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For Immediate Release:	September 2, 1999
Contact: Donnë Florence, PIO, donne@hawaii.edu 808-956-7522

September Events and Story Ideas

Faculty Art Exhibit-multi-media works by fine art faculty from the UH Manoa Department of Art-hangs in UHM Art Gallery through Sept. 24, M-F 10:30-4, T 10:30-8, Sun noon-4; closed Saturdays and Labor Day. Contact: Sharon Tasaka, 956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu

Sept. 2, 10 a.m., groundbreaking for biogenesis research laboratory, UH Manoa, JABSOM. Contact: Special Events, 956-6934.

UH Manoa Department of English as a Second Language presents a free talk, "The Hegemony of English: The Case for Communication Rights," by Yukio Tsuda, visiting fellow and Nagoya University Fulbright Scholar, Sept. 2, noon-1:15, Moore 423. Contact: Diana Eades, 956-3242, eades@hawaii.edu.

UH Manoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the Pacific Islands Development Program of East-West Center present "Preserving Indigenous Knowledge," by Elizabeth Inia of Rotuma, Sept. 2, noon, EWC Burns 4005. Contact: 956-7700.

Philosophy department colloquium, "Buddhism, Abortion, and Politics," by Roy W. Perrett, senior lecturer, Massey University, New Zealand. Sept. 3, 2:30 p.m, UHM Sakamaki C-308. Contact: Jackie Young, 956-8649, philo@hawaii.edu.

Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic, Sept. 3-6. (Hawai'i-UCLA matchup, Sept. 6, 5 p.m.), Stan Sheriff Center.

Fifty Years with the Bomb exhibit at Windward Community College Gallery 'Iolani, Tues.-Sat. 1-5, Sept. 3-Oct. 1, highlights important aspects of the development of nuclear weapons since their first use over 50 years ago. Related events include: "Cultural Explosions in the Atomic Age," lecture by Mimi Henriksen, 5 p.m. Sept. 10, Gallery 'Iolani; "Operation Dominic Nuclear Tests Johnston Island," 1962 video, 7 p.m. Sept. 14, WCC Hale Kuhina 115; "Rhapsody in August," 1992 video, 7 p.m. Sept. 21, WCC Hale Kuhina 115. Contact: Toni Martin, 235-1140.

Pep rally on Bachman Lawn, UH Manoa includes, bands, bonfire, special guests, food and fun. Sept. 3, 5-8 p.m. Contact: Special Events, 956-6934.

Football home opener, UH vs. USC, Sept. 4, 6:30 p.m. Aloha Stadium.

Labor Day holiday, Sept. 6.

Pride '99 Week, Sept. 6-10. Planned events include convocation honoring outstanding faculty researchers and teachers (Sept. 7). Contact: Special Events, 956-6934.

UH Manoa History and the China Seminar: "Macau's Communities: Past, Present and Future," featuring Gary Ngai, chief executive of the Macau Sino-Latin Foundation, who will discuss the upcoming handover of Macau to China in December of this year. Reservations required; $22/PAAC and China Seminar members, $25/non-members. Sept. 8, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Outrigger Prince Kuhio Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor, 2500 Kuhio Avenue. Contact: PAAC, 944-7780, paac@aloha.net or visit www.aloha.net/~paac.

Marine Mammal Research Consultants: U.S. Navy SURTASS LFA Open House, public information session and opportunity for public input on Navy's SURTASS LFA Program Draft EIS. Admission free to public. 5-8 p.m., Sept. 8. UH Manoa Campus Center 220. Contact: Joe Mobley, jmobley@hawaii.edu or visit eisteam.home.mindspring.com

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" by Tom Stoppard, directed by Hannah Schauer Galli, Sept. 8, 9, 10, 11 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 12 at 2 p.m., UH Manoa Earle Ernst Theatre. Contact: Marty Myers, 956-2602, martym@hawaii.edu

"The National Foreign Language Resource Center and Current Trends in Foreign Language Education" by Richard Schmidt, UH Manoa English as a Second Language Department. noon-1:15, Sept. 9, Moore 423. Contact: Diana Eades, eades@hawaii.edu

UHM Water Resources Research seminar: "Leptospirosis at the Turn of the Millennium: Still a Need for Better Diagnostic Tools" by Wiepko Terpstra, Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands. 3 p.m., Sept. 9, HIGP 110. Contact: Phil Moravcik, 956-3097, morav@hawaii.edu

"Recent Archaeological Research on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)" by Hellene Wallin, Kon Tiki Museum (Norway). 4 p.m., Sept. 9, UH Manoa Social Science 345. Contact: Mary Ambrose, 956-7153, mtugaoen@hawaii.edu

"From Here to Eternity: Tourist Landscapes of Hawai'i" by Jon Goss, associate professor of geography, UH Manoa. 3-4:30 p.m., Sept. 10, Social Science Building 443B (Bowers Room). Contact: Murray Chapman, 956-7375, uhmgeog@hawaii.edu or visit www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/dept/geog

"France in the Pacific: Evolution and Perspectives" by Ambassador Pierre Garrigue-Guyonnaud, Permanent Secretary for the Pacific. A presentation of UHM Pacific Islands Studies, EWC Pacific Islands Development Program and Alliance Française of Hawai'i, noon, Sept. 13, Burns 4005. Contact: 956-7700, ctisha@hawaii.edu.

Sept. 14. Japan's Princess Sayako visits UH Manoa. Contact: Sr. VP Joyce Tsunoda, 956-5883, jtsunoda@ccc.hawaii.edu

"Battleship Memories: Remember Pearl Harbor! Remember the Maine!" by Geoffrey White, East-West Center and UH Dept. of Anthropology, a presentation of the International Cultural Studies Certificate Program of East-West Center and UH. noon-1:30, Sept. 15, East-West Center, Burns Hall 2118. Contact: culture@hawaii.edu or visit www2.hawaii.edu/~culture/

Sept. 16 is early registration deadline for WebNet 99, the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education conference that takes place Oct. 24-30 at the Sheraton Waikiki. Registration materials-including an application form and information about prices and discounts for AACE members, students and elementary and secondary school teachers-are on the World Wide Web at http://www.cite.uh.edu/asp/aace/webnet/regform.htm

Registration fees in all categories increase after Sept. 16.

"The Making of a Hero: Biography in the Post-Colonial Pacific" by Alan Howard and Elizabeth Inia, UHM Biographical Research seminar, noon, Sept. 16, Center for Biographical Research, 1633 East-West Road, #96-36. Contact: 956-3774, biograph@hawaii.edu

Third Annual Hawai'i Fall Celebration of Writers- "Alter Englishes"-Sept. 24 and 25 at UH Manoa, includes book fair, morning and afternoon presentations and evening readings by guest artists Ku'ualoha Meyer Ho'omanawanui, Myung Mi Kim, Grace Molisa, Anne Tardos, Lee A. Tonouchi and Cecilia Vicuña. Contact: Susan Schultz, sschultz@hawaii.edu

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