There are three weeks left until finals, in case you didn’t start counting down as soon as spring break ended. Here are some ways you can entertain yourself this week.
Résumé workshop
TUESDAY
With summer rolling up, you’ve got a few options on the menu. You can relax in preparation for another hefty year of schoolwork, or you can do some real preparation by getting a job or internship. To get the choice position that may prove to be a bridge to your professional career, you’ll need to show them you deserve it. Job coach Jane Emberty is at the Esther Bone Memorial Library from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to review your current résumé and help you make it stronger. The library is at 950 Pinetree Rd. S.E.
Speed dates
WEDNESDAY
You’ll never know what kind of mates you’ll be paired up with until you take the plunge — at a speed dating session. On this speed dating quest for health, you can expect offerings of massages, beauty treatments, consultations with health care professionals, information about health care issues and a body-art booth, according to the kunm.org event listing. The session is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the east side corridor of the SUB.
Film screening
WEDNESDAY
“Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction” is about the earth’s escalating loss of biodiversity, meaning large-scale species extinctions. According to CallofLife.org, the film is not just about the effects of environmental degradation, but how human behavior, culture, the economy and psychology have allowed this to happen. The screening is followed by a discussion with ecopsychologist Allen Kanner about climate change and the human role in the phenomenon. The film starts at 6 p.m. in the Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education Theater.
Film screening
WEDNESDAY
“The Grapes of Wrath” has tortured many high school English students with its 619 pages of dust and depression. Now that you’re an adult, you might have a greater appreciation for the desperate economic situation in which the Joads and other Okies found themselves in. The film is likely easier to swallow than the book, if only because you just have to sit back and watch. It plays at the KiMo Theatre at 423 Central Ave. N.W. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the film runs from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Writing symposium
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Contrary to the title, there is not much about writing in this symposium except for a discussion revolving around literacy issues. Other keynote speeches and panel discussions will touch on current issues in ecology and social justice, such as health care access, immigration reform and climate change, according to kunm.org. The talks run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days in SUB Ballroom A.
Musical performance
FRIDAY
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For those whose musical taste lies along the fringes, the “Major and Friends” performance at the OFFCenter Community Arts Studio might be the right sound to feed your soul. According to kunm.org, the group is an “eclectic mix of folk instruments and ancient chants,” and a “moving group of sounds and feelings.” If anything, it might give you the thirst for logic you need to get your head back in school. The studio is at 808 Park Ave. S.W. and the show starts at 4 p.m.
