertoire. SSU Vocal Program Guest Artist Series, 12 noon-5 p.m., Saturday, March 10, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2353.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
NICE GIRLS DON'T SWEAT - This one woman show is a whirlwind performance depicting the history and realities of women in sports. Admission is free. 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, Cooperage. (707) 664-2815.
BEST OF THE SF COMEDY COMPETITION: FEATURING ROB LITTLE - The best and brightest comedians of the past San Francisco comedy competitions. Admission is $10, free for SSU students. 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 7, Evert B. Person Theatre. (707) 664-2815.
UGLY QUILT MAKING PARTY - No sewing skills required so come have fun and make warm quilts for the homeless. 9 a.m., Saturday, March 10, Student Union Multi-Purpose Room. (707) 664-2815.
A public forum especially for community health professionals, policymakers, academics, and community members working with or concerned with health care issues will be held on Saturday, March 3 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Cooperage.
Speakers at "What Can We do Locally: Health Care Crisis in Sonoma County" will present and discuss final study findings on overall local coalition-building around critical health care needs, on what might be learned from four other progressive counties at work on community-building around access to healthcare, and on developing an improved community health care data analysis and communication system.
Also in the early afternoon, Dr. Phyllis Senter, President of the Sonoma County Medical Association, and George Perez, CEO of Memorial-St. Joseph's, will speak.
Julie Kawahara, of Kawahara and Associates, opens the conference with "Improving Access to Health Care: Sonoma County's Response".
Annette Gardner, an Academic Specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Care Policy Studies, speaks on "Increasing Access to Care for California's Medically Underserved: Four County Models - Implications for Sonoma County," about community coalition-building and health care access.
This presentation will include a panel, represented by the central coalition leaders from each of Fresno, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Humboldt counties.
Gil Ojeda, Director of the California Program on Access to Care at the University of California Office of the President, discusses critical local health care data patterns, innovations, and how they can be brought together to better inform public health care providers, policy makers, and the public. He will also give an overview of the morning's presentations and of the SSU program.
These latest studies have been supported by The California Endowment, the California Program on Access to Care, University of California Office of the President, the SSU President's Office, the Northern California Labor Council, the Integrative Medical Clinic of Santa Rosa, and the SSU local Health Care Crisis Initiative.
This event is the culminating event sponsored by the SSU Community-Campus Initiative on the Sonoma County Health Care Crisis and the California Program on Access to Care, California Policy Research Center, University of California Office of the President. It completes the SSU Initiative's five-year service to the community and campus.
Those who wish to attend are requested to RSVP via e-mail to skip.robinson@sonoma.edu. Within the body of the e-mail message include a name, relationship to healthcare work, mailing address, and contact phone number.
For more information on the conference, contact Skip Robinson at the e-mail address above. For information on the conference and broader background of local thinking on this crisis, visit the Initiative website atwww.sonoma.edu/programs/healthcrisis. A live video stream of the conference will be made available from the site. After the event, the video stream will be saved as an archive recording of the conference.
ISLANDS IN THE SKY - Dr. Adam Stanford of the University of California, Davis describes the way that clusters of galaxies are like cities and what they can teach us about galaxy formation and cosmology. "What Physicists Do" lecture series. 4 p.m., Monday, Feb. 26, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2119.
RETHINKING RACE AND CLASS WITH LANI GUINIER - Harvard law professor and civil rights scholar Dr. Lani Guinier will speak on "Rethinking Race and Class: A New Vision of Social Justice." Guinier became the first black woman to be appointed to a tenured professorship at Harvard Law School. 7:30 p,m., Monday, Feb. 26, Evert B. Person Theatre. (707) 664-2815.
THE ETHOPIAN JEWS OF ISRAEL - Len Lyons, professor and author, will talk about his most recent book, "The Ethiopian Jews of Israel: Personal Stories of Life in the Promisted Land." 12 noon, Monday, Feb. 26, Cooperage. (707) 664-3913.
CALIFORNIA'S DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP LAW, OR, ARE WE READY FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE? - Frederick Hertz summarizes the background of marital "status" law, as compared to the "contract" law previously controlling the lives of unmarried couples and explains the emergence of marriage-like systems for gay couples, especially California's domestic partnership law. Queer Studies lecture series. 12-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 27, Stevenson 1002. (707) 664-2306.
GENOCIDE IN CALIFORNIA: THE NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Lecture by Edward Castillo. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4-5:40 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 27, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS: BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS - Lecture by Dr. Mami Kainuma of the International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems. Biology Colloquium. Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 27. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2189.
THE ALGEBRA TEXTBOOK OF ABU JA'FAR MOHAMMED IBN MUSA AL-KHWARIZMI - Dean Gooch of the Santa Rosa Junior College discusses the original algebra text and how it still is a valid part of math education in present day. Math Colloquium. 4-5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, Darwin 103, (707) 664-3324.
"HYDROGEN: IS IT A RENEWABLE RESOURCE?" - Lecture by Energy Research Specialist Jen Leisch. 2007 Energy Forum: Energy, Sustainability & Built Environment lecture series, 4-5:40 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, Environmental Technology Center. (707) 664-2306.
