Tue, February 15, 2005 from 8:00 am to 9:00 am
The President's Annual Faculty Address: University Park Campus Address

Town and Gown (TGF)
Admission: Free

USC President Steven B. Sample delivers his annual address to the faculty.

Tue, February 15, 2005 at 8:00 pm
USC Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble

Alfred Newman Recital Hall (AHF)
Admission: Free

The USC Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble, directed by Donald Crockett, pushes the boundaries of classical music with its performances of music from composers such as Stephen Hartke, Barbara White, Zhou Long and Witold Lutoslawski.

Every day from Tue, February 1, 2005 through Wed, March 2, 2005 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
USC Workout NIKE Fitness Challenge

General William Lyon University Center (LRC)
Admission: Free

USC students, staff and faculty get one of the best workouts taught by some of the top instructors in the business.

Tue, February 15, 2005 from 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm
Teaching Science

Taper Hall of Humanities (THH)
Admission: Free

CET Faculty Fellows and science educators Lawford Anderson and Bill McComas (pictured) discuss strategies and tips for effective teaching in science courses, including a discussion of teaching in the laboratory and issues in science assessment.

Tue, February 15, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Urban Growth Seminar: Implications of Oregon's Measure 37 for Planning and Property Rights

Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL)
Admission: Free

Experts analyze the planning and property rights implications of Oregon's Proposition 37 and the general issues of the initiative process.

Tue, February 15, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Detection of Occult Metastases: Return to the Future: Cancer Center Grand Rounds

Norris Tower
Admission: Free

USC's own Dr. Richard Cote describes how to detect and prevent occult metastases.

Tue, February 15, 2005 from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm
'The Cooler': Academy Award Artist Series

Waite Phillips Hall (WPH)
Admission: Free

Writer/director Wayne Kramer screens his 2003 film about a jinxed loser who has made a career out of spreading his virulent bad luck on the floor of Las Vegas' aging Shangri-La casino until his curse is broken after he falls in love.

Tue, February 15, 2005 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Tammy Faye, Beyonce and Jessica Simpson: Gender, Race, Religion and Fashion

Taper Hall of Humanities (THH)
Admission: Free

Anthea Butler, an assistant professor of religion at Loyola Marymount University, pontificates the recent developments in the construction of evangelical womanhood by looking at issues of race, gender and media.

Tue, February 15, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Barbara Kruger: Graduate Lecture Series

Watt Hall (WAH)
Admission: Free

Barbara Kruger's appropriated photographs and provocative text, with their confrontational graphic nature, address cultural representations of power, identity and sexuality in the most charged of visual languages.

Tue, February 15, 2005 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
"Larry King Live"

McCarthy Quad
Admission: Free

CNN's Larry King hosts the 2005 student senate presidential and vice-presidential election debates.