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LECTURES

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. Beverly Rubik, Ph.D., presents Why is Alternative Medicine Alternative? from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at UMC DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Dr. Rubik is an internationally renowned biophysicist and leader in the field of frontier science. Cost is $10 at the door. Call 626-5077 for information.

UNDER WRAPS. Anne Betteridge, Ph.D., Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, presents Under Wraps: Barriers to Understanding Muslim Women in the Middle East at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at UMC DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Dr. Betteridge discusses reasons for veiling and for the persistence of inaccurate stereotypes. Admission is free. Call 621-3512 for information.

PROP 200. The League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson hosts a free public forum entitled Proposition 200: A Closer Look from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 30, at Randolph Performing Arts Auditorium, 200 S. Randolph Way. The forum will explore how the conditions of Proposition 200 can be met realistically and effectively. Panelists include: Tucson Water Director, Kent McClain; hydro-geologist, Mark Cross; AZ Department of Water Resources Area Director, Kathy Jacobs; and a fourth panelist yet to be announced. Call 733-0756 for information.

ENVIRONMENTAL PRISONER. Convicted "monkeywrencher" and environmental activist Mark Davis speaks at 7 p.m. Friday, March 29, at Luna Loca Café, 546 N. Stone Ave. Davis will comment on his 47-month stay at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Admission is free, however donations are accepted. Call Felice or Jack at the Nuclear Resister at 323-8697 for information.

PEACE IN HOPI SOCIETY. Emory Sekaquaptewa speaks on The Hopi Cultural Perception of a Peaceful Society at the next meeting of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Friends Meeting House, 931 N. Fifth Ave. Admission is free. Call Mary at 622-5743 for information.

ANCIENT ISRAEL. University of Tel Aviv archaeologist Ze'ev Meshel presents Did Yahweh Have a Consort?, a free lecture on the excavations at Kuntillet 'Ajrud, an Iron Age (800 BC) Israeli religious center he excavated, at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in Room 202 of the Franklin Building, UA campus. Sponsored by the Southern Arizona Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America. Call Karen Borstad at 690-0279 for information.

SILK ROAD IN CHINA. The U.S.-China People's Friendship Association hosts a slide lecture by Norman Land at 2:45 p.m. Sunday, March 31, in Room PAS 201 of the Physics and Atmospheric Sciences Building, UA campus. Land will discuss his bicycle tour of the Silk Road in China. Admission is free, with donations gladly accepted. Call C.Y. Fan at 621-2778 for information.

FAMILY LINEAGE. The Friends of Family History Land hold classes on researching family lineage at 1:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays during the month of April, at 6061 E. Broadway. Seminars cost $7, and are free to members of Friends and Los Descendientes del Presidio. Call 790-5444 for registration and information.

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