Cardiologist and author Dr. Svetlana Broz discusses civil courage and the work she did during the Bosnian civil war at a lecture entitled "Civil Courage: The Strength of Coming to Terms" on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 4 p.m. in Warren Auditorium. The lecture is presented by the Associated Student Production in cooperation with the War And Peace Lecture Series. Admission is free.
Broz is the granddaughter of the former President of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito. She earned her medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Belgrade in 1980. She served as a cardiologist at the Military Medical Academy from 1981 to1999, volunteering in 1992 during the outbreak of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since then she has devoted her time to discussion on civil activism as well to several children's organizations specializing in educating young people about the need for civil courage in today's world.
Broz's book, entitled "Having What It Takes; Essays on Civil Courage and Good People in an Evil Time," chronicles her patient's stories of struggle and injustice during the Bosnian civil war.
Svetlana Broz is an active member of the International Multi-religious and Inter-Cultural Center, President of the Board of the First Children's Embassy and a key speaker on the "Education Toward Civil Courage" children's seminar circuit.
For more information, call (707) 664-2382 or visit www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
Best known as one of the country's most well informed and thoughtful observers on China, Orville Schell discusses the country's changing destiny at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 24 at the Cooperage on the Sonoma State University campus.
The lecture is free to the public.
Schell is the newly appointed Director of the Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations in New York City which will lead new programs on the environment, the media and foreign policy in an effort to promote more constructive dialogue between key Chinese and American leaders. Until recently, Schell served as
Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley and remains as UC Berkeley faculty.
Schell says that China is a nation of infinite promise, but also great uncertainty. In a state on non-stop transition, this most dynamic of nations has evolved away from its old revolutionary Maoism, but as yet has no clear destination. This means that it confronts decisions and contradictions at every turn.
Schell's lecture will address such issues as:
What are its sources of dynamism, strength and weakness? How have Americans viewed China historically, and how are they likely to view it in the future? What are the long-term prospects for China's "peaceful rise" and a constructive relationship with the US?
Schell has also been a war correspondent in Indochina, a journalist for magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Harpers, The New Yorker,
Time, Wired, and Foreign Affairs. He has been a contributor on China for PBS, NBC and CBC. He has also served as a correspondent for several PBS/Frontline documentaries on China and Tibet and covered the war in Iraq for The New York Review of Books.
His written work includes some fifteen books, ten of them about China. He is currently working on issues of continuing political and economic reform in China and is writing a book on Chinese history.
The lecture is sponsored by the North Bay International Studies Project, Napa Valley Unified School District, Phi Beta Delta, SSU Global & International Education Committee and the SSU School of Extended Education.
For further information, contact Jean Wasp, Media Relations Coordinator, (707) 664-2057.
Low cost physical examinations and health appraisals for healthy adults and children will be available through the Sonoma State University's Nursing Department Family Nurse Practitioner Program on Wednesdays, Oct. 3 - Dec. 5 at the Family Nurse Practitioner Health Maintenance Center .
The cost of a physical examination is $30, Pap test $45, cholesterol check $25, hearing tests are free and a DMV physical examination is $60. Copies of records are given to clients upon request as well as mailed to private physicians or agencies.
Appointments may be made by calling the Nursing Department at (707)664-2466, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The exams are supervised by nursing faculty and performed by Family Nurse Practitioner students who are registered nurses enrolled in the Master's nursing program. Services include a complete medical and health history, identification of health risk factors, complete physical examination and screening tests including blood pressure checks, vision testing, audiology testing, cholesterol testing, and Pap smears for cervical cancer.
These services can be utilized for annual exams, sports physicals, pre-employment physicals, camp physicals and Class II DMV licensing physicals.
Appointments are available only to Sonoma County residents.
Kate Frey, an internationally recognized horticultural expert, will head a new certificate program at Sonoma State this winter. The Sustainable Landscape Professional Certificate Program will be offered for the first time in January 2008.
Frey has a great deal of experience in this field, helping to design and develop the award-winning gardens at Fetzer Vineyards in Hopland, Calif. She also received a gold medal at the "Chelsea Flower and Garden Show" in London, England for her sustainability themed entry.
Frey says she hopes her garden designs will inspire gardeners to encourage wildlife in their gardens and to use locally adapted plants and cover crops to feed the soil and provide better habitat for beneficial insects and birds.
An Oct. 2 information meeting will be held at the Pacific Energy Center to provide details about the landscape program.
