AIM Support Group of Ohio & N. KentuckyUpdates and Announcements
Monday, September 23, 2002Subject: Mt Graham (Action Alert) THREE IMPORTANT EVENTS THIS WEEK MOUNT GRAHAM DEBATE Tuesday, September 24 at 7:30 PM Architecture Building (Rapson Hall), Room 30 89 Church St. SE Watch University of Minnesota Parliamentary Debate Society members battle it out over the controversial Mount Graham telescope project issue! Should the University of Minnesota buy into a project that desecrates a sacred mountain to Western Apaches and destroys endangered species? Find out why University of Minnesota Advisory Committees, faculty, and students are speaking out strongly against the proposed $5 million investment in the telescope. The University of Minnesota will decide on this issue in the coming weeks. Get informed about this major University policy issue. TEACH-IN ON MOUNT GRAHAM Thursday, September 26 at NOON 710 Social Sciences Tower (Ford Room) Come hear Sandra Rambler, former Tribal Secretary for the San Carlos Apache Nation and journalist for The Moccasin, a San Carlos newspaper, talk about the struggle to protect Mount Graham. Rambler has come from San Carlos to tell the University of Minnesota that the mountain and Apache culture and religion are not for sale. She will speak about Minnesota's efforts to buy into the Mount Graham telescope project. A decision is coming in the next few weeks. We need everyone to help now. MOUNT GRAHAM PLANNING MEETING Thursday, September 26 at 4:00 PM Fraser Hall, Room 33 Please bring your ideas and suggestions. More importantly, please come ready to do something. Call Dwight at 612-386-2829 for more information. HAS YOUR VOICE BEEN HEARD ON THIS ISSUE? The University of Minnesota administration will decide by October 1 if they will seek approval from the Board of Regents for the Mount Graham telescope project. As always: Please contact Interim President Bruininks and the Board of Regents to voice your concerns about the University of Minnesota's involvement in the Mount Graham (Dzil Nchaa Si An) telescope project. Robert H. Bruininks Interim President 234 Morrill Hall University of Minnesota 100 Church St., SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Bus: (612) 626-1616 Bus Fax: (612) 625-3875 Maureen Reed, Chair 600 McNamara Alumni Center 200 Oak St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-2020 Send a letter to the following address and ask that it be distributed to all Regents: Office of the Board of Regents University of Minnesota 600 McNamara Alumni Center 200 Oak Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-2020 Phone: 612-625-6300 Fax: 612-624-3318 posted by Webmaster@ AIM Support 2:18 PM Last updated:
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