CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Scientist To Give Talk About Mars On April 23

April 11, 1999

Steve Lee, planetary scientist at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), will give a lecture on Friday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the CU Cortez Center. Lee's talk, titled "New Views of Mars," is the third in a series that CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø is offering this spring in Cortez. His presentation will give an overview of how earlier telescopic and spacecraft observations have been used to explore Mars.

Affirmative Action At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø To Be Discussed April 22-23

April 11, 1999

An all-day "Community Forum on Affirmative Action" will be held at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on Friday, April 23, in the University Memorial Center. The conference will feature panel discussions by CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø students, faculty and staff on topics including affirmative action research, policy formation, law and morality and the impact of affirmative action on CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø. All events will be held in the UMC from 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. The conference is organized by the diversity council of the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø sociology department.

Hard Drive Cafe To Offer Weekend Entertainment On CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Campus

April 11, 1999

Now that CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø students have discovered the Hard Drive Cafe in the Kittredge Commons complex for weeknight study breaks, Web surfing, socializing and espresso, its staff is trying to draw bigger crowds on the weekend. The six-month-old coffee and computer hangout has received high marks since it opened on Halloween last year. Students are taking advantage of the cafe's pool table, 19 televisions, a wide assortment of coffees, juices, pastries and appetizers, and eight Imac computers for surfing the World Wide Web.

Cable Television Pioneer Makes Half-Million Dollar Gift To CU Law Scholarship Fund

April 11, 1999

Cable television pioneer Bill Daniels is donating $500,000 to the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø School of Law to establish a scholarship endowment fund. Income from the fund will be used to assist law students who demonstrate a financial need and who have a "commitment to public service." Daniels made the gift in the name of Gene Nichol, CU law professor and former dean of the law school, whom Daniels has long admired.

Professor Keith Basso To Lecture

April 11, 1999

Keith Basso, professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico, will give a lecture titled "Apache Landscapes and the Oldest Man in Show Low," on Monday, April 26th. The talk will be at 5 p.m. in Old Main Chapel on the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. Basso plans to address how and why people form attachments to places. He also will compare the sense of place of American Indians with those of other residents of a nearby community in central Arizona. The talk is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Center of the American West.

Oyate Student Group To Host Pow-Wow On April 17 And 18

April 8, 1999

More than 2,000 American Indians and First Nation Peoples from tribes in the United States and Canada will rendezvous at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on April 17 and 18 for the third annual "Red Nations Cultural Unity Celebration Contest Pow-Wow." Pow-wow events will be held in the Coors/Events Conference Center.

America's Most Powerful Centrifuge Testing Dam Safety At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø

April 8, 1999

In the basement of CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍøÂ’s College of Engineering and Applied Science, a monstrous centrifuge sporting an 80,000-pound swinging arm and a box to tote hefty payloads whirls a miniature earthen dam at 200 miles per hour.

CU Professor's Book Exposes Weaknesses Of American Legal System

April 7, 1999

Rodney King, O.J. Simpson, Louise Woodward. The names represent not just people but criminal trials that critics claim spotlight the deficiencies of the American system of justice. During the trials, lawyers and legal experts assured Americans that these cases were not typical and that the U.S. trial system remains the best in the world. But according to CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø law professor and former federal prosecutor William T. Pizzi, these cases are typical and our legal system is not the best.

CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø April 8 Speaker A Former U.N. Investigator Of Human Rights Violations During Bosnian Civil War

April 6, 1999

MEDIA ADVISORY M. Cherif Bassiouni, professor of law at DePaul University and Chairman of the United NationsÂ’ Commission of Experts investigating human rights violations during the Bosnian civil war, will deliver the 42nd annual John R. Coen Lecture in the Fleming Law Building on the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus. Bassiouni will be available to answer reporters' questions concerning suspected human rights violations in Kosovo on Thursday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Fleming Law Building at CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Call 492-3084 to arrange an interview.

Multicultural Environmental Expert To Speak At CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø

April 6, 1999

The physical affects of buildings, classrooms, signs and symbols on visitors and members of the campus community will be the topic of a forum at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on April 20 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in conference rooms 3 and 4 at the Recreation Center. Professor James Banning of CSU, who studies the relationships among people and the university environment, will give a slide presentation on the impact that these spaces, including graffiti, art, posters and access, may have on diverse groups and the spirit of multiculturalism.

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