The two program meetings are at 6 p.m. on Sept. 27 and Dec. 6 in Schulz 1121.
For those who cannot attend the meetings, an online webcast will be offered in which students can view/attend the class at the same time as the in-classrooms students. The online students will be able to view and hear instructions and presentations as well as ask questions.
For more information, visit www.sonoma.edu/sustainablelandscape.
*All lectures are free unless otherwise noted.
A SHARPER VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE - Dr. Scott Severson describes how astronomers use adaptive optics to gather high resolution images of the universe - from nearby planets to distant galaxies. 4- 5:15 p.m., Monday, Oct. 8. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2119.
BIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM - Dr. Sherry Tamone, Assistant Professor of Marine Biology, University of Alaska discusses predicting the growth in Alaskan crab populations using molting hormone analysis. Noon, Tuesday, Oct. 9. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2189.
THE EFFECTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND COUNSELING OPTIONS - Rebecca Plachte-Zuieback examines the history of violence against women, the definitions of sexual assault, common myths and facts, and how to help a survivor. Noon. Tuesday, Oct. 9. Carson 68. (707) 664-2840.
"UNDERSTANDING WAR" - Lecture by Shepherd Bliss, is former member of the U S military, and now teaches Humanities as an Adjunct faculty member. War and Peace Lecture Series. 4 - 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-4115.
VISITING ARTIST LECTURE SERIES: LIZ HICKOK - Hickok is a San Francisco-based artist working in photography, video, sculpture, installation, and currently, Jell-O. Noon - 1 p.m.. Wednesday, Oct. 10. Art 102. (707) 664-3042.
SENSORY INPUT PROCESSING IN THE BRAIN -Marty Banks And Johannes Burge, Visual Space Perception Laboratory, UC Berkeley, explores the ways human senses process information and related questions via experimentation and mathematical models. Math Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2368.
NATIONAL DEPRESSION SCREENING DAY - Students can participate in free, anonymous screening for various mental health illnesses including depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder as a part of Mental Awareness Week. 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11. Counseling and Psychological Services, Stevenson 1088. (707) 664-2153.
ARTS AND HUMANITIES FORUM - Barbara Lesch McCaffry, Hutchins, gives a talk entitled, "Gendered Identities: Holocaust Memoirs of Hidden Children." Inspired by The Diary of Anne Frank and the memoirs of Jewish children who suffered during the Holocaust, McCaffry will try to answer questions from her exploration of identity including "What does it mean to be safer being someone who you are not and how does one, after the war, reintegrate into one's original "identity" - or can one?" Noon - 1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 11. Schulz 1121
EMERGING AUTHENTICATION SOLUTIONS - Louie Gasparini, RSA Security, discusses authentication in the consumer and financial services industries, and how behavioral modeling using Bayesian and neural net models complement credentials for authentication decisions. Noon. Thursday, Oct. 11. Darwin Hall, Room 102. (707) 664-2667.
A FLEA IN HER EAR - An Adaptation of Georges Feydeau's Boulevard Farce, by Frank Galanti. Directed by Hector Correa From drop-dead satire to deadpan farce, Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear holds its own with nonstop amorous entanglements, unconsummated infidelities, mistaken identities, and breathless chases. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct 11, and 8 p.m. Friday, Oct 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13. Person Theater. Admission is $15, $12 for faculty, staff and alumni, $8 for seniors and students. SSU students admitted free.
RAGA: NORTH INDIAN SINGER LAXMI G. TEWARI IN CONCERT - Trained in Ethnomusicology, music professor Laxmi G. Tewari specializes in Indian music and religion and music in society. Faculty Recital Series. 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. Ives 119. (707) 664-2235. Admission is $12, $10 for faculty, staff and alumni, $8 for seniors and students SSU students admitted free.
FILMS
THE TRACKER - (Rolf de Heer, 2002) An aboriginal man (David Gulpilil) is caught between his people and white Australian culture. 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 7. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2606. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free.
TEN CANOES - (Rolf de Heer, 2006) First film shot entirely in an Australian aboriginal language weaves together a tale of love, betrayal, magic and memory. 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2606. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free.
*All lectures are free unless otherwise noted.
WILLIAM H. PICKERING: AMERICA'S DEEP SPACE PIONEER - Douglas J. Mudgway discusses America's response to the 1957 Soviet challenge for preeminence in space and the physicist who made it happen and won the race to explore the planets. 4 - 5:15 p.m., Monday, Oct. 1. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2119.
