BY THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Published February 11, 2002
"Art of Kissing" lecturer profiles smooching styles
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After six years of research in 23 countries, Boston College English Prof. Michael Christian has found more than 20 different styles of kissing.
Christian will bring his presentation titled "The Art of Kissing" to Eastern Michigan University tomorrow.
He will be discussing the different kissing styles and using slides, photos and even audience members to demonstrate them.
The presentation will be held at 7 p.m. in the EMU McKenny Union, in Ypsilanti.
U.S. poet laureate hosts public lecture
Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Hass will give a poetry reading followed by a reception today at 5 p.m. in the Michigan Union ballroom.
Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., Hass will give a lecture titled, "The Egret Fishing Through Its Smeared Reflection: Poetics and the End of Nature," in the Michigan Union Ballroom.
International law series continues
The "Hot Topics in International Law" series continues today with a talk on "Competition Policy and the World Trade Organization" by Columbia University International Trade Prof. Merit Janow.
The lecture begins at 3:40 p.m. in 116 Hutchins Hall.
McCarthyism, war on terror compared
Southern Illinois University history graduate student David Snyder will lecture on the parallels between the war on terror and the anticommunist "witch hunts" led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
The lecture, sponsored by the Ann Arbor Jewish Cultural Society, will be held Sunday at the Jewish Community Center, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr., at 10 a.m.
LGBT holds lecture on health education
The University"s Queer Visibility Week continues tomorrow with "Health Education and Awareness for LGBT People." The event will be held in the Michigan League at 11 a.m. and will continue throughout the day.
Lecturer explores Arboretum"s history
"The Shaping of Nichols Arboretum," a lecture by Arb director Bob Grese, will address the early history of the Arb in the late 19th century and focus on its landscape design. It will be held tomorrow in the University"s Detroit Observatory meeting room, 1398 E. Ann St.
Counselors offer guidance on balancing work
A discussion titled, "The 24/7 Tightrope: Work and Personal Life Balance," will be held Thursday at noon in the Michigan League Michigan Room. Counselors from the University"s Center for the Education of Women will give advice on how to deal with multiple responsibilities.
Speaker connects jewelry, paleontology
The connections between jewelry and paleontology will be discussed in "The Nature of Art and Science: Jewels of the Fossil World."
Local jeweler Matthew Hoffmann and invertebrate paleontologist Tomasz Baumiller will lead the discussion.
It will be held at 7p.m. Wednesday in the University"s Exhibit Museum, on the corner of North University and Geddes Ave.
Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Jordan Schrader.
