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Wednesday, October 11,2006
NEWS IN A
HURRY
Today is Luso-
Hispanic
Day
The Consul General
of Mexico in Atlanta,
Remedios Gbmez Amau,
will visit the University
of West Georgia on
Wednesday, Oct. 11, to
celebrate Luso-Hispanic
Day and to speak with
students about Latin-
American issues.
The daylong event
is sponsored by the
Department of Foreign
Languages and Literature
and all faculty, staff and
students are welcome to
participate.
The activities,
which begin at 9 a.m.
and continue through 3
p.m., include a lecture by
Amau titled, “Mexicans
in Georgia, Opportunities
and Challenges,” a film
on Spanish and Latino
cinema, and an interpretive
performance by the UWG
University Choir.
Amau’s lecture will
be especially topical for
students and faculty, said
Dr. Cecilia Lee, professor
of Spanish.
“This is a relevant
subject for all of us
nowadays,” said Lee. “It
is exciting to have such
an honored guest at West
Georgia.”
Lee said that students
interested in political
science, global studies,
economics, history, Latin-
American studies and the
social sciences will find
Amau’s talk interesting.
There will be a time
for questions from the
audience after the lecture.
Morning activities for
Luso-Hispanic Day are
located in Kathy Cashen
Hall and are: “Cultural
Connection: Global
Outreach,” A look at the
Spanish language and
culture across campus and
UWG students’ cultural
initiatives; a performance
by Beth Hollaway and
Kevin Walker, and a
discussion of “The
Cuernavaca Experience,
Students’ Encounters
Lambda seeks diversity
among student body
By Tim Sowers
Staff Writer
tsowersl @ my.westga.edu
The student body
at West Georgia is a
very diverse one, with a
large number of different
interests.
One group on campus
that is working to promote
diversity is Lambda.
Lambda traces its roots
on campus to 1971, when
Dr. Ara Dostourian formed
a group to represent the
gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender population on
campus.
Currently the group
“seeks to promote
sexual diversity through
education, outreach and
support” according to
Laura Guerry, head of
Public Relations for the
during a Summer in Spain;”
9 to 10 a.m. “Reality in
Reel: An Appreciation
of Spanish and Latin-
American Cinema,” 10:10
-11:05 a.m. A lecture by
the General Consulate
of Mexico, 11:15 a.m.
Afternoon activities for the
celebration are: Fiesta and
Salsa dancing at Cobb Hall
beginning at 12:20 p.m.
A UWG University
Choir performance of
Latin-American songs in
the Humanities Building,
room 301, at 2:30 p.m. Dr.
Kevin Hibbard, professor
of music and chair of the
Department of Music, will
conduct.
For more information,
call (678) 839-5964.
Music faculty
performs
Monday
The Centennial A DAY
Concert will take place on
Monday, Oct. 16, at 8:15
p.m. in the Townsend
Center for the Performing
Arts on the university
campus. Current and
retired music faculty and
alumni from the University
of West Georgia will join in
the many events scheduled
for this year’s A DAY fund
raising campaign with a
collaboration of musical
performances.
The annual concert is
a free event that provides
UWG students and the
community an opportunity
to enjoy some of the area’s
best musical talent.
Friends and devotees
of the Department of
Music will be honored with
a donor reception at 7:30
p.m. prior to the concert.
Alumni performers
include Benjamin Pruett,
tenor; Amy Wilson, flute;
Patricia Callaway, soprano;
Bemie Wong, piano; John
LaForge, bass-baritone;
Charlene Wiggins,
piano; Tom MacArthur,
flugelhom; Carla Crawford,
alto saxophone; and Ned
Watson 111, bass. Retired
UWG faculty member
George Mann will play
piano with faculty including
Larry Frazier, bass; Carol
Gingerich, piano; Daniel
Bakos, piano; Mariano
Pacetti, saxophone; and
Doug Overmier, drums.
group. Lambda is the only
registered sexual diversity
group on campus.