ANTARCTIC SEALS - Dr. Dan Crocker, SSU Biology Department discusses the "Foraging Ecology of Antarctic Seals". Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 2. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2189.
STUDIES OF THE RATE OF WEATHERING OF ROCKS USING ANCIENT TEMPLES IN SOUTHEAST INDIA - Steve Norwick, Environmental Studies and Planning lectures. Brown Bag Series. Noon - 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 2. Stevenson 2011. (707) 664-2112.
YOU FIRST: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF EATING - Najine Shariat, Clinical Dietitian/Nutritionist, has an unparalleled approach to nutrition and the "art of living" which links nutrition to how we live, to helping prevent and treat major diseases, and making eating a pleasure. Noon, Tuesday, Oct. 2. Carson Hall, Room 68. (707) 664-2840.
POETS AND ACTIVISTS ON BEE COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER - Cathy Cox, Bee Keeper, Researcher and Bee Activist, speaks about the truth behind bee colony collapse disorder as well as provide hope from her own research as well as her personal experiences as a beekeeper of local organically farmed honey bees. This lecture will be followed by an open mic /poetry reading on bees and other pollinators. Presented by The Sonoma State University English Students Association and Project Censored 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 2. The Commons. (707) 793-9938
"WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION" - Lynn Cominsky, Physics and Astronomy, War and Peace Lecture Series. 4 - 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 2. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-4115.
VISITING ARTIST LECTURE SERIES - Jake Longstreth, who had his first solo exhibition at the Gregory Lind Gallery in January, 2007, discusses his work. Noon - 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 3. Art 102. (707) 664-3042.
A PUZZLE OF KEYS AND A PROBLEM IN GRAPH THEORY - Sarah Merz, University Of The Pacific discusses the graph theory problem set by Frank Rubin in 1979 as viewed in the setting of directed graphs. Math Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 3. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2368.
PROTECTING DATA IN A VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT - Tom Hepner, IBM. explains back-up methods for the complete restore of VMware virtual machines as well as individual "guest" data. He will also cover implementation hints and new VMware utilities written to improve and expedite data and environment protection. Noon, Thursday, Oct. 4. Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
CLASSICAL GUITAR PROGRAM - MARC TEICHOLZ – Marc Teicholz has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Russia, receiving critical acclaim for his recitals and master classes. He currently records for Naxos and Sugo records. 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. Ives 119. (707) 664-2235. Admission $10, $8 for faculty, staff and alumni, $6 for seniors. SSU students admitted free.
FILMS
THE TRACKER -(Rolf de Heer, 2002) An aboriginal man (David Gulpilil) is caught between his people and white Australian culture. 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 5. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2606. Admission is $5.00, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free.
Recital Hall Named After Peanuts Character Schroeder
Donations to Sonoma State University's capital campaign to complete the Donald & Maureen Green Music Center - through the robust support of many others in the community - has reached $10 million toward the $22.5 million campaign.
Part of this $10 million is a significant new gift from Jean Schulz, businesswoman, philanthropist and wife of the late Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz, supports a legacy of music and experiences.
"This is a very fine recognition of the value of this project to the academic function of the University and the community," said Ruben Arminana, Sonoma State University president.
"The Schulz family is a strong supporter of the projects that make a difference in communities. They have truly been friends to many."
To honor the Schulz gift, the recital hall, one of the three main Green Music Center buildings, will be named "Schroeder's Recital Hall," pending California State University Board of Trustees approval tomorrow.
"I know Sparky would have enjoyed thinking about Schroeder's connection to such a grand hall and stage," says Jean Schulz. An uncle nicknamed Charles "Sparky" after Sparkplug, a horse in the Barney Google comic strip. This is the second gift the Schulz' have made to the Green Music Center.
The $100 million Green Music Center, with construction halfway complete, is modeled after Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's home in western Massachusetts. The Center is destined to become one of the most sought-after music and arts venues in the world.
Featuring an acoustically-superb concert hall, it will draw both master and student musicians, and audiences eager to experience their performances, surrounded by the natural beauty of northern California's hills and vineyards. The GMC features a 1,400 seat concert hall, the 250-seat recital hall, and a music education building. The project is due to be completed in the next two years (http://greenmusiccenter.sonoma.edu).
