WINTER 1999
Volume 42, Number
2
IN THIS ISSUE
Stretching
the Dollars to Update Technology
'Dear
Mom...'
What
We Need
Sweating
out the Tryouts
Changing
Binge Drinking
Health
Iowa
Students
First Rx
Plenty
of Choices
Squandered
Opportunities
Parent
Times Briefs
Calendar
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January | February
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January
To 1/29 - Art Installation
"Remember Forget Dreaming He is Always at Work This is
Always Finished LAURA" This installation by artist David
Dunlap explores the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr.
and the murder of Laura Van Whye. At Arts Iowa City.
To 3/14 - Exhibition
The Artists' Poster Committee's Collection of Artists' Political
Posters,
Museum of Art.
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February
8 - Lecture
Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize
winner in 1984 for his opposition to apartheid in South Africa,
Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Time to be announced.
18 - Lecture
Hilary Charlesworth, director of the Centre for International
and Public Law at Australian National University, "Women
and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," 8 p.m.,
Levitt Auditorium.
25 - Lecture
Bangladeshi human rights advocate Kamal Hossain, "Economic
Globalization and Human Rights," 8 p.m., Levitt Auditorium.
24-28, 3/3-7 - Theatre
"Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansbury, celebrating
the 40th anniversary of the play's first production and the 30th
anniversary of UI's Black Action Theatre. Mabie Theatre, 3 p.m.
Contact Hancher Box Office, 1-800-HANCHER.
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March
4 - Lecture
Stephen Marks, professor at Columbia University, lecture:
"Strengthening the United Nations commitment to Human Rights,"
4 p.m., Levitt Auditorium.
11 - Lecture
Upendra Baxi, Delhi, India, lawyer/sociologist/philosopher,
lecture, "Voices of Suffering and the Human Rights Agenda
for the 21st Century," 8 p.m., Levitt Auditorium.
30 - Music
Ensemble for Early Music, Sponsus: The Parable of Wise and
Foolish Virgins, 8 p.m., Hancher Auditorium.
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April
1-4, 7-11 - Theatre
Marisol, by Jose Rivera, David Thayer Theatre, 3 p.m. performances.
Contact the Hancher Box Office at 335-1160. or 1-800-HANCHER.
12 - Lecture
Susan Sontag: Lecture, "Politics and the Arts,"
8 p.m., Hancher Auditorium.
15 - Music
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m., Hancher Auditorium.
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University Schedule
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 18
Classes open
January 19
Spring vacation
March 13-21
Second semester closes
May 7
Exam week
May 10-14
Commencements
May 13-16
Summer session: Three-week
May 17-June 4
Summer session: Eight-week
June 7-July 30
Summer session: Six-week
June 21-July 30
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