In Brief
Issue date: 4/21/05 Section: In Brief
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The fourth annual Caffeine High party, sponsored by Alpha Tau Omega, will be held this Friday night (April 22).
Montgomery's hottest party band, PipeDream, will play from 9 p.m.-midnight and DJ Brewer will go from midnight-2 a.m. Caffeine High 2005 will take place at the ATO house located at 625 N. Locust Street on Greek Row (behind the on-campus apartments).
There is no entry free and the entire campus is invited. T-shirts and virgin drinks will be on sale throughout the night. Caffeine High is a substance-free event and all proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Shoals. For more information, visit www.tautown.com.
UNA soccer holds car wash, summer camps
The UNA soccer team is holding a car wash fundraiser at the Arby's on Cox Creek Parkway this Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. There is no charge, but donations will be accepted to help the team raise money for a pre-season training trip to Brazil.
The team is also holding "Girls/Boys Camp" is summer for all talent levels:
ages 4-8, June 27-30
4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
ages 9-12, July 11-14
3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
ages 13-up, July 11-14
6p.m. to 9 p.m.
Each camp costs $80. For more information or to sign up, contact Graham Winkworth at 765-4845 or gjwinkworth@una.edu.
Student-athletes sponsor kids' night at Flowers
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee invites kids in kindergarten through sixth grade to join them for "Kids Fun Night" on Friday, April 22 in Flowers Hall from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Safeplace fundraiser features dinner, speaker
The Safeplace Foundation is sponsoring "An Evening with Denise Brown" Saturday, April 23 at the Shoals Conference Center. Brown is the sister of Nicole Brown Simpson.
The evening will consist of dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by her presentation. Tickets are $35 and available at Public Safety.
Class schedules updated
The following classes have been listed incorrectly in the summer/fall 2005 schedule. Listed below are the course names and correct meeting times:
FL 200-01
Sources of Vocabulary
TR, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
FL 302-01
Cross Cultural Interaction
TR, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Physics 101 laboratory
Friday, 9-10:45 a.m.
Physics 241-01
General Physics I
MWF, 12-12:50 p.m.
Physics 343-01
Modern Physics
MWRF, 8-8:50 a.m.
(Dr. Dolmatov)
MU 222-01(10731)
Music Appreciation
MTWTHF, 9:40-11:40 a.m.
MB 140, Summer Session I
Zeta Phi Beta to hold "PHIya Starterz Week"
The alluring Alpha Sigma Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will be hosting "PHIya Starterz Week" on April 25-29.
For more information, contact Jahnitta M. Vinson at jmvinson@una.edu.
ARC announces deadline for finals tutoring
Please note the last day to request a free peer tutor for this semester is Friday, April 29. After this date, you will not be able to make an appointment.
If you feel like you might need a tutor for finals, please visit the Academic Resource Center Web site: www2.una.edu/arc, call us at 765-4677 or come by the GUC, room 114.
Come party at Covington Hall
All residents are invited to attend a pre-finals party on Friday, April 29 at the Covington Hall multi-purpose room and back patio, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
There will be free food, drinks and live music, plus stations set up for karaoke and Dance Dance Revolution. Come join the fun and relieve some stress before finals!
Continuing Studies offers workshops
The UNA Office of Continuing Studies and Outreach will offer a "Telephone and Office Professionalism in the Workplace" course Tuesday, April 26 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Coby Hall.
The workshop instructs participants how to professionally answer and handle phone calls at work. Many aspects of professional workplace behaviors will also be discussed.
The course fee is $79. To register, contact the UNA Office of Continuing Studies and Outreach at 256-765-4862 or visit www.una.edu/conted.
SOAR sponsors RSO fair
The Campus Involvement Fair at SOAR is being brought back this summer.
A letter and registration form was mailed to your RSO UNA mailboxes. Please submit your registration form for a table by May 1 to the Office of Student Life, GUC 202.
For Greek chapters, there will be one table for each IFC, NPHC and Panhellenic councils. Please see your appropriate councils for further information.
Wear a ribbon for sexual assault awareness
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Teal ribbons are worn during the month of April to honor the men and women who have survived or lost their lives to sexual assault.
Wearing the teal ribbon also conveys the message that there is no place for sexual assault in the community. If you would like a ribbon, simply come by the Women's Center, located in Bennett Infirmary, and pick one up.
Donate old cell phones for March of Dimes
Phi Beta Lambda members are collecting used cell phones for the March of Dimes.
For every phone donated, $4 goes to the March of Dimes and will be used to help fight birth defects. The phones do not have to work and it does not matter how old the phones are. Cell phone collection boxes are located in the GUC, Collier Library and the second floor of Keller Hall, and the deadline is May 2.
Student requests donation for MDA bail
Having a big heart has finally caught up with Zethelyn Johnson-she is being locked up for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Johnson needs your help so she can make my bail of $2,500. By making a donation towards her bail, you are helping MDA provide services to those with muscular dystrophy in our community and continue vital research for treatments and a possible cure.
Just send donations of any amount to Johnson at UNA Box 5025, and checks should be made out to MDA (no cash please). If you prefer to use a credit card, please call 765-4206 and you will be provided with a form to be used for that purpose.
Deadline for funds is May 18; hopefully, she will be able to post on May 19. With your assistance, she should be back out on the street in no time.
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