"The Green Music Center will be a wonderful resource to this community, benefiting those interested in the arts - including the children - for generations to come. So many different people have been part of helping to make it a reality, through large and small gifts. Once complete, it will truly be a community complex, just as Don and Maureen Green intended," said Jean Schulz.
Jean is an alumna of Sonoma State University and longtime community volunteer and philanthropist and president of the Board of the Charles M. Schulz Museum, which opened in August, 2002. She is on the Board of Canine Companions for Independence, a national organization that provides assistance dogs for people with disabilities and produced two award-winning documentaries about the organization. She also sits on the Board of the Sonoma County Community Foundation.
The Schulz family is a generous benefactor in Sonoma County, helping support many causes and organizations. In 2001, for instance, at Sonoma State University, they provided an endowment for the operations of what became the Jean & Charles Schulz Information Center, the state-of-the art library and technology center serving the more than 8,700 students and the community.
A group of multiple-community leaders have formed a "Finale Committee" to complete the fundraising of the Green Music Center. Prominent citizens from the various towns in and around Sonoma County are spreading the word about the Green Music Center and its value to the northbay, our youth, and to the culture and tourism of the wine country.
"The Green Music Center has overcome almost as many hurdles as the Red Baron. Jeannie Schulz' magnificent gift is not only benevolent, but strategically
tremendously important to the completion of the project," said Dan Lanahan, co-chair of the GMC Finale Committee.
Tours of the Donald & Maureen Green Music Center are available for the media, individuals and groups.
Website: http://greenmusiccenter.sonoma.edu
Photos: http://greenmusiccenter.sonoma.edu/construction/index.shtml or contact Susan Kashack at susan.kashack@sonoma.edu or (707) 664-2122.
Additional digital photographs available include the following and can be requested by contacting Susan Kashack:
- Jean Schulz
- Rendering of the Green Music Center concert hall (exterior)
- Rendering of the Green Music Center recital hall (interior)
- Rendering of the Green Music Center concert hall (interior)
- Construction photos of the concert hall, recital hall, music education building, and hospitality center
- Photo of Ruben Arminana, SSU President
- Photo of Dan Lanahan, co-chair, Finale Capital Campaign Committee
*All lectures are free unless otherwise noted.
TO THE TOP AND BEYOND: PARTICLE PHYSICS IN THE NEW CENTURY - Dr. Robin Erbacher of the University of California, Davis explains how forty years after the discovery of quarks we are now beginning to understand the heaviest one - the top quark - and its role in the origin of electroweak symmetry breaking. 4- 5:15 p.m., Monday, Sept. 24. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2119.
BIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM - Dr. Caroline Christian, Department of ENSP, Sonoma State University, Conditional Impacts of Livestock Grazing on an Arid California Grassland. Noon- 1 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2189.
“CIVIL COURAGE: THE STRENGTH OF COMING TO TERMS" - Dr Svetlana Broz wrote a book ("Good People in Evil Times") about her experiences assisting victims of the war in Bosnia during the 1990's. War and Peace Lecture Series. 4-5:15 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25. Warren Auditorium (Ives 101). (707) 664-4115.
A&H FORUM - EZRA & WEINER SPEAK - Mike Ezra (American Multi-Cultural Studies) gives a talk entitled, "My First Year as a Department Chair," followed by Rob Weiner (Hutchins & Philosophy) speaking about "Creating Leonardo-Live! A Solo Performance Piece about the Life of Leonardo da Vinci." Noon- 1 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 27. Schulz 1121,.
OPERATIONAL ISSUES IN MALWARE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS - Paul Vixie, Internet Systems Consortium. Malicious software can result form a variety of sources, intentional and accidental, remote and local, caused by Insiders and outsiders. This talk will discuss the risks, threats, and trends of malware, as well as approaches to detecting, preventing, and removing malware. Noon, Thursday, Sept. 27. Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
DRAWING ON THE PAST/THE ART OF MASAMI TERAOKA - Contemporary painter Masami Teraoka discusses his latest collection with well-known Bay Area critic and author, Alison Bing. 2 p.m. reception in the Art Gallery and 3 p.m. discussion in the commons. Saturday, Sept. 29. (707) 664-2295.
FILMS
BALL OF FIRE - (Howard Hawks, 1940) Barbara Stanwyck is a burlesque dancer on the lamb hiding out with a group of professors, including Gary Cooper. 4 p.m., Friday, September 28. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2606. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free.
PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES - (Alain Resnais, 2006, in French with English subtitles) Winner of the Venice Film Festival's Silver Lion Award. 7 p.m., Friday, September 28 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2606. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free.
*All lectures are free unless otherwise noted.
FROM DEEP SPACE TO EARTH: PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATORS IMPACT THE FUTURE OF TERRESTIAL SOLAR ENERGY - Michael Fulton, President of Ion Beam Optics, Inc.,describes the challenging development of space solar power concentrator technology that provides a lower cost solution for terrestrial photovoltaic energy production. 4-5:15 p.m., Monday, Sept. 17. Darwin 103. http://phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.
CONSTITUTION DAY, IT MATTERS! - This year SSU will celebrate Constitution Day by watching and discussing two short films. Attendance verification will be available for students. Noon in Schulz 3001, and 7 p.m. in the Vineyard Room, Monday, Sept. 17.
BIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM - Dr. Nicholas Geist, SSU Biology Department, Pond Turtle Reproductive Biology. Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2189.
SOCIETAL INFLUENCES ON WOMEN'S BODIES: ABORTION RIGHTS AND CHOICES - Shannen Farrell-Fraley, MA, MFT Intern, discusses the current status of American sexuality. What are the influences on our sexual rights, respect and responsibility? Does our highly sexualized media empower or oppress women? Noon-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18. Carson 20. (707) 664-2840
"THE ARMAMENTS INDUSTRY"-Peter Phillips, Professor of Sociology and National Director of Project Censored and Robert Eyler, Professor of Economics, discuss the armaments industry. War and Peace Lecture Series. 4-5:15 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-4115.
BUILDING SECURE AND ROBUST ENTERPRISE WEB APPLICATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - Christopher J. Randall discusses building scalable and secure applications for the Department of Defense which present special challenges, and how to manage projects in this environment. Noon, Thursday, Sept. 20. Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
EXPLORING THE WORLDWIDE SECURITIES MARKET - Ed Wedbush discusses the Worldwide Securities Market as well as the founding and growth of his international operation, Wedbush Morgan Securities. The event is sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning and free to the public. 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 20. Cooperage 1 & 2. (707) 664-2057
"VIDEO CONVERGENCE FOR MOBILE INDUSTRY" - Unmesh Mehta, Dilithium Networks. Engineering Science Lecture Series. 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. http://www.sonoma.edu/engineering/eslectureseries.htm
FILMS
L'ICEBERG (Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, 2006, in French with English subtitles) Deadpan nearly dialogueless comedy from Belgium. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free. 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 16. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2606.
BALL OF FIRE (Howard Hawks, 1940) Barbara Stanwyck is a burlesque dancer on the lamb hiding out with a group of professors, including Gary Cooper. Admission is $5.00, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students are admitted for free. 7 p.m., Sept. 21. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2606.
World-renowned political cartoonist Khalil Bendib visits Sonoma State on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Multi-Purpose Room to discuss his adventures in the media world both in the U.S. and abroad.
Called the "minesweeper of political cartooning in America," Khalil Bendib will present samples of his work and introduce his latest book "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Wicked Cartoons by America's Most Wanted Political Cartoonist." A $10 admission fee will be charged ($5 students).
Bendib will discuss the censorship that has dogged him as a progressive
cartoonist and commentator throughout his career. He will give pointers on
how a career can still be had despite the barriers and review his long involvement with corporate crime monitor and independent publication
Corpwatch.
Ralph Nader calls Bendib "an equal opportunity skewer." Howard Zinn says he "gets to the heart of the issues of our time. His cartoons are in the greatest tradition of American political humor."
For more information, contact Kate Sims, Project Censored, (707)664-3160.
WEEK OF SEPT. 9-15
*All lectures are free unless otherwise noted.
QUANTUM ENIGMA: REALITY, ENTANGLEMENT, AND CONSCIOUSNESS - Dr. Fred Kuttner of the University of California, Santa Cruz offers a quantum-theory-neutral version of the 2-slit experiment, which demonstrates observer-created reality and physics' encounter with consciousness, and will outline a non-mathematical derivation of Bell's inequality demonstrating quantum entanglement. 4-5:15 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10, Darwin 103
BIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM - Dr. William Sydeman, Director, Marine Ecology Division, PRBO, discusses "Climate Change and Marine Ecosystem Dynamics: Recent Observations and Management Implications for the California Current." Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2189.
