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ATF Forum

A final open forum will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1 in Founders Auditorium to review the Action Task Force’s recommendations to improve the University’s efficiency that were missed during last week’s forums due to time constraints.

Diversity Paper Competition

All University of La Verne students, undergraduate and graduate, are invited to participate in a research paper competition sponsored by the Growing With Diversity Committee. A prize of $1,500 will be awarded to the winner. The deadline for the paper is April 3, 2006. For more information on the competition and paper requirements contact Julius Walecki at (909) 593-3511 Ext. 4192.

Town Meeting

La Verne’s semi-annual town meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 2 in La Fetra Lecture Hall. This venue will provide information on upcoming plans for ULV and recent accomplishments.

ULV professor discusses book

Kenneth Marcus, associate professor of history, will be holding a discussion of his book, “Musical Metropolis,” and a musical performance at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Borders Bookstore in Glendale.

—Nicole Knight

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