It must be difficult, walking the halls of the University of Lethbridge with a bounty on your head.

You know who you are. Every evening you return home to see them sitting there on the shelf, staring at you, mocking you. Once, you held them hostage, but now, the tables have turned and the price for taking them home is the debt that weighs on your conscience. They are overdue library books and they need to come home.

Brain Awareness Week begins Monday, Mar. 15 at the University of Lethbridge and at schools throughout southern Alberta. It opens with a free public presentation on Monday, giving the public a chance to tune up their brains with one of North America’s leading brain researchers.

Dr. Robert Sutherland, one of the principal investigators at the CCBN and a leading expert in the way the brain processes memory, will deliver a free public talk entitled The User Manual for your Brain on Monday evening beginning at 7 p.m. in room PE250 of the 1st Choice Savings Centre for Sport and Wellness.

University of Lethbridge students are taking to the streets this week, all in a bid to raise awareness for the city’s homelessness situation and possibly $15,000 in charitable donations.

Dr. Brian Titley presents the second of three lectures in the 2010 University Scholars Public Presentations series Tuesday, Mar. 16.

Renowned University of Lethbridge geography professor Dr. Hester Jiskoot will discuss the hot button issue of climate change and how it is affecting the world's glaciers, Tuesday in Pincher Creek.

Presented by the University of Lethbridge Senate Outreach Committee, Jiskoot will present Slip-Sliding Away: Glaciers, Climate Change, and Environmental Effects on Tuesday, Mar. 16 from 6 to 7 p.m. at St. Michael's School gymnasium in Pincher Creek.

The University of Lethbridge Organization of Residence Students (ORS) is stripping down to their skivvies and running around campus for charity this weekend.

ORS is hosting the Underwear Affair 2K charity run, a two-kilometre run around campus, Saturday, Mar. 13. All of the proceeds from the event will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society.

The Annual Curated Student Exhibition opens Friday, Mar. 12 and, with a revised focus, promises to provide an even greater learning experience for students.

“The U of L Art Gallery provides an exceptional opportunity for the professional development of Art Studio majors as they near the completion of their degree,” says Dr. Josephine Mills, Director/Curator.
“The Annual Curated Student Exhibition gives students realistic experience with the process of applying for exhibitions and receiving feedback from an established curator.”

As part of World Rotaract Week, the University of Lethbridge Rotaract Club will be holding its first curling bonspiel in support of the Lethbridge & Interfaith Food Banks as well as the University of Lethbridge Student Food Bank.

Rotaract invites the community to join them on Saturday, Mar. 13 at the Lethbridge Curling Club from 3 to 5 p.m. for a family-friendly afternoon of curling and fellowship.

“This isn’t going to be a competitive event,” says Rotaract vice-president administration, Samantha Gilbert. “It’s just a chance for Rotaract, Rotary and community members to spend a fun afternoon together in support of local food banks.”

Management student Taz Kassam is the President-elect of the University of Lethbridge Students’ Union (ULSU) and the fourth woman to hold the position since the University’s founding in 1967.

Kassam’s executive team includes Allan Hall, a veteran SU contributor who returns to the SU governing body as vice-president administration, and Keith McLaughlin, a former news editor of the Meliorist and recent winner of the SACPA Student Speaker Challenge, as vice-president academic.

More than 21 per cent of University of Lethbridge students cast their ballots last week in the ULSU 2010/2011 General Election.

The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns late charge for a Canada West men’s hockey playoff spot did not go unnoticed by those selecting year-end individual awards. The Horns, who were the hottest team in the second half of the season, boasted one major award winner and three all-star selections as Canada West announced its year-end award winners on Thursday.

Leading the way for the Horns was Adam Chorneyko, who was voted the University of Alberta Hockey Alumni Trophy winner as the league’s outstanding rookie.