News: General Meeting (still!), Phenom, Etta James

WUML GENERAL MEETING:
General Meeting Spring 2010
February 4th 2010 8:00 PM Lydon MPR

PHENOM, The Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, rallied support from across the state on Sunday to raise awareness and bolster support at UMASS Amherst. Check out the full story here.

Orgasm Inc., a documentary on the science of female pleasure, will be shown on March 1st at 7PM in O'Leary 222. Film explores a new scientific race for the prize of Viagra for women and UML Today promises a "humorous but sobering look at the cash-fueled pharmaceutical industry."
For more information please contact Jeffrey Gerson, Political Science, 978-934-4255.

Michael J. Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) will discuss an alarming topic: "The Current Fiscal Crisis in Massachusetts and State Budgetary Politics." Widmer, a graduate of both Harvard and Princeton, has worked in MA state politics since the 70s. The talk will take place on Thursday Feb. 25, from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., O'Leary Auditorium Room 222.

Etta James was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease, according to the Guardian. James, now 72, is one of the all-time great blues singers and was inducted into the R & R Hall of Fame in 1993.