March 4, 2008

Today's events

Tuesday, March 4

-- Disability Awareness Month reception honoring the 2008 Focus Award recipients. Theme: "Attitude is Everything." Speaker: Brandon Scott, student. Affirmative Action Office with others; a Project Respect event. 10-11 a.m. West Faculty Lounge, PMU.

-- ITaP Shopping Student Appreciation Day. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Room G65, STEW. Free popcorn and giveaways.

-- "Educate Yourself: A Forum on Affirmative Action." Panel with Q-and-A. Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority Inc.; a Project Respect event. 7 p.m. Room 313, STEW.

All week
-- Ken Rinaldo: Robotic Installations. Stewart Center Gallery will exhibit "Autotelematic Spider Bots" with real-time interaction with public and self-modified behavior. The Spider Bots will function for 15-minute periods at 10:30 a.m. and at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. daily. Robert L. Ringel Gallery will present the installation work "Machinic Drift," a series of 3-D images. Rinaldo is at Ohio State University. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. March 3-April 20. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. -- Artist's lecture 5:30 p.m. March 3 in Room 206, STEW; followed by reception in Stewart Center Gallery.

Monday-Friday

-- Libraries -- Archives and Special Collections. "Chronicling Women's History at Purdue: Selections from the Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives." 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Room 279, STEW. March 3-April 29. March is Women's History Month. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol.

-- John Purdue Room lunch special. This week: Salmon chowder and farfalle with wild mushrooms. To access the menu: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.