WORLD OF WORK CAREER AND SUMMER JOB FAIR - Over 100 employers are expected , with full-time, part-time, summer and internship opportunities for students at all levels. Students are encouraged to bring resumes. 11-1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, Student Recreation Center, (707) 664-2196.
VIRTUAL MEETINGS FOR ENHANCED COLLABORATION - Learn how to use simple-to-complex technologies to meet with colleagues or students from a distance to engage in high quality discussions and productive work sessions. Possibilities presented will include text chat, audio chat, video chat, screen sharing, and multipoint videoconferencing Presenters are Brett Christie and Barbara Moore. Technology in Teaching Series. 10-11 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, Schulz 3001. (707) 664-4240.
2007 FACULTY EXPOSITION - From sleep and college students to ultra-marathons, the Faculty Expo reveals recent research work and scholarly activity at SSU. This event provides an opportunity for recent grant recipients and other faculty to share their scholarly pursuits. The Faculty Subcommittee on Sponsored Programs, the Professional Development Subcommittee and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs are sponsors. Open to the public. 3:30-5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28 Commons. Carol Hall, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, (707) 664-2448 or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/aa/orsp/expo_07.html
CITIZENS OF THE WORLD: ON COMMON GROUND: CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA - Panel discussion with Dolly Friedel (Geography), Paula Hammett_(University Library), and John Wingard_(Anthropology Department). Noon-1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 1. Schulz 3001. University Library lecture series. Karen Brodsky, (707) 664-4240.
CREATING WEB SITES THAT ARE COMPLIANT WITH 508 ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - Ginny Laughlin of the California Institute on Human Services will give an overview of the requirements along with some basic training in creating document conversions. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, Mar. 1, Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
KAFFEESTUNDE - Weekly informal get-together in German. Everyone is invited. Noon, Thursday, March 1, Charlie Brown's Cafe, (707) 664-2637.
FILMS
KILLING US SOFTLY 3 - Discusses the manner in which women continue to be portrayed by advertising and the effects this has on their images of themselves. CCGS Movie Fest. Noon, Thursday, March 1, Student Union - Erin Fisher Room, (707) 664-2710.
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI - A man named Francis relates a story about his best friend Alan and his fiancee Jane. Alan takes him to a fair where they meet Dr. Caligari, who exhibits a somnambulist, Cesare, that can predict the future. Sonoma Film Institute. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 1, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2606.
DR. BRONNER'S MAGIC SOAPBOX - A documentary about obsession, compassion and all-purpose soap. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m., Friday, March 2, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2606.
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS - An Academy Award-nominated 2006 drama based on the true story of Christopher Gardner, a family man struggling to break into the stock brokerage business as an intern, despite a rocky financial situation. Scene It Movie Series. 9 p.m., Saturday, March 3. The Cooperage. (707) 664-2804.
The annual research and scholarly activity exposition for faculty at Sonoma State University is slated from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28 in the Commons. This event provides an opportunity for recent grant recipients and other faculty to share their research and scholarly pursuits. The event is open to the public.
The faculty and a summary of their recent work includes:
ENACT: ENSURING ACCESS THROUGH COLLABORATION AND TECHNOLOGY, Emiliano Ayala, Brett Christie, Jim Fouche, and Janet Hardcastle - With support from the U.S. Department of Education, EnACT has established an innovative faculty development program to support students with disabilities in attaining their postsecondary educational goals. Specifically, EnACT provides faculty across eight different California State University (CSU) campuses the skills, support and training necessary to implement the principles of Universal Design for Learning in higher education.
MATTHEW BENNEY, University Support & Preparation Services - University Support & Preparation Services is a focused collection of federal, state and local grants with the ultimate goal of creating and maintaining successful university students. The projects of USPS primarily serve low-income, first-generation and disabled in a six-county area surrounding SSU.
HABITUAL SLEEP DURATION AND MOOD, Glenn Brassington, Psychology - This RSCAP fellowship was awarded in support of the preparation of a manuscript submitted to the journal Sleep on the results of a study on sleep duration. The paper entitled "Habitual sleep duration and mood states in college students" makes a significant contribution to the scientific study of sleep because it is the first study to examine the relationship between sleep duration and mood states among students who are satisfied with their sleep.
IDEOLOGIES OF FATHERHOOD AMONG UNMARRIED FATHERS: RACE, MASCULINITIES, AND THE FATHER ROLE, Teresa Ciabattari, Sociology - This paper analyzes unmarried fathers' ideologies about fatherhood. Which fathering activities do men identify as most important? And how do race, education, relationship status, and employment affect these views? Findings show that unmarried fathers rate economic providership as especially important and that race does not affect men's fathering ideologies.
AN ALGAE-BASED BIOREACTOR FOR MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND BIOFUEL PRODUCTION, Michael F. Cohen and C.H. Lauria, Biology - Municipal wastewater effluent contains high levels of nitrate and phosphate that can cause eutrophication of natural waterways. To remove these nutrients prior to discharge we have developed a pilot algae bioreactor that provides the dual benefit of cleaning the water and providing feedstock for fuel production.
