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International Festival Set For March 15
"Showcasing Our World -- Sharing Our Food" is
the theme of this year's International
Culture and Food Festival, to be held at UM on
Sunday, March 15.
The festival, which will take place from noon
to 5 p.m. in the University Center, offers a
chance to travel around the world without
leaving Missoula. Participants can enjoy food
such as jap chae from Korea and dolmas from
the Middle East, as well as didgeridoo music
from Australia, mehndi hand painting from
Bangladesh and more.
Admission is $2 for the general public and $1
for children under 12.
Events kick off at noon with a parade of
flags, followed by the opening of the food
booths, display tables, culture shows and
Children's World. About 20 food booths will
feature authentic recipes from many different
parts of the world. Dishes are priced at 50
cents to $4. The food goes fast, so hungry
guests are advised to show up early.
This year's festival will partner with the
Missoula Food Bank to accept donations of
nonperishable food and/or cash. The festival
theme incorporates this new initiative to
support community members in need.
More than 30 countries will be represented
at the festival, which is sponsored by UM's
International Student Association and Foreign
Student and Scholar Services.
For more information, call FSSS at 406-243-2226.
Foreign Student and Scholar Services
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MTPR Announces Pledge Week Results
Listeners promised $435,638 in contributions
to Montana Public Radio by the end of Pledge
Week on March 1.
"In a week that was filled with less than
rosy economic news, we are very grateful to
receive such a strong outpouring of support,"
said Linda Talbott, the station's fundraising
director. "The amount pledged is about
$25,000 short of the station's goal of
$460,000. It will take a few weeks to see
where the contribution total settles out
before we can evaluate our options for next
year's budget."
Pledge Week's signature finale, "Pet Wars,"
raised $70,734 in the final seven hours
Sunday night. Cats won the "most beloved pet"
title with 1,634 votes, and dogs were second
with 1,576. Chickens took fourth place with
411 votes, and there were 136 votes for horses.
"Interestingly, this year there were no votes
for cows or bison but 750 for orchard mason
bees and 200 for praying mantises," Talbott
said.
Montana Public Radio
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Men Wear Pumps To 'Walk A Mile In Her Shoes'
Men in women's high heels will march a mile
through UM's University Center at noon
Wednesday, March 11, to protest rape, sexual
assault and gender violence.
The "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" event is a
fundraiser for the UM Student Assault
Resource Center's prevention efforts and
advocacy services, as well as a national
movement to raise awareness about sexual
assault. All men, women and children are
invited to participate.
Registration costs $15. Forms and fees are
accepted at The Source in the UC,
American Indian Student Services, and Foreign
Student and Scholar Services offices in the
Lomasson Center or the University Villages
Office.
SARC has 75 pairs of high heels up to size 17
for the event -- first come, first served --
for those who don't bring their own.
Participants are asked to raise $20 each.
For more information visit the SARC Web site
or call Erin Scott, UM's SARC outreach
coordinator, at 406-243-6429 or e-mail erin.scott@mso.umt.edu.
Student Assault Resource Center
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Art Gallery Features Senior Thesis Exhibition
The Gallery of Visual Arts at UM will hold
the University's annual BFA Senior Thesis
Exhibition,
featuring a diverse array of media and
content, March 10-April 10.
An opening reception for the exhibition will
be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12.
The public is invited, and there is no charge
for admission.
All bachelor of fine arts candidates in UM's
Department of Art are required to participate
in the exhibition. This year, 14 students
will display a body of work that reflects
their chosen media. The exhibition will
include painting, drawing, sculpture,
performance/installation, printmaking and
ceramics.
The gallery is located on the first floor of
UM's Social Science Building and is
wheelchair accessible. Gallery hours are 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Fridays and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays. The
gallery will be closed during UM's Spring
Break, March 30-April 3.
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Actors Bring 'Gross Indecency' To Stage
Montana Rep Missoula will present "Gross
Indecency, The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde"
at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 13-14,
in the Crystal Theatre,
located at 515 S. Higgins Ave.
The staged reading will be performed by
Severt Philleo, a former theater mainstay in
Missoula, and Greg Johnson, artistic director
of the Montana Repertory Theatre. Other
cast members include Grant Olson,
David Mills Low and Ezra LeBank.
Tickets cost $20. They are available by
calling 406-243-4581 or at the Drama/Dance
Box Office, located in the Performing Arts
and Radio/Television Center at UM. Box office
hours
are 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
The event is a fundraiser to help offset the
cost of renovating the Crystal Theatre,
marketing costs and artist reimbursement.
For more information visit the Montana Rep
Missoula Web site.
Montana Rep Missoula
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Track Teams Place At Championships
The UM indoor track squads finished seventh
and eighth Saturday, Feb. 28, on the final
day of the 2009 Big Sky Conference Indoor
Track and Field Championships in Flagstaff,
Ariz.
The Griz men scored 39 points to place
seventh; the women also scored 39 points to
finish eighth.
Host Northern Arizona swept the men's and
women's team titles. The Lumberjacks
dominated the men's meet, scoring 184 points,
more than twice as many as second-place Idaho
State, which finished with 86. Eastern
Washington, with 81.5 points, rounded out the
top three.
NAU won a tighter race in the women's meet,
edging out Sacramento State by eight points,
116.5 to 108.5. Weber State was third with
106 points.
Sophomore Katrina Drennen was Montana's top
scorer, finishing with 14.5 points.
Drennen had a runner-up finish in the mile
and a fifth-place showing in the 3,000 meters
after anchoring the Grizzlies' Big
Sky-champion distance medley relay.
Junior Chris Hellekson was the top scorer for
the men, finishing with seven
points after a fourth-place showing in the
shot and seventh-place finish in the weight
throw.
Montana Grizzlies
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