November 5, 2001 UCSC hosts five crisis-related events November 5-8 By Jennifer McNulty Interested members of the campus and the community will have several opportunities this week to learn more about events since September 11 as UCSC hosts "A Week of Reflection on the Crisis." "Faculty have been participating in teach-ins since the terrorist attacks, and they will continue to do so, but this week marks the most concentrated selection of offerings to date," said history professor Terry Burke, coordinator of UCSC's Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Current Events. Whether you're interested in domestic implications of the crisis or the energy-related undercurrents of the war on terrorism, check out the listings below for a forum that meets your needs. More information on these and other campus events is available on the Campus Calendar. Ongoing events related to September 11 may be found on a special Currents Online web site, under "Academic Activities." Monday, November 5 "Domestic Consequences of the Crisis" Merrill College Room 102, 7 p.m. Professors Daniel Wirls, Michael Brown, and Vanita Seth will discuss U.S. domestic policy implications of the crisis. Sponsored by the UCSC Politics Department. Tuesday, November 6 "Islam and Muslim Societies" McHenry Library Staff Room, Noon Paul Lubeck, professor of sociology and director of the Global Information Internship Program and the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at UCSC, is a scholar of Islamic social movements. He will answer questions and share information on Islam and Muslim societies. Presented by the Library Cultural Diversity Committee. This event has been cancelled. "Race, Gender, and the War" Classroom Unit 2, 7:30 p.m. In alliance with the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), UCSC faculty members join members of RAWA and Incite, a national activist organization of radical feminists of color. Organized by Incite. Wednesday, November 7 "Greener Is Safer: Energy Dimensions of the Crisis" Classroom Unit 2, 7:30 p.m. Environmental studies faculty members Alan Richards and Brent Haddad discuss the energy-related dimensions of the crisis. Thursday, November 8 "The Crisis: The South Asian Dimension" Classroom Unit 2, 7 p.m. This symposium will feature a panel of distinguished scholars from UCSC, UC Davis, and elsewhere who specialize in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the global dimensions of the crisis. The event is sponsored by the UCSC South Asia Studies Initiative.