Thursday, March 13, 2008

Anthropology department prepares for new exhibit

Published on the CSUF Daily Titan newspaper Web site on March 13.

The Anthropology department is gearing up for the arrival of a new exhibit next month and the Carl's Jr. on campus is hosting a fundraiser to help.

Students who present a flier advertising the event, which can be obtained in MH-426, will help the museum receive 25 percent of the profit from the purchase, which Carl's Jr. will donate to the new exhibit, "Ceramics of Sustenance: Elaborate Vessels of the Sawos, Papua New Guinea."

"Any cost of the food is being subtracted," anthropology major Vivian Cawthon, 23, said. "You have to hit a minimum of $500 in sales in order to qualify for the grant afterward."

Money raised will help with the cost of supplies and production of a catalog for the exhibit.

"We're not sure if we'll have the funds in order to publish the catalog," Cawthon said. "That's the big thing we need to gather money for because it's expensive to publish. I think the original price we got was $99 for the first one, then $20 for each catalog afterward."

The fundraiser, which ends Saturday, has produced about $100 so far and has provided Carl's Jr. with free advertising, according to Cawthon.

"We have quite a ways to go, but we still have some days left," Cawthon said. "Hopefully a lot of people want [to eat at] Carl's Jr."

The upcoming exhibit is fully developed, designed and promoted by Anthropology 498, the museum practicum class. It will have its grand opening on April 22 at 5 p.m. and run until June.

"It's super cool to have support from an on-campus restaurant," anthropology graduate student Jaclyn Ross, 23, said. "I've never seen that before."

Ross said the museum is an important part of CSUF because students prepare the entire exhibit.

"It's really good to have the hands-on experience," Ross said. "Plus, any student can walk by and enjoy it."

1 comment:

Jack Crusade said...

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