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

Events

• Friday, Aug. 16. "All-American" Marching Band Solo Twirlers auditions for 1996-97 Golden Girl, Girl in Black and Silver Twins. 4 p.m. Purdue Marching Band drill field on Third Street near the tennis courts. Winners announced during band practice at 7:30 p.m. in Room 15, Elliott Hall of Music.

  ** Saturday, Aug. 17. Welcoming parade for new Purdue students. They will join Purdue's "All-American" Marching Band, its auxiliary units and Purdue President Steven C. Beering in the 6:15 p.m. parade from the Windsor Residence Halls to Elliott Hall of Music. After the parade, students and their parents will attend the President's Gala to Welcome New Students at 7 p.m. in Elliott Hall. Beering will address the new students, as will Chris Scott, Purdue Student Government president.

  ** Sunday, Aug. 18. Undergraduate schools conduct orientation programs at 1:30 p.m. in preparation for the start of classes Monday, Aug. 19. Schools and locations are: Consumer and Family Sciences, Room 210, Matthews Hall; Education, Room 175, Mathematical Sciences Building; Engineering, Room 129, Electrical Engineering Building; Prepharmacy students in the School of Health Sciences, Class of 1950 Lecture Hall; other Health Sciences students, Room 114, Physics Building; Liberal Arts and Department of Health, Kinesiology and Leisure Studies, main floor, Liberal Arts and Education Building; Management, Drawing Room, Krannert Building; Nursing, Room 172, Heine Pharmacy Building; School of Science, Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center; Technology, Room 302, Stewart Center; and Undergraduate Studies, Room 206, Stewart Center.

• Sunday, Aug. 18. Total Rec Day. Open house and information session for campus recreational sports. 2-6 p.m. Recreational Gymnasium.

• Sunday, Aug. 18. John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library Open House. 2:30-4 p.m. Hicks Undergraduate Library.

  ** Monday, Aug. 19. Open house for the new Career Services Center in Purdue's School of Management. 4:30 p.m. Room B20, Krannert Building. Dean Dennis J. Weidenaar will explain how the center can help undergraduate management students market themselves. All undergraduate students in management are invited.

  ** Monday, Aug. 19. Purdue University Bands and Symphony Orchestra callout. 6:30 p.m. Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music.

  ** Tuesday, Aug. 20. School of Agriculture ice cream social. 6:30 p.m. On the Lilly Hall lawn.

  ** Tuesday, Aug. 20. Purdue Musical Organizations callout. 6:45 p.m. PMO Lounge, Elliott Hall of Music.

• Tuesday, Aug. 20. Black Cultural Center Orientation. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center, 315 University St.

• Friday, Aug. 23. Grand Slam and Activities Carnival. Activities will help new students become familiar with some of the hundreds of student organizations on campus and a variety of entertainment will be presented. Sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board. 10 a.m.-4:40 p.m. Walkway between the Purdue Memorial Union and Stewart Center.

  ** Tuesday, Aug. 27. Department of Freshman Engineering picnic. 4 p.m. Vawter Field, east of the Recreational Gymnasium.

  ** Tuesday, Aug. 27. Orientation for students with disabilities. 6:30 p.m. Room 112, Schleman Hall.

  ** Wednesday, Aug. 28. Orientation program for prepharmacy students. 7 p.m. East side of Heine Pharmacy Building.

• Friday, Aug. 23. PMO Glee Club First-Nighter. Purdue Musical Organizations. 8 p.m. North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union.

• Thursday, Sept. 5. Purdue Bands Recital Hour. Noon. Elliott Hall of Music, Room 30.

  ** Friday, Sept. 13. Purdue Marching Band Concert. 6:30 p.m. Penn High School, Mishawaka.

• Through Aug. 30. "Recent Acquisitions." New additions to the permanent collection. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Krannert Drawing Room, Krannert Building.

  ** Aug. 20-Sept. 22. "VSJ -- Varrio San José: Scenes from an Urban Experience." New Mexico photographer Miguel Gandert documents the traditions and lifestyles of one of Albuquerque's largest Spanish-speaking Chicano communities. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. Artist reception 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, in the gallery.

  ** Aug. 20-Sept. 22. "Robert Browning Reed: A Print Retrospective." A selection of work spanning 40 years of printmaking by Robert Browning Reed, Purdue professor emeritus. 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Union Gallery, Main Floor, Purdue Memorial Union. Artist reception 2:30-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, in the gallery.

  ** Aug. 23-Sept. 23. "The Tibetan Cultural Exhibition." Photographs, sculptures, tangkas and costumes of Tibet, presented by the Cultural Office of the Chinese Consulate General of the People's Republic of China. Sponsored by Purdue's Chinese Students Association. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Krannert Drawing Room, Main Floor, Krannert Building. Opening ceremonies and reception 4:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23.

  ** Sept. 2-6. An exhibit of paintings by graduate student Duncan Meyer. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Beelke Gallery, Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2.

• Saturday, Aug. 24. Purdue women's volleyball Meet the Team Dinner/Practice. 5:30 p.m. Tent near Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: $8 for adults and $6.75 for children 10 and under, available by calling 1-800-49-SPORT or (317) 494-3194 and charging to VISA, MasterCard or Discover.

• Friday, Sept. 6, and Saturday, Sept. 7. Purdue women's volleyball Mortar Board Purdue Premier. Sept. 6 -- Purdue vs. Miami of Ohio, 7:30 p.m.

  Sept. 7 -- Purdue vs. Southern Illinois, 5 p.m.

  Sept. 7 -- Purdue vs. Florida State, 7:30 p.m.

  All matches in Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: $4 per game for adults and $2 per game for students, available by calling 1-800-49-SPORT or (317) 494-3194 and charging to VISA, MasterCard or Discover.

• Sept. 6. Women's cross country. Black and Gold Alumni Race. 6:30 p.m. Intramural Field west of the baseball field.

• Sept. 7. Men's cross country. Meet of Champions. 11 a.m. Intramural Field west of the baseball field.

• Monday, Aug. 19. Fall semester classes begin. 7:30 a.m.

Compiled by Frank Koontz, (317) 494-2080; home, (317) 742-8371; Internet, frank_koontz@purdue.edu