NASA EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH AT SSU, Lynn Cominsky, Physics & Astronomy - Presented by Lynn Cominsky, Phil Plait, Sarah Silva, Kevin McLin, Logan Hill, Aurore Simonnet, and Laura Chase. NASA support for Education and Public Outreach involves several major projects, including the Swift, XMM-Newton, and GLAST space satellites. It develops printed, web-based, and media-based educational materials and train teachers and also built a robotic observatory in Sonoma County that is used by high school and college students. In order to produce more highly effective educational products, the SSU E/PO group is now expanding its work into the realm of Science Education Research.
OUT RANKS: GAY AND LESBIAN MILITARY SERVICE FROM WWII TO THE IRAQ WAR, Steve Estes, History - "Out Ranks" will be the first museum exhibit in the country to explore the wartime experiences of gay and lesbian veterans. Slated to open in June 2007 and run for one year, "Out Ranks" will be based on letters, diaries, interviews, photographs and other wartime memorabilia housed at the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Historical Society in San Francisco.
FROM KNOW-HOW TO KNOWING HOW: DEVELOPING AND REFINING UNDERSTANDINGS OF TEACHING PRACTICE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE DISCOURSE EXCHANGE, Kelly M. Estrada, Education - The study contributes to research on teacher professional development by exploring the question, "What is the role of tacit knowledge in the development of understandings of practice?" Discourse analysis of online discussions was conducted in order to investigate the role prior knowledge and experience plays in the development of practice.
THE SECOND ANNUAL SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE CONFERENCE, Robert Girling, Jerrell Richer, Art Warmoth and Sofia Dimitru, Business Administration - The Second Annual Sustainable Enterprise Conference will span two full days and focus on cutting edge sustainable business issues, practical tools, successful case studies, interactive learning experiences, and new visions for businesses and non-profit enterprises in the North Bay region. The Conference organizers are committed to forging a new vision which will lead the way toward promoting a positive sustainable way in which business is done locally and in the nation. The event will build on the highly successful, sold out SEC 2006, and will provide an opportunity for networking and benchmarking among companies and practitioners who share the goal of building healthy and livable communities.
THE SONOMA COUNTY WOMEN'S ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, Michelle Jolly, History - The Sonoma County Women's Oral History Project, funded by grants from the California Council for the Humanities and the School of Social Sciences, is collecting oral histories of women involved in the contemporary women's movement in Sonoma County. This project is bringing SSU students together with activists through the interviewing process, and plans to produce materials that will help share the stories gathered with the community.
RUNNING AN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS CONFERENCE AT SSU, Izabela Kanaana, Jerry Morris, Brigitte Lahme, Mathematics - In April, the Sonoma State University's Mathematics Department hosts the third annual Northern California Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. The conference features expository talks and original research presented by undergraduate students from Northern California and Southern Oregon universities and colleges. While most national and local mathematics conferences offer undergraduates an opportunity to share their research at a poster session, there are very few venues for those students to give talks about their work. The conference is filling this niche.
MAKING TEACHER EDUCATION PUBLIC, Kathy Morris and Rick Marks, Mathematics - The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been studying the nature of preparation for a variety of professions, including teaching. As part of this study, a group of Carnegie Fellows have experimented with using multimedia records of K-12 teaching practice in their coursework for pre-service teachers, then displayed the results in web sites designed to make their own practice public. The purposes are to advance the use of cases in teacher education as well as to identify robust common practices among teacher educators. Professors Morris and Marks have developed web sites showing aspects of their work in elementary and secondary mathematics methods courses. Expo attendees can explore these web sites directly and talk with the developers.
COLLECTING SEA PALMS: PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE USE IN A VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT, Karina Nielsen, Biology - The Sea Palm, (Postelsia palmaeformis), is an iconic species of wave-swept rocky shores of North America. It is also the most profitable product sold by seaweed collectors of the Pacific Northwest. A rapidly growing market exists for dried Postelsia: it is collected by more than seven businesses and sold via webpages, farmer's markets, supermarkets and in signature dishes (e.g., Sea Palm Strudel) at restaurants in Northern California. In California, where most commercial collecting occurs, regulations prohibit recreational collecting, sharply limit scientific collecting, but allow unlimited commercial collecting. Furthermore, commercial regulations do not reflect what is known of Postelsia's biology, making it particularly vulnerable to over-exploitation. We are studying variation in Postelsia's phenology across its biogeographic range and experimentally testing current collecting techniques, claimed to be sustainable and voluntarily used by collectors, but scientifically unexamined to date. We are learning that what we knew about Postelsia's life history and phenology from a handful of studies in Washington & Oregon may not apply in California. Successful management requires understanding the variation in Postelsia's biology across its range, and effective translation of this knowledge into commercial regulations lest the Sea Palm suffer the typical 'boom and bust' trajectory of rapidly expanding fisheries.
RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH BY THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES CENTER, Michael Newland - For more than 30 years, the Anthropological Studies Center at Sonoma State University has been training students, conducting research, and giving public presentations and classroom talks on archaeology, anthropology, cultural resources management, and California history. Staff archaeologist Michael Newland will be presenting a poster session on recent archaeological research conducted throughout northwestern California by students, ASC staff, EXCEL Program for Youth students, and volunteers. This work was generously funded through ASC's cooperative agreements with the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and through ASC-sponsored grants, in-house programs, matching funds, and internships.
2006 LEVUKA FIJI GIS DATA ANALYSIS, Margaret Purser with Brian Much, Anthropology - This project funded a student assistant to process GPS and other data collected during the 2005 archaeological field season in Levuka, Fiji. The data were compiled in a pilot GIS that supports the larger Levuka Cultural Landscape Project, an archaeological research and heritage management project at the site of this 1870s Pacific island capital being conducted under the auspices of the National Trust of Fiji. The resulting GIS produced a detailed sensitivity map for historical architecture, landscape features, and potential archaeological sites, based on three previous seasons of survey, archival research and oral history interviews. This map will be used to guide more intensive fieldwork planned for future seasons, and to support collaborative ongoing consultation with the local community as their townsite is nominated to the World Heritage List.
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT FAIRFIELD OSBORN PRESERVE, Nathan Rank with Julia Clothier, Biology - Fairfield Osborn Preserve is a major center for environmental education and research in Sonoma County. We have had significant growth in use by the local community for environmental education programs and attained international visibility as a center of research on the invasive pathogen that causes Sudden Oak Death. FOP nearly doubled in size due to a land donation in 2004 and the Marjorie Osborn Education Center has been equipped for public lectures and meetings. We invite the University community to explore our natural diversity and use our facilities to support educational objectives and increase environmental awareness.
RUNNING BEYOND THE LIMIT: ULTRA-MARATHONS AND THRESHOLD EXPERIENCE, Andrew L. Roth, Sociology - Running ultra-marathons -- running races beyond the standard 26.2 mile marathon - entails "edgework," or voluntary risk-taking. Even the most accomplished, competitive runners cannot take finishing for granted. Supported by an RSCAP Summer Fellowship, I attended three 100-mile races this summer. Based on fieldwork and interviews conducted at those events, and analysis of runners' written reports, I analyze how: (1) ultra-runners train their bodies to appreciate the physical sensations of running extraordinary distances (theme of socialization); (2) cooperative networks (e.g., with family and training partners) make running 100-miles possible (social relationships); and (3) 100-mile races serve as rites of passage, acting on the body to transform identity (ritual and social identity).
FULBRIGHT EDUCATORS TRIP TO THE PHILIPPINES, Elenita Strobel, American Multicultural Studies, Miriam Hutchins, North Bay International Studies Project, Elaine Leeder, Dean, School of Social Sciences - A team of elementary and secondary school teachers and university faculty traveled to the Philippines on a U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays grant to identify and develop resources that contribute to the inclusion of the study of the Philippines in classrooms in California and throughout the U.S. The trip provided teachers with the necessary knowledge and experience to develop a deep understanding of the Philippines' social, economic, cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity, and understand the historical relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines. During the project, both in the Philippines and after the trip, participants developed curriculum materials for K-12 and postsecondary education and created a Web-based, online educational resource for these materials for future dissemination.
BEYOND THE NATIVE STANDARD LANGUAGE: A CRITICAL APPROACH TO IDEOLOGIES OF LANGUAGE AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING, Robert Train, Modern Languages and Literatures - This RSCAP-supported book project articulates a critically interdisciplinary and socio-historical perspective on ideologies of language and language teaching in theoretical and practical terms. Recognizing the need for socially-informed and ethically-responsive teaching and learning practices, this project attempts to incorporate a deeper and more critical awareness of standardization into a foreign-language teaching profession increasingly preoccupied with standards.
CHROMIUM CHEMISTRY FROM CHROMIUM(VI) TO CHROMIUM(III), Carmen Works, with Shannon White, Elizabeth Sterns, Daniel Prichard, Chemistry - Two projects focusing on the role of chromium ions in biological systems are presented.
DEVELOPMENT A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TESTBED, JINGXIAN WU, ENGINEERING SCIENCE - A wireless communication testbed is developed in this project. The key component is a hardware element which is used to emulate the signal distortions that are unique to wireless communications. The distortion emulator is used in combination with data processing software to formulate the wireless communication testbed. The testbed is an indispensable component for wireless communication study. In addition, it will be integrated into the teaching process to enrich classroom teaching with hands-on experiences.
The Faculty Subcommittee on Sponsored Programs, the Professional Development Subcommittee and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs sponsors the Faculty Exposition.
For further information, contact the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, (707) 664-2448 or carol.hall@sonoma.edu.
QUEER AND COLORED - Daisy Hernandez looks at the reporting, writing and editing behind the stories of ColorLines, a national newsmagazine on race and politics, which regularly features stories on issues from queer communities of color. Queer Studies lecture series. 12-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, Stevenson 1002. (707) 664-2306.
