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Sports Update September 28

WOMEN'S SOCCER

The Sonoma State women's soccer team cruised to a 4-0 victory over archrival Chico State on Sunday, Sept. 27 at Seawolf Soccer Field in Rohnert Park.

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Brown Bag Lecture Series

The Brown Bag Lecture Series returns to Sonoma State University this fall, featuring a selection of speakers from the School of Social Sciences. Those interested are invited to pack a lunch, as lectures are from noon to 1 p.m. in Stevenson 2011.

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Changing Rural Landscape

When Polaroid decided to stop making its trademark instant-developing film in 2008, the company destroyed nearly all of its factories. Sonoma State University environmental history professor Laura A. Watt has latched on to the iconic Polaroid style to express another side of her art.

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Music Department Welcomes New Faculty

Three private studio instructors have recently joined the music faculty at Sonoma State University: voice instructors Zachary Gordin and Rhoslyn Jones and cello instructor Jill Brindel.

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Saving Threatened Turtles

Western pond turtles used to enjoy a leisurely life. With an estimated lifespan of 70 years, their species spanned the Western United States for millions of years. But along came the Gold Rush, and humans nearly drove the turtles to extinction at the turn of the century.

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Biology Colloquium

The Sonoma State University fall Biology Colloquium entices listeners with new information about ourselves and the ecosystems that surround us. The lectures cover a wide array of subjects, including urban lake restoration, responses of crabs to ocean acidification, and aging.

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Pastoral Poets

Weeding, harvesting and watering sounds more like farm living than the life of a poet, but those two lives intersected at Southern Wisconsin's "Poetry Farm" in the mid-2000s, where scribes worked the land to tune out distractions of the Internet or urban world. On Oct.

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DREAMer Conference

Sonoma State University hosts its first DREAMer Conference on September 19, featuring a keynote speech from DREAM Act researcher and Claremont University doctoral student Iliana Perez.

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Environmental Forum

The Environmental Forum returns to Sonoma State University this fall to discuss the shared challenges faced by our community. Lectures include local topics like Cotati's new SMART train station, as well as broad ones, like the concept of wilderness in society. The series culminates on Dec.

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SSU Symphony Inaugural Season

The world-class music halls at Sonoma State University will soon be filled by the sound of a student symphony orchestra. Sonoma State has hired a tenure-track music professor to direct the Sonoma State Symphony Orchestra, which performs in Weill Hall at the Green Music Center.