One way the group
is active on campus is
Lambda holds class panels
to allow students to have
an open discussion about
sexual minorities and the
reality of their lifestyles.
Sunday, Lambda will
participate in AIDS Walk
Atlanta in Piedmont Park.
Anyone wishing to
attend needs to register with
UWG Lambda at http://
www. aids walkatlanta.
com.
Lambda plans to hold
a Halloween Masquerade
Dance at the end of
October.
The group also plans
to hold a forum after
the dance entitled, “30
Years of Lambda UWG:
Musical selections will
include Gaetano Donizetti’s
“Voglio dire” from l’elisir
d’amore, Antonio Vivaldi’s
Largo, from The Four
Seasonsuu Winter,
Wolfgang Mozart’s Come
scoglio, from Cosi fan
tutte, Georges Bizet’s Au
Fond du temple saint,
from Les Pecheures de
Perles, Gabriel Faurd’s
Le Pas Espanol, from
Dolly Suite, and Stephen
Sondheim’s Pretty Woman,
from Sweeny Todd. The
RazzaMaJazz Quintet will
also be performing. The
group includes Bakos,
piano; Mariano Pacetti,
saxophone; MacArthur,
flugelhom and trumpet;
Watson, bass; and
Overmier, drums.
ADAY for West Georgia
will take place on Thursday,
Oct. 19. An A DAY victory
celebration will be held in the
Campus Center Ballroom at
6:30 p.m.
For more information
on A DAY, call
Development and Alumni
Relations at (678) 839-
6582.
For more information
on the Centennial A
DAY Concert, call the
Department of Music at
(678)839-6516.
ADAY
committee
names chairs
The 2006 A DAY for
West Georgia campaign
is going strong with A
DAY Chair H.B. “Rocky"
Lipham and A DAY Co
chair Cindy Denney at the
helm.
Lipham, president of
West Georgia National
Bank, and Denney, a real
estate broker for StoneCo,
have been active volunteers
for the A DAY campaign
for many years.
Denney, a longtime
Carrollton resident and
supporter of UWG,
has strong ties with the
university. Her father. Bob
Stone, former assistant
professor of business at
UWG, volunteered as co
chair for the first A DAY
for West Georgia campaign
in 1983.
He chaired the
campaign the following
year. Denney will follow
in her father’s footsteps
From an Oral History to
Silenced Again.”
The group also plans to
march in the homecoming
parade, as it has for the
past five years.
The group has over 85
members on their listserv
and 25-30 active members
at their weekly meetings.
Guerry estimates that
half of their members
identify themselves as
homosexual.
Students who wish
to help the group can
come to their weekly
meetings and help with
other campus events such
as bake sales, Rainbow
House, a children’s
shelter Lambda donates
to, and A DAY.
The group meets
Wednesday at 7 p.m. in
Pafford 302.
when she takes on the role
of A DAY chair next year.
As co-chair, Denney’s
responsibilities include
promoting and coordinating
the advanced solicitation
drive for the campaign,
which allows volunteers
to collect donations
from businesses and
organizations before the A
DAY kickoff on Thursday,
Oct. 19.
Denney has recruited
high school students to
help with the West Georgia
National Bank Run for
A DAY in past years. She
plans on running in this
year’s race and hopes
students from area schools
join in.
“By extending an open
invitation to people of all
ages, the participation in the
Run for A DAY continues
to model the fact that the
university has something
to offer everyone within
the West Georgia area,”
Denney noted.
For more information
on A DAY or to volunteer,
contact the Office of
Development and Alumni
Relations at (678) 839-
6582.
Group creates
cultural
awareness
Students felt the
presence of the Latino
Cultural Society’s influence
on last week’s Latino
Dance.
The event was held in
the ballroom of the Campus
Center and witnessed
students dancing to some
well known Spanish songs
and salsa music. Members
of the Latino Cultural
Society were happy at the
turnout.
“It was a good turnout.
