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News Release: The State of Health Care Reform in America: Two Events Scheduled for Coming Week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2009
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Tom Imhoff, Philosophy
530-898-4743
The State of Health Care Reform in America: Two Events Scheduled for Coming Week
The California State University, Chico Peace Institute is offering the second of its three-part series on health care reform this coming Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Ayres 120. Bill Moyer’s Journal Interview of Wendell Potter from July 10, 2009 will be shown and a discussion will follow. The event is free and open to the public.
Potter, a former public relations front person for Cigna has now became a whistleblower, testifying before Congressional committees and appearing for numerous interviews on TV about the abuses of the health insurance industry. Once hired by Cigna to discredit Michael Moore and “Sicko,” he recently stated on TV that he agrees with most of the content in the documentary. He has become one of the strongest advocates for health reform in America.
The final event in the series, “Wellness vs. Sickness—Do We Need a New Paradigm?” will be held on Monday, Nov. 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m. in PAC 135. A panel of health care providers will discuss how preventative care, healthy life style, and alternative and collaborative health services can help keep us well, reduce illness and contribute significantly to health care cost containment. The panel, including James Nagel, M.D.; Deborah Penner, D.C.; Regina Dagerette, Ph.D., L.Acc.; Shayla Waddell, N.D.; and Deborah Crawford, RMT, will address the question of whether the current healthcare reform measures provide for such a program, and whether we need to rethink what constitutes health and health care.
The complete news release is available online.
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News Release: Chico State's Ballroom Dance Night Will Give Dancers 'A Night in the Spotlight'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2009
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Chico State’s Ballroom Dance Night Will Give Dancers ‘A Night in the Spotlight’
Ballroom Dance Night at California State University, Chico will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7-10 p.m. in Shurmer Gym. The theme is “A Night in the Spotlight: Let Your Light Shine.”
Ballroom Dance Night has been a tradition for more than 50 years. Dancers from the university community, Butte College and the larger community are welcome. The cost is $6 for students and $7 for community members, and tickets are sold at the door.
“Ballroom Dance Night started with coach Willie Simmons in the early 1960s,” said Patricia Smiley, director of the dance program at CSU, Chico. “At that time, records provided the music. Today, a professional DJ provides the dancers with a wide variety of music. There is no drinking allowed, and the students have attended classes, know how to dance and come dressed in their best.”
The complete news release is available online.
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News Release: Colloquium Will Feature Economist Speaking on 'What Went Wrong: An Idiosyncratic Perspective on the Economy and Economics'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2009
CONTACT: Kathleen McPartland
Tel: 530-898-4260
Colloquium Will Feature Economist Speaking on ‘What Went Wrong: An Idiosyncratic Perspective on the Economy and Economics’
The California State University, Chico College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) Faculty Colloquium this year will honor economist Michael Perelman, author of “The Confiscation of American Prosperity: From Right-Wing Extremism and Economic Ideology to the Next Great Depression” (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007).
The title of Perelman’s talk is “What Went Wrong: An Idiosyncratic Perspective on the Economy and Economics.” In it, he will discuss the path by which he was able to understand the current economic crisis that was about to unfold before it was officially named.
The colloquium, to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8, is a yearly event that recognizes a BSS faculty member who has received national attention for his or her scholarship. The event begins with a poster session highlighting faculty scholarship at 5:30 p.m. in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium. Perelman’s keynote presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m.
The complete news release is available online.
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Phonebook Survey
Please help us by completing a short online survey.
The University is considering the reduction of Butte County phone book distribution for the following reasons:
• The time/cost required to distribute phone books on campus
• The time/cost to collect old phone books for recycling
• The quantity of waste generated by using a paper-based phone book for only one year
Instructions on utilizing free online phone directories will be provided.
Your input from this short survey will help us determine if further phone book reductions are a viable option.
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Defensive Driver Training Today
The CSU Vehicle Use Policy requires that State employees (including student employees) complete Defensive Driver Training every four years in order to drive a State, rental, or privately-owned vehicle on State business. In an effort to meet the needs of the Campus, the Vehicle Reservations Office is offering Defensive Driver Training each week.
Employees can confirm the date of their last training by inquiring at vehicles@csuchico.edu. Responses will typically be by return e-mail on the next business day.
Please have your California Driver License number and expiration date, and CSU, Chico employee/student ID number available at the time of the class.
Location and time varies by session. To view the availability of sessions, location, and to register, log into the Web Based Training (WBT) system and click on the Course Catalog menu—the workshops are posted under the EH&S tab. If you need assistance logging into the WBT system, please contact EH&S.
