U of A Today

• Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Awareness Week continues today as two UA professors discuss gay issues in Economics building Room 110.

  Miranda Joseph, associate professor of Women's Studies, will speak at 5 p.m. about the attempts to promote gays as a marketing niche. The second speaker, Rudolf P. Gaudio, assistant professor of anthropology, will talk at 8 p.m. about "gay" life in Africa .

  Both talks are free to the public.

• Career Services offers a free workshop on interviewing skills from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. in the Memorial Student Union Room 280. Students are required to check in at the Career Services reception desk in the lower level of Old Main.

  The workshop helps participants answer interview questions in one-on-one and panel settings. It will also cover what to do and what not to do in a job interview.

• 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. The Laser Light show features music from Nirvana and Pearl Jam at 8:30 p.m. General admissions are $6, $5 for students.

• The Sierra Club hosts a slide show and discussion presented by Gayle Hartman and John Kromko in the Physics and Atmospheric Science Building Room 220 at 7:45 p.m.

  The slide show will present areas that bonding funds will be used to acquire and protect.

• The Center for Transfer Students presents an informational session on the "Senior Check" in Bear Down Gym Room 201 from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.

  The session discusses when to apply for the senior check and the application process.

• The German Studies Film Series presents "Fr�hlingssinfonie" in the Modern Languages Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

• The Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering presents Professor Quinn Brewster of the University of Illinois to speak on "Novel Energetic Materials to Stabilize Rockets" in the New Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Building Room S202 at 4 p.m. Refreshments are served at 3:20 p.m. in room N722.

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