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WellAware offers variety of events

The following WellAware programs will be offered the week of Oct. 18. Participants will earn a WellAware card—five cards earned between now and December qualifies you to receive half-price membership in the Student Recreation Center or a rebate if you already have a year’s membership.

• Oct. 19, "Learning to Relax," 7-8 p.m., Counseling Center, 320 Saddlemire Student Services Building, and "Personal Health Care Management,” 10:30 a.m., 314 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
• Oct. 20, Brown Bag Lunch: "Surviving Breast Cancer,” noon-1 p.m., Women's Center, 107 Hanna Hall, and "When Someone You Care About Is Depressed,” 3:30-5 p.m., Counseling Center, 320 Saddlemire.
• Oct. 21, Brown Bag Lunch: "Think, Eat, Be Healthy,” Founders Dining Hall, noon-1 p.m.
• Oct. 23, Chain-O-Lakes canoeing, Student Recreation Center, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Oct. 24, Positive Images Retreat, 1-4 p.m., call the Counseling Center at 2-2081 for more information.



Bring the kids, trick or treat on campus this Wednesday

Children of the Bowling Green community are invited to trick or treat on campus Wednesday (Oct. 20), followed by a Halloween Fun Fest.

The annual event is sponsored by the Resident Student Association, the Inter-Fraternity Council, Panhellenic Council and the National Residence Hall Honorary. Children will be going to campus residence halls and Greek units from 6-7 p.m. and then to the Fun Fest in 308 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

Admission to the Fun Fest is one canned good per person, to be donated to Martha's Kitchen food bank. Parents are requested to accompany their children to both events.

Parking for the event is in Lot N. Gather at the union for trick or treating.


Link locates BG@100 project members

The BG@100 project office is now located at 414 E. Wooster St., the former site of the AAA office. The BG@100 Project Organization link, at http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/cio/page838.html, outlines which team members are located at the project office and which have offices in Hayes Hall. All team members may still be reached via their current campus phone numbers.



Technology Fair offers exhibits, prizes

Exhibits and prizes will be the order of the day Thursday (Oct. 21) at the University's fifth annual Northwest Ohio Technology Fair.

The fair, set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will welcome 57 exhibitors, as well as high school students from Delphos to Milan and even Put-in-Bay, to the Lenhart Grand Ballroom in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

Three "breakaway sessions" will be held in 201 Union. Among them will be an 11 a.m. demonstration by McGraw-Hill representatives of the company's student response system. The system involves student use of touch pads, 50 of which will be available for an interactive exercise at the fair. The first 50 visitors to the session may participate in the event, which will be recorded by WBGU-PBS for possible broadcast.

Other breakaway sessions will deal with the Xbox/Linux project, at 10:30 a.m., and computer security, at 1 p.m.

For more information about the fair, check the Web at www.bgsu.edu/offices/studenttech/techfair.

Car wash to benefit Caribbean Hurricane Relief Fund

Student volunteers will wash cars at various locations in Bowling Green from noon-2 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 23) to collect funds for the Caribbean Hurricane Relief Fund.

Participants are Center for Multicultural and Academic Initiatives Scholars and Freshmen Development Program participants along with the Caribbean Student Association. The student volunteers will wash cars at Taco Bell at 320 E. Wooster St., Sky Bank at 1480 E. Wooster St., and The Pharm at 1044 North Main St.

Students will also host a collection site for donations on Saturday from noon-3:30 p.m. in 228 Bowen-Thompson Student Union (Multi-purpose Room).

The campus and community are invited to participate in the groups’ Make a Difference Day events. A Make a Difference Day Appreciation Reception will be held in 228 Bowen-Thompson Student Union from 2:30-3:30 p.m. to honor the volunteers and contributors.

Admission to the reception is a donation of non-perishable foods, clean clothing, unused toiletries, cleaning supplies, school supplies, etc. St. Mark's Lutheran Church has volunteered to ship all donated items to the Caribbean.

Contact Della Higgs, Emily Monago or Naoko Shimizu at 2-2642 for more information.