Tue, October 26, 2004, Thu, October 28, 2004 and Wed, November 3, 2004 from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Intramural Three-on-Three Basketball

General William Lyon University Center (LRC)
Admission: $30 per team

Intramural leagues for 3-on-3 basketball – open to all students, faculty and staff – include skill levels ranging from beginning to advanced, including all-university, fraternity, sorority, women's and HICCup (Housing Intramural Competition).

Tue, October 26, 2004 at 5:00 pm
Dialogue and the Tension of Existence: The Walt Fisher Lecture Series

Annenberg School for Communication (ASC)
Admission: Free

John Stewart, the vice president for academic affairs at the University of Dubuque and an alum of USC, discusses Dissoi Logoi, Midrash, "The Passion of the Christ" and elections.

Tue, October 26, 2004 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Countdown to the 2004 Election: The Global Economy and Jobs

E.F. Hutton Park
Admission: Free

Economics professors Robert Dekle and Peter Rosendorff debate the role of the global economy and jobs in this year's Presidential campaign.

Tue, October 26, 2004 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
World Documentary Series: a forum for documentaries with a global perspective

University Religious Center
Admission: Free

By eschewing political pundits in favor of insightful comments from friends and colleagues, PBS’s “The Choice 2004” offers a chance to see the candidates in a fresh light before the campaign reaches its climax on Election Day.

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, September 1, 2004 through Fri, December 17, 2004 on Wednesdays at 12:00 pm
Music at Noon

United University Church (UMC)
Admission: Free

A university tradition continues as some of the Thornton School’s finest soloists and ensembles perform in the lunchtime concert series.

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.