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August 7, 1998

EDITORS: This Purdue calendar lists selected events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next four weeks. Events are free and open to the public, except where noted, and all are open to news media coverage. New or updated listings have two asterisks (**).

All events in this calendar, plus many others, are listed in Purdue's on-line calendar at http://www.purdue.edu/calendar/

ENTERTAINMENT

  • Friday, Aug. 28. Welcome-back dance. 7-11 p.m. Purdue Armory. Sponsored by Phi Sigma Pi. Tickets are $3 per person.

  • Saturday, Aug. 29. Slayter Slammer. Noon-5:30 p.m. Slayter Hill (rain location: Purdue Armory). Triangle and Acacia fraternities and Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Delta Delta sororities are sponsoring this free concert.

  • Saturday, Aug. 29. Dock dance. 8 p.m.-midnight, Shreve and Earhart docks. Sponsored by the Residence Hall Council.

SEMINARS

  • Wednesday, Aug. 12. Elder Care Workshop for caretakers of aging loved ones, "Coping As a Caretaker -- Survival Tips and Support Systems." Noon-1 p.m. Room 209, Stewart Center. Facilitator: Jan Robinson, Area IV Agency on Aging. Sponsored by Personnel Services.

LECTURES

  • Wednesday, Aug. 26. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Topic: Life With Survivor Parents. Speaker: Leo Weitzman of West Lafayette, the child of Holocaust survivors.

MEETINGS

  • ** Friday, Sept. 4. Board of Trustees meeting. 10 a.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union.

EXHIBITS

  • Through Aug. 28 Artwork by John Essex. Watson's Crick Gallery, Room 1-125 Lilly Hall of Life Sciences. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

CALLOUTS

  • Monday, Aug. 24. Purdue Bands and Orchestra. 7:30-8 p.m. Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music. Information session for Purdue students who are interested in becoming members of one of Purdue's many concert bands, jazz bands or orchestra.

  • Wednesday, Aug. 26. Purdue Advocates for Disability Issues callout and meeting. 6-8 p.m. 112 Schleman Hall.

  • Wednesday, Aug. 26. Waterski Club. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center.

  • Wednesday, Aug. 26. American Music Review -- auditions for the vocal-jazz entertainment group consisting of a jazz band and four vocalists. 7-9 p.m. Room 30, Elliott Hall.

  • Wednesday, Aug. 26. Sisters of the Harvest Moon. 7:30-9 p.m. FarmHouse Fraternity.

  • Thursday, Aug. 27. IDEAS. 5:30-7:30 p.m. 1144 Civil Engineering.

  • Thursday, Aug. 27. Karate Club. 7-9 p.m. 129 Electrical Engineering.

  • Thursday, Aug. 27. Sisters of the Harvest Moon. 7:30-9 p.m. FarmHouse Fraternity.

  • Monday, Aug. 31. Bujinkan Purdue Dojo. 6-8 p.m. 302 Stewart Center.

  • Monday, Aug. 31. Students for America. 7-9 p.m. 318 Stewart Center.

  • Monday, Aug. 31. Tomahawk. 7-8:30 p.m. 320 Stewart Center.

  • Monday, Aug. 31. Trap and Skeet Club. 7-9 p.m. G-401 Lilly Hall.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 1. Adopt-A-School. 7-9 p.m. 210 Matthews Hall. Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association co-sponsor this informational meeting.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 1. American Institute of Industrial Engineers. 7-8 p.m. 172 Wetherill Hall of Chemistry.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 1. Bass Fishing Club 7-9 p.m. 206 Stewart Center.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 1. Stadium Rescue Squad. 7-8 p.m. 202 Stewart Center.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 1. Student Engineering Foundation. 7:30-8:30 p.m. 310 Stewart Center.

  • ** Wednesday, Sept. 2. Purdue Advocates for Disability Issues callout and meeting. 7-9 p.m. 112 Schleman Hall.

  • ** Wednesday, Sept. 2. Tomahawk. 7-8:30 p.m. 320 Stewart Center.

  • ** Wednesday, Sept. 2. Student Engineering Foundation. 7:30-8:30 p.m. 310 Stewart Center.

  • ** Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 2-3. Interfraternity Council rush forum. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Vawter Field. Each Purdue fraternity will have an information table at this function.

  • ** Thursday, Sept. 3. Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. 6-7 p.m. 161 Mechanical Engineering.

  • ** Thursday, Sept. 3. Asian American Association. 7-9 p.m. 310 Stewart Center.

OTHER

  • Sunday-Thursday, Aug. 16-20. Boiler Gold Rush -- an orientation program for members of the incoming Boilermaker Class of 2002, providing them with the opportunity to move into their rooms early, find their way around campus, and make new friends.

  • ** Saturday, Aug. 22. Welcoming parade for new students. 6:10 p.m. From the Windsor Residence Halls to Slayter Hill. After the parade, Purdue President Steven C. Beering will address the new students and their parents at the President's Gala to Welcome New Students at 7 p.m. on Slayter Hill. A dance on Slayter Hill will follow the gala.

  • Monday, Aug. 24. Fall semester begins.

  • ** Monday, Aug. 24. Recreational Sports Spectacular. 3-6 p.m. This open house at the Recreational Sports Center will show students the variety of activities available there.

  • ** Thursday, Aug. 27. Black Cultural Center Boilerfest. 4 p.m. Black Cultural Center, 315 University St. This open house for new students will provide food, music and information.

  • ** Friday, Aug. 29. Main Event and Activities Carnival. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union and Stewart Center. More than 90 student organizations will have displays and information booths at the outdoor activities carnival during the day, and a variety of entertainment will be presented. Sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board.

  • ** Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day. Official university holiday. No classes.

Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu

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