September 22, 1999 Parents Weekend, September 24-26 College of Education Introduces New Faculty University Increases United Appeal Goal

• Sexual Assault Awareness Week continues. Tonight's event is entitled "No Visible Bruises," and will be held from 7-9 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium. See schedules posted around campus and uptown for other activities throughout the week.
  
  
• It's Hispanic Heritage Month. Tonight at 7:30, there will be a Coffee Hour Discussion of "The Generation Gap in Hispanic and Latin Families: Are We Losing Our Culture," in the Bunch of Grapes Room in Baker Center.
  
  
• Two Exhibits at the Kennedy Museum of Art: the multimedia installation, "The Unfound Door," and "Will Barnet: An American Master Print Retrospective."
  
  
• For more, please visit the online Calendar of Events.

• Free Childhood Immunizations Offered by OU-COM
  
  
• Free Cancer Screenings Offered to Women by OU-COM
  
  
• 1999 Bobcat Football Season Tickets Still Available
  
  
• Transportation from Athens to Columbus available

Rugged Environmentalist Doug Peacock to Speak Wilderness advocate Doug Peacock will give a public lecture, "Fear at the Mouth of the Cave: the need for Organic Danger in the 21st Century," at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, in Irvine Auditorium. Immortalized in Edward Abbey's fictional portrayal of him as Hayduke in The Monkey Wrench Gang, Peacock is an outspoken wilderness advocate and renowned specialist on grizzly bears. Following his tour of duty as a Green Beret medic in Vietnam, Peacock spent several years in Wyoming and Montana studying grizzly bears. Peacock has written numerous articles on grizzly bears for publications such as the "Backpacker Journal" and the "Pacific Discovery Journal." Peacock wrote the critically acclaimed book "Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness." Peacock will speak on the importance of wild places, according to Assistant Dean of University College Ted Bernard. For more information, please read the full text of this news release.