Wed, February 4, 2004 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Topher Delaney: Scanning the Cultural Code for Landscape: USC School of Architecture Lecture Series

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

San Francisco-based artist and landscape designer Topher Delaney discusses her wide variety of projects including residential and corporate rooftop gardens, public art installations and award-winning sanctuary gardens for medical facilities.

Wed, February 4, 2004 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
What Matters to Me and Why: Professor Tara McPherson

Ground Zero Coffeehouse
Admission: Free

This monthly discussion series encourages reflection about values, beliefs and motivation in the lives of those who help shape USC.

Wed, February 4, 2004 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
The Mystical Tradition: Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism in a Nutshell

Chabad Jewish Student Center
Admission: Free

Author Immanuel J. Schochet provides insight into the spiritual tradition of Kabbalah.

Wed, February 4, 2004 from 7:00 am to 8:00 am
Cardiac Restrictive Diseases: Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

General Hospital (GNH)
Admission: Free

Gerald Pohost discusses diseases of the heart.

Wed, February 4, 2004 through Sun, February 29, 2004 on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
USC Intramural Basketball Leagues

General William Lyon University Center (LRC)
Admission: Free

Fraternity, sorority, all-university, women's, coed, alumni and HICCup (housing intramurals) teams compete in 5-on-5 basketball.

Thu, February 5, 2004 at 7:30 pm
USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra

Alfred Newman Recital Hall (AHF)
Admission: General, $18; USC Alumni, Senior Citizens and non-USC Students, $12; Free for USC Students, Faculty and Staff with USC ID

Yehuda Gilad leads the USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra in a program of Luciano Berio’s Concertino for Violin, Clarinet, Harp, Celesta and Strings and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante.

Thu, February 5, 2004 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
The Effects of Obesity on Total and Active Life Expectancy in Older Adults: Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging

Andrus Gerontology Center (GER)
Admission: Free

Sandra Reynolds, associate professor of gerontology at the University of South Florida, discusses how obesity impacts life expectancy.

Thu, February 5, 2004 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
An Evening of Poetry: Personal Reflections in the Landscape of the Natural World: Doheny Library poetry series

Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Admission: Free

Poets Sebastian Matthews and Maurya Simon read selections of their work.

Thu, February 5, 2004 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Control of Repair and Inflammation by Extracellular Proteolysis: Cellular Homeostasis Lecture Series

Ambulatory Health Center (DOH)
Admission: Free

William Parks discusses extracellular proteolysis.

Thu, February 5, 2004 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
'The Mack': Rock 'N' Roll Film Screening and Seminars

George Lucas Instructional Building (LUC)
Admission: Free

Max Julien, Don Gordon and Richard Pryor star in this 1973 crime movie.