Vampire Lover talk March 10

As part of celebrating Women’s History Month, Professor Heather Ehrichs Angell will present “The Vampire Lover: A Feminist Engagement of the Fanged Phenomena in Pop Culture” Wednesday, March 10 at 11 a.m. in CMU room 203. This is a brown bag event so bring your lunch! From Bram to Blade, explaining our 200-plus year fascination with vampires, and examining the particular role that gender plays in the vampire narrative. For more information on Women’s History Month and other events that are scheduled, visit www.mnstate.edu/women.

Incentive program gives sandbagging credit

College students in Moorhead now have a little more incentive to bag sand. The city of Moorhead’s “Bags for Books” promotion will give students a $10 gift card to their school’s bookstore for every two hours that they bag sand. The offer applies to students of Minnesota State University Moorhead, Concordia College and Minnesota State Community and Technical College. Click headline for details.

Higher Education Notebook

Two Moorhead campus projects included in bill Moorhead campuses are pleased with a proposed bonding bill that includes support for two major building projects. The bill, as proposed by the House and Senate last week, includes $14.9 million to renovate Livingston Lord Library at Minnesota State University Moorhead. To read Amy Dalrymple’s full inforum article, go to http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/271315/

Bridges’ Oscar touches Fargo woman, his mother-in-law

Patricia Hansen’s face beamed like that of a proud parent as Jeff Bridges took the prize for best actor at the Oscars on Sunday night. “Oh, wonderful. Congratulations, baby!” Hansen, 79, said. “I feel great. I feel just great,” Hansen said, a former professor at MSU Moorhead. Read Shane Mercer’s article at http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/271431/