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Weather Forecast - See the 5-day forecast Calendar Highlights - see the full calendar Tuesday, March 4 • Faculty Colloquium on Sufism • Public Interest Law and Policy Speakers Series — Charles Ogletree Wednesday, March 5 • Witherspoon Lecture Series in Religion and Science — From Quantum to Consciousness: Does Emergence Support the Language of Spirit? Thursday, March 6 • Sam Fox School Symposium — Architecture, Art and the Experience of Blackness • Social Work Tri-School Event — Where Can You Find Social Workers? Campus Calendars - Academic calendar - Assembly Series - Graduate Professional Council calendar - Schools' calendars - Spark student calendar - University calendar The Record, a twice-weekly electronic newspaper for Washington University faculty, staff and students, is the official source for news and information of vital importance to all members of the campus community. Click below to contact us about: - Record staff - Comments, story ideas - Technical web/email issues - To subscribe - To unsubscribe Hello, Mr. Ambassador McDonnell International Scholars Academy students from China welcome Zhou Wenzhong (right), Chinese ambassador to the United States, to Washington University. Therapies for anorexia nervosa to be evaluated School of Medicine therapists and eating disorders specialists are joining investigators at a few sites around North America to evaluate anorexia nervosa treatments. Law students win international moot court crown in India Third-year law students Andrew Nash and Samir Kaushik won the prestigious D.M. Harish Memorial International Law Moot Court Competition (DMH), held in Mumbai, India. The two defeated teams from around the world en route to the championship and eventually defeated a team from Cornell Law School in the championship round. Earth's orbit creates more than a leap year The Earth's orbital behaviors are responsible for more than just presenting us with a leap year every four years. According to Michael E. Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, parameters such as planetary gravitational attractions, the Earth's elliptical orbit around the sun and the degree of tilt of our planet's axis with respect to its path around the sun, have implications for climate change and the advent of ice ages. Two professorships awarded in School of Law Adrienne Davis, J.D., is joining the law faculty this semester as the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law. An installation ceremony is planned for later this year. Karen Tokarz, J.D., has been named the inaugural holder of the School of Law's first endowed professorship in public service. Tokarz will be installed as the Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law and Public Service April 1, 2008. Campus participates in annual RecycleMania contest Every spring semester since 2003, the University community has focused on the three Rs — reduce, reuse and recycle — as participants in RecycleMania, an annual competition that pits WUSTL against colleges and universities throughout the United States to see which campus can prevent the most materials from landing in a landfill. The current semester is no exception. The 2008 RecycleMania competition began Jan. 27 and ends April 5. Photos of Record - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption Engineering students Ellyn Ranz and Kara Sikorski get duct-taped to a column by Sam Wight and Meghan Charochak in Lopata Gallery Feb. 20 as part of Engineering Week rituals. Jennifer Holzum, (left) of St. Louis Carriage Company, and sophomore Scott Friedman, dressed as George Washington, ride through campus Feb. 20 on a carriage. The free horse and buggy rides for students were part of George Washington Week. Announcements Free vehicle inspections offered to spring break travelers The Washington University Police Department and Parking Services, in partnership with Hartmann's Towing, will sponsor a free vehicle inspection service to students, faculty and staff Saturday, March 1. Volunteers needed to greet prospective students The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is seeking staff volunteers to greet visiting high-school seniors at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport March 27 and April 10. Washington People Breathing a little easier Mario Castro, M.D., finds joy in taking care of asthma patients because he can usually make them feel better and allow them to function at a much higher level. Sports Ruths eclipses 1,600 points in his career More Headlines Civil rights and science highlight next Assembly Series programs Slovenian philosophers Mladen Dolar and Slavoj Zizek to lecture March 4 - 5 Saint Louis Symphony, WUSTL celebrate music of Messiaen Pritzker Prize-winner Thom Mayne to speak for Architecture Lecture Series March 3 Nobel Prize-winning novelist Wole Soyinka to bring message of freedom Human spatial cognition focus of PNP conference Global business expert to speak at Weidenbaum public forum