October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  People from all economic and cultural backgrounds can be subjected to domestic violence. Study indicated that women are more likely than men to experience intimate partner violence. Nearly one in three women experience at least one physical assault by a partner during adulthood while children are often the direct or indirect victims of domestic violence. Just witnessing violence has devastating, long-term effect on children. If children have been exposed to domestic violence, it increases the chances that they will take on the role of either a “batter” or a “victim” in their adult relationships. Click here for more information on risk factors for domestic violence.
  To educate and improve response to domestic violence, the month of October is designated as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Project Hope, a program of the Anderson Gender Resource Center, encourages members of ISU community who have been affected by domestic violence and who like assistance to call Project Hope at 282-HOPE (4673). Pocatello community members can contact Family Services Alliance at 251-HELP (4357). For more information about the services, contact Kim Talbot at 282-4673.

Save Lids to Save Lives
  Anderson Gender Resource Center is raising funds for breast cancer research by collecting pink Yoplait yogurt lids. This event is in conjunction with Yoplait's Save Lids to Save Lives Breast Cancer Program. Yoplait will donate 10 cents for each lid redeemed, up to $1.5 million, to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Additionally, Yoplait guarantees a minimum donation of $500,000. Clean pink lids can be dropped off at two locations: the Yoplait collection box under the clock wall near the Chartwells check-out counters in the PSUB, and at Room 114 Graveley Hall, Anderson Center. The lids will be sent to Yoplait on December 20, 2005. All pink lids need to be cleaned before being dropped off at both locations.

Women & Nutrition Presentation
  All women are invited to attend ISU Professional Women Meeting on October 19 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in the PSUB Bear River Room. Dr. Mary Dundas, Associate Professor and Director of Dietetics at ISU will present a seminar on Nutrition and Women's Health . Her talk will focus on heart disease, cancer, and obesity. She will discuss risk factors, symptoms, and the medical nutrition therapy for the treatment and prevention of these diseases. She will also discuss specific nutrients and chemicals in foods that are health promoting.

Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories
  Many domestic violence batterers are successfully using custody and visitation litigation to abuse their families. Do you find it hard to believe? Tune in to PBS on Thursday October 20, 2005 at 10:00 pm Eastern Time for Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories. This is a powerful PBS documentary that records the impact of domestic violence on children and the recurring failings of family courts across the country to protect them from the abusers.

Ladies Fastpitch Softball Sport Club
  Anybody interested in being a part of the Ladies' Fastpitch Softball Sport Club is invited to attend a first club meeting of the year on Tuesday October 25, 2005 at 7:00 pm in the Emeriti Room #204 Reed Gym. Light refreshment is provided.

Donations for Book Sale
  The American Association of University Women (AAUM) and Anderson Gender Resource Center are asking for book donations for the February 2006 AAUW annual book sale. There are two drop-off locations designated for this purpose: the ISU Continuing Education Building main entrance at 1001 N 7 th Avenue, and at Room 114 Graveley Hall, Anderson Center. As usual, the proceeds of the book sale will benefit scholarships for ISU women students. For more information, contact the Anderson Center at 282-2805.

The Importance of Being Earnest
  Theatre ISU will perform “The Importance of Being Earnest”, an Oscar Wilde's play, at 7:30 pm on October 14, 15, 20, 21, and 22 in the Beverly B. Bistline Thrust Theatre located in L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. The importance of Being Earnest is a classic comedy of manners by Oscar Wilde. Wilde's brilliant play makes fun of the English upper classes with light-hearted satire and dazzling humor. The play's focuses on Jack and Algernon, two young men in love with girls both determined to marry someone named Earnest.
  Tickets are available now between noon and 5:00 pm weekdays at the Stephens Performing Arts Center, or call at 282-3595. Ticket prices are $12 for general admission adults, $10 for ISU faculty, staff and K-12 students, and free for ISU students with a valid Bengal ID. For more information, contact Erin Joy at 282-6452.