FIVE WAYS TO KEEP YOUR SPIRIT HEALTHY - Sarah Dole presents practical ways to enhance spiritual vitality as well as physical health drawn from almost forty years of spiritual practice that include meditation, law of attraction and shamanic empowerment tools. Dole is a shamanic practitioner and spiritual life mentor with a practice in Sebastopol. Noon-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11. Carson Hall, Room 20. (707) 664-2840
"THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR" - John Wingard offers his perspective as a professor of anthropology on war. 4-5:15 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101.
ANDY DIAZ - Andy Diaz Hope creates work that questions the stereotypes and cliches circulated by our popular media. His work has been shown nationally and internationally including the National Gallery of Victoria, the London Crafts Council and the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art and is included in the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. Visiting Artists lecture Series. Noon - 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12. Art 102. (707) 664-3042.
AWARENESS THROUGH MUSIC - Karen Clark, voice lecturer, presents "Awareness through Music," a 40-minute lecture/demonstration on the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education and its philosophy and application in education. As part of the lecture, she presents a brief Awareness Through Movement lesson, then leads a discussion on how the structure of the movement lesson and philosophy of the Feldenkrais Method might be applied in learning and teaching of academic subjects. Art and Humanities Forum, noon-1 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 13. Schulz 1121.
ATTACKS ON THE NETSCAPE BROWSER - Jim Roskind. discusses a broad range of examples of attacks that have been proposed against the Netscape Communicator browser application along with ways that the application evolved to block them. Noon, Thursday, Sept. 13. Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
PUBLIC VIEWING NIGHT - Jupiter, Iris Nebula, Star Death Nebula. 8-10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14. Call to confirm. SSU Observatory. (707) 664-2267.
FILMS
L'ICEBERG - (Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, 2006, in French with English subtitles) Deadpan nearly dialogue-free comedy from Belgium. 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for members and children under 12. SSU students are admitted for FREE. Sonoma Film Institute (707) 664-2606.
*All lectures are free unless otherwise noted.
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2-8
RISKY BUSINESS: STI'S, HIV, AND THE VULNERABILITY OF WOMEN - A discussion of the biological and social factors contributing to women's vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections. Led by Nicole Cushman, Bilingual Health Educator at Planned Parenthood: Shasta-Diablo. Noon, Tuesday, Sept. 4, Carson 20. (707) 664-2840.
"THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN A DEMOCRACY" - And Merrifield discusses the role of the intelligence community in a democracy. War and Peace Lecture Series. 4-5:15 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4, Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-4115
ARE YOU A COPYRIGHT CRIMINAL? - Danny O' Brien of The Electronic Frontier Foundation explores the strange new world of digital technologies with a talk demonstrating how the legal and technological landscape is changing for better and for worse. An emerging topic as colleges and universities have received thousands more legal notices about file sharing this academic year alone. 8 p.m., Sept. 4. Cooperage. (707) 664-2057
THE FREE SOFTWARE MOVEMENT AND THE GNU/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM -Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation discusses the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users worldwide. Noon-1 p.m,, Thursday, Sept. 6, Darwin 102, (707) 664-2667.
WAVES OF AFRICAN IMMIGRATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY - Featuring an Afro- jazz orchestra and stunning visuals, Oda Oak Oracle is one of only two English-language plays by Ethiopia's foremost poet and playwright Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin. Tsegaye revives an ancient Ethiopian story of the Oda Oak valley, a legend of black peoples confronting the role of gods and God, of hope and love, of fear and sacrifice in the life of their community. 7:30-9:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7, Warren Auditorium. Free, open to public. Teacher Workshop: Saturday, Sept. 8, 9 a.m.-noon, Commons. Miriam Hutchins, (707) 664-2409.
How quantum mechanics and human consciousness may interact is the subject of a free public lecture at Sonoma State University at 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10 in Darwin 103. Coffee, cookies, and conversation are available at 3:30 p.m.
University of California, Santa Cruz physicist Fred Kuttner discusses his new book "Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness," which takes a look at quantum theory, its various interpretations, and the philosophical questions that arise as it connects human consciousness with the physical world.
Written with fellow physicist Bruce Rosenblum, "Quantum Enigma" explores the sometimes contradictory findings of quantum physics implies and why some founders of the theory became the foremost objectors to it.
For more details visit
http://currents.ucsc.edu/06-07/07-31/enigma.asp.
The lecture is part of the "What Physicists Do" lecture series.
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.
