Start Year of Monkey With a Bang at ISU Lunar New Year Festival
The Chinese Students Association (CSA) will present the Year of the Monkey 2004 Chinese Lunar New Year banquet starting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the PSUB Ballroom.

This is the final event in ISU’s two-week Human Rights Celebration.

The festival features a 12-course Chinese meal, a video about Chinese scenery, traditional and contemporary Chinese music, and a children’s performance.

“We’ve reduced the number of dishes we’ve traditionally served, but we increased the quality and will be serving real Chinese food,” said Aiqun Li, CSA president. “We wanted to offer the community something special this year, providing dishes they might not be able to get elsewhere.”

Among dishes to be served are seaweed salad, Chinese cabbage, sweet and sour spareribs, spicy chicken, mapo tofu, fruit soup, vegetable ramen, egg rolls, mixed vegetables, and fried rice.

The Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is by far the most important festival in China, comparable to Christmas in the West, and is the most important holiday for approximately one-fifth of the world’s population.

The festival starts with the new moon on the first day of the New Year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 2004 Lunar New Year began Jan. 22.

Each Chinese year is represented by a repeated cycle of 12 animals. 2004 is the year of the Monkey and Year 4701 on the Chinese calendar. Similar celebrations are held in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.

Tickets to the ISU event are $7 for the general public, $6 for ISU faculty and staff, $5 for K-12 students, and free for children under 6. Food is limited, and advance ticket purchase is recommended since this is a popular event that often sells out.

Tickets are being sold this week from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today through Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and after 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the day of the event.

For more information, contact Aiqun Li, 232-5913 or aiqun@pharmacy.isu.edu, or Kevin Cao, 238-1523 or caoyi@isu.edu.

Pharmacy fundraiser to benefit Pocatello boy’s ‘Make-a-Wish’
The College of Pharmacy will host the 11th Annual Spaghetti Feed and Auction on Friday beginning at  6 p.m. in the PSUB Little Wood River Room.

A portion of the proceeds from the dinner and auction will assist with expenses for a 7-year-old Pocatello boy with Stickler Syndrome, who has made a wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Sponsored by the ISU chapter of the American Pharmaceutical Association - Academy of Students of Pharmacy (ASP), the benefit includes a feast prepared by pharmacy faculty and an auction of items and services donated by area businesses and faculty members, said pharmacy student, chapter member, and event organizer Michelle Duhon.

Traditionally, profits from the fundraiser were used solely to fund travel expenses for ASP students to attend regional and national conventions as well as the leadership conferences for chapter members. That tradition was broken two years ago when the ASP chapter donated proceeds to a pharmacy student battling leukemia.

“It’s important for students to learn they can make a difference in how patients feel by giving of their time and energy, even if it is in a roundabout way,” said Dr. Dave Hachey, ASP faculty advisor.

Some funds from the benefit will assist student members with travel expenses to the APhA-ASP national convention to be held in Seattle in March, Duhon said.

Cost for the meal and benefit auction is $7 per person, $12 per couple, and $25 for a family of four.

Those interested in donating items to the benefit auction may contact the College of Pharmacy at x3393.

All invited to Dubby’s 90th birthday party
Dubby Holt will be 90 years old on Feb. 5, and the public is invited to his birthday party.

Sponsored jointly by the Alumni Association and the Athletic Department, the party will be from 5 to 7 p.m. in the lobby of the Sports and Orthopaedic Center, 560 Memorial Drive. Hors d’oeuvres and birthday cake will be served.

“As we have traveled to visit alumni, Connie and I have encountered more great praise for and fond memories of Dubby Holt than any other member of the university family,” said ISU President Richard L. Bowen. “Over the years he has influenced and continues to influence thousands of people who express great appreciation.”

Holt retired from ISU in 1979 after a 34-year career as coach, administrator, and student-athlete. He was a successful track and boxing coach for 18 years and was athletic director from 1967 to 1979.