World Food Day Observance
  The ISU University Relations Office inviting all ISU community to participate with students and faculty across the United States and the world in debating the issues that contribute to food shortages and hunger in the world today. Related to this event, the Dietetics Club will have an exhibit in the PSUB on Friday October 14, 2005 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm near the Information Desk. This exhibit will have facts about hunger issues and there will be a place at the exhibit to donate food or money for the Idaho Foodbank. There will be a teleconference on World Food Day in the Library basement Room 7 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. For more information, contact Dr. Mary Dundas at dundmary@isu.edu

International Night Celebration
  With this year's theme “Celebrate Diversity: Experience the World”, the ISU International Students' Association is presenting food and entertainment acts from around the world on October 15, 2005 starting at 6:00 pm in the PSUB Ballroom. At this annual International Night dishes from Sweden, Argentina, Zambia, Germany, China, and Azerbaijan will be served while cultural entertainment will include performances by the Taiko Drum Group, dances from Latin America and Europe, and Nepalese musical performances. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the PSUB main lobby room from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm weekdays. Ticket prices are $4 for students, $6 for ISU faculty and staff, and $9 for the general public. Children 4 and under eat free. Tickets purchased on the day of the event will be $1 more than advance ticket prices.

Political Awareness Week
  Student Organizations are organizing Political Awareness Week from October 17-21, 2005. ISU's student body, faculty, and staff are invited to attend to this event. This week is created as means for related student organizations on campus to engage in various forums. The goal is to foster dialogue, which could educate the student body about diverse political views that exist on campus. For more information concerning specific events contact Shawn Wilkerson at wilkshaw@isu.edu or Paul Pope at popepaul@isu.edu

Women and Anger Workshop
  Have you ever lost your temper? Did you yell and scream or hit someone? Do you want to learn skills to deal with anger? If you answer yes to any of these questions, you have a place to discuss the issue. The Center for New Directions is holding a two-day Women and Anger workshop specifically addressing these issues. The workshop is scheduled on October 18 and 25 from 4:30 – 6:30 pm in the RFC Building Room 381. This workshop is free and open to the community, ISU staff, faculty, and students. To register, call 282-2454.
  Do you need a reading material before attending the workshop? If yes, click here. This book chapter provides (a) signs of anger, (b) theories about how and why aggression develops, and (3) means of preventing or coping with anger (in yourself and in others). Enjoy reading.

Conference: Call for Papers
  The Anderson Gender Resource Center and the Women's Studies Program is organizing a multidisciplinary conference, The Art of Gender in Everyday life III, on March 30-31, 2006. The conference invites gender scholars from across the country to Pocatello and addresses present current research on gender issues from across the disciplines in a collegial, supportive and nurturing environment. This year conference will include a large number of ISU presenters, including faculty, staff and student participants. Special rate registration fee for ISU students is $20 which includes a dinner, continental breakfast, and a March 31 lunch note by Dr. Dalia Marcinkeviciene, Director of the Gender Studies Center, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
  All faculty, staff and student participants are invited to submit gender abstracts. All submissions related to the art of living gendered lives will be considered. These include submissions that address gender at work in the community such as university-community partnership, the work of non-profit organization, gender and economic, men and non-violence, construction of masculinity, and international perspectives on gender. All abstracts must be postmarked by October 24, 2005. For more information, contact the Anderson Center at 282-2805.

Student-Directed Plays Auditions
  Student-directed plays auditions will be held on October 29 from 10:00 to 11:30 am in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center Room 234. Everyone is welcome to audition for a part in one of the student-directed plays that will be performed later in the semester. Participants are encouraged to prepare either a 60-second comic or serious monologue, or two 30-second contrasting monologues. The four student-directed plays will be performed in Room 234 on November 28 and 30, and December 5 and 7. These performances are free and open to public. For more information, contact Sherri Dienstfrey, professor theatre and dance department at 282-3561.

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The images in this newsletter were retrieved from the World Food Organization Web site at ftp://ftp.fao.org/, Amazon Web site at http://www.amazon.com/, Yoplait USA Web site at http://www.yoplaitusa.com/, and ISU photo gallery.