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The Barker
CALL FOR SPEAKERS
For the Roy A. Taylor Public Speaking Contest!
Sponsored by the Drama Department of UNCA,
the contest will be held Sunday afternoon,
April 27,2003 at 3:00pm in the Glass House
beside Ramsey Library.
Cash awards for the winners!
Requirements are:
1.) a 10-minute speech to persuade or actuate on any
topic
2.) contestant must be a current UNCA student or staff
member
The contestant should contact Rob Storrs with their
name and speech title by April 15,2003 at either his
Drama Dept, mailbox in the Carol Belk Theatre, or by
email at rstorrs@unca.edu
Acclaimed Psychologist,
Author Kay Redfield
Jamison to Speak at
UNCA
Kay Redfield Jamison, an
internationally acclaimed clinical
psychologist, will discuss "An Unquiet
Mind: Personal and Professional
Reflections on Mental Illness" at 8pm
Friday, April 11, at UNC Asheville's Owen Conference
Center. A reception will immediately follow her talk. The
event is free and open to the public.
In 1995, Jamison shocked her colleagues at Johns Hopkins
University by going public with her own history of manic
depression in a Washington Post article and subsequent
book, "An Unquiet Mind." The book became a New York
Times bestseller. Her following book, "Night Falls Fast:
Understanding Suicide," was chosen by the New York
Times as a "Notable Book of 1999." Her latest book,
"Exuberance: The Vital Emotion," is due out this year.
The event is organized by UNCA's Psi Chi psychology
honors society and Catalyst, UNCA's peer education group.
Major local sponsors include CooperRiis, a healing farm
community, and Mission St. Joseph's Health System.
For more information, call UNCA's Psychology Department
at 828/251-6422.
Noted Economists to Discuss the U.S.
Economy at UNCA's 19th Annual
Crystal Ball Seminar April 10
UNC Asheville will host the 19th annual Economic Crystal
Ball Seminar on Thursday, April 10, at UNCA's Owen
Conference Center. Noted economists David W. Berson
and James F. Smith will discuss "The U.S. Economy: The
Business and Financial Outlook through 2004." The event
is free and open to the public.
The seminar, sponsored by the UNCA Economics
Department and RBC Centura, begins with a 6:15pm
reception, followed by the speakers at 7pm and a
question-and-answer period at 8pm.
The economic outlook portion of the program will focus on
inflation, employment, interest rates and the strength of the
dollar, as well as the North Carolina budget. The financial
outlook presentation will explore the implications of the
Federal Reserve policy for financial markets. Various
investments will be addressed, with an emphasis on
interest rates and the bond market.
Berson, a vice president and chief economist at Fannie
Mae, is responsible for forecasting interest rates and the
housing market. Smith, professor of finance at UNC
Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School, has more
than 25 years of experience as an economics forecaster.
Admission is free, but seating is limited. To register, call
UNCA's Economics Department at 828/251-6550 or e-mail
kmoore@unca.edu
In Search of Abraham's Hometown:
Where is the Ur of the Chaldeans?
Join Dr. Maxwell Miller from Emory University in
Atlanta as he will illustrate some of the complex
issues that arise when one attempts to interrelate
biblical narrative, history, geography and
archaeology.
Sponsored by the Humanities Student
Association
Time/Date: April 7, 7pm
Place: Owen
Conference Center
Questions?
email
aesewell@bulldog.unca.edu