His boxers won NCAA championships in 1953 and 1957, he was the 1956 U.S. Olympic boxing coach, and four of his boxers were U.S. Olympians with Ed Sanders winning the 1952 heavyweight title. Holt’s track teams won 13 consecutive conference championships, and in the Big Sky Conference were unbeaten in dual meets and won every title from 1964 to 1967.

Holt will be remembered most for his decision in 1967 to build the first domed stadium on a college campus. Originally named the Minidome and built for its budgeted $2.8 million, it opened in September 1970 and was renamed Holt Arena in 1986.

“Dubby is one of the historical figures of ISU and one of our most-loved alumni,” said Graham Garner, interim alumni director. “We think it is appropriate to bring back some of the people whose lives he touched and give some people who know him only by name the opportunity to meet him.”

Speakers will include Dr. Kent Tingey, vice president for University Advancement; Babe Caccia, retired athletic director and football, baseball, and wrestling coach, and Sports Hall of Fame member; Dr. M.R. “Mick” Mickelson, longtime ISU team physician; Phil Luckey, ISU Sports Hall of Fame member and 37-year ISU athletic trainer; and Dennis Critchfield, Sports Hall of Fame member and distance runner on several of Holt’s finest track teams.

ISU has new engineering society chapter
An installation ceremony and initiation of new members was held last week for the new Idaho Beta chapter of Tau Beta Pi national engineering honor society.

Leaders from ISU’s local engineering honor society succeeded in  securing a charter from the national society during the national convention last fall in Lubbock, Texas.

Eight ISU engineering students were the first initiates into the new TBP chapter. They are Kim Christiansen and Jeff Bingham, both of Blackfoot; Kevin Boes, Bryon Byington, and Joshua Peterson, all of Pocatello; Justin Beard, Rexburg; Anthony Crawford, Mackay; and Jason Marenda, Birmingham, Ala. The student membership requirement includes a grade point average in the top eighth of the junior class or top fifth of the senior class.
 
Five individuals — practicing engineers or engineering educators — were inducted into the new chapter as “eminent engineers.” The designation goes to those who have demonstrated exemplary creative or scholarly work, excellence in the workplace, leadership in professional and/or technical societies, and/or community service. The five individuals are Mary Hofle, associate lecturer of engineering; Dr. D. Subbaram Naidu, associate dean for graduate studies in engineering and director of the ISU Measurement and Control Engineering Research Center; Dr. Habib Sadid, professor of engineering; Dr. Gene Stuffle, associate dean for undergraduate studies in engineering; and David C. Koelsch, an employee of the U.S. Department of Energy-Idaho Operations, Idaho Falls.

Engineering seniors Christie Chatterley, Granite Bay, Calif., ISU chapter president, and Crawford, corresponding secretary of the chapter, presented ISU’s petition for a charter at the national convention. They were accompanied by industry advisor Linda Stuffle and faculty advisor Dr. Gene Stuffle.

According to Dr. Jay F. Kunze, dean of engineering, ISU’s chapter is only the second to be established in Idaho, a credit to the nearly 40 years of engineering education provided by ISU.

Kunze said, “Tau Beta Pi only offers charters to those institutions that demonstrate their commitment to continuing and growing their engineering programs.”
 
Tau Beta Pi was founded at Lehigh University in 1885 by Dr. Edward Higginson Williams Jr. “to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as undergraduates in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges” (preamble to the society’s constitution).

Watters to teach avalanche workshop
 With death due to avalanches becoming increasingly common in the Intermountain West, backcountry skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers will be interested in a four-part avalanche workshop offered this week by the ISU Outdoor Program.

“With increasing numbers of people participating in winter outdoor activities, knowledge of avalanche safety has become essential,” said workshop instructor Ron Watters, adjunct faculty member in physical education and former Outdoor Program director. “This course is designed to help those who use the mountains in the winter to minimize their risk.”

The workshop costs $60. Registration is the first night of class at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the PSUB Little Wood River Room. Classes continue 7-10 p.m. Thursday in the Wood River Room and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at outdoor field locations.

Lecture topics include snow crystal identification, snowpack metamorphism, non-precipitated snow, types of avalanches, avalanche safety, avalanche rescue, control of alpine ski areas and factors influencing avalanche activity.

