Calendar and events for Feb. 21

February 21- USU Gymnastics VS BYU, 7:00 p.m. Smith Spectrum

February 24

February 25″A Mormon and an Evangelical in conversion” 7 p.m. TSC Auditorium. Sponsored by Focus and LDS Institute,

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*”The Best Concert . . . Ever” featuring Nobody Special, Day Two, Edit Nothing, Skook, Feb. 21, Skyroom. $3/person

* Professor Bishnupriya Ghosh will present “Consuming Passions: Tracking the Circulation’s of India’s Bandit Queen,” Feb. 21, 2:30 p.m. TSC, Room 335.

*Friends of USU Libraries Lecture. Feb. 21 7 to 9 p.m., Merrill Library. Free and open to all. Info. Trina Shelton, 797-2631. Alison Thorne will discuss her book, “Leave the Dishes in the Sink.”

* Last Overnight Aggie Leadership Academy Retreat, “ALA Mardi Gras” Feb.. 21, 7 p.m. Meet in the Juniper lounge of TSC at The cost is $5, or $4 if you sign up in advance in the Service Center. Leadership workshops, service project, food and way too much fun.

*”Write a letter, save a child” students writing letters to congressional representatives in the Sunburst lounge, Feb. 23 to advocate for underprivileged children.

*Dept. of Music and Cache Chamber Orchestra. Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., Kent Concert Hall. Admission: Free.

*The Weakest Link, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. TSC Sunburst Lounge. Cool prizes, lots of fun and two students picked from the audience get to play.

*”A Mormon and an Evangelical in conversion” with Robert Millet, professor of religion at BYU and Greg Johnson, evangelical pastor will explore the difference in their faiths. Sponsored by Focus and LDS Institute, Feb. 25, 7:00 p.m. TSC Auditorium.

*ACM Workshop: “Computer Graphics,” Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Main, Room 115. Learn about vertex and pixel shaders, which are used to produce cool effects such as grass, hair, and water ripples. Website: www.cs.usu.edu/~acm

*Reverend France Davis Feb. 26, noon TSC ballroom. Sponsored by Black History Month.

*”Chinamen” a funny play completed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language Feb. 28, 7 p.m. and March 1, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre (FA, Room 224) Chase Fine Arts Center MarchTickets at the door. Call 797-1500 info.

*USU Big Band Swing Club hosting A Dance X-Change March 1, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. at Hyrum City Elite Hall, 96 West Main. $3 a person

Dancing, games, prizes and floor show!

*Utah State Theatre presents Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” March 3-8 at the Caine Lyric Theatre in downtown Logan

7:30 p.m. Tickets $6-$9 USU Students free with valid ID and ticket.

*Students of the 2nd Amendment will be hosting Utah’s Attorney General Mark Shurtleff who will be speaking about “Guns on Campus” Feb. 20, 3 p.m. Attorney Mitch Vilos will be speaking on “Utah Gun Laws” Feb. 28, noon. Both events will be in the TSC auditorium. Sign ups are being taken for a Concealed Weapon Permit Class being taught Feb. 28 to Mar 1. Info USU2A@keepandbeararms.com

*Whittier Community Center Photo Art show featuring Alan Huestis, Feb. 21, 4 to 9 p.m. Acoustical music will be played and food will be served.

*”In the Company of Friends” a Women’s open mic coffeehouse will not be held at Rocky’s in Smithfield.

*Please note location change “In the Company of Friends,” A Women’s Open Mic Coffeehouse – All Are Welcome. Feb. 23, 7 p.m. (sign-up at 6:30 p.m.) Blue Sage, 875 S. Main St., Smithfield. Complimentary Refreshments. $4 Suggested Minimum Donation. Proceeds to benefit Sappho.

*SCORE is sponsoring a workshop on How to Set Up and Operate A Small Business Workshop February 25 and February 26, 6 to 9 p.m. Cache Chamber of Commerce, North entrance, 160 North Main, Verne Bray Conference Room. The cost is $25. Registration will be allowed at the door or call 752-2161.

*TransWorld Undeclared Film Tour 2003, TSC ballroom, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Free.

* The Cache Valley Folk Dancers and the Bridger Folk Music Society New England Style Contra Dance March. 1, 7:30 p.m. Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. Beginners and families are welcome as each dance is taught. $5 donation.