Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Don’t get mad—get RAD

The Rape Aggression Defense system is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. RAD is a comprehensive course for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progression on to the basics of hands-on defense training. The class will start THIS THURSDAY and will run through Thursday, March 1. Classes will be held from 6-8 p.m. for six consecutive sessions. The program is offered free of charge to all MTSU students, faculty and staff, as well as the general public. Classes will be held at the MTSU Public Safety Training Room at 1412 East Main Street.

Contact Instructor David Smith at 615-494-8855.

Relief for RoyceAnne

RoyceAnne Miller, a former secretary for the MTSU Art Gallery, is fighting for her life at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, the victim of a murder attempt. On Jan. 8, Miller’s husband, James Morris, fired a shotgun at Miller, striking her in the lumbar (lower back) region. Morris turned the gun on himself and committed suicide as police arrived on the scene. To raise money to pay for Miller’s medical expenses, the Department of Art will hold an art sale from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. THIS THURSDAY at the Todd Gallery. The works of art available will be donated by MTSU faculty and student artists. All proceeds will benefit the RoyceAnne Miller Contributions Fund at Bank of America.

For more information, contact Wendy Koenig, assistant professor of art history, at 615-898-2014.
wkoenig@mtsu.edu

To be female and Kurdish

The Women’s Studies Research Series will present “Women’s Rights, Media, and Sharia Law in Kurdish Iraq” at 3 p.m. THIS THURSDAY in Room 100 of the James Union Building. The speaker will be Clare Bratten, assistant professor of electronic media communication and producer of a documentary on Kurdish immigrants in Nashville. Bratten says the U.S. government is not likely to support Kurdish separatism in northern Iraq because of the neighboring Turks’ fears that their own Kurdish population would rise up to claim autonomy. “Generally, most are grateful to the U.S. for eliminating Saddam Hussein’s government. … However, they are wary about the extent of the U.S. commitment to their cause since the U.S. has abandoned them in the past,” Bratten says.

For more information, contact the Women’s Studies office at 615-898-5910.

TR EXTRA

CAN YOU SPARE A PINT?--Sigma Alpha Epsilon is sponsoring a Red Cross blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. TODAY in Room 322 of Keathley University Center. To be eligible to donate, you must be healthy, at least 17 years old and you must not have donated blood in the last 56 days. Please bring your ID or donor card. For more information, contact Jennifer Kirk at 615-898-2590 or jkirk@mtsu.edu