The law college will host a benefit silent auction of Cambodian artwork from Feb. 20 through Feb. 24. The auction will feature artwork created by students from Phare Ponleu Selpak, a performing arts school in Battambang, and will be on display from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.daily in the College of Law’s Clemens Lounge.
Proceeds will be donated to two Cambodian schools, Phare Ponleu Selpak and a school started by the People Improvement Organization (PIO).
Individuals who do not wish to bid or are unable to attend the event are still welcome to donate by contacting Julie Smith at [email protected].
Ka Yee Christina Lee, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and senior associate vice president for research at the University of Chicago, will discuss “The science of breathing: Wrinkle-to-fold transitions in long surfactants and other elastic sheet” at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 23 in the Dicke Hall Forum at Ohio Northern.
Her talk is part of the Kritzler Lectureship in Chemistry at ONU and is sponsored by the Donald J. Bettinger Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The talk is free and open to the public.
A trio of Chinese musicians will perform traditional music from their homeland during a series of upcoming performances at ONU as well as area schools and the local library. The Chinese musicians will present a concert at 4 p.m. on Feb. 19 in Presser Hall at ONU. The performance is free and open to the public.
They also will perform with the ONU Symphony at 3 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the Freed Center. Tickets may be purchased by contacting the Freed Center box office.
They also will perform at 11 a.m. on Feb. 18 at the Ada Public Library. That performance is free and open to the public.
Two architects will speak on "Emerging Professional” at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 in the Freed Center. The talk, which is part of the T.J. Smull College of Engineering Spotts Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.
Both speakers are with BHDP Architecture, which has offices in Columbus, Cincinnati and Raleigh, N.C.
Two ONU professors, Ray Person, professor of religion, and Mark Dixon, associate professor of philosophy, co-authored a chapter in the book “Religion and Sustainable Agriculture: World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics.”
Person and his wife, Elizabeth Kelly, are part of a farm coop on their farm in rural Bluffton. Dixon specializes in environmental ethics.
The farm coop has 17 families involved, plus a waiting list of persons interesting in joining it.
“We produce meat, eggs, veggies, and fruits, using organic practices and working together as a group,” Person said of the coop.
By Monty Siekerman
The ONU World Student Organization held a Valentine's party on campus Saturday, and members found out that the Asians do it up big time. Asians mark Feb. 14, March 14, and April 14 as Valentines.
On Feb. 14, the girls give roses or chocolate to the guys as a sign of affection. The next month, known as White Day, the guys return the favor.
Finally, in mid April the singles who received no gifts the prior two months gather together on what is known as Black Day and eat a dish called black noodles.
