On Campus - Calendar of Events
April 11 , 2003 - Vol. 55, No. 38

FRIDAY, APRIL 11

• Play: Drake Opera Theatre will present Gaetano Donizetti's "The Night Bell" and Mozart's "The Impresario," Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center, 8 p.m. $12 for adults or $6 for students. Call x3841.
• Writers and Critics Series: Lecture by author Mary Kay Shanley, "Being a Writer - Why Would You Do Such a Thing?" Bulldog Theater, Olmsted Center, 7:30 p.m.
• Star gazing: "Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't," public presentation on variable stars (stars that change in brightness) and movie, Drake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park, 8 p.m.
• Drake men's tennis vs. Bradley, Drake Tennis Center, 4 p.m.
• Habitat Week sponsored by Drake Habitat for Humanity: Sheltered Reality, a drum ensemble, will perform in Cool Beans, 7 p.m., $1.

SATURDAY, APRIL 12

• Play: Drake Opera Theatre will present "Gaetano Donizetti's "The Night Bell" and Mozart's "The Impresario," Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center, 8 p.m. $12 for adults or $6 for students. Call x3841.
• Writers and Critics Series: Writers' Seminars, Howard Hall, registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Call x3969 for more information.
• Drake men's and women's track, Jim Duncan Invitational, Drake Stadium. Field events start at 10 a.m., running events start at 11:30 a.m.
• Drake softball vs. Illinois State, Buel Field, noon.
• Drake men's tennis vs. Illinois State, Drake Tennis Center, 10 a.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 13

• Relays Festivities: Mud Volleyball Tournament, 29th Street and Carpenter Avenue, all day.
• Drake men's tennis vs. Indiana State, Drake Tennis Center, 10 a.m.
• Foreign Film Festival: "Grave of the Fireflies," (Japan, 1988), room 206, Cline Hall, 2:30 p.m.
• Drake softball vs. Illinois State, Buel Field, noon.
• Faculty Chamber Recital: Erika Inge Leake, flute, Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, 8 p.m.
• Alcohol Awareness Week Midnight Breakfast, Crossroads, Hubbell Dining Hall, 10:45 p.m. to midnight.

MONDAY, APRIL 14

• Open House for Prospective Students (Sophomores and Juniors), Levitt Hall, 8 a.m.
• Informational meeting about medical and dental benefits, room 310-313, Olmsted Center, 1:30 p.m.
• Honors Convocation, College of Arts and Sciences, Parents Hall, Olmsted Center, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15

• An informal talk by presidential historian Michael Beschloss, Reading Room, Cowles Library, 2:30 p.m.
• The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture by Michael Beschloss: "Democracy in a Time of Crisis," Drake Knapp Center, 7:30 p.m.
• Environmental Law Society Panel Discussion: "Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness," room 213, Cartwright Hall, 4:30 p.m.
• Informational meeting about medical and dental benefits, room 310-313, Olmsted Center, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16

• Drake Invitational Choir Festival, Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Drake Choir will perform at 12:10 p.m.
• Faculty Senate, Levitt Hall, 3:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17

• Pan American Program with keynote address titled "Crisis in the Americas: What are the Solutions?" by Miguel Teran, GR'74, Olmsted Center, noon, $12. Call x3711 for reservations.
• Writers and Critics Series: Poet Myung Mi Kim will talk with students in room 309 of Howard Hall, 2 p.m., and give a reading in Medbury Honors Lounge, 7:30 p.m.
• Drake Concert Band, Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 18

• Drake Jazz Ensemble I, conducted by Dave Berger, director of the National Jazz Ensemble, Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center, 8 p.m.
• Star gazing: Presentation on "Dead Stars" and movie titled "Death of a Star," Drake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park, 8 p.m.

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