On Campus - Calendar of Events
March 7 , 2003 Vol. 55, No. 34

FRIDAY, MARCH 7

• Nominations due today at the Student Life Center for the Oreon E. Scott Outstanding Senior of the Year award and awards for Top Ten First-Year Students, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors.
• Mid-point of spring semester.
• "TalkABout" dinner and discussion of "Songs for a New World," First Christian Church, 6 p.m., $16. Reservations required. Call x3995 for reservations.
• Womyn's Week and Writers and Critics Series: Reading by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, co-authors of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future, Bulldog Theater, 8 p.m.
• Play: "Songs for a New World," Performing Arts Hall, 8 p.m., $6 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens. Call x3841.

SATURDAY, MARCH 8

• Law School Supreme Court Banquet, Downtown Marriott, 6 p.m.
• Drake Wind Symphony, Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, 8 p.m.
• Play: "Songs for a New World," Performing Arts Hall, 8 p.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 9

• Drake women's tennis vs. Southwest Missouri State, Drake Tennis Center, 3 p.m.
• Sunday Foreign Film Festival: "The Bicycle Thief" (Italy, 1948), room 206, Cline Hall, 2:30 p.m.
• Faculty recital by Andrew Classen, trumpet, Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, 3 p.m.
• Play: "Songs for a New World," Performing Arts Hall, 2 p.m.

TUESDAY, MARCH 11

• Pre-tour Concert by Drake Choir and Chamber Choir, Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 13

• Quarterfinals of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Drake Knapp Center, games at noon, 2:30, 6 and 8:30 p.m., $30 seating for all sessions or $15 per session. Call x3791 for tickets.
• Faculty recital by Misha Rosenker, violin, Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 14

• Semifinals of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Drake Knapp Center, 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 15

• Championship of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Drake Knapp Center, 3 p.m.

MONDAY, MARCH 17

• Spring recess begins and continues through Friday, March 21.

FRIDAY, MARCH 21

• The spring series of presentations by Herbert Schwartz and Charles Nelson begin at the Drake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park, 8 p.m. The topic will be "Stars like it Hot" and the movie will be "The Big Bang."

THURSDAY, MARCH 27

• Seven Tibetian Buddhist monks give a talk on "Contemporary Political and Cultural Conditions in Tibet," Bulldog Theater, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 28

• Ritual monastic dance performance by Tibetian Buddhist monks, Performing Arts Hall, 7 p.m.
• Public presentation: "Star Probe," Drake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park, 8 p.m.