OCR Text |
Show l THE FORUM Women's Health Panel Hosted by UWABC New Hampshire Project February 1 1 , Tracy Newby Staff Writer The Utah Womens Alliance for Building Community, UWABC, will host a womens health panel on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 5:30 p.m. in the Howa board room. This enlightening discussion will focus on issues surrounding womens health and will offer specific ideas and preventive alternatives for women to gain control of their phvsical The discussion will also focus on awareness and education. Phyllis Lefevre of the UWABC said, We want this to be a very positive experience, one that empowers women and helps them take charge of their health. The panel will consist of four distinguished guests: Rose Defa, executive well-bein- 3 2004 g. director of the American Cancer Society; Debra Cox, executive director for the American Heart Association; Victoria Salev, health coordi-nato- r for the Arthritis Foundation; and Courtney en the fabric by creating positive social, political and eco- Garay, development director build community. for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The panel will be moderated. Registration will be held at 5:30 p.m. The discussion will begin at 6 p.m. and last approximately one hour. There will also be a short question-and-answ- period er directly following the discussion. Refreshments will be served. According to the UWABC website, the Utah Womens Alliance for Building Community provides a forum for business and professional women within our community to come together and strength Students Share Experiences nomic changes. It also mentions that the UWABC gathers women leaders of today and tomorrow to refine the skills that Through increased self-awarene- Staff Writer ss and organizational consciousness, they will increase civility in the work place and become a more effective influence of positive change within, our organizations. .To attend the womens health panel on Tuesday, Feb. 17, or for additional information about the discussion, please call Erin Basta at 974-337- decided they would rather support other candidates, Alison J. Robertson including John Kerry and John Edwards. With their travel costs subsidized by the college, the delegates flew to New Hampshire on Jan. 23, where they met up with Thompson. The students spent a week Delegates of the New Hampshire Project are to host a forum to share stories with the Westminster community concerning their involvement in various presidential campaigns and their experiences working with the New experiencing grass-root- s paign work including Hampshire Democratic Party (NHDP) during the New Hampshire primary. The six Westminster students who participated in the project will hold the forum on To find out more about the Utah Womens Alliance when they were able to attend a dinner with Thompson and ended up inadvertently helping the NHDP protect presidential candidates from the media. This event is just one example of the many experiences the students will be presidential campaign, according to the New Hampshire Project Chairman, Aaron sharing. The forum vide the opportunity for the community to watch and ana- process. presidential commercials and learn how the New lyze different New Hampshire intention of working for Howard Deans campaign, but that was not the case once they reached the East Coast. The Iowa caucus Kim Brokling Contributing Writer Last Thursday, poet Claudia Rankine and her husband John Lucas brought Westminster College a delightful display of poetic verse supplemented by a multimedia presentation. They performed to a full house in Gore auditorium. Im not going to read poems, said Rankine before she proceeded to read. At least not the kind of poems you expect. She explained that her works are more of a combination between poetry and essays, fiction and The pieces were read non-fictio- Tm not going to read poems, at least not the kind of Poems you expect. -- Claudia Rankine n. from Rankines upcoming book. Don't Let Me Be Lonely. The book will be released in September. Instead of reading several poems over the course of the evening. Rankine performed a continuous reading of her poem essay about current events of the last four years. She started with the election, and moved through to the events of Sept. 11 and the war in Iraq. The mood changed The throughout the poem 1 1 were sad parts about Sept sadness lies in poem. The the recognition that a life cannot matter.. .billions of lives did not matter. Then the poem went into television and watching the news. I count the commercials for antidepressants, said the poem. One of the commercials kept telling her Your life is waiting. This is when the multimedia part really began to kick in, and the screen started flashing the words - From that part forward, many of the poems had images flashed across the screen to help drive the of the poem works. The event Thompson. After Deans negative was when a voice on the speaker kept repeating a piece of the poem, and Rankine mixed in her voice with the poem. Like a choir, the voices would be separate, and then would come together and say the same thing. After that, the mood was lightened by the sudden explosion on the screen of a cartoon and the song Day-with different words. Instead of come Mr. Taliman, give me a banana, the song went Come Mr. Taliban, give me a Bin Laden. is free and open to the public and media. Members of the New Hampshire Project will . be available for comment at a reception prior to the New Hampshire Project forum. 05 per- formance following the Iowa caucus results, three students point. One of the most haunting parts Hampshire primary process said changed everything, Your life is waiting. will also pro- Thompson, a Westminster student already busy with the 2004 presidential electoral All six students had the and had a sort of dark mood about them, which was accentuated by the way that Rankines face stayed half lit and half in shadow throughout the reading. You dont remember because you dont care, she repeated throughout the or A highlight of the students trip was on Jan. 24, The New Hampshire Project was initially a program to connect students to the for Building Community, please visit their website at, UWABC.org. 03 door-to-do- promotion and rallying. Wednesday, Feb. 1 1, at 7 p.m. in the Gore School of Business Auditorium. 1. cam- KNOWING COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE COVERED IS AS IMPORTANT AS KNOWING THEY'RE STUDYING. Some college Mudenis are not protected by their parents health insurance, especially ii they move away. Mudenl Select iusuiance through Foitis I leahlr pros ides protection that helps take one worry oil our mind. As a State Farm agent 1 can help. Cali me today o Ividifh Johnson trisur A&cv Inc S I DO Fast j sandv.tT 840 H o0 Bus: C210 johr,son.ifgtaiffan)i .om judv The song abruptly ended, and Rankine launched into a commentary on the war and the words of the spoof. ' In all, the reading took about an hour, and kept the audience entertained. It was by parts funny and by parts emotionally disturbing. Overall, it was a great way to spend a Thursday evening. 03 UKLAGOOD M1GHBOR .8 8 Jit CxM " ft ) V 08m 'WfiiVi. rr Site -- C'V,VK fi i'St. '0 vfr'ftCft' iswo in rwv tft'm Vm te ;vA xx t : 2 tr -- ft ofas eSOC''s-Sif- rri Frtis Hftfttt Vj Wt'-vn-i- cy f a'?- - y ot V ft Ss at i : s iter u-te- l'f$t is 9 ! ftsianeft Convany Vi Ctt vt J fcv Ft FAftM mw rft vro! s $' !)'" mmm sun 'to o FORTIS 'taro a ' CtVffe(j9 Fa m SO urz y' if,",.' y.,'lly'ilO' j ji (! tk ' (lit LJ-'-iiti- tiJ" u U I INSURANCi J STATU FARM IS THm .1',' |