Notes

President Paino and Student Body President Isaac Robinson will host a budget town hall meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 in the Ryle Hall Main Lounge. Students will have the opportunity to hear the latest on the University’s budget crisis and give opinions on how to best solve this problem.

Pi Kappa Phi will be selling Ted Drewes' Frozen Custard from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 13 on the quad. The cost will be $3 per 8 ounce cup.

A Truman Observatory open house will take place from 8-10 p.m. Oct. 13. Visit http://observatory.truman.edu for more information or directions.

The Biology Department will sponsor a plant sale from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 15 at the University Greenhouse. Plants start at $1. All funds will go towards the greenhouse.

Tiffany Lucas will present “Pull yourself together: an HIV-1 accessory gene alters retrovirus assembly”
at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in Magruder Hall 1000. Lucas is a Truman alumna and a Ph.D. candidate from the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Refreshments will be served at 12:15 p.m.

The University Board of Governors Meeting will take place at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in the Student Union Building Conference Room.

Homecoming apparel will be available from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mon.-Fri. until Oct. 15 on the Mall or in the Student Union Building, depending on weather.

The Campus Christian Fellowship will host a fall party from 7-10 p.m. Oct. 15 at the University Farm. The event includes an apple pie bake off, a campfire, games, free candy apples, music and more.

The SAB Coffeehouse will feature Plain Pilot and Claire McClain
at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Student Union Building HUB. The event will feature free refreshments, including warm beverages and snacks.
 
The Women’s and Gender Studies Conference
will take place from 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 28 and 29 in Violette Hall 1000 and from 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 30 in Violette Hall 1000 and Baldwin Hall 231. The theme is “Composing Women.”

K-Life will host a 5-on-5 Dodgeball Tournament from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 6. Contact sam4125@truman.edu for more information.

The 21st Annual Undergraduate Philosophy and Religion Conference
will take place from 9 a.m-6 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room A.

The 2011 Summer-in-South Asia program will host an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room A. The most distinguishing features of the trip are visits to the villages and homes of borrowers of the world-renowned and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winning Grameen Bank of Bangladesh.

Dr. Scott Cooper of the Department of Biology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will present “Why Blood Clotting in Hibernators is Cool” at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 29 in Magruder Hall 1000 as a part of the biology seminar series. Refreshments will be served at 12:15 p.m.
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