March 24, 1999
Meredith Heraid
Campus Extras
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Clubs Corner
♦ Need hdp ba&tndng those books? Learn how balance those books with this
survival skills woHcshop, Today - Wed. Mar. 24 12 noon - i is Dogwood A, No
sign up soeessary.
♦ $ciena» Club - The next Barber Seleace Club tweets this Thursday Mar 25 at
?:30 p.jw, iw i07 Hunter Next year’s ofhcers will be elected. LtWs of food. Lveryose
♦ FREE YOUR MiNDl The Student Governiwent Association and the Student
Ufe Cotssnttee is sponsoring the second Free Your Mind forum this Friday, Mar. 2b
at It) a.m. in the second Cate lounge. Come share your ideas on how to Improve the
Meredith communi^.
♦ POETRY READINO - Celebrate Women’s History Month with your favorite
author Friday nl^t Mar. 2d in Kresge Auditorium 8:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. Everyone wel
♦ PICNIC and FAIR - Come out to the Women’s History Month picnic and fan-
next Wednesday, Mar, 31 during dinner There wlil be live music and representatives
from local women’s issues groups.
♦ Blood Drivel»The Gift of Life blood drive will be held the week after Easter
on Apr, 8, 1999 in die Wain wright suites of Belk Dining Hail from 2:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Call Melissa x2l60 for an appointment.
CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH ALL MONTH!
♦ 3/15-31 Women’s suffrage movement display loyner Hall.
♦ 3/24 Wednesday worship If) a.m, Jones Chapel, Speaker wi!l be Gayle ;si;
Felton and special music by the Chorale.
♦ 3/26 Poetry Reading in Kresge Auditorium 8:30 p.m.
♦ 3/25-27 “Mother Wjvc the Morning” presented in Jones Aud.
♦ .t/25 Panel spcakeis hom l-uitony, news and busines^ to speak on women’s
issues in Kresge And. 2-5 p.m. Sponsored by NC Equity,
All events sjnmmred by the Histoiy and POUtics Club and the Creative Ideas Ftmdt
NC State College of Engineering
to hold open house Mar. 27
NCSU News Services Press Release
What do plasma reactors, an artificial nose and mobile
robots have in common? They’ll all be featured at the North
Carolina State University College of Engineering annual open
house, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 27. The event is free and
open to the public.
The open house gives prospective students and their families
a chance to meet university faculty, tour campus facilities and
learn first-hand about NC State engineering programs. Labo
ratory tours, demonstrations, information sessions and faculty
presentations will be offered. Faculty members from each
department in the College of Engineering will be on hand to
talk with students and their families, representatives from the
university’s admissions office and the NC State cooperative
education. University Scholars and Study Abroad programs
also will be on hand to answer any questions visitors may
have.
The College of Engineering at NC State offers 16 under
graduate, 17 master’s and 14 doctoral degrees ad has 219
tenured or tenure-track faculty members, nine of whom are
members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering.
The college ranks sixth in the nation in the number of under
graduate degrees awarded and fifth in industry-sponsored
research.
Registration for open house visitors will be in Burlington
Engineering Laboratories on Lampe Street on NC State’s mam
campus. For more information, call the College of Engineering
Office of Academic Affairs at (919) 515-9669 or 515-3693 or
visit the College’s web site at www.engr.ncsu.edu.
Coming Events
Arts & Entertdinment EUitor
-March-
26- Big Hand ('oncert / Oanee, “BiL' B:uid I'x{ra\agan/a,” featuring Jim
Miller and thv* Jimmy Dorvey Orehesira and Guy Lombardo with A1 Pierson
6:45pm. McKiminon (.'emci. NC’ State S15. C'all 5I51IUO for more inio or
26 & 27- NC Symphony presents Duke Chapel Choral Concert. Duke Uni-
\ersity. Durham. .NC. Fri at 8pm and Sat. at 3pm. Tickets lU'c S16 31. Eor l-'ri-
day’.s tickets call 916-36t)-3t)10. For Saturday’s tickets call 919-560-2733.
27- .America's Reconstruction Exhibit Tour, NC Museum of History.
Raleigh 3 4pm. .Spcs-ial tour of this traveling exhibit that cxaminc.s the Rcton-
struetton. the 12 yr. peiiod altei the C’ivil Wat. Visit
luip://nchistory.dt. r.stale.iic.us/museums.
27- NC I'heaire for Young people to present Dino.saur! 2 s|Kvial perfor
mances on the Raleigh Little I'heatre’s Main Stage. 2pm & 4pm I'bts play
focuses on a mischiev ous preieen nameil Malloiy. v. ho uses her miaeination to
escape from the leality ot her parents' divorce. SI for students & S5 for sdiill.s.
c.dl Kathleen Rudolph at 919 821-4579, cxl. 2.10
28- L.ist chance to sec .Mphonse Mucha; 1'hc Spirit of An Nouveau exhibit
at NC Museum ot Aif S5 pei person.
-Juried exhibition of the Watcrcolor Society of North CaroHrta at the Page-
Walker Arts and History Center In Cary. The exhibit opened in February and
will be closing on April 16. is free. The Page-Waiker is located at 119 Ambas
sador Loop in downtown Cary next to Cary Town hall Gailery Hours are Mon-
Tues from iOam * 9:30pfn, Wed-Thurs from lOain - 5pm, & Fri, from lOam -
i pm. Call 460-4963 for into.
MATHOPOWER
Algebra Geometry Calculus.
Call 1-800-97NACME.
www.nacme.org
NACM=
National Action Ccondi (or Mmot iti Engmeerinj Inc,
Make the Campfire Right Before you Light
Smokey is counting on you to build a safe campfire.
1. Dig a small pit away from overhanging branches.
2. Circle the pit with rocks.
3. Clear a five-foot area around the pit down to the soil.
4. Keep a bucket of water and shovel nearby.
5. Stack extra wood upwind and away from the fire.
6. After lighting, do not discard match until it is cold.
7. Never leave a campfire unattended, even for a
minute.
8. Never start a campfire in areas where they are
prohibited.
REMEMBER, ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST HUES.
If you don't talk
with your kids about sex,
who will?
Be sure to start an honest open dialogue
widi them at an eaily age. For a fiee booklet
that can help you discuss aUkinds
of tough issues, call l-8(X>Child-44.
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