Monkey chant singing. If that didn't get your attention, nothing else I say here will. Today from 11 a.m. to noon, learn how Balinese people celebrate their culture and heritage through Kecak, or monkey chant singing, and Gender Wayang, a Balinese gamelan and shadow puppet accompaniment instrument. Nyoman Sumandhi, a renowned Balinese musician, dancer and dalang master of the traditional Balinese Shadow Puppet Theater, will lecture about the ways of music and celebration in Bali in the Music building, Room 170. For more information, contact Gary Cook at 626-9227, e-mail him at cook@u.arizona.edu or visit one of the Web sites at http://www.cdstreet.com/artists/inyomansumandhi or http://www.centerforworldmusic.org/sumandhi.html.

Numbers, percentages, statistics and figures rule our lives. Whether we process it consciously or not, mathematics factors into every facet of our existence. Therefore, the UA will celebrate National Math Awareness Month during April with a series of events and informative lectures about "Math and the Genome," this year's theme. Today's festivities include a keynote presentation about "Genomes, Biology and Mathematics" from Sam Ward of the department of molecular and cellular biology in the Physical and Atmospheric Sciences building, Room 201. For more information about the month and further events, call 621-2056 or visit the Web site at http://www.math.arizona.edu/~mcenter/maw2002.

Dr. Kendra Gaines kicks the week off with a presentation designed to boost organization and assembly of an essay. The Writing Skills Improvement Program's weekly writing workshop features "The Documented Essay: Organizations, Works Cited, Checklist for Revision." The workshop is free and will be held at 5 p.m. in the Modern Languages building, Room 310. For more information, contact Donna Rabuck at 621-5849.

The U.S. Border Patrol needs some attention, and Marketing 452, a class in the Eller College of Business, has a mission to help out. The class joined forces with the Immigration and Naturalization Service Officer Corps Marketing Program to hold an event near the southwest corner of Old Main Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free food, interaction with Border Patrol agents, information about careers in the field and even the opportunity to win USBP t-shirts are on tap for fun and education during the event. For more information, contact Matthew Giardina at 629-0696 or e-mail him at giardina@u.arizona.edu.