Our guests seemed to enjoy
themselves and that is
exactly why we planned
the event. I am now looking
fwd to next event where we
hope to attract larger groups
of students,” said Carlos de
La Guardia, the delegate of
the society.
Ladies were dressed in
lovely cocktail dresses and
the gentlemen made their
presence felt with their
formal attire.
Members also gave
lessons to non-members,
helping them feel
Campus Calendar
Wednesday October 4
• REALM, UCC 210, 5 p.m.
• NAACP Political Action Committee, UCC 311,6 p.m.
• SAC Multi-Cultural Committee, Campus Center Board
room 105, 6:30 p.m.
• Lambda, Pafford 302, 7 p.m.
Thursday October 5
• SGA Meeting, Campus Center 302, 3:30 p.m.
• Career Services Workshop, UCC 312, 3:30 p.m.
Friday October 6
• Muslim Student Alliance, Campus Center Boardroom
105, 1:30 p.m.
• Parking Appeals, Campus Center Boardroom 105, 3 p.m.
Monday October 9
• SGA Multicultural Committee, Campus Center 302,
2 p.m.
welcomed.
The next events of the
Latino Cultural Society will
be held today to highlight
the Hispanic heritage
month. Their first event of
the day called “The Luso-
Hispanic Day” will be held
at 9 a.m. at Cobb Hall on
front campus drive.
This event is being
sponsored jointly by
Spanish department on
campus and the society.
To keep students
entertained they have
teamed up with SAC to
bring the “Havana Night
Salsa program” from
7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the
Campus Center Ballroom.
The goal of the Latino
Cultural Society is to
promote awareness of the
Latino Culture by sharing
their culture and helping
the Latino community in
nearby areas.
“Our main goal is
to create a welcoming
environment forLatinosand
also create understanding
of our culture,” concludes
Guardia.
For more information
about this event contact
Carlos de La Guardia at
(770)317-3086.
UWG students
can register
to vote
University of West
Georgia students have an
opportunity to register
to vote on campus and
online during an ongoing
voter registration drive on
campus.
The “We Count” non
partisan initiative is part of
the American Democracy
Project, a nationwide effort
to register young voters by
the American Association
of State College and
Universities.
Students who live
in Carrollton (on or off
campus) for nine months
of the year are eligible to
registerto vote in Carrollton
for local, state and national
elections. Registration
is available online or at
the UCC courtyard until
the registration deadline
of Oct. 10. Voting will
take place at the Food
Services Building (Z-6) on
Tuesday, Nov. 7. UWG and
community volunteers in
the voter registration drive
<El|e lUest On'urqiatt
include Dr. Said Sewell,
associate professor of
political science and the
2006 UWG We Count
coordinator, members of
the Student Government
Association, the Black
Males With Initiative, the
Interfratemity Council
and the Carroll County
Voter Election Office.
Sewell will visit
several classes in
upcoming weeks to
promote voter registration
on campus.
“Young adults are
huge in number and are
becoming more and more
politically active,” said
Sewell. “If you ask young
people to register and
vote, they will.”
The American
Democracy Project is
funded by a $3 million
grant from the Pew
Charitable Trusts. The
AASCU represents
430 state colleges and
universities that enroll
more than 3.7 million
students.
For more information
or to volunteer, call Dr.
Said Sewell at (678) 839-
4997.
Visit http://www.
westga.edu/~wecount to
register online or for more
information.
R.E.A.L
sponsors
ADAY
fundraiser
The Recruiting
Emerging Alumni Leaders
student alumni association,
along with Omicron Delta
Kappa, student leadership
organization, is sponsoring
the annual Mr. and Mrs. A
DAY fundraiser this fall.
Student organizations
were asked to nominate
one male and one
female candidate for the
fundraising.
Containers with the
nominee picture, name and
organization will be placed
on a table today from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the
UCC.
For more information
about this event or to send
in nominations please
contact Mariam Abuhaideri
at mabuhail@my.westga.
edu.