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School of Social Work Victor Treatment Centers Scholarship Award
CSU, Chico School of Social Work is pleased to announce that Lenette Dornon, a second year MSW student, was recently awarded the Victor Treatment Centers Scholarship for 2009-2010. This $5,000 scholarship was established in 2005 by Victor Treatment Centers for full-time students in the Master of Social Work (MSW) Program at CSU, Chico. The purpose for the scholarship is to promote education in support of the Victor Family of Programs Mission Statement: “To provide treatment, care, supervision and instruction to high-risk children and families in a manner that enriches lives and respects individual differences through personal responsibility, dignity, and independence, now and in the future.”
Scholarship guidelines can be found on the CSU, Chico School of Social Work Web site.
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WREC Modified GX Schedule
Evening classes at the WREC will be modified due to the Veteran’s Day Observation:
4pm - 4:30pm Butts n’ Gutts 250 Vickie
4:30pm - 5:30pm WREC Fit 250 Vickie
Yoga 230 Lisa
5:30pm - 6:30pm Spin 240 Karin
Zumba 250 Brooke
Step 260 Mallory
WREC closes at 7pm.
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Every Can Counts
Every Can Counts - the WREC is having a canned food drive and will be collecting until November 20 (Friday) in the WREC front lobby. All donations are going to the Torres Community Shelter. Please see the WREC front desk for further information. Remember: Every Can Counts.
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The State of Health Care Reform in America
The Peace Institute at CSU, Chico presents two discussions:
On Thurs., Nov. 12 from 7:30pm - 9:30pm in Ayres Room #120 - a replay of the Bill Moyer¹s Journal Interview of Wendell Potter from July 2009. Potter, a former PR director for Cigna, has become a whistleblower.
Employed by Cigna to discredit Michael Moore¹s film, “Sicko”, Potter recently stated on TV that he agrees with Moore¹s claims in “Sicko” - discussion follows.
On Mon., Nov. 16 from 7:30pm - 9:30pm in Larry Wismer Theatre (PAC 135). “Wellness vs. Sickness: Do We Need a New Paradigm” a panel discussion of how preventative care, healthy life styles, alternative and collaborative health approaches can help keep us well, reduce illness, and contribute significantly to health care cost containment. The panel will address whether current healthcare reform measures provide for such a program, and whether we need to rethink what constitutes health and health care. Featured panelists include James Nagel, M.D., Deborah Penner, D.C., Regina Dagerette, Phd, L.Acc., Shayla Waddell, N.D., and Deborah Crawford, CMT.
For more information contact Tom Imhoff at 898-4743.
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Conversations on Diversity, "Bottom Up Solutions to Top Down Problems," Nov. 18
The economic plunge has made things tight-if not desperate - especially for those directly and disproportionately affected by federal and state funding slashes in education and social services. But many folks have developed grassroots responses, including funding campaigns, do-it-yourself programs, textbook exchanges, and service outreach.
Bring your lunch and join us Wed., Nov. 18 from 12pm - 1pm in BMU 210 to hear about some of these programs started right here in the Chico area - and learn how you, too, can join in the efforts to improve your own and others’ lives.
For more information, please contact the Office of Diversity at 530-898-4764.
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Printmaking Exhibition: Two Views/ Two Printmakers
MFA Candidates Erin Kelly and Megan Moore juxtapose their original prints at Laxson Fine Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition Two Views/ Two Printmakers.
Erin Kelly’s prints center on her interaction with nostalgic childhood artifacts such as 33 rpm record albums. Megan Moore focuses on organic nature, and microscopic biology in her meticulous printmaking processes. Two Views/ Two Printmakers opens Thurs., Oct. 8 and will run through Nov. 13, 2009 at Laxson Fine Art Gallery in Laxson Auditorium at California State University, Chico. Gallery hours are Mon.-Thurs. from 11am - 4pm.
For more information please contact Elizabeth Newman Kuiper, CSU, Chico Art Department, 530-898-5331.
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University Film Series: Facing Windows (2003, Italy), Dec. 8
University Film Series
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Ayres 106 (Little Theatre)
$3 donation appreciated
Dec. 8
Facing Windows (La finestra di fronte)
(2003, Italy) 102 min. Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek.
Sponsored by the Italian Club and introduced by Fulvio Orsitto, Foreign Languages and Literatures*
Giovanna (Giovanna Mezzogiorno ) and her husband Filippo (Filippo Nigro ) have settled into life with jobs that make them unhappy. They argue about money, sex, time and work. There is a sense that this is a marriage whose love is dwindling fast. But one morning, the two of them cross paths with an elderly man suffering from transient global amnesia, remembering nothing about himself and his current situation, although recalling random episodes from his remote past.
*Part of the Humanities Center’s year-long theme “Memory, Nostalgia, Ruins.”
