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A series of displays and programs is designed to encourage acceptance of normal body shapes and sizes as an antidote to the pressures toward thinness that is fueling the current epidemic of eating disorders in U.S. society, according to Grace Frenzel, University psychologist and an organizer of the event. Julieann Costa of Newport , a URI senior, is organizing the show under the supervision of Professor Yvette Harps-Logan of URI's Textiles Department. For additional information, contact URI's Counseling Center, 874-2288. All events are in URI's Memorial Union unless otherwise indicated. A visual celebration of the female body across time and cultures.