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For Immediate Release:	September 24, 1998
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UH Events for October 1998 Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano has proclaimed October 1998 to be SEA GRANT MONTH in Hawai'i, and has commended the Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program for its outstanding dedication to the development and conservation of marine resources in Hawai'i and throughout the Pacific. In 1968, Congress established Sea Grant as an institutional program at the University of Hawai'i, and in 1972 designated the university as a Sea Grant College, noting its sustained excellence in research and education and its dedication to the wise use of America's marine resources. Hawai'i Sea Grant celebrates 30 years of service to the people of Hawaii and the Pacific during this International Year of the Ocean. Through October 2, weekdays 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. UHM School of Architecture: Student Design Awards. An exhibition of award-winning student design work from the 1997-98 academic year. Architecture Gallery (UHM School of Architecture 204). Contact: Leighton Liu, 956-8311, leighton@hawaii.edu. Through October 9. Art Work, an exhibition of work by John and Linda Oszajca, environmental designer and fine artist, is on view at Windward Community College's Gallery 'Iolani, 45-720 Kea'ahala Rd., Kane'ohe. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday 1-5 p.m. Contact: Tony Martin, 235-7346, 235-1140 or 235-0077. Through October 16, weekdays 10:30-4 (Tuesdays till 8), Sundays noon-4. East West Ceramics Collaboration II. Diverse artworks highlight the exchange of the second East-West Ceramics Collaboration, which brought together 18 artists from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Korea, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Michigan, and Hawai'i. Suzanne Wolfe, professor of art, organized the collaboration and curated this exhibit. UHM Art Gallery. Contact: Sharon Tasaka or Wayne Kawamoto, 956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu. Or visit www2.hawaii.edu/artgallery/. October 1­3. Pacific Conference on Brain Injury convenes experts on brain injury treatment, management and prevention, encompassing the physical psychological, educational, vocational and social aspects of brain injury services from point of injury through community reintegration. Conference organized by Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific, The Queen's Medical Center, Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children, UH School of Public Health, Brain Injury Association of Hawai'i and others. Contact: Mel Devera, 566-3451. October 2. Coconut Island Marine Lab dedication. Event/media arrangements to be announced. (Watch for Media Advisory.) October 2, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Visiting Asian Studies Professor Vicente Rafael presents "Cultures of Area Studies in the United States." Co-sponsored by School for Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies and Center for Southeast Asian Studies. UHM Student Services Center 412. Contact: CSEAS, 956-2688. October 3, 9-noon. PHOTO OPPORTUNITY. UHM Kua'aina Student Services for Native Hawaiian students at UH sponsors 'Iolani Palace tour and clean-up. Contact: Ioane Ho'omanawanui, 956-5946, hoomanaw@hawaii.edu. October 5, 5:30 p.m. The Board of Student Publications at Kapi'olani Community College presents an evening of moon viewing. "Moon Rise Over Maunalua Bay" includes dinner and entertainment in the Ka Ikena Dining Room of Ohelo building, which affords a beautiful view of the bay and the full moon as it rises over Koko Head. The evening will feature many of the beautiful traditions of Japanese culture: a tea ceremony, shakuhachi and koto music, flower arrangements by a member of Sogetsu International, and a showing of exquisite kimonos by the Mizushima International Kimono Program. Tickets are $40, with $20 tax deductible. For information and reservations, call 734-9570. October 7, 8 p.m. Hawai'i artists Satoru Abe and John Tanji Koga join Alison Wong of The Contemporary Museum for a panel discussion of their work and the importance of tradition to the modernist and post-modernist artist. UHM Art Auditorium. Contact: Gaye Chan, 956-5249, gchan@hawaii.edu. October 8-9. Board of Regents meets at Kaua'i Community College. Committees Thursday afternoon; full board Friday morning. Agenda will be posted on the World Wide Web at http://www.hawaii.edu/bor/agenda October 9, 7:30 p.m. Music at Manoa: Moonviewing Concert. Hawai'i Gagaku Kenkyukai continues the centuries-old Shinto tradition of celebrating the full moon at this outdoor concert of the world's oldest existing orchestral music, directed by Rev. Masatoshi Shamoto. $5/$3. Reserve by phone: 95-MUSIC (956-8742); purchase in advance at UH Campus Center; remaining tickets at the door, UHM Music Courtyard. Or visit: www2.hawaii.edu/~uhmmusic/schedule.htm. October 12, 9:30-2:30. Photo Opportunity. UH marks Earth Science Week (Oct. 11-17) with a Discoverers' Day celebration highlighting earth sciences education and research activities throughout the state. Displays in UHM Campus Center will feature ongoing education, research and outreach efforts by School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. Contact: Jill Karsten, 956-5033, karsten@soest.hawaii.edu October 16, 9:30-10:20 a.m. Journalism Colloquium: "Media Technology and the Globalization of News," by Gordon Sakamoto, AP Chief of Bureau for Hawai'i, Guam, American Samoa and the Central Pacific. UHM Kuykendall 301. Contact: Associate Professor Beverly Keever, ckeever@aloha.net. Or visit www2.hawaii.edu/~bkeever. October 20-23. Glass-blowing brothers Jamex and Einar de la Torre join printmaker and painter Erin Goodwin-Guerrero in a workshop sponsored by UHM Art Gallery Intersections. The artists will be visiting the UHM Art Department Oct. 20-23. A free public lecture is scheduled for Oct. 20, 8 p.m., Art Auditorium. Contact: Gaye Chan, 956-5249, gchan@hawaii.edu. October 20 and 21. University of Hawai'i Distinguished Lecture Series presents two programs on race. Tuesday, Oct. 20, Harvard University Law School's Lani Guinier, author of Lift Every Voice, and Gerald Torres, University of Texas School of Law, present "Race, Representation, and Power." Wednesday, Oct. 21, those two distinguished lecturers are joined by Eric Yamamoto of the William S. Richardson School of Law for a panel discussion, "What Is Critical About Race Theory?" Both events are free and open to the public, in the UHM Campus Center Ballroom, beginning at 7 p.m. Both are co-sponsored by the William S. Richardson School of Law and Davis Levin Livingston Grande. Contact: David Baker, 956-9405. October 21, 9:30-10:20 a.m. Journalism Colloquium: "Inventing Reality: A Case Study of How the Media View Organized Labor," by William J. Puette, author of award-winning Through Jaundiced Eyes: How the Media View Organized Labor. UHM Kuykendall 301. Contact: Associate Professor Beverly Keever, ckeever@aloha.net. Or visit www2.hawaii.edu/~bkeever. October 29, noon. UH Center for Biographical Research presents Brown Bag Biography: "Being Haole and Writing Hawaiian People Today," by Jay Hartwell. Free. UHM Biography Cottage 96-36 (1633 East-West Road. Contact: 956-3774, biograph@hawaii.edu. October 29, 6-9:15. Showcase Night-"Sharing the Excellence"-features College of Arts & Humanities; College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature; College of Natural Science; and College of Social Science. High school students and their families are invited to visit the campus and learn about the academic opportunities offered by Manoa's four Colleges of Arts & Sciences. (A similar event last year focused on four different schools and colleges.) Welcome and orientation begin at Campus Center Ballroom at 6 p.m. Contact: Sandy Davis, School and College Services, 956-7137, sandyd@hawaii.edu.

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