Field sessions cover snow pit analysis, transceivers, probing techniques, charting snow pits, terrain identification, hasty pits, and backcountry safety considerations.

For more information, call x3912.

Safety & You at ISU
ROAD RAGE! Road rage is real. Anger and driving don’t mix. More and more people are letting their emotions get the best of them. One report states that during the first six years of the 1990s, more than 10,000 incidents of road rage were reported — people zigzagging in and out of traffic, cutting someone off, tailgating. All of these can lead to collisions, disputes, even death. Being more patient behind the wheel will go a long way toward keeping you out of the way of road rage.

10 Ways to Avoid Road Rage:

1. Be courteous behind the wheel.

2. Don’t honk your horn excessively.

3. Don’t block the passing lane.

4. Don’t switch lanes without signaling first.

5. Don’t take up more than one parking spot.

6. Don’t let your door hit the car parked next to you.

7. Don’t tailgate.

8. Avoid unnecessary use of high beam headlights.

9. Don’t inflict your loud music on nearby drivers.

10. Allow plenty of time for every trip, so you aren’t always in a hurry.
Brought to you by ISU Public Safety and the ISU Safety Committee

News Bites
• The Computer Systems Advisory Committee (CSAC) is announcing the availability of $50,000 through CSAC’s Supplemental Academic Computing Fund for immediate use in FY05. CSAC invites faculty to submit proposals to this competitive program. The primary purpose of the fund is to provide faculty with office computers, and priority is given to such requests.  However, peripheral equipment is also eligible if needed to support ISU faculty office responsibilities. More information and submission forms may be found at www.isu. edu/departments/csac/SACFund.

• Faculty, staff and students as well as community members are being encouraged to submit poetry, art, short fiction, short non-fiction, and photography to Black Rock and Sage, ISU’s literary publication. Submissions must be postmarked by Jan. 31. There are three ways to submit: 1) Via e-mail to turnkris@isu.edu; 2) by mail to Black Rock & Sage c/o the English department, Campus Box 8056; or 3) by turning in submissions to the English department office, Liberal Arts Room 262. Include a cover letter with your name, phone number, e-mail address, and postal address. A maximum of five prose and 10 photo/art submissions will be accepted per person. No anonymous submissions will be accepted. For more information, contact robbheid@isu.edu.

• Mountaineering legend Fred Beckey will present a slide show/ lecture in the PSUB Ballroom at 7 p.m. Thursday on climbing North American peaks from Alaska to Mexico. His talk is sponsored by the Outdoor Program. Admission is free; a suggested donation of $1 per person will go to the City of Rocks climbing route anchor replacement fund. Beckey, 81, is credited with hundreds of first ascents of North American peaks. He has written more than a dozen mountaineering books, and three of his works on climbing the North Cascades are mountaineering classics. For more information, call Peter Joyce, x3912.
 

Faculty/Staff Update
Dr. James C. Bigelow has joined the pharmacy faculty as of spring semester as an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences and director of the Bioanalysis Facility located in the basement of Leonard Hall. Bigelow comes to ISU from Biomes Pharmaceuticals in Toledo, Ohio, where he was co-founder and a senior bioanalytical chemist. He replaces Dr. Adeboye Adejare, who is now chair of the department of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Sciences, Philadelphia. Bigelow also has worked for the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Mass Spectrometry section in Rockville, Md.
 
The Idaho Humanities Council will honor Dr. Brian Attebery, ISU English professor, with its 2003 Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities at a reception and presentation at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in the PSUB Wood River Room. The presentation will follow IHC’s board meeting to be held earlier in the day in Pocatello. Attebery is being honored for his contributions as a public scholar, author, and editor who has made substantial contributions to the fields of American studies and science fiction and fantasy literature. Attebery has taught at ISU since 1982.

Several errors occurred in the list of new hires published in the Jan. 19 News & Notes. Corrections include: Mary Ward, office specialist I, Psychology Clinic; Geoffrey S. Dean, chair, General Education, and Margaret Jacob, coordinator, Adult Basic Education, both in the College of Technology.