Lecture aims to ease stress
WHAT: “Managing Stress: Prevention and Reduction”\nWHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. today\nWHERE: Teter Quad, Room F258\nMORE INFORMATION: This event offers an opportunity to learn how to deal with stress and use strategies to minimize it on a regular basis.
Play the game of Go at the Asian Culture Center
WHAT: The Asian Culture Center hosts an opportunity to play, learn or teach the game GO\nWHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. today\nWHERE: Asian Culture Center, 807 E. 10th St.\nMORE INFORMATION: Go, known as “WeiQi” in Chinese and “Baduk” in Korean, is one of the oldest games in the world that is still played in its original form. Although the rules are simple, the strategy is more complicated than that necessary for chess, and computers still can’t beat humans at it. An annual Go competition is planned for some time in April.
HPER symposium \noffers day of talks, panels, research
WHAT: Grow/Move/Change: School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation Research Symposium\nWHEN: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday\nWHERE: Frangipani Room, Indiana Memorial Union\nMORE INFORMATION: This daylong event will feature faculty presentations and panel discussions on a range of topics, including neurological issues in human aging, and physical consequences of high fat meals and inactivity. Dr. Kenneth Cooper, “the Father of Aerobics,” will be the symposium’s special guest speaker. He will talk several times throughout the day, with his final talk, “Preventive Medicine & Health Promotion: 21st Century Medicine” at 7 p.m. in Whittenberger Auditorium in the IMU.
Employers looking for students \nstaying in town this summer
WHAT: Summer Jobs Fair\nWHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday\nWHERE: Alumni Hall, Indiana Memorial Union\nMORE INFORMATION: Students who are staying in Bloomington over the summer and looking for a job will have the opportunity to meet with more than 75 local employers who will be recruiting at the fair. Part-time and full-time positions, both on campus and off campus, will be available.
25th Joan Wood Lecture celebrates women in science
WHAT: Nicole King will present the talk “Finding my way: fossils, choanoflagellates and motherhood.”\nWHEN: 4 p.m. Wednesday\nWHERE: Myers Hall, Room 130\nMORE INFORMATION: A 2005 recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship “genius grant,” King is an alumna of IU who is an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Berkeley. She will talk about her work and how she balances it with extracurricular life. Following the presentation, audience members will have a chance to meet King and enjoy refreshments.
Professors, \nstudents to debate IU’s contract with Coca-Cola
WHAT: Debate and forum hosted by No Sweat! will explore the issue of IU’s contract with Coca-Cola\nWHEN: 7 p.m. Wednesday\nWHERE: Geology Building, Room 126\nMORE INFORMATION: Coca-Cola has been accused of ignoring human rights abuses, such as intimidation and kidnapping at plants in Columbia. This forum will offer viewpoints on IU’s exclusive beverage contract with the Coke company and provide a venue for people to give their opinions about this issue.
Speaker to address issues affecting Asian Pacific Americans
WHAT: “Power and Visibility for Asian Pacific Americans: Why Public Policy and a United Voice Should Matter to APAs!”\nWHEN: 7 p.m. Wednesday\nWHERE: Faculty Club, Indiana Memorial Union\nMORE INFORMATION: \nKiran Ahuja, the executive director of the \nNational Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum in Washington D.C., will be the keynote speaker. Ahuja will discuss and share ideas about how APA students on campus can become more involved and get politicians and community leaders to care about issues that are important to Asian Pacific Americans. The event is co-sponsored by the Office of Women’s Affairs and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
