November 17, 2008

Events this week

Listings for exhibitions and other ongoing or weeklong events are at the bottom. Also there is information about ticket procedures for most ticketed events.

Monday, Nov. 17

-- Last day to register for local stop of Indiana Farm Sustainability Tour (also final stop for 2008). Event is Thursday (Nov. 20), sign-in at 9:30 a.m., program 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Beck Agricultural Center, 4540 U.S. 52 West. More about program, lunch and registration at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081110BallardFarmTour.html.

-- Languages Matter! International Year of Languages event. Interdisciplinary Symposium: "Indigenous Voices: Weaving Diversity, Knowledge, and Empowerment." Diversity Resource Office; Native American Educational and Cultural Center; Linguistics Program. Room 318, STEW. Approximate times: 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. More on series and event at www.purdue.edu/humanrel/dro/.

-- European Studies lecture. "Sum or Synthesis? The Holocaust Remembered in Post-dictatorship Argentina." Estelle Tarica, Univ. of California, Berkeley. Co-sponsored by Film & Video Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American/Latino Studies, Dept. of History, Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures. 6 p.m. reception, Staaks Lounge, Stanley Coulter Hall. 7 p.m. Room 102, Stanley Coulter Hall.

-- Men's basketball vs. Eastern Michigan. NIT Season Tip-off, round one. 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. (Also Georgia vs. Loyola-Chicago at 9:30 p.m.) Tickets: $20.

Tuesday, Nov. 18

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Dealing with Cheating: Prevention and Response." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 10 of 10. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- High Energy Physics Seminar. Department of Physics. Steve Sekula, Ohio State Univ. "The White Elephant: Upsilon Physics at the Babar B-factory." Refreshments at 3 p.m.; talk at 3:30 p.m. Room 242, Physics Building.

-- Men's basketball vs. Georgia or Loyola-Chicago. Monday’s losers at 4 p.m., winners at 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $20. ----- NOTES: Team advancing from this bracket advances to semifinal at 7 or 9 p.m. Nov. 26 and either the consolation game at 1:30 p.m. or championship game at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York. All four games from New York are to be televised on ESPN2. ----- A PDF of the entire 16-team bracket is at http://nit.org; link is at top of left column.

Wednesday, Nov. 19

-- Deadline to apply second annual Humanigration: A Border Experience educational trip by Latino Cultural Center. Trip is March 15-21. More at www.purdue.edu/lcc or contact Gilberto Corral at 49-42530 or gcorral@purdue.edu.

-- Purdue campus programming on BTN: "Purdue Pride 3." Big Ten Network. 10:30 a.m. On Boiler TV, Channel 12.

-- Congo Square Drumming Series. Purdue’s CircAfriq Drummers in New Orleans tradition. Black Cultural Center. 6-7 p.m. Multipurpose Room 1, BCC.

-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Illinois. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.

Nov. 19-23

-- Purdue Theatre. "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov; directed by Gordon McCall. Marquee Series. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19-22; 3 p.m. Nov. 23. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: public, $17; 62+ seniors, $13; students, $10.

Thursday, Nov. 20

-- Smoking cessation promotion as part of national Great American Smokeout by the American Cancer Society. Purdue Pharmacy, Purdue University Student Health Center and Student Wellness Office. More including phone numbers for information and support at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081113FoglerSmoke.html.

-- Physiological Sensing Symposium. Theme: "Multiscale Integration of Nanotechnology, BioMEMS and Biology."
Birck Nanotechnology Center, Bindley Bioscience Center, Physiological Sensing Facility. 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Room 121, Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. Keynote: Raoul Kopelman, Univ. of Michigan, at 2 p.m. on "Nanoscale Sensors and Actuators for Biology and Medicine." Registration requested: www.purdue.edu/dp/bioscience/BBCEvent.php. Questions: lml@purdue.edu or 49-42276.

-- TIAA-CREF presentation. Two offerings. "Staying on Track in a Volatile Market." All faculty and staff invited. 10 a.m. Room 214CD, STEW. Also Friday at 1 p.m. in Room 310, STEW.

-- Sigma Xi lecture. Dr. Rudolph Leibel, Columbia Univ.; co-director of diabetes center. "Molecular Physiology of the Control of Body Weight." Sigma Xi society with Ingestive Behavior Research Center. 4-5 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Reception following in Stewart Center Gallery.

