Campus events for Oct. 18, 2006

• Rental special for Fall Break. Pick up Thursday, October 19. Return Monday, October 23 and pay just the weekend rate. The ORC will be closed Friday, October 20 for Fall Break.

• USU Writing Center English Conversation Social. October 18, 5:30-6:30 p.m. R.B.West. Everyone invited.

• French cultural night, 6-8 p.m. Physical Facilities Building. 1125 North 1000 East.

• The USU Independent Music Club will be hosting a free screening of a film documenting the work of local indie rock trio Bang Bang You’re Dead, October 19, 8 p.m. TSC Auditorium. There will also be live music from members of the Independent Music Club.

• The Ecology Center is pleased to announce the visit of Dr. Jonathan Chase, a professor of biology at Washington University, St. Louis. The first seminar Dr. Chase will be give October 18, 6-7 p.m. “Ecological drift versus niche-selection: How do communities assemble?” The second seminar, Thursday, October 19, 3-4 p.m. “Food webs in time and space” Both seminars will be in Natural Resources building, 105. All are welcome. For more information, please visit the Ecology Center web page www.usu.edu/ecology/index.htm.

• Friday night activity October 20, 8 – 10 p.m. “Logan’s Got Talent”. Gong show, karaoke, twisted ice cream. Everyone welcome, bring a friend.

• Guitars Unplugged Auditions will be held Monday & Tuesday October 23 –

24, TSC Auditorium, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. To audition sign-up in TSC 326. Sign-ups will end Friday October 20. Guitars Unplugged will be held Novemeber 9.

• Fall brown bag talk by Sonia Manuel-Dupont titled: The Teaching Portfolio: Not Just for Assistant Professors. Tuesday, October 24, noon – 1 p.m. . Center Colony room in the TSC

• October 23-25- Breast Cancer Awareness Week sponsored by the USU Student

Wellness Center. Check out our display in the TSC International Lounge!

• John Moyer, Jake White and John Schmidt in concert. November 10, Kent Concert Hall 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Available at the Lee’s Marketplace in Logan 755-5100 and Borders 787-0678.

• Alternative Breaks — Raking Leaves Saturday, October 28 9:30 a.m. Aggie Ice Cream Parking Lot. We are raking leaves at elderly people’s homes in Cache Valley.

• Jericho Road Concert, Friday, October 20, 7:30 p.m. Kent Concert Hall. Tickets $15, $12, $9 from USU Ticket Office, at the door or any Cache Children’s Choir member. Proceeds help fun Cache Children Choir New York tour.

• Wed, October. 18, 4 p.m. ESLC 046. USU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry presents the Inaugural Olsen Chem Lecturer Dale S. Boger of The Scripps Research Institute. “Vancomycin: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies” Free, open to all.

• Aggies for Christ invites you for lecture and discussion about ‘Truth in an Age of Confusion’ by David L. Phillips, MA Philosophy. TSC Walnut Room October 20, 7 p.m.

• IMA tournament week. October 25 – 27, 7 p.m. Institute gym. Tuesday is a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, Wednesday is a 6-on-6 volleyball tournament. Thursday is a team of 10 dodge ball tournament.

• Friday, October 27, 8-11 p.m. The SCREAM! halloween dance/activity at the Aztec & Colonial (3rd & 8th stake centers on 800 East). Food, tons of fun games and things to do. Come dressed up modestly land without masks. Bring your friends.

• Talented and service-oriented young women ages 17-24 are invited to participate in the Miss Cache Valley Scholarship Pageant. Information will be available November 1, 7 p.m. in the Cache Valley Chamber Building, 160 North Main, Logan. For more information call Camille 435-512-8735 or tiffany 435-770-9664.

• Lost faith in the LDS church? You’re not alone. The USU post-mormons meet

every other Tuesday at 7 p.m. Email usupostmormons@yahoo.com for more info.

Interested non-Mormons also welcome

• Thursday, October 19 we invite you to join us at the Logan Recreation Center for a variety of games starting at 5 pm. To sign up call us at (435) 713-0288. All trips and activities are adapted to accommodate people of all abilities. Cost is $3.

• Join Common Ground for an incredible adventure to Capitol Reef National Park in central Utah where we will explore historic orchards, rock art, and sandstone formations. Meet at the Common Ground office in Logan on Friday (Oct 20) and return on Sunday (Oct 22). Cost is $125 for participants. A reduced rate is available for volunteers, friends, and family. To sign up call us at (435) 713-0288. To find out more, visit our website at www.cgadventures.org . All trips and activities are adapted to accommodate people of all abilities.