SOCIOLOGY OF GENOCIDE - Lecture by Myrna Goodman, professor of sociology. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4-5:40 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
MOTIVATING ADOLESCENTS TO READ AND WRITE - Presentation by Dr. Douglas Fisher from the Early Assessment Program. RSVP with Kathryn Horton at kathryn.horton@sonoma.edu. North Bay High School-College Alliance. 4-6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, Cooperage, (707) 664-4351.
GRAPHS AND MATRICES--HOW COULD THEY BE RELATED? - Jane Day of San Jose State University discusses how algebraic properties of adjacency matrixes reveal information about the graphs and leads into a discussion about the relationships between the two graphs. Math Colloquium. 4-5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 21, Darwin 103, (707) 664-3324.
U.S. ENERGY POLICY: ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS, AND SOCIAL REALITIES - Lecture by Dan Kammen, Professor of Energy Resources Group and Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Spring 2007 Energy Forum. 4-5:40 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 21, Environmental Technology Center, (707) 664-2577.
BEAN FINNERAN - Finneran's love for the natural world and for saturated color is combined to create abstract sculptures that are evocative of organic forms and animals, such as grasses and sea anemones. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, Feb. 22, Art 102. (707) 664-3042.
FROM MANUAL REPORTS TO SQL TO AUTOMATED REPORTS DONE THROUGH ORACLE PL/SQL IN ORACLE APPLICATIONS - Eric Levinson from Turin Networks in Petaluma demonstrates how a simple report written in Oracle Discoverer (or other similar report tool) can be converted into an automated, scheduled job in Oracle applications. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, Feb. 22, Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
ARTS AND HUMANITIES CREATIVE RESEARCH FORUM - Michael Ezra from the AMCS department discusses "Putting Together an Edited Volume" and Birch Moonwomon from the English department examines "Workload at SSU: Ideologies in Conflict." Arts and Humanities Forum. 12-12:50 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, Stevenson 3082, (707) 664-2146.
WHITE LIKE ME: REFLECTIONS ON RACE FROM A PRIVILEGED SON - Discussion and lecture by Tim Wise, a prominent anti-race writer. White Like Me is a memoir by a white person about how race and racism affect everyday life. Wise is a critic of white privilege in the United States and has spoken at over 40 college and university campuses. Pat of the Heritage Lecture Series, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, Cooperate, (707) 664-2815.
FREE PIZZA COMEDY SERIES - A night of comedy with leading comedians Leo Flowers and Mike E. Winfeild. No charge. 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, The Pub. (707) 664-2537.
BLACK VOTERS AND AMERICAN POLITICS - Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney discusses Congress and political power in Washington. The evening will include a screening of "American Blackout" the new award winning documentary by Ian Inaba with Black Congress members telling all about elections, Black voters and American politics. 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, Cooperage. (707) 664-2500.
FILMS
WHAT'S RACE GOT TO DO WITH IT - This film chronicles the experiences of Berkeley undergraduate college students enrolled in "Facing you, facing me," a 16 week intergroup dialog on race and class and its impact on lives in 2005. CCGS Movie Fest. 12 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, Student Union Multi-Purpose Room, (707) 664-2710.
L'AGE D'OR AND AVANT-GARDE - Two would-be lovers (Lya Lys and Gaston Modot) are constantly thwarted by society - police, parents, their own obsessions - from consummating their passion. It is savagely anti-social, anti-religious, anti-family, anti-modern civilization and everything except love. Sonoma Film Institute. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22. Darwin 103, and 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2606.
BOBBY - The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, on June 6, 1968, which centers around 22 people who were at the Ambassador Hotel where he was killed. Scene It Movie Series. 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 24, Cooperage. (707) 664-2804.
JOYEUX NOEL / MERRY CHRISTMAS - A drama directed by Christine Carion in which on Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace, so they bury their dead and play football. French Film lecture series. 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 19, Nichols 173. (707) 664-3159.
CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
SUBURBIA! - Three short operatic tales explore and illuminate the virtues, hazards and unexpected turns of love relationships in the suburbs. $15 General, $12 Faculty, Alumni, Staff, $8 Seniors, SSU Students w\ ID Free. 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, and 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 24, Evert B. Person Theatre. (707) 664-2353.
Designing with the climate, hydrogen as a renewable resource, energy-saving strategies for green buildings, and U.S. energy policy implications are among the topics slated for the spring's 2007 Energy Forum at Sonoma State University.
Nationally-recognized professionals and academics explore a variety of energy-related topics on Wednesday's from 4-5:40 p.m. through May 9 in the Environmental Technology Center.
The remaining schedule for the semester includes:
Feb. 7: Cal Broomhead, Director of Energy Services for the City of San Francisco - San Francisco's Climate Action Plan
Feb. 14: Armando Navarro, Assistant Director of the SSU Environmental Technology Center - Energy Strategies in Green Buildings
Feb 21: Dan Kammen, Professor of Energy Resources Group and Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley - U.S. Energy Policy: Economics, Environmental Implications, and Social Realities.
