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CU-Boulder students, faculty, staff and community members are encouraged to dust off their bicycles and get ready to ride at the 10th annual Active and Rapid Transportation Festival Sept. 3 through Sept. 5. The CU Environmental Center and the campus Parking and Transportation Services are sponsoring the bash from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on those dates next week in the Norlin Library Quad.

Safe celebrating and smart partying tips are being sent to all CU-Boulder students in an effort to help them avoid the risks they could encounter if they host irresponsible parties. Injuries, legal charges, fines and suspensions are consequences that often befall those student hosts.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will continue to enforce its "3 Strikes" policy for the 2003-04 academic year. Twenty-nine students were suspended from CU-Boulder for at least one semester during the 2002-03 academic year as a direct result of the alcohol and drug policy that was put into place in the fall of 2000.

As the Internet continues to mature, it has changed the way businesses operate, stocks are traded and news is dispersed. It also is changing the face of the art world. At the forefront of this change is Mark Amerika, a pioneer in the digital arts field and an assistant professor in the University of Colorado at Boulder fine arts department.

Ceramic fine arts might not be the first discipline that comes to mind when students think of renowned programs at large research universities, but one of the nation's best graduate programs in ceramics is found at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In a U.S. News and World Report review of graduate programs in spring 2003, CU-Boulder's ceramics program ranked ninth. But ceramics Professor Jeanne Quinn is quick to point out that CU-Boulder has been well known in the ceramics community for some time, and there is one leading reason for the recognition.

Compiling an encyclopedia of U.S. Latina and Latino popular culture is among the projects of newly appointed Associate Professor Arturo J. Aldama in the department of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "We are extremely fortunate to have attracted Arturo Aldama, one of the brightest stars in his field, to CU-Boulder," said Professor Ward Churchill, chair of the department. "He is enthusiastic, energetic, charismatic, brilliant and an asset not only to the department of ethnic studies, but to the university community."

Editors: Members of the press are welcome to attend the forum free of charge. The CU-Boulder School of Law's Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program will hold its second annual "Challenges of Convergence" forum on Sept. 3 at 3:30 p.m. in the school's Lindsley Memorial Courtroom. Seating is limited and participants are asked to register in advance at http://www.silicon-flatirons.org . Various fees apply.

When students shop the CU-Boulder Book Store this fall, they will see a new display featuring notebooks, binders, filler paper, note cards and other popular products that are made from recycled materials.

"Colorado Connection," a special exhibit of images with links to the state made by prominent photographers will be available for public viewing at the Andrew J. Macky Gallery in Macky Auditorium at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Sept. 3, 10, 17 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit was recently presented to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication by Rich Clarkson, an internationally acclaimed photographer, and John E. Holden, an alumnus of the school.

STATEMENT An Aug. 21 report by the Associated Press stated that Ismail Abu Shanab, the senior Hamas official who was killed by an Israeli missile strike on Thursday, was a graduate of the University of Colorado. The University of Colorado has no record that a person by that name attended the university. It is not known whether he attended under a different name. For information contact Jeannine Malmsbury of the CU-Boulder Office of News Services at (303) 492-3115.