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Students kick off World Health Week with movie screenings
Quang Do
Issue date: 4/5/07 Section: News
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San Jose State University graduate students from the Masters of Public Health Student Association are starting their World Health Week 2007 event today with the screening of the film "The Ground Truth" by Patricia Foulkroud, in the Constanoan Room of the Student Union at 7:30 p.m.
A total of three free admission films will be shown for World Health Week 2007 and the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore, is the last film to be screened on Saturday at 8 p.m. in the RAC room of the Campus Village, Building B.
Tomorrow's movie at 8 p.m. in the same RAC room will be the Emmy Award winning film about AIDS, "And The Band Played On" by Roger Spottiswoode.
"I'm not interested," said Douglas Wiebe, a junior majoring in software engineering. He said, "there are better things to do with my time" than to watch the movies.
The films will start screening before World Health Day on April 7, as the MPH student association's way of participating in the international event that was designated by the World Health Organization, said Cheryl Mariscal Hergert, a member of the Master of Public Health Student Association who is working on a masters degree in public health.
The MPH student association is an organization of graduate students - all with a similar goal to earn their masters degree in health science.
"This is our third year participating," Mariscal Hergert said about World Health Day. "We want to get it more well known."
The Master of Public Health Student Association has a subcommittee called Global Health Committee, which is giving a poster presentation on global health today in the main lobby of the Student Union from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The World Health Organization is a public health arm of the United Nations, which assesses the performance of health systems around the world, according to the organization's Web site.
The Web site notes that this year's focus for World Health Day is international health security, such as epidemic diseases. The organization also urges governments, operations and businesses around the world to follow the motto, "Invest in health, build a safer future."
"I think I'm safe, personally," said Hannah Manlapas, a junior majoring in international business, "but I know people in other areas need help."
Manlapas said she now knows about the special screenings, but would rather watch "An Inconvenient Truth" on her own.
"I think it is a very important movie in our time," said Jenny Giatis, a graduate student working on her Level II teaching credential.
Giatis said she often hears her high school students in history classes talk about "An Inconvenient Truth," which sparked her interest.
In the RAC room of the Campus Village, Building B will be a workshop from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on how to communicate without violence, before the final feature film is shown on Saturday, according to the World Health Week 2007 calendar.
A total of three free admission films will be shown for World Health Week 2007 and the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore, is the last film to be screened on Saturday at 8 p.m. in the RAC room of the Campus Village, Building B.
Tomorrow's movie at 8 p.m. in the same RAC room will be the Emmy Award winning film about AIDS, "And The Band Played On" by Roger Spottiswoode.
"I'm not interested," said Douglas Wiebe, a junior majoring in software engineering. He said, "there are better things to do with my time" than to watch the movies.
The films will start screening before World Health Day on April 7, as the MPH student association's way of participating in the international event that was designated by the World Health Organization, said Cheryl Mariscal Hergert, a member of the Master of Public Health Student Association who is working on a masters degree in public health.
The MPH student association is an organization of graduate students - all with a similar goal to earn their masters degree in health science.
"This is our third year participating," Mariscal Hergert said about World Health Day. "We want to get it more well known."
The Master of Public Health Student Association has a subcommittee called Global Health Committee, which is giving a poster presentation on global health today in the main lobby of the Student Union from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The World Health Organization is a public health arm of the United Nations, which assesses the performance of health systems around the world, according to the organization's Web site.
The Web site notes that this year's focus for World Health Day is international health security, such as epidemic diseases. The organization also urges governments, operations and businesses around the world to follow the motto, "Invest in health, build a safer future."
"I think I'm safe, personally," said Hannah Manlapas, a junior majoring in international business, "but I know people in other areas need help."
Manlapas said she now knows about the special screenings, but would rather watch "An Inconvenient Truth" on her own.
"I think it is a very important movie in our time," said Jenny Giatis, a graduate student working on her Level II teaching credential.
Giatis said she often hears her high school students in history classes talk about "An Inconvenient Truth," which sparked her interest.
In the RAC room of the Campus Village, Building B will be a workshop from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on how to communicate without violence, before the final feature film is shown on Saturday, according to the World Health Week 2007 calendar.
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