In Brief

President Peters to host
annual holiday luncheon

President John and Barbara Peters invite the NIU community to attend the President's Annual Holiday Luncheon, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.

Also, don't forget the community holiday event at Altgeld Hall, held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8.

Call (815) 753-1999 for more information.

Career Resource Center
to host open house Nov. 15

In recognition of National Career Development Month, the Career Resource Center will host an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Campus Life Building 235. Come see the newest Web sites and technology and meet the team.

Desserts and punch will be served. Call (815) 753-1641 for more information.

Columbia professor to speak
on Aztec, Inca sacrifice practices

Esther Pasztory, the Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Pre-Columbian Art in Columbia University’s Department of Art and Archaeology, will speak Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the NIU School of Art.

Pasztory will present “Sacrifice as Reciprocity: Aztec and Inca,” at 5 p.m. in Room 100 of the Art Building.

A specialist in Pre-Columbian art history, Pasztory will present descriptions and artistic representations of sacrifice in Aztec and Inca society, with a particular focus on the religious and ideological beliefs that motivated people to practice such sanguinary rites.

She also will explore the idea that sacrifice emerged out of concepts of reciprocity, involving an exchange to maintain stability between human beings and nature, or different groups within society itself.

A reception will follow in the Jack Olson Gallery (Room 200). The event is free and open to the public; free parking is provided in the parking lot south of the Art Building.

Call (815) 753-4521 for more information.

Glassblowing demonstration,
sale set for Nov. 14-15

NIU’s Chemistry Club will hold its annual glassblowing demonstration Tuesday, Nov. 14. It will feature the work of chemistry department glassblower, Dan Edwards.

The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Room 200 of Faraday West. It is open to the public.

A glass sale will be held after the demonstration, where items made by Edwards will be available for purchase. They will include Christmas ornaments, icicles, dragons, hummingbirds and beaker mugs. The sale will continue from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, in the Faraday West lobby.

“This is always a popular event in the community,” said Professor David Ballantine in the NIU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. “It’s a great opportunity to get in some early holiday shopping. What’s even better is the modest pricing. Many of the items Dan makes could be sold in novelty shops for two or three times what we charge.”

Proceeds will help support various activities held by the NIU Chemistry Club, an American Chemical Society student program and pre-professional program that promotes the chemistry field to undergraduate students.

Parking for the event will be available after 7 p.m. in the NIU Parking Garage on Normal Road. The parking facility is located across the street from Faraday Hall West. For more information on the demonstration and sale, contact Ballantine at (815) 753-6857 or dballant@niu.edu.

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinsky
to speak Thursday on campus

U.S. Rep. Daniel Lipinsky, along with University of Nebraska Professor John Hibbing and Indiana University Professor Gerald Wright, will discuss campaign issues and the implications of the recent election from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium.

The presentation is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Graduate Colloquium Committee. For more information, contact NIU Department of Political Science graduate student representative Casey LaFrance at (706) 455-1023.

PCSW networking luncheon
to study celebrity impersonators

Kerry O. Ferris, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, will discuss her research on celebrity impersonators and their audiences Wednesday, Nov. 29, in the Chandelier Room of Adams Hall.

Her presentation comes during a networking luncheon scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and co-sponsored by the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women Networking Luncheon and the Women’s Resource Center.

Ferris will examine the relationship between celebrity impersonators and their audiences – in particular, the ways in which impersonators and audiences navigate the border between reality and fantasy.

All NIU women (students, faculty and staff) are invited. The cost is $7.50 per person. Reservations are required before Nov. 20 at (815) 753-0320. For more information, call (815) 753-9614.

http://www.niu.edu/women/PCSW

Mobile drivers’ facility
coming Nov. 20 to HSC

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White’s mobile drivers’ facility will return to the NIU campus for its third consecutive year. Officials will set up a “mini facility” once a month outside Diversions Show Lounge.

The facility allows students, faculty and staff of NIU, along with the public, to get driver’s licenses or state IDs. This would include new, renewals and replacements. In addition, staff will renew license plate stickers, register applicants to vote and sign interested parties up for the new Organ Donor Registry.

October’s date is Monday, Nov. 20. The hours of operation are 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Christian prayer group
to meet for monthly lunch

The NIU Christian Faculty and Staff Prayer Group meets from noon to 12:50 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month in the East Room of Blackhawk Cafeteria. Bring your own lunch or purchase one there.

October’s date is Tuesday, Nov. 21.

Assessment Services calls
for capstone course proposals

NIU’s Office of Assessment Services has announced a call for 2006-2007 capstone course development proposals and for participation in the 2007 University Writing Project.

For more information, contact assessment coordinator Carolinda Douglass at (815) 753-7120 or cdoug@niu.edu or visit http://www.niu.edu/assessment.

Bowl For Kids’ Sake rolls
onto campus in February

Bowl for Kids’ Sake will come to NIU’s Huskies Den in late February as Big Brothers Big Sisters of DeKalb County works to raise $135,000.

NIU dates are 7 and 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, and Tuesday, Feb. 27. Other available dates include Sunday, Feb. 18, in Sycamore; Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, in DeKalb; and Sunday, March 4, in Sandwich.

Bowl For Kids’ Sake is the largest annual fundraising event to support Family Service Agency’s Big Brothers Big Sisters of DeKalb County, funding up to 80 percent of the annual budget. The agency’s goal for NIU students and faculty is to raise $15,000 with 40 teams, 180 bowlers and 1,800 individual sponsors.

Team captains are needed to find three to five teammates each and register at (815) 758-8616. Each bowler is expected to collect pledges of at least $75.

Bowlers receive benefits and prizes for each pledge level they achieve; for example, the $75 minimum provides one free game, shoe rental, pizza and pop. At $125, the package expands to include a commemorative T-shirt and a free game during a future visit.

For more information, call Family Service Agency at (815) 758-8616, e-mail brusin@realsolutionstoday.org or visit www.realsolutionstoday.org.

11-13-06