Feb. 28: Jen Leisch, an energy researcher -"Hydrogen: Is it a Renewable Resource?"
Mar. 7: Jay Baldwin, author, designer, - "Systems Design: Doing More with Less"
Mar. 14: Pat Bailey, engineer and principal of Green Building Studio - Energy Modeling: Integrating Energy Efficiency and Green
Mar. 21: Sim van Der Ryn, architect, author, and educator - Ecological Design: Buildings That Make Sense
Mar. 28: Geof Syphers, Chief Sustainability Officer for Codding Enterprises - Planning for Energy Sustainable Communities
Apr. 18: Pete Gang, licensed architect and principal of Common Sense Design - "Designing with Climate"
Apr. 25: Robert Marcial, Education Coordinator for Pacific Gas and Electric - PG&E Energy Programs and Resources.
The Environmental Technology Center is located adjacent to Parking Lot A on campus.
For more information, contact Armando Navarro, Assistant Director of the Environmental Technology Center at (707) 664-2577.
Raising a child with a same-sex spouse, living with gay parents, and the struggles that queer youth and adults face on a daily basis are among the topics of the Queer Studies Lecture Series at Sonoma State University in the spring semester.
Lectures are held at noon on Tuesdays from Feb. 6-May 8 in Stevenson 1002.
The schedule for the spring semester includes:
Feb. 6: "Become The Change You Want To See In The World" - Steven Cozza, a youth activist and founder of Scouting for All discusses discrimination of gay youth and adults in the Boy Scouts of America.
Feb. 13: "Christine And The Cutting Room: Transsexual Celebrity Christine Jorgensen's Cinematic Sense Of Self " - Susan Stryker discusses how American ex-GI and filmmaker Christine Jorgensen's sex change surgery affected her relationship with the camera and recounts how Jorgensen moved from one sort of "cutting room"
to another.
Feb. 20: "Queer And Colored" - Daisy Hernandez discusses the reporting, writing and editing behind the stories of ColorLines, a national newsmagazine on race and politics, which regularly features stories on issues from queer communities of color.
Feb. 27: "California's Domestic Partnership Law, Or, Are We Ready For Same-Sex Marriage?" - Frederick Hertz summarizes the background of marital "status" law, as compared to the "contract" law previously controlling the lives of unmarried couples and explains the emergence of marriage-like systems for gay couples, especially California's domestic partnership law.
Mar. 6: "Vampires, Feminism And Our Future" - Jewelle Gomez discusses how culture shapes politics and explains what mass entertainment says about the lesbian-bisexual-gay and trans-gendered community and social justice.
Mar. 13: "Queer Memoir And Autobiography" - Author and co-founder of the Sister Spit spoken word tour, Michelle Tea, reads from one of her memoirs and speak about the relationship between queer memoir and autobiography.
Mar. 27: "Daddy And Papa: Gay Fathers And The Changing Landscape Of The American Family" - Johnny Symons discusses the making and distribution of the film Daddy and Papa, explores the ways in which gay families navigate through schools, neighborhoods, and extended families, and dwells on his own experiences as a gay parent.
Apr. 3: "Lifting The Mask: The Daughters Of Bilitis, "The Ladder," And The Conscious Normalization Of Lesbian Images In 1950s And 1960s America" - Marcia Gallo explores the ways in which the leaders of the Daughters of Bilitis consciously reconstructed media images of lesbians in order to normalize them.
Apr. 17:" The Hard Evidence Of Existence: Creating Black Gay Arts In Down Low Times" - Cedric Brown discusses the challenges of creating work that reflects the experiences of Black gay men during an era when a public identity as a gay man of color is too often shunned. Brown will present a brief retrospective of his influences and the rich artistic history of Black gay art and performance born in the Bay Area.
Apr. 24: "In My Shoes: Stories Of Youth With LGBT Parents" - A panel of young adults who have LGBT parents discuss their experiences and view the documentary of the same name.
May 1: Consolidating The Gendered Citizen: Trans Survival, Bureaucratic Power, And The War On Terror - Dean Spade discusses the impact of the War on Terror on transgender rights, the bureaucratization of trans identities, and models of non-profit governance in social movements.
May 8: "From Parents In Hiding To The Lesbian Baby Boom: A History Of Lesbian Motherhood 1945-1980" - Daniel Winunwe Rivers discusses the changing social, political, and legal realities of lesbian motherhood from the Second World War to the beginning of the 1980s.
Admission to the events are free, however campus parking is $2.50. For more information, contact the Women and Gender Studies Department at (707) 664-2306.
Behrokh Khoshnevis, a professor at the University of Southern California, presents his promising new approach to automated construction of whole structures as well as subcomponents at a lecture on Thursday, Feb. 15 from 4:30-5:15 p.m., Salazar 2009A at Sonoma State University. The event is part of the the Engineering Science lecture series.
Khoshnevis has developed Contour Crafting, a mega-scale fabrication process with which a single house or a colony of houses may be constructed automatically in a single run with all plumbing and electrical utilities imbedded in each house.
