Events Calendar
Friday, October 4
10am: Announcement and Installation of the Edmondson-Miller Endowed Chair of Insurance and Risk Management. Bone Student Center Old Main Room.
10am: Technology Department Distinguished Alumni Presentation by Donald Johnson. Turner 104A.
10:30-11:30am: Social Work Alumni Day Panel. Fairchild 203.
11:10am-12:10pm: Neuroscience Seminar: Dr. Anthony Otsuka: "Wiring the Nervous System: Axon Guidance in C. elegans." Sci Lab 121.
2:30pm: Psychology Department Alumnus of the Year Award and Conversation Hour, DeGarmo 551.
3pm: Geology Department Foster Lecture, 209 Felmley Hall.
3pm: Chemistry Department Distinguished Alumnus Lecture by Glen Hortin, Moulton 214.
4pm: "Reflections of a Country Lawyer on the Study of Philosophy" - Daniel Sprouse, Department of Philosophy Alumni Day Guest Speaker. Stevenson 401.
4pm: IWU Natural Science Colloquia, Dr. Amit Basu (Brown University); "Soaps, Sugars and Skin Cancer." CNS C101.
7&9:15pm: Normal Theater: Cinema Paradiso. $5, $4 students.
7pm: Torchlight Parade, beginning at Hewett-Manchester Halls
7:30pm: Voice Department Concert. IWU's Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall.
8pm: Pep Rally and Bonfire, U High tennis courts. Free.
8:30pm: Cinema Society: Gertrud (1964, Carl Theodor Dreyer, 119 min). Stevenson 101. Free. Cinema.pabn.org.
9pm: Battle of the Bands, U High tennis courts. Free.
Saturday, October 5
6:45-11am: Downtown Bloomington Farmers' Market
9am: Town & Gown 5-K Run. Hayden Auditorium. $15.
10:30am: Homecoming Parade, College Ave. and University St.
11am: Tours of the new Center for Performing Arts
11am: Tailgating, lots surrounding Horton Field House
1pm: Normal Theater: Charlotte's Web. $5, $4 students.
2:30pm: Football game. Watch Illinois State lose to Southwest Missouri State.
4:30-6pm: Franklin Park Brass Quintet, IWU's Presser Hall.
7pm: Normal Theater: Cinema Paradiso. $5, $4 students.
8:30pm: "Reggie's Homecoming Bash," Bone Student Center. First Name Basis, the ISU Jazz Band, comedian Craig Robinson, Dave and the Dynamics, and King Solomon's Grave. $10, $5 ISU students.
Sunday, October 6
2pm: Lance Brown's Tribute to Will Rogers, Bloomington Public Library, 205 E. Olive St.
2pm: Where We Live: Illinois Poets. Normal Public Library, 206 W. College. The readers will be David Bond, James Plath, Zarina Mullan Plath, Charles Reynard, and Jackie White. Free refreshments.
3pm: Symphonic Winds & Symphonic Band. On the Quad outside the Center for the Performing Arts. Free.
4pm: Bloomington-Normal Citizens for Peace and Justice meeting, Fell Room at the Unitarian Universalist Church. bncpj.pabn.org.
7pm: Normal Theater: Cinema Paradiso. $5, $4 students.
8pm: Indy meeting, Coffeehouse, 114 E. Beaufort, downtown Normal. Email indynews@hotmail.com for more info.
Monday, October 7
8pm: Chamber Winds. Centennial East Kemp Recital Hall. Free.
Tuesday, October 8
Noon: BEES Brown Bag. William Jaeckle, IWU. "Are All Eggs Created Equal? A Comparative Examination of Egg Volume, Energy Content and Organic Weight Among Animal Taxa." Sci Lab 121.
12:30-1:30pm: Women's Studies Video Series: Beyond the Veil: Are Iranian Women Rebelling? The video presents women's daily acts of resistance and their efforts to empower themselves. (Canada, 1997, 22 minutes) Rachel Cooper 234. Free.
7:30pm: Angelo Favis, guitar. Center for the Performing Arts. $6, $4 students/seniors.
8pm: Opening of "42nd Street" at IWU's McPherson Theatre. $.
Wednesday, October 9
Noon: John Hsieh, Center for Asian Studies, University of South Carolina. "Will China and Taiwan Go to War?" Stevenson 401. Free lunch. Repeated at 7pm in the Founder's Suite, Bone Student Center.
Noon: Cellular and Molecular Biology: Dr. Anthony Otsuka, "UNC-44 A013 Ankyrin: A Novel Ankyrin Required for Axonal guidance in C. elegans." Sci Lab 121.
7pm: "This Is What Democracy Looks Like." Showing of the film and discussion about corporate globalization. CVA 145. Free.
7pm: Kadiatou Diallo discusses "The Legacy of Amadou Diallo." IWU's Hansen Student Center, Free.
Thursday, October 10
7pm: Normal Theater: Fail Safe. $5, $4.
Friday, October 11
4pm: IWU Natural Science Colloquia. David Bollivar (IWU) - "Genes to Enzymes: Expression and Assay of Bacterial Pigment Biosynthesis Enzymes." CNS C101.
7pm: Normal Theater: Fail Safe. $5, $4 students.
8pm: Comedian Tess Drake in the IWU Funny Bone, Hansen Student Center. Free.
8:30pm: Cinema Society: Baise-Moi (2000, Virginie Despentes & Coralie, 77 min). Stevenson 101. Free.
Saturday, October 12
6:45-11am: Downtown Bloomington Farmers' Market.
7&9:15pm: Normal Theater: Dr. Strangelove. $5, $4 students.
8pm: IWU's Blue Moon Coffeehouse: SONiA, with special guest Jess Klein. Main Lounge, Memorial Student Center. Free.
Sunday, October 13
Noon-5pm: Bloomington Elks Lodge #281 Annual Chili Cook-Off for Charity, Sale Barn, S. Main St. and Hamilton Rd., Bloomington. mnaf@yahoo.com. $.
6-8pm: Beginning of the YWCA Week Without Violence. "Day of Remembrance" Candlelight Vigil at 2nd Presbyterian Church. Speak out from survivors of Domestic Violence and honoring those who have passed.
7pm: Normal Theater: Dr. Strangelove. $5, $4 students.
Monday, October 14
8:30-11am: Week Without Violence, "Protect Our Children" Day Safety Fair for daycare providers/pre-schools at YWCA.
Wednesday, October 16
Noon: Ali Riaz, Politics and Government, Illinois State University, "Islam and the Crisis of Identity in South Asia." Stevenson 401.
7-9pm: "Facing Violence Against Men." Free showing of the film "American History X" at the Normal Theater, followed by facilitated discussion.
