Wednesday, February 11, 1998
Community Briefs
BRIEFS:
Student price for speaker series is down
Scheduled keynote speakers will discuss topics affecting the
human condition at the UCLA Extension’s "The Human Condition on the
Threshold of a New Millennium," held weekly through April 2.
The fee was recently lowered to $10 for currently enrolled
students and the sessions will take place at 100 Moore Hall
beginning this Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7-9:30 pm with Michael Dukakis,
former Democratic presidential candidate.
Dukakis will be speaking about "The Case for Optimism," and how
optimism plays a critical role in the greater social and market
playground. Dukakis is also a visiting professor at UCLA’s School
of Public Policy and Social Research.
On Thursday, Feb. 19, 7-9:30 p.m. at 100 Moore Hall, Alan Kay,
computer pioneer and Walt Disney’s VP of research and development,
will address "Where Are Our Machines Taking Us and Where Do We Want
to Go?"
On Thursday, Feb. 26, Ann Druyan, Emmy-award winning film writer
and producer, presents her discussion on astronomy and the "why"
for humankind in "From Earth to Cosmos: A Search for Who Are."
The last of the series on Thursday, April 2, Roger Rosenblatt,
Peabody-Award winner and journalist addresses "Bridging Past and
Future: Humans as Storytelling Animals and Other Observations."
All lectures are $10 (with valid student ID), meet at 100 Moore
Hall, and are from 7-9:30 p.m. Call UCLA Extension for more
information: 310-825-2301.
UC web helps soggy state cope with rain
A new web site created by the University of California, Division
of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) will help rain-weary
Californians prepare for the predicted continuing of El
Nino-spawned storms and help them deal with the aftermath.
The Natural Disaster Information Web Page
(http://danr.ucop.edu/whatsnew.htm) has considerable flood
preparation and flood clean-up information available.
Several of the site’s features, such as articles on dealing with
heavy rains, getting your home repaired and creating a disaster
plan are accessible in both English and Spanish.
"This web site provides ready access to flood and other natural
disaster preparedness information on-line, Steve Nation, DANR’s
emergency response coordinator said.
The web site also features newsletters that cover planning for
an emergency and links to other disaster preparedness sites, such
as the Extension Disaster Education Network.
Students design recyclable car seats
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Polyurethanes
Recycle & Recovery Council (PURRC) will offer undergraduates a
chance to enter the 1998 Seating Solutions Competition, an
environmental awareness project.
Teams of students will be asked to design a vehicle seating
system that will maximize the use of a single class of
material-polyurethane. This competition is designed to "allow
students to apply their technical knowledge to a real-world
situation," said the competition’s co-chair, Anthony Androsky.
A cash prize will be rewarded to the top three teams’ academic
departments as well as students having their design published in an
SAE Technical Paper.
For more information about SAE’s student activities including
Seating Solutions, students can visit the website at
http://www.sae.org/STUDENTS/index.html.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff reports