The implication is especially profound for emergency shelter construction and low-income housing. NASA is exploring possible application of CC in building on other planets. This new mode of construction will be one of the very few feasible approaches for building on planets such as Moon and Mars, which are being targeted for human colonization before the end of the century.
Khoshnevis is a professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and is the Director of the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies and the Director of Manufacturing Engineering Program. He is active within robotics, and mechatronics related research and development projects.
Khoshnevis has several major inventions, which have been either commercialized or are in the commercialization process. Besides teaching a graduate course on Invention and Technology Development at USC, he routinely conducts lectures and seminars on the subject of invention.
For more information, contact Jagan Agrawal, Director of the Engineering Degree Program, at (707) 664-4438.
The Career Center at Sonoma State University has planned various events to assist students in preparing their resumes, and finding the perfect job.
The following events are planned for Spring 2007:
Dating And Your First Job: Strategies For Success
Terry Arndt, author of Backpack to Briefcase discusses how to successfully make the transition from college to the work world, and presents strategies for career success. His presentation will be followed by a panel of recent SSU alums talking with students about their experiences, followed by a dessert reception for networking. 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, Commons.
Resume Makeovers By Employers
Career Center, employers and Career Advisors will be on hand to review students' resumes to help them prepare for the World of Work Career and Summer Job Fair on Feb. 28. A peer review service is also available. (Check with Career Services staff for days and times). Wednesday, Feb. 21.
World Of Work Career And Summer Job Fair
Over 100 employers are expected to attend this year's event, with full-time, part-time, summer, and internship opportunities for students at all levels. Students are encouraged to bring several copies of their resumes. Located in the new "green" Recreation Center, the fair is open to the entire SSU community. 11-1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, Student Rec Center.
Bay Area Career Fair
A consortium of SFSU, SJSU, CSUEB, and SSU are co-sponsoring a Bay Area-wide career fair for CSU college students, produced by the San Francisco Chronicle. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, Apr. 4. For more information, contact the Career Center at (707) 664-2196.
For more information, contact Anne Greenblatt, Career Services Coordinator, at (707) 664-2196.
The Stanford University physicist who provided the first view of the oldest surviving document of writings by Archimedes will describe the feat in a free public lecture at Sonoma State University.
Uwe Bergmann will speak at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, in Darwin 103. Coffee, cookies, and conversation will be available in the Darwin lobby at 3:30 p.m..
The lecture is titled "Secrets in the Ancient Goatskin: Archimedes' Manuscript under X-Ray Vision."
Using the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, part of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Bergmann and his colleagues x-rayed a parchment on which a text by the ancient Greek genius had been written in the tenth century and scraped off and overwritten with Greek Orthodox praryers in the 13th, creating what is called a palimpsest. The powerful x-ray beam uncovered the original writings, adding significantly to the known writings of Archimedes.
The talk is one in a series presented by SSU's department of physics and astronomy. For a free poster describing all twelve lectures, see http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/, send e-mail to phys.astro@sonoma.edu, or phone (707) 664-2119.
This spring semester the Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality (CCGS), a program of the Sonoma Student Union, will screen a documentary film weekly to highlight several topics, including but not limited to: same-sex/gendered marriage, multiple identities, media, and sexual violence.
These films will provoke thoughtful discussion among students and increase awareness and education on campus. All movies will be screened in the Sonoma Student Union every Thursday at noon.
Race: The Power of an Illusion, Feb. 1, Erin Fisher Room - What does science have to say about the concept of biological race? How do social institutions today shape and create race?
Tongues United, Feb. 8, Erin Fisher Room - Derogatory accusations, judgments, and jokes in our culture are met head-on by this video about black, male, and gay identity. Poetry, personal testimony, and drama unite to oppose the homophobia and racism that attempt to split a person into opposing loyalties.
Lost Boys of Sudan, Feb. 15, Multi-Purpose Room - The journey of two teenage Sudanese boys, orphaned by their war torn country, who traveled to America looking for a safer environment and learning to cope with the unfamiliar complexities of contemporary American society.
What's Race Got to Do with It, Feb. 22, Multi-Purpose Room - This film chronicles the experiences of Berkeley undergraduate college students enrolled in "Facing you, facing me," a 16 week intergroup dialog on race and class and its impact on lives in 2005.
Killing Us Softly 3, Mar. 1, Erin Fisher Room - Discusses the manner in which women continue to be portrayed by advertising and the effects this has on their images of themselves.
Transparent, Mar. 8, Multi-Purpose Room - Looks at 19 female-to-male transsexuals living in the United States who have given birth and, in all but a few cases, gone on to raise their biological children.
Promises, Mar. 15, Multi-Purpose Room - Follows the journey of a filmmaker who travels in and around Jerusalem, from a Palestinian refugee camp to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, where he meets seven Palestinian and Israeli children who exist in completely separate worlds, divided by physical, historical and emotional boundaries.
The Grace Lee Project, Mar. 22, Multi-Purpose Room - Delightful documentary "The Grace Lee Project" chronicles the eponymous helmer's quest to discover why so many Asian-American women share her name - and whether they really embody the boringly "nice" racial stereotype she herself has always loathed.
