Cheech Marin To Talk on Chicano Art

The entertainer Cheech Marin also has a serious side. He'll talk about Chicano art during a free presentation at 7:30 p.m. 25 September in the Auer Performance Hall of the John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. His title is, "An Interpretation of a Culture through Chicano Art".

Best known as one-half of the hilarious counterculture, no-holds-barred duo of "Cheech and Chong," Cheech Marin is a paradox in the world of entertainment. As an actor, director, writer, musician, art collector and humanitarian, he's a man who has enough talent, humor, and intelligence to do just about anything. Marin's youngest fans know him because of his work in children's music and animation.

He is the first of six speakers for the 2007-08 Omnibus Lecture Series at IUPU-Fort Wayne. The new Music Center is located on the north end of campus in the arts plaza next to the Ernest E. Williams Theatre and the Visual Arts Building.

Indiana University Professors Visit Macedonia

Seven Indiana University School of Education professors are in Macedonia this week to help promote modern teaching methods in math and science, reports the I.U. News Bureau.

The professors are taking part in a five-day workshop with government officials, teachers and other educational leaders in the country to train instructors to conduct workshops with Macedonian science and math teachers.

The team includes Frank Lester, Chancellor's Professor of Mathematics Education at IU Bloomington; Charles Barman, professor of science and environmental education at IUPUI; Natalie Barman, clinical lecturer in the department of teacher education at IUPUI; Robert Helfenbein, assistant professor of teacher education at IUPUI; and Jeff Nowak, assistant professor of science education at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.