3/29/02
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UNI professor says Arab nations must play role in bringing Mid-East peace
A Palestinian teenager blew herself up outside an Israeli mall yesterday, killing two and injuring many more. The previous day witnessed another suicide bombing during the Jewish celebration of Passover, killing 20 and injuring more than 120.The Israelis, in retaliation, shelled PLO chief Yasser Arafat's headquarters. Both sides are now using increasingly inflammatory rhetoric and refusing to back down.
Steven Lobell, professor of political science, says a cessation in the conflict can be achieved in the region, but only if the right players step up to the plate. "The United States and the leading Arab states -- if they want peace in that region -- have to play a positive role. And that role has to involve putting pressure on Arafat and the various terrorist organizations to reel them in. Both sides need to exercise restraint right now."
Lobell says the U.S. government should continue to guide the Israelis toward peace talks, as well.
Contact:
Steven Lobell, assistant professor of political science, (319) 273-2647
Gwenne Culpepper, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
3/29/02
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Richard Colburn, professor of art and chair, Hearst Lecture Series Committee, (319) 273-2036
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
Peter London will lecture on 'A Holistic Approach to Art,' April 3-7 at UNI
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- An award-winning art educator will be the next artist-in-residence at the University of Northern Iowa Department of Art, Wednesday through Sunday, April 3-7.
Peter London, chancellor's professor emeritus in the art education department at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, will deliver a public lecture, "A Holistic Approach to Art," at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in Kamerick Art Building, Room 111. London will offer two master class sessions. The lecture and class sessions are free and open to the public.
The first session is for students and the general public, from 9 a.m. to noon, Friday, April 5. The second session, for art teachers, will be Saturday, April 6, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.. Both sessions will be in the Kamerick Art Building, Room 211.
London is a recipient of the National Art Education Viktor Lowenfeld Award. His books include "No More Secondhand Art: Awakening The Artist Within," and "Step Outside: Community Based Art Education."
The lecture is part of the Meryl Norton Hearst Lecture Series in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts and is supported by an endowment from James Schell Hearst, author, poet and professor of creative writing at UNI from 1941 until his retirement in 1975.
For more information contact Richard Colburn, UNI professor of art, at (319) 273-2036.
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3/29/02
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Annette Lynch, director, UNI Women's Studies Program, (319) 273-7195
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI Women's Studies film series looks at rape tactics used in war on Monday, April 1
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- "Calling the Ghosts," a film about rape tactics used in war during the June 1996 Balkan conflict, will conclude the spring season for the UNI Women's Studies Film Series, at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 1. Free and open to the public, it will be shown in Room 225 of the Curris Business Building.
A documentary, "Calling the Ghosts" is the first-person account of two women, asserting that during the five-year Balkan conflict, an estimated 20,000 women were raped as part of the Bosnian Serbs' military tactic.
For more information contact the Women's Studies program at (319) 273-7102.
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3/29/02
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Gerri Perreault, director, UNI Leadership Studies Program, (319) 273-6898
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI leadership series to focus on 'Media Leadership' Thursday, April 4
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- "Media Leadership" will be the topic for the panel in the University of Northern Iowa Leaders on Leadership series, Thursday, April 4, from 3:30 until 4:45 p.m., in the Schindler Education Center, Room 244-245. Sponsored by the Leadership Studies Program, the session is open to the public, free of charge.
Panelists are: Julie Kraft, TV consultant, Frank N. Magid Associates, Cedar Rapids; Nancy Raffensperger Newhoff, managing editor, "Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier"; Jim Porter, founder and CEO, and Lou Porter, president and development director, both with KBBG Radio, Waterloo; and John Hess, director of development, KUNI/KHKE.
The series provides an opportunity to learn about leadership views and practices of leaders from a variety of sectors of society, according to Gerri Perreault, director of the UNI Leadership Studies Program.
Those planning to attend should call the Leadership Studies Office at (319) 273-6898, so an adequate number of handouts can be developed.
The next program in the series will feature a panel on business leadership Thursday, April 18.
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3/29/02
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Robert Krueger, UNI associate professor of modern languages, and chair, Inter-American Studies Program Film Series, (319) 273-2246
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761
UNI Inter-American Studies Program ends film series on Thursday, April 4
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Inter-American Studies Program Film Series for spring 2002 will end with two international films being shown Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m., in the Communication Arts Center, Room 108.
Robert Krueger, chair of the Inter-American Studies Program Film Series said the first film, "Approach of Dawn," is about three women's personal view of Guatemala's civil war. The second film, "This Land Is Our Land," is about landless Brazilian peasants who challenge landlords and the government.
The series is in its sixth year, and is sponsored by the colleges of Social and Behavioral Sciences and of Humanities and Fine Arts, and other contributors. The series is free and open to the public.
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