By
Mindy Jones
With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, love and sex are common topics of conversation between couples. UA Campus Health Services brings these topics to the UA Mall with its annual sexual education week. This year's theme, "Sexual Responsibility," combines education and fun through various events including an agency fair, where condoms will be distributed, and a free anonymous HIV testing session. For more information on what will be available for you and your partner, please call Lee Ann Hamilton at 621-4967.
The first month of the spring semester is over, and many UA professors are getting down to business. If your teacher has assigned you a research paper or a critical analysis, you may want to brush up on your argumentation skills at today's 5 p.m. seminar, "Presenting Evidence to Support Generalizations." As part of the Weekly Writing Skills Improvement Program, Kendra Gaines will attempt to help students create arguments with sufficient background information. The class will take place in Modern Languages, Room 413. For more information, please contact Donna Rabuck at 621-5849.
Grab a box of tissues and get ready to cry tears of laughter and sadness at today's preview of "Crimes of the Heart," showing at 7:30 p.m. in the UA Fine Arts Complex. The play, directed by Marsha Bagwell, is a humorous story of three sisters betrayed by their desires and dreams. This show is being presented by the Arizona Repertory Theater, and tickets can be purchased through the UA Fine Arts box office at 621-1162. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 621-1162.
Latina artist and painter Cristina Cardenas presents pieces of her history and lineage to the general public through her exhibit, "A Flor de Piel." Using textured paper, made from Indian tree bark, and crayon and lithographic designs, Cardenas tells stories of gender, religion and race. Living as a Mexican in the United States, Cardenas identifies herself as a mestiza, someone caught between borders. This theme can be seen in her exhibit, on display at the Joseph Gross Gallery in the Fine Arts Complex. For more information, please contact the gallery at 626-4215.
The University of Arizona prides itself on the amount of help it offers students as well as the Tucson community through the research projects it conducts. The Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences is currently conducting a treatment study for adults, age 18 and older, who have been suffering from a stuttering problem since early childhood. The experiment is based on a computer-aided biofeedback program intended to teach adults to modify their speech impediments. If you would like to participate in this study or would like more information, please contact Dr. Patrick Finn at 626-9531.
