U of A - Today

In conjunction with Multi-Cultural Week the Center for Global Student Programs hosts a Study Abroad Fair on the UA Mall from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Information will be provided on studying abroad for the summer and fall semesters. Prizes will also be given away.

• The Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium presents "The Comets are Coming," an exploration into the nature and origin of comets at 7:30 p.m. A laser light show features music by Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon at 8:30 p.m. For ticket prices call 621-STAR.

• Building Academic Community a speaker series presents Norman Austin, professor and chair of the Classics Department, to speak on "Elvis-Our Modern Dionysus," in the Student Union's Gallagher Theatre at 12:15 p.m.

• The UA men's Volleyball team plays Arizona State University at Ina Gittings Gym at 7 p.m. Admission is $1.

• The University Physicians present "Menopause Update" in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Medical Office on the eighth floor of the University Medical Center from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

• Speaking About Writing, a series of roundtable discussions by and for students, presents Mary Beth Calle to speak on "Visual and Verbal Arts: Reading and Writing Differently," in the Modern Languages Building Room 310 from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.

  The purpose of the roundtable is to expand ideas of reading and writing that are taught in English 102 primarily with verbal texts. Students will have the opportunity to question how reading and writing of visual texts differs from reading and writing of verbal texts.

• The Poetry Center hosts Marie Howe in a public reading of her poetry in the Modern Languages Auditorium at 8 p.m.

• The Memorial Student Union's Gallagher Theatre is showing "La Femme Nikita" at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Admission is $2.50.

Ruth Walgreen Stephan, novelist, poet and winter visitor to Tucson donated her cottage at 1074 N. Highland to the University of Arizona on Nov. 17, 1960, as "a place where the spirit of poetry could be cherished and maintained." In 1972, it was officially named the University of Arizona Poetry Center.

Source: A Photographic History of the University of Arizona.