The Future of Food, Mar. 29, Multi-Purpose Room - In-depth investigation into unlabeled genetically-modified foods which have become increasingly prevalent in grocery stores. Unravels the complex web of market and political forces that are changing the nature of what we eat.
Fronterilandia, Apr. 5, Multi-Purpose Room - Using a variety of techniques, including experimental film and documentary travelogue, this film explores the borderlands experience.
My Family, Apr. 19, Erin Fisher Room - Follows the lives of three generations of Mexican Americans.
NO! Apr. 26, Multi-Purpose Room - The groundbreaking feature-length documentary that unveils the reality of rape, other forms of sexual violence, and healing in African-American communities.
Baraka, May 3, Multi-Purpose Room - A world wide odyssey to capture the images which transcend language to tell the story of the earth's evolution and of human diversity, interconnectedness between humans and nature, and our impact on the surrounding world. Shot in 24 countries on six continents.
The End of Suburbia, May 10, Erin Fisher Room - Through interviews with scientists and policy makers this documentary explores the premise that American suburbs, built on the easy availability of fossil fuels, may become untenable.
Tying the Knot, May 17, Multi-Purpose Room - Documentary on same-sex marriage which provides a historical and legal perspective.
For more information contact Bonnie Sugiyama, Interim Coordinator of the Center for Culture, Gender & Sexuality at (707) 664-2710.
In celebration of Black History Month, the Center for Culture, Gender & Sexuality invites the community to learn, experience and share Black culture through the events presented in the month of February.
This year's featured speaker for Black History Month is Dr. Lani Guinier at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26 in the Evert B. Person Theatre. Her appearance is presented as part of the Andrea Neves and Barton Evans Social Justice Lecture Series. Guinier challenges conventional thinking on the issues of race and class. She focuses on the ways that those who have been excluded (based on race or class) are like the canary in the mines: their very vulnerability signals problems with the larger atmosphere affecting society.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Guinier to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, only to have her name withdrawn without a confirmation hearing. In 1998, she became the first black woman to be appointed to a tenured professorship at Harvard Law School. SSU students, faculty and staff admission is free, general admission is $10.
The complete Black History Month schedule for 2007 includes:
Noon, Thursday, Feb. 1
CCGS Movie Fest - "Race: The Power of an Illusion"
Student Union, Erin Fisher Room
What does science have to say about the concept of biological race? How do social institutions today shape and create race?
10 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 4
Communion at Community Baptist Church, Santa Rosa
Noon, Thursday, Feb. 8
CCGS Movie Fest - "Tongues United"
Student Union, Erin Fisher Room
Derogatory accusations, judgments, and jokes in the culture are met head-on by this video about black, male, and gay identity. Poetry, personal testimony, and drama unite to oppose the homophobia and racism that attempt to split a person into opposing loyalties.
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9
Black Comedy Jam w/ W. Kamau Bell
Cooperage
Co-sponsored by the Scene, Black Scholars United, Associated Students Productions
Noon, Thursday, Feb. 15
CCGS Movie Fest - "Lost Boys of Sudan"
SSU Student Union, Multi-Purpose Room
The journey of two teenage Sudanese boys, orphaned by their war torn country, who traveled to America looking for a safer environment and learning to cope with the unfamiliar complexities of contemporary American society.
8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15
"Down from the Mountaintop: A Solo Performance on the Life of James Baldwin"
Warren Auditorium
Free to SSU Students, Staff & Faculty
$10 General Admission
"Down from the Mountaintop" depicts the rich and impassioned life of the esteemed novelist, playwright, essayist and civil rights activist James Baldwin. Tony Award nominee Calvin Levels' spirited portrayal of Baldwin traces the fervent life of this American writer recognized for his novels on sexual and personal identity, along with his works of nonfiction, plays and essays on human rights.
7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 16
Gospel Extravaganza featuring the Santa Rosa Community Baptist Church Gospel Choir with host Reverend James E. Coffee
Cooperage
Noon, Thursday, Feb. 22
CCGS Movie Fest - "What's Race Got to Do With It?"
SSU Student Union, Multi-Purpose Room
This film chronicles the experiences of Berkeley undergraduate college students enrolled in "Facing you, facing me," a 16-week intergroup dialog on race and class and its impact on lives in 2005.
9 p.m., Friday, Feb. Feb 23
Dance hosted by Black Scholars United
Commons
Noon, Saturday, Feb. 24
Flag Football hosted by Black Scholars United
South Lawn
7:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 26
The Andrea Neves and Barton Evans Social Justice Lecture Series Presents
Rethinking Race & Class: A New Vision of Social Justice with Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier
Evert B. Person Theatre
Free to SSU Students, Staff & Faculty
$10 General Admission
Co-sponsored by the Heritage Lecture Series, Instructionally Related Activities, Center for Culture, Gender & Sexuality, Associated Students Productions and the Sonoma Student Union Corporation.
7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28
Closing Ceremony
Cooperage
