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Show Page 4 StatesmanCampus News Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 Gravitational and audio waves at Science Unwrapped USU PHYSICIST SHANE LARSON, right, fields a question during his talk on gravitational waves Friday in the Performance Hall. “Whispers From the Cosmos: Listening to Gravity’s Hidden Message” was part of the Science Unwrapped Series and featured world-renowned musician and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo, above. Centazzo played an interpretive piece while images of famous physicists and experiments were projected on a screen. STEVE SELLERS photos Food: Fresh often tastes better -continued from page 1 The term slow food means the movement is anti-fast food, opposing all the ways McDonald’s and Burger King buy, store and sell their food. Slow Food aims to redirect the U.S. from a “fast-food nation” into a “slow-food nation,” Holzer said. She said Brazil is now being affected by the fast-food nation idea. Brazil is a country that produces fine beef products but currently McDonald’s are skirting all the beef farms, she said. Not only does slow food encourage environmental health and local food businesses, it encourages the enjoyment of fresh food that tastes better, Scott said. Many slowfood activities in Salt Lake City bring supporters together to delight in unprocessed grub. Scott is currently working toward setting a faculty adviser in place for the Slow Food chapter and needs 10 members to officially become an accepted slow-food support group. – catherine.meidell@aggiemail. usu.edu ARL student receives national honor BY USU MEDIA RELATIONS USU graduate student Mark Towner, a science teacher at Granite Park Middle School in Salt Lake City, was chosen from hundreds of applications nationwide to participate as an AmgenNational Science Teachers Association Fellow in the 2009 NSTA New Science Teacher Academy. Towner currently is pursuing a master’s degree in education from USU through the Alternative Route to Licensure program. The only teacher selected from Utah, Towner will participate with 184 other science teachers from across the country in a yearlong professional development program designed to help promote quality science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom excellence and improve teacher content knowledge. “At NSTA, we believe it is important to help educators develop their skills as teachers so that they can not only bolster student Monday 11/2 achievement but better inspire passion for science in their students,” said Francis Eberle, executive director of NSTA. “We congratulate this year’s group of Fellows and are grateful for their commitment to science education and to their students.” The 2009 Fellows were selected on the basis of several criteria, including showing evidence of a solid science background and displaying a strong interest in growing as a professional science educator. Each fellow will receive a comprehensive NSTA membership package, online mentoring with trained mentors who teach in the same discipline and the opportunity to participate in a variety of Web-based professional development activities, including Web seminars. In addition, each Fellow will receive financial support to attend and participate in NSTA’s 2010 National Conference on Science Education in Philadelphia, Penn. ETHICAL LEADERSHIP DAY 8 AM-12 PM Opening Social: Get your hot chocolate until it's gone, Huntsman t-shirts and other freebies in front of the Business Building. Tuesday 11/3 GLOBAL VISION DAY 8 AM-12 PM Opening Social: Get your hot chocolate until it's gone, Huntsman t-shirts and other freebies in front of the Business Building. 8-11 AM Global Vision Activity: see how business is conducted in other countries, second floor of the business building. 7:30 PM Opportunity Quest kick off event BUS 211. Compete to win $3,000 to start your own company. Wednesday 11/4 ANALYTICAL RIGOR DAY 12:30-2:30 P.M Financial Planning Speaker Lance Morgan, Farm Bureau Financial Services agent, will speak in the O.C. Tanner Lounge (ninth floor) in Business Building. Refreshments will be served. 7-10 PM Clubbin' and Movie Night: free food and watch The Pursuit of Happyness in the TSC Ballroom. Thursday 11/5 ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT DAY 6 PM Etiquette Dinner: Hamilton's Restaurant. Seating is limited so be sure to R.S.V.P to Mary Price (BUS 815) by Tuesday, November 3 by 12 p.m. Tickets are $15. Friday 11/6 CAREER BUILDING DAY 8 AM-12 PM Career Building Activity: Resume reviews and internship Q&A will take place in the second floor student lounge. Interviewing skills seminars in the O.C. Tanner Lounge (ninth floor) of the Business Building. 12:30-1:30 PM Global Vision Seminar: Michael J. Bertasso (former senior vice president of Heinz) will speak in the Orson A. Christensen Auditorium (BUS 215). Free Aggie ice-cream in the second floor student lounge from 1:30-2 p.m. BUSINESS WEEK |