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Harvest Food Drive, Nov. 9-13
The Department of Health and Community Services’ Community Health Class and the Health Professionals Association (HPA) are helping the Jesus Center with its annual Harvest Food Drive. The food collected during this drive helps make it possible for the Center to serve over 100,000 hot meals per year. The Jesus Center helps feed Chico’s hungry.
Specific non-perishable food items that are needed include: sugar, flour, cake, biscuit or pancake mix, syrup, pasta and pasta sauce, tuna, dried and canned beans, mayonnaise, mustard, coffee, and large (#10) cans of fruit and/or vegetables. Non-food items that are being sought include: paper products, socks, disposable razors, and soap. Cash donations of any amount are greatly appreciated.
Donations can be dropped off at these locations:
• Butte 607
• BMU Information Center, Monday - Thursday 8am - 7pm and Friday 8am - 5pm
• Tues., Nov. 10 and Thurs., Nov. 12, stop by the Food Drive table in the Glenn/Siskiyou area from 10am - 2pm.
Please help make CSU, Chico a campus that cares and supports our local community.
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Upcoming Book in Common Events
The 2009 Book in Common, Steve Lopez’s The Soloist, will be augmented by a number of events taking place in the community. For more information please contact Brooks Thorlaksson, Associate Dean, CSU, Chico’s College of Humanities and Fine arts at 898-5351, or visit the Book in Common Web site.
Upcoming Book in Common events include:
Jesus Center’s Harvest Food Drive
Nov. 9-13
If you would like to help, e-mail Holly Nevarez
The Soloist-Touchstone Book Group
Tues., Nov. 10 at 7pm
Lyon Books
121 W. 5th Street, Chico
Join a community reading group to discuss The Soloist and other books chosen by the group.
Notes for Hope: Piano Concert
Sat., Nov. 21 at 7pm
Faith Lutheran Church on First Avenue just past Mangrove
Pianist Mark Ryan Friedman plays Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Liszt in a special concert fundraiser for the Torres Community Shelter. Friedman, a CSU, Chico alum and former Kruschke Piano Prize winner, offers this concert free and open and hopes people will donate to help homeless in Chico as part of the Community Book in Common.
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Retirement Reception for Herman Ellis, Nov. 12
Please join friends and colleagues in honoring Dr. Herman A. Ellis, Associate Vice President for Student Life, as he tees off for retirement after thirty-three years of leadership, service and dedication to our students, campus, and community. Herman will be greatly missed by his Student Affairs family and all who have had the pleasure of working with him these past years. A reception to celebrate Herman’s retirement will be held on Thurs., Nov. 12, from 4pm - 6pm in the BMU Auditorium.
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North State Symphony's "Sonorous Strings" Concert
North State Symphony Concert: Sonorous Strings
Sat., Nov. 14 at 7:30pm
Laxson Auditorium, Chico
Pre-concert talk at 6:30pm in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall
Sun., Nov. 15 at 2pm
Cascade Theatre, Redding
Pre-concert talk at 1pm
The romantic sounds of a string orchestra feature brother and sister soloists George and Emily Hayes in a delightful work by Mendelssohn. Enjoy music from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Great Britain from remarkable composers and the polished strings of the NSS.
Chico Tickets: University Box Office, 898-6333
Redding Tickets: Cascade Theatre Box Office, 243-8877
More information is available on the Web site.
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Theatre Dept. to Present "Last Days of Judas Iscariot," Nov. 12-15
Drama: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Thurs., Nov. 12 - Sat., Nov. 14 at 7:30pm
Sat., Nov. 14 & Sun., Nov. 15 at 2pm
Wismer Theatre
Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Katie Whitlock
Ever wondered what happened to Judas Iscariot? Take a fresh look at faith, philosophy and humanity in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell. Playwright Adly Guirgis reexamines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner. Funny, raw, street-savvy, profane and profound, this play by one of America’s newest voices is sure to change the way you view the ultimate sinner. Mature language and content.
Tickets: University Box Office, x6333
More information is available on the Web site.
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Jazz Concert, Nov. 13
Jazz X-Press Fall Concert: Jazz Innovations
Fri., Nov. 13 at 7:30pm
Harlen Adams Theatre
Enjoy Jazz X-Press playing music from one of the country’s best new jazz composers, Ms. Chie Imaizumi. A graduate of the Berklee School of Music, Chie’s work has been commissioned by the Hamilton-Clayton Orchestra, the Denver School of the Arts, and the Air Force Falconaires. Don’t miss this chance to hear several selections from her latest CD, “Unfailing Kindness.”
TICKETS: University Box Office, x6333
More information is available on the Web site.
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