Take this quick survey on the customer service at the CU Book Store and you will be entered to win a $100 gift card for the CU Book Store! The survey is available at https://survey.vovici.com/se.ashx?s=2B753CB13576851C. Deadline is Oct. 28.

Take this quick survey on the customer service at the CU Book Store and you will be entered to win a $300 gift card to the CU Book Store! The survey is available at https://survey.vovici.com/se.ashx?s=2B753CB11A2B67CD. Deadline is Oct. 28.

The Aquinas Institute for Catholic Thought (AICT) will be hosting their third academic lecture of the fall semester on Oct. 23 at 7:30 pm on the University of Colorado Boulder campus in Eaton Humanities 250. Join Monsignor Stuart Swetland, Vice President at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland and a frequent writer, speaker and TV host, as he discusses what it means to be a faithful Catholic and a faithful citizen in today’s confusing and heated political climate. For more information, contact scott.powell@thomascenter.org.

The Center for Humanities and the Arts invites you to this month’s Performance Friday! featuring excerpts from CU Opera's production of Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress. Please join us Oct. 19 from 12-1 pm in the Center for British and Irish Studies (Norlin Library’s 5th Floor). Doors open at 11:30 am for a free, light lunch.

Friday, Oct. 12 Measuring the Oldest Light in the Universe with One of the Highest Telescopes on Earth by Dr. Michael Niemack, 7:30 pm $5 for students/faculty with ID, $7 for adults, $3.50 for children and seniors Laser: No Doubt, 9:30 pm Laser: AC/DC, 10:45 pm $7 general admission (per show) Saturday, Oct. 13 The Planets Uncovered, 2 pm Laser: Perseus & Andromeda, 3:15 pm $6 for adults, $3.50 for children and seniors (per show)

Measuring the Oldest Light in the Universe with One of the Highest Telescopes on Earth by Dr. Michael Niemack Oct 12, 7:30 pm $7 for adults, $5 for students/faculty with ID, $3.50 for children/seniors The oldest light in the universe is the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which has been traveling through space for almost 14 billion years. Using one of the highest telescopes on Earth (the Atacama Cosmology Telescope), we can measure the CMB with unprecedented precision to help us understand the origin and evolution of the universe.

Participate in games and trivia about snakes while we eat a catered spaghetti dinner. After you've had your fill of spaghetti, enjoy a fun and informative program all about snakes with Robert Jadin, our resident reptile expert. Live snakes will be present to look at and touch. The evening is appropriate for all ages, as long as participants are comfortable with snakes. $5 for children under 10 years old/ $10 for anyone over 10 years old. Advance registration and payment required: 303-492-1666 or museumed@colorado.edu.

CU's Student Emergency Medical Services offers affordable American Heart Association CPR, First Aid, and BLS classes on campus. CPR and FA classes are $10 for CU students, $20 for CU faculty and alumni, and $30 for non-affiliates. Register through our website. Looking for EMTs to staff your CU-affiliated event? Contact us today! VOLUNTEER with us! Looking for EMTs, alcohol educators, and CPR instructors. Check us out on Facebook for the latest updates.

Join the DSCC in celebrating Latin American Heritage Month at the closing event with a Salsa Dance workshop with Ritmos Latinos. No experience or partner required.This event is free, fun, open to the public. Wednesday, Oct. 17, 6-8 pm, UMC 457

When: Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, 8 am-3 pm Where: St. Cajetan's Church on Auraria campus, University of Denver (299 South Raleigh, Denver, CO) Please register at: https://www.cu.edu/facultycouncil/glbti/reg.html. The University of Colorado Faculty Council, working through the Committee on GLBTI Affairs is sponsoring a one-day symposium to "check the pulse" of CU and expand the discussion around questions of openness, diversity, safety, wellness on campus. https://www.cu.edu/facultycouncil/glbti/index.html#.UHWqOY5gNHg