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August 21, 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/

EVENTS

  • 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. 28. 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.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 15. Computer Roundtable. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Ballrooms, Purdue Memorial Union. Association of Information Technology Professionals sponsors this job fair.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 15. Consumer and Family Sciences Central Indiana Boiler Mixer. 5-7 p.m. Statehouse Rotunda, Indianapolis. Session will show how CFS and the state work together to improve families and communities. Tickets are $15. Call the CFS Alumni Office, (765) 494-7890 or 800-535-7303, for reservations and to confirm time and location.

  • ** Wednesday, Sept. 16. Industrial Roundtable. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Memorial Mall (rain location: Purdue Armory). Purdue Engineering Student Council sponsors this annual job fair.

  • ** Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 21-22. RHIT Career Day. Company representatives will meet faculty and more than 1,000 students from the Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional, and Tourism Management. A reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in the John Purdue Room, Stone Hall, for RHIT faculty, industry representatives, and December and May graduating seniors. A keynote address will be delivered at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22. The Career Day job fair will be from 1:30 to 4 p.m. that day in the South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union.

ENTERTAINMENT

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

  • ** Friday, Aug. 28. First Nighter Concert. 8-10 p.m. Ballrooms of Purdue Memorial Union. This free Purdue Varsity Glee Club concert highlights the new glee club members as well as the returning vocalists.

  • 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.

  • ** Saturday, Sept. 12. Pregame concert by the "All-American" Marching Band. 9:40 a.m. (1-1/2 hours before kickoff for game against Rice). Slayter Center for the Performing Arts. Postgame concert will be at the Engineering Mall Fountain.

  • ** Thursday, Sept. 17. Burning River Brass. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $12 for the public, $9 for Purdue students at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Loeb Music Collection series.

  • ** Friday, Sept. 18. Cinema Now presents "Mrs. Brown." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets are $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students. Presented by Purdue Convocations.

  • ** Saturday, Sept. 19. Pregame concert by the "All-American" Marching Band. 9:40 a.m. (1-1/2 hours before kickoff for game against Central Florida). Slayter Center for the Performing Arts. High-school bands from throughout the Midwest will join Purdue's band for a massed performance on the Ross-Ade Stadium field at halftime. Postgame concert will be at the Engineering Mall Fountain.

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.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 1. John E. Goldberg Distinguished Lecture Series celebrating Chicago architecture. 4:30 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Speaker: C. William Brubaker, Perkins & Will, Chicago. Topic: The Evolution of the Skyscraper in Chicago. Sponsored by the School of Civil Engineering.

  • ** Friday, Sept. 4. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Lorene Burkhart, publisher, Metro Magazines Inc., Indianapolis. Topic: Back to Basics.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 8. John E. Goldberg Distinguished Lecture Series celebrating Chicago architecture. 4:30 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Speaker: Clyde N. Baker Jr., STS Consultants Inc., Vernon Hills, Ill. Topic: Foundation Engineering in 20th Century Chicago. Sponsored by the School of Civil Engineering.

  • Wednesday, Sept. 9. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Topic: A Protestant Pastor Sits at the Feet of Rab Saadia Gaon. Speaker: Stuart Robertson, pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church, lecturer in the Purdue Department of History, and adjunct professor in Jewish Studies.

  • ** Friday, Sept. 11. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Randall W. Patterson, president, Turnaround & Crisis Management Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. Topic: Secrets to Fixing Troubled Businesses.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 15. John E. Goldberg Distinguished Lecture Series celebrating Chicago architecture. 4:30 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Speaker: Eli W. Cohen and Robert P. DeScenza, TT-CBM Engineers, Chicago. Topic: The Art of Designing Economical High-Rise Structures in Chicago. Sponsored by the School of Civil Engineering.

  • ** Tuesday, Sept. 15. Klezmer Around the World. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall. Lecture and musical performance about the history of Klezmer music. Sponsored by Jewish Studies.

  • ** Friday, Sept. 18. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Stephen A. Roell, vice president and chief financial officer, Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee, Wis. Topic: How M&A Transactions Support Business Growth.

MEETINGS

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

  • ** Monday, Sept. 14. University Senate meeting. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

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.
  • Tuesday, Sept. 8. Society of Professional Engineers. 7-8:30 p.m. 206 Stewart Center.
  • Tuesday, Sept. 8. Purdue Student Government. 6:30-9 p.m. West Faculty Lounge, Memorial Union.
  • Wednesday, Sept. 9. Ski and Snowboard Club. 7-8 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center.
  • Wednesday, Sept. 9. Society of Professional Engineers. 7-8:30 p.m. 206 Stewart Center.
  • Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 9-10. Sorority rush information booth. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Outside the Class of 50 Lecture Hall. Sponsored by the Panhellenic Association.
  • Thursday, Sept. 10. Purdue Student Government. 7-9 p.m. 202 Stewart Center.

OTHER

  • Monday, Aug. 24. Fall semester begins.

  • 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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