Wed, October 27, 2004 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Sound in the Work of Le Corbusier: USC School of Architecture Lecture Series

USC Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center (HAR)
Admission: Free

Amedeo Petrilli discusses acoustics and the work of Le Corbusier, the Swiss designer and city planner who pioneered functionalist architecture with the use of reinforced concrete and the concept of a house as a “machine for living.”

Wed, October 27, 2004 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
"A Fair Opportunity" Trade Fair

Alumni Park
Admission: Free

Local vendors, small minority businesses; women, minority and disabled veterans along with government subcontractors showcase their products lines and build relationships to promote their business.

Wed, October 27, 2004 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
"Recognizing Excellence" Awards Dinner

Town and Gown (TGF)
Admission: $75

Fifteen businesses that currently partner with USC as local vendors, small minority, women-owned, disabled veterans businesses and or government subcontractors are recognized.

Wed, October 27, 2004 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Know Your California Politics?

Science Hall (SCI)
Admission: Free

Kitty Felde of KPCC’s "Talk of the City" tests the knowledge of a triumvirate of undergraduate students against three professors to see who knows more about the upcoming California elections and ballot initiatives.

Wed, October 27, 2004 from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Fate of Oceanic Internal Tides: AME weekly seminar

Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH)
Admission: Free

Kraig Winters explores how the ocean’s internal gravity waves with a frequency of two cycles per day are generated when the surface tide induces currents that flow over rough topography.

Every day from Thu, October 28, 2004 through Sat, October 30, 2004 all day.
Challenges & Opportunities for Pacific Rim Societies in the 21st Century: USC Asia Conference

Shilla Hotel
Admission: $350

USC alumni, trustees, deans, faculty, research and internship sponsors, and academic, business and government leaders gather to discuss socio-economic, cultural and technology issues affecting Pacific Rim societies.

Thu, October 28, 2004 and Fri, October 29, 2004 at 7:00 pm; Sat, October 30, 2004 and Sun, October 31, 2004 at 2:30 pm; Sat, October 30, 2004 at 8:00 pm
The Country Club

Scene Dock Theatre (SCD)
Admission: General, $10; USC faculty and staff with ID and senior citizens,$8; USC students with ID, $5; $2 fee for phone orders

With an undercurrent of ennui and sadness rippling beneath the cheer, privileged suburban preppies repeatedly return for around-the-calendar parties in the hoity-toity Wyomissing Country Club's Cub Room.

Thu, October 28, 2004 from 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm
Teaching in a Diverse Classroom

Taper Hall of Humanities (THH)
Admission: Free

CET Faculty Fellows Nandini Rajagopalan and Alison Renteln (pictured) explore how to use inclusive teaching strategies that recognize diversity and promote greater student participation.

Thu, October 28, 2004 at 7:00 pm
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election: Vote Film 2004 Lecture Series

George Lucas Instructional Building (LUC)
Admission: Free

In a Peter Coyote-narrated documentary from 2002, filmmakers Richard Ray Perez and Joan Sekler examine modern America's most controversial political contest: the 2000 election of George W. Bush.

Every day from Thu, October 28, 2004 through Sat, October 30, 2004 at 8:00 pm; Sun, October 31, 2004 at 12:00 am
The Scottish Play: Shakespeare's "Macbeth"

Annenberg Amphitheatre
Admission: Donations Accepted

Students put a new spin on the classic Shakespearean tragedy of "Macbeth" in a benefit performance for The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, a group whose goal is to prevent the recruitment and exploitation of children under 18 into warfare.