-- Sagamore Restaurant Beaujolais Dinner. Purdue Memorial Union Dining Services. Seating at 6 p.m. $42.95 per person. For menu information and to make a reservation, call 49-48945.

-- Women's basketball vs. Portland. 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: public, $12; student, $5.

-- Writer's Community Harvest. In support of Food Finders Food Bank. Sycamore Review literary journal, Dept. of English, Creative Writing Program. 7:30 p.m. Room 210, Matthews Hall. Requested donation: adults, $7; students, $5; or five nonperishable food items. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/081106TyxHarvest.html.

-- Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile. Convocations special event. Progressive bluegrass/folk. 7:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. Tickets: $28-$22. More at www.convocations.org.

Friday, Nov. 21

-- "Global Purdue": Brown-bag discussion on the international future of Purdue. Part of Purdue International Week (see below under "All week"). Office of International Programs. Noon-1:30 p.m. Room 204, STEW.

-- 2008 Distinguished Animal Sciences Alumni Awards. 2 p.m. oom 3113, Lilly Hall. 

-- Swimming and diving (M) vs. Indianapolis. 6 p.m. Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Michigan State. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.

-- "Munk, Mingus & Metheny." All Purdue Jazz Bands. Purdue Bands. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW.

Saturday, Nov. 22

-- Game Day Concerts. xx a.m.: “All-American” Marching Band’s “Thrill on the Hill” at Slayter Center. Post-game: Marching Band marches from stadium to Purdue Mall for concert. Purdue Bands; 49-66785 or kcmatter@purdue.edu.

-- Football vs. Indiana. TBA. Ross-Ade Stadium. Tickets: $46.

-- Men's basketball vs. Coppin State. TBA. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $20.

Sunday, Nov. 23

-- Women's basketball vs. Oakland. 2 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: public, $12; student, $5.

-- Purdue Bands concert. Purdue Symphonic Band & Fall Concert Band. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

-- "Madeline and the Bad Hat" by ArtsPower. Convocations, Family Adventures. Musical. 3 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets: $14-$10. Recommended for ages 5-8. Pre-show hatmaking activity at 2 p.m. More at www.convocations.org.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Purdue International Week. In observance of International Education Week. Office of International Students and Scholars. Events listed at http://purdueinternationalweek.web.officelive.com/events.aspx. Also note entry above at noon Friday.

-- Fall Harvest Food Drive. Boiler Volunteer Network. Through Friday. Drive supports Food Finders Food Bank, which provides help in 16 counties including Tippecanoe. Collect non-perishable foods, then take them to collection point at west end of Stewart Center. Collection times, for which volunteers will be needed (shifts in one-hour increments), are noon-7 p.m. Nov. 20, noon-7 p.m. Nov. 21, and 9-11 a.m. Nov. 22. To volunteer or learn more: 49-62450 or bvn@purdue.edu.

-- Purdue University Galleries and Latino Cultural Center. "Humanigration: The Cárdenas Latino Collection." Artworks related to theme of immigration, and thus LCC's ongoing Humanigration project, from collection of Gilberto Cárdenas, Univ. of Notre Dame. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU, and Stewart Center Gallery. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Exhibition in these two galleries through Dec. 7. Also: Through Nov. 25 at West Gallery of the Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are senate bean (soup) and Irish pork (entrée). 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Stone Hall. Reservations encouraged; call 49-46845. To access the full menu and learn about other dining options from the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.

TICKETS

Events are free unless noted (except that conference registrations may be omitted here). Ticket prices are for single events, not any series or discount offers. An exception to the following will be noted in the listing.

For varsity athletics tickets, call the Athletic Ticket Office, (765) 494-3194 or (800) 49-SPORT [497-7678]; or visit the office in the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. The office is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events at IAF, Mackey Arena and Ross-Ade Stadium. For ticketed sports events at other Purdue venues, tickets will be on sale before the event at the venue.

For Purdue Convocations and Purdue Theatre events and some others, go to ticket offices in Elliott Hall (lower level, northeast end by Hovde Hall) or Stewart Center (west lobby), or call (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW [914-7469]. The Elliott Hall box office is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events there. The Stewart Center box office is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events there.

Purdue Theatre tickets are sold also at the Pao Hall box office. It